St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-22
About the Fire.

among the ruins, digging Tor the re-
mains of missing tircmen. I'm this work
of humanity. active and exempt tiremen
/ from CharlestOwn and Cambridge We'd
with one another. The remains of Dan
lei Cochlanc. late second foreman of
Hook and Ladder /, were cXhumed from
the ruins of Mr.. IIiNonS store, No. lG5
Washington street. Sunday forenoon.
They were charred beyond recognition.
but were identified 10y ii tag upon some
keys imbcdded in the mass The ashes
were taken to the City Hall and thence
to the dead house. The finding of
these was 10y members fthe Cambridge
Hook and Ladder Company. who were
searching for the remains of one of their
company. Cochrane was 81 Years of
age. and leaves il wife and two children
at their home, No. - Chadwick street.
Boston Highlands.
Shortly after the finding of Mr. Coch-
ranc'S remains. IL few bones of Capt.
William Fairy. of the same company,
were cXhumcd from the ruins and iden-
titled by the means of gold watch
chain belonging to his wife. which he
had on at the time he was killed.
The mother of Miss Martha Hutchin-
son has been found among the ruins of
Shrrvr. Crump y Loves store. Miss
Hutchinson saved herself 10y jumping
from the window. The remains of two
ladies taken from the ruins on Wcdncs-
day are with an undertaken. There is
no means of identifying them except by
patches of clothing. Michael Cuddy
has been missing since Saturday night,
and was last seen at the falling of !,
building.
The idea of the entire reconstruction
of the burnt district, the hlotting out of
all streets and titles and the making it
over as Il new city. seems to be ahan-
d"ncd aS utterly impIacticahlc. The
real estate owners in the district are
opposed to any radical changes.
The most interesting locality among
the ruins. yesterday, and the one to
which hundreds were attracted by the
operations there in progress. WAS the
rear of the store of Shrcvc. CrIImp \
Lowe. Beneath the sidewalk was Il
/ brick vault, - feet long, 10 feet wide
and 10 feet deep, which contained he
/ tween $15,0OO and SlOO.OOO worth of
silver. including the altar service he
/ longing to Trinity Church. portion of
the Sacramcntal silver of the Brattlc
square Church. Il service of silver pre-
scented To Col. William A>piuwall. 10y
/ the merchants of London. including
Barring brothers and others. Il pitcher
presented 10y Daniel Webster to Peter
Harvey. and other mcmcmtue>. hrSidc>
/ >ilNcrWarc belonging to the firm. The
goods were placed there after the fire
was got under on sunday. the vault
being considered the most secure place
in the nrighhollIood. When the build
ing WAS blown down toy the explosion
of gaS. at least 200 tons of granite were
piled upon the top al the vault. but ON
opcmin" the vault the >;iCrlmrutal silver
presented To the Trinity Church 10y
kmy-t;c"rgc ILL. the lirittlr square
Church service, of the date of l1-l. and
the Daniel Webster ~ilNrrWarr. were
brought forth in good order. In some
parts of the vault exposed to the hottest
of the fire, the articles were melted.
Hold on Chicago didn't mean that
Boston should except that money. She
only gave it in Il kind of morganatic
manner. and now c"nir>>r> that ""ur
citizens grr>hcd Il little prcmaturcll e"
and NOV see that there wis II" need of
have pcrpetIatcd the grim Joke of ac-
ccpting all donations" SAYS Chicago.
Then Boston is in Il regular huff hccau>r
some wrctchrd committee man took the
money at all. Was there ever such IL
/ comedy of errors What wouldn't we
all give to hc put back to the corner of
summer and Kingston streets. Il week
ago Saturday night If we could do ii
all over again. the insurance companies
would distribute their last assets and
old office chairs in dividends on the
very day before. the tirrmcn would
he on hand AT the moment. the fire.
would he put out in thirty minutes. the
mayor wouldn't lose his head. the chief
engineer and not postmaster Burt would
d" the blowing NJ. the governor would
not call the extra session. and Chicago
would subscribe ii million dollars and
keep it all. !Sprinqfcid R,pubIjcrn.
! Lo, \ PEorIIET CONES : Boston has
Il new prophet. Nohody ever heard of
him before He does not live on Mount
Vernon street noI the Back Bay. his
name is not on the rolls of the State
House, and he Is not Il director in amy
of the State street hanks OF insurance
companies. He lives in some of the
outside territory recently annexed. He
looks like the owner of an Illinois prairie
farm of 10000 acres. or IL stock Raiser
from the Texas uplands who counts his
cattle 10y the hundred thousands. and
could victual an army at ten days no
ticc; Il hale. hearty manncrcd gentle
man of sixty and upward. with white
whiSkcrS and Astounding gray clothes !;
which his name is Mr.. Joseph Bird.
And his title t" prophecy comes from
writing this in the Boston Daily .Adver-
ti>cr just one wear To Il day before last
weeks fire. to wit. November 10Th.
ISL:
When that dozen lumber yards on the
roof is once well on fire, it will he taken.
not 10y little sparks only, but by cords.
into and upon every building within
half mile, Every window on the line
of the gale will he broken into by the
iirery brands. every place where there
is wood for fire To catch upon. and fires
will soon he rushing from fifty of those
windows OF roaring from the exposed
woods. Such fire (and they will sure
ly occur.) will stop just when there is,
no more wood to burn. The earnest
men of the fire department, with their
apparatus. would he as inefficient as
would the writer with one of his ten
dollar machines. Then would come the
story 50 lately told of Chicago: awful
contiagratiOn Boston in ruins Thou
sands of houses and the business por-
ton of the city in ashes -
Mr.. Bird should ut once he made Il
life member of the AthenTum, put on
the free list at the Museum and he re
produced in IL bronze or granite statue
i'll a littl park i'll the very centre of the