Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-20
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S.. Albaus was on Sunday morning Wis
ted by enc Of the most disastrous confa.
,raiions that ever occurred in Vermont.
The south side Of Lake street was entire
burned out from Farrar's block to the St.
Albaus House.
The Gre broke out in the store Of John
son aud Dinsmore, grocers, about midway
Of the street, about a. m. and was FIRST
discovered by the Waterman at the rail-
road depot. A general alarm was sound
ed ant the tremen aud citizens were speed
lily on the ground. Washington Engine
Company arrived FIRST, and was soon fol-
lowed By the Frontier aud Niagara COM
pauies. The only water seryiceable, how
ever, was a corporation well on Main ST.,
opposite Farfar's store, which was soon
sucked dry, rendering he further efforts
of the fremen lruiiless. The flames soon
destroyed the store where the 6e origina-
ted, nothing being saved, aud spread in
all directions. The livery stable Gilmore
4 BrIineld, in the rear, took FIRE and was
CONSUMED; then followed the dwellig houses
in the rear OF Barnes Block Owen Muir
phys saloon, on Lake street, Gilmore Il
Bralnerd's office, Barnes Block, the ware
rooms of the St. Adams Foundry CUnipa-
ny, Cornell and McGowan's stove store,
when the fire was stopped in its westward
progress. at the St. Albaus House. East
erly the flames swept Driscor's two blocks
and the Monitor Block. Hele an alley
interviewed between this and Farrars fine
hardware establishment on the corner of
MAIN aud Lake streets which is thor
oughly fre-proof building. 1t caught fire
several times on the roof, but the flames
were extinguished. The fire was not
subdued until s a.. IN.
The Farrar Brothers, having full conf
dcuce in their building, removed nothing.
Noble q Smith, NJ. }. Hill aud the Town
Clerk, removed their books from their Of
fees, which were in the second story OF
the building.
lu Monitor Block, NJ. II. Stone, harncs.
maker, saved the most of his stock, as did
q. b. Smith, halter.
In DriscoII's Block, Williston, tobac-
couist, saved a portion Of his goods, MS
did Dannebaum, dealer in dry goods.
Gilmore & Brainerd had thirty-fve
horses IN their stable, three Of which were
burned, They also lost five carriages, all
their robe, and part Of their harnesses
Some thirty swine were kept in the eel.
lar Of the stable, the greater part Of which
are supposed to have been destroyed
Father McCauley, the Catholic Priest Of
Fairfield, lost his buggy and harness, but
saved his horse, which was IN the stable.
Owen Murphy's saloon is total loss.
In Barnes Block, which is the largest
mercantile building in ST. Adams, Clark
Brothers, grocors, lost nearly everything,
as did Barnes q Crowley, grooers, aud
Victor Atwood, dealer in hardware. The
second floor was occupied by the Office Of
LIE Protecteur Candien, NJ. Il. Wilson,
Job Office, and the Office Of the ST. Alban,
transcript. Nothing was saved from
these Offices. On The third door was the
Good Templqrs' hail, and the room Of the
St. Adams Brigade Band. The Coed
TempIars lost everything. The St. AL
bans Foundry Company lost heavily il
moving machines, and other heavy mer.
chadse; also in patterns for castings. Cor.
nell &IMcGowan, aud Ward & Barnes, LOST
largely.
T e entire loss cannot be far from $780,.
600, but the sufferers were generally in.
sured.
The buildings destroyed byithis conha.
grafton were mainly fine brick stores most
" new, which were credit to the village
Ten tenaments were burned, which leaves
fifteen families homeless.
There was little or no wind in the ear
lier stage Of the fire, but as the conhagra
ton Increased high south wind arose
which blew as far north as Judge Hoyt''
residence on Main street
The origin Of the fire is unknown. Com
plete order was preserved throughout the
fire. There were no robberies The goods
were removed by the citizens to the ParI
and guards placed over them. A MAI
was somewhat injured in attempting tt
remove the patterns from the fouudr,
warerooms. This is the only casualty re
ported.
The Messenger does not estimate th'
losses as high Us the above, giving tn
amount as $4,000.
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Drowned A little son Of Mr. A. Las
sard Of Cuttingsville, about one year old
was drowned 10 Mill River on the 3r'
,nn4nnt Tho child ,rnndnrnd from homo