Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-29

tinually enlarged their business and at the pres
ent time employ large force of workmen
Burial services were held at the First Congrega-
tional church on Tuesday, two p. NJ, four clergy
men officiating. Rev. Mr. Scott, his former pas
tor, gave an outline of Mr.. Putnams past life,
and spoke in the highest eulogy of his manly,
Christian character. The church was filed to
OVERLOOKING. Those employed at the works,
some three hundred men, attended in body,
and series of resolutions, unanimously adopted
by them, were read to the audience.
The LEoMINsTER FIRE-The only building
destroyed by the fire in this town Tuesday at
ternoon, was the Orthodox Congregational
church, in which it originated, the parsonage
and several other buildings in the immediate
vicinity, on the south side of the common hav-
ing been saved only by the extraordinary efforts
of the firemen with the steamer belonging to
the town, purchased last simmer, the value of
which for such emergencies, was put to a very
satisfactory test on this occasion. Without it,
no doubt one Of the largest and most desruc-
tive fires which ever occurred in that town,
would inevitably have taken place. A ew hun
dred dollars wi cover the loss to the parsonage.
| in which the flames at one lime caught, as also
in the roofs of the hotel building, owned by J.
Burditt, the store building, owned by Hon. J, c,
| Allen, and the blacksmith shop and other build
ings, which were slightly damaged. The fine
residence of Mr. Allen, over which the flames
were carried TO the roofs of other buildings,
would have been burnt had 1t not been for its
| slated roof
There was insurance to the amount of about
| $1,000 on the church building and its contents,
the settees in the vcstry being the only articles
saved. OF the above sum the Merchants and
Farmers Office of this city had $3.50 on the
building, $1,000 on the organ, 500 on the furnace
and settees in the vcstry, and $3.50 on the bell
and fixtures, The Bay State office Of this city
had $500 on the building and $500 on the Or
gan, and the Fichburg Mutual had the re-
maiuder, about $4,000, on the building. The or
| gan was valued at about $1,000. The building
had been sold for $1,000 to Mr.. Nathaniel G.
| Wood, who was to remove it to another locality
within the coming month, to make way for the
new church ediicc TO be erected upon its site by
the Orthodox Congregational society. The loss
would thus seem to be pretty well covered by
the insurance, Judging by the sum given for the
| building itself by its present owner
The church was built about thirty years ago
by the Congregational society, which previously
worshipped in the old building recently sold to
| the Catholics by the MethodistS. The building
burnt had been occupied Of late both by the
| Orthodox and Methodists, and prOtracted re-
vival meetings had been held there the past week
or two by Mrs. Van Colt. 1t is supposed the
fire took from the furnace, which had been kept
in constant operation during the continuous
meetings.
The people of this town have been for some
time agitatng the matter of larger supply of
water, to which the recent fire will probably add
more serious importance, as il was found that in
case of an extensive conalgration much more
would be needed than the present supply will
afford The source from which it is thought
most feasible TO bring it, is Whaan pond, in
Lunenburg, which is stated to have an elevation
of about 1856 feet above the common, sufficient
to carry water TO the highest residences The
matter will be acted upon at the coming town
meeting, an act of the legislature having al
ready, we believe been obtained, one year ago,
to enable the town to avail itself of certain
sources of supply. Leominster is growing
town, some sixty residences having been erected
there during the past year. besides several man
ufacturing establishments, and an adequate
supply of water is an allmportant matter to be
considered.