Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-15

flame Meauwhle ODD Summer street the
IRE was SLOWLY. bar wi.l terri e certainty .
moving down the street. which rsu rivers If
water. and rain o. water was dashed back
irll the Bal.lIn-9 with Cd violence excel
ling that I'd any ram storm. Vow tle Goals
began o. lis. and drove every ONE Hrt the
nrrmsu from rle street,.
llz WOOL HOUSES l.--l.-
Extending along usrou-n7-s stree. tire
clothing house If kueellul. Harding 81
hlcharl-u afforded % splendid avenue.
and the IRE swept through rle long passage
way. coming 0at at the year end which
fronts ou Eeleu. street. and comm mica
ting with tne wool houses alongside. Here
10 ialrly re,ellel il destruction. anu raised
breeze which ~Tea, ci1ua ut dust. dirt
and Goals up the street ir which ul human
being could i've. Tue only thing was o.
lre tr 1ue' liie-and rnar was done quickly.
From eleven O'Clock until midnight the
fire made terri r-e tcalvay Tie efforts Il
the tiremen seemed o. he hatiel and iruIIles7.
ON every laul tIe flames We're sweeping
away the most sauer1 warehouses aud the
staulcle-t business blocks Iu rle cts. Arch
street. ut.~ street. and >lmmer street from
hawies srreat o. Church Green were one
great mas of flame the fire did NOT move
81 fast down Kingston street A huge force
OF steamers was pat % wark iu Avon place
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fta ~,rfI RI. ft,t r-e.- ba.-.a'li .-,.i.
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tlr-rir,-~s --li 81 r,.--. NJ $1,000 s---. H..
streets and -lurIy.ar.i I,,..r
Catherine .t.uanee Ii -ha,. ,,r...-r.-....r
tbe Hane. now h.,an d, nm d.v9 fIi-l
street having .rrfilne.3 tho --,i..,7i1 HI..t
af Granite STORES ,o FL. ---s .f U-ri.r M.
.ter-. iste re.ijer.. AZ rh- sl-la Finn. FL.
Hartford and F~i. .-..-f i-T fir..-- ...,..i-
f-e from the sr,r-t. ,-f.i.I Ee-.rrl..f ,,,-.-.
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sa.-.. Tser 7ir -i.s' - 49,
srrse- tr,1- Iii-i srres- m nd w.. t-
iu.- ana 3D.. -i6 --~o.- r,--,-- ~ a.-,... $780,
onf from rhs doomed rs-ri-1-,. ma l,.- q
shining radiance orc- tho v-,-..- 5rII --.-
CIV roar was heard ID iS-r. -r,r, rba-..
which fairly -rrsct terror b. s-.r- bsg--.
An the vessel. III the clnfiruar- yrharr.-
Oh whose decks the sharks now b-,-.r -se,ri
In showers were pu.aei ,u- III ~ r.,.i' III
the coufa-ration Ahlut iui,lni-1- ~.
flames. which continued % rarbe- ene--v
as thev rushed on. had e1ve,opsj IN. bniTi-
inf- On both sides If Ifi-h s-raa- 5,vrr, p.
the corner of Congress street. Theasrounl-
inr rapidirv with which the now hri.l- ans
granite blocks in tbat vicinity were 1nfr..i
hv the IRE convinced a VIM saw rbefn -b.-
Pearl street. as well rs Conrres- street IVA.
doomed % quick distraction I- vu- rruIy
terrible 10 witness such substantial and casf- /
ly blocks. as the granite buildings occupied
by Vim Z Spooncr and C1mDanv ou Con-
grass street. succumh DO the fame The
fire seemed 10 attack these structures with
equal READINGS at every point, and thew
appeared 70 fade away before e. Tner.
was something tiqerish Ia the rush Of the Z
flames through and over tie great shoe and I
leather stores. and when IL reached tine wool
stores. their force was accelerated seven /
fold
At one O'Clock. O solid ms If flame
quarter OF a mile iu wiItn was MOVING IN /
toward State street. and uarallci with RI Il /
was plain that the las. stand AGAINST 7be Z
10rthward coursa af she flame. mus h.. I
made along STATE street. From one RI two Z
D. clock the tire was at is height While Il /
bad progressed 50 rapidly in the direction of I
state street on the one s.deand Washington Z
street on the other. it had continued its !
course up summer street. taxing in the .
Mercantile building. and then Grand oId I
Trinity Church. while also burning with /
ess energy the buildinss on the other side
IF the street Then il began 10 be feared 4
that the long line Of steamers I'm WASHING 4
ION street even could not stem the tiie Of |
ire. and If they could NOT then fremont
street and all the buildings between school /
street and Winter street were doomed and /
Heaven only could know where and WHOM
the devastation would stop
As the hour OF midnight approached and
me great light winch now cast ITS mighty
glare over the whole city and for scores Of
miles oil the country aro1nd grew constant
y DIlsnler- q great anu excited COMPANY Of 4
men Whose lhtefes- O. the event OF the
lighi was the sharp, matter-oi-iact eonsid-
itaiohs Oh properly came from every direc-
non IN thronss' and'aiter them came 4 large