Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-11
GREAT CONGLAGRATIOS AT
BURLINGTON.
Destruction Of she Lake House an
N0yes' Block. en- Water street.
ONE MAN FATALLY AND OTHERS sERI-
oUsLY INJURED.

| About two o'clock yesterday morning
fire was discovered in room "a in the Lake
Hoase, a room which lodger bad a few
minutes before vacated 70 take the early
morning boat. and 20 rapidly did the
flames spread that in about three hours
afterwsrd, the hotel, together with Noyes'
Block north Of il, were wholly destroyed,
while the stone store on fhe snn.n of tho
hotel, occupied by Vsn Sicklen & Walkers,
was much damaged, though mort of its
contents, and tho main portion of the
building, were saved.
The Free Press says of the fire:
Sad to say this disaster was accompanied
with probable loss of lite and the serious
injury Of several of our citizens.
The origin of the fire lie unknown. II
broke ont in the south portion of the
hotel, and the wind blowing gale from
the southwest, il spread rapidly and little
could be done in the way Of saving prop
erty. Unfortunately, also, the wster had
been cut off from the Water street main,
while a new hydrant was being put into
the new planning mill of Shepherd, Davis
q Co, occasioning some delay In getting
a stream of water on the fire.
The flames spread 70 rapidly that little
or nothing could be done IN the way of
saving furniture or Properly from the
Lake House, and IL il aimos, "A total hoes.
The flames, of conr-e. spread 10 Mr.. N"yer'
Block, which was also destroyed. From
Morillo Noyes' store, In his block, u good
deal OF property was saved, and We under
stand the insurance will fully cover the
loss. Mr.. Isaac Nye removed the ,aiua-
bles from his building, which fortunately
did NOT burn.
About four o'clock, the wall of the
south end of the Lake House fell on to
the stone store of Van Sicklen & Walkers
A dozen or more of our citizens were at
the time in the attic of the store, and
with pole put ont at the scuttle were
endeavoring to push in the tott.rinx wall,
when it fell to the south, crushing in the
roof of the store, breaking down also the
floor on which they stood, and precipitat-
ing all. in a pile Of timbers and h-ated
brick, to the story below. The following
are the casualties:
John ID. Fisk, an employe Of Van Sick
len d Walkers, skull fractured and spps-
rently dying.
Hirum Walker, scalp cnt entirely
across the top Of the head, and o;herwisa
severely bruised. He is sensible but sui.
fering greatly.
George Fassctt, injured about the head
and body.
@. 4. Ward, hand injured.
o. j. Walker, Chas. Burritt and Others,
were in the garrett with the injured, but
escaped unhurt.
VIM. Fitzgerald, porter at the Lake
House, had his feet badly burned in an
early stage of the fire, while removing
his wife and children from the burning
building.
Nye's store, and the building between
that and Noyes' Block were saved, as
we're the buildings and stables in the rear
Of the hotel.
Mr.. Noyes' stock of goods was renewed
The upper part of bis block was occupied
BY the hotel, and rented Of him by its
proprietors. He had $4,000 insurance
IN his building and 5000 on his goods.
The Lake House was owned by the
Rutland Railroad Company, and kept by
2. @. Clark but at present we are una
de 70 ascertain or estimate the losses of
'ither owners or landlord, but they viii
70 heavy.
The southern part Of the city vas
leluged with burning cinders and fsm-
ng fre-brands, and but for the slight
now on the roofs Of buildings in that
ity, much moro sweeping cophagration
must have been an inevitable consequence.
N il vas, the hotel Of Edward Murphy
rs several times on FIRE, as was also the
srgs tenement house east Of il, and the
osss Of Clark Nellis, 8. II. Pope. WIN.
foDoasld and Others.
A later edition Of the Free Pres gives
aors Incidental, bat no further, psrtieu-
NJ. Ths total los n sstimstsd 1t from
a. 900 10 100000