The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-08


root down three flights of stairs, and
through Centre street, to the river, each
line some twenty rods in length, and
pals full of water were passed up one
line while the empty pals were handed
back down the other. This multitude
" formed into lines, worked with q will,
and as though each had personal inter-
est in the immense amount of property
depending upon their exertions. The
water was carried to the roof and upper
rooms as fast as the pals could be passed
up, which wasn't very slow, and men
bravely faced the flames, throwing water
upon the burning cornce and windows,
and bearing heat which was almost I'M
bearable. The work was done--the
block was saved.
The account in the Rutland LIe,uM is so
detaiied, M'flhng, graphtc and interesting.
and throws such flood of light upon the
matter, that we cannot forbear quoting il
in full, as settling the controversy. Here
1t is: "The occupants of Simonds' block
becoming alarmed, some of them prepared
''ts move out, but as soon as the fire was
distinguished they became settled"
But what says the card on this point:
The fire company worked with untiring
energy to prevent the spread of fire in all
directions. and when asked to play upon
the block the chief engineer said it would
he impossible to throw stream as high as
the burning cornico, but would try and did
so, which resulted in the fact that they
could not reach it ; they then went back to
the hollow, where they did great service in
saving the MILL Briggs shop and the
foundery.
Granting all this to he true, and we have
no reason to doubt that ii is, wherein does
it differ from The GLOBE report? If this
card is correct statement of facts, Sim
onds block was saved Through the efforts
Of the citizens, not Of tie Brandon fire
compday, was it not? BY the card sit
became evident" did it not? '.that no eff.
forts were to be made by the Brandon fire
men in the direction of Simonds' block"
Is it questioned that the hard work of the
ladies' and gentlemen Of Brandon, without
the aid OF, or without the hope of any aid
from, the Brandon fire department, saved
''Simonds' block What then is the trout
ble and complaint? Is it because we did
not give as iDcn and M,iiiag description
of the efforts of these noble ladies and gen
tlcmen. as was contained in the XeluM re-
port! Is it because Our reporter thought It
proper to state facts, and give honor to
whom honor was due? Was il right and
proper for THE GLOBE to give the facts as
they actually occurred, or did these en-
gineers desire that the credit of saving
Simonds' block should he given to them.
when, confessedly, they were powerless to
do any thing, and, at the most, as they
claim, made one hasty futile effort to reach
the ''cornice;" or should we have ignored
the labors of all persons except the Bran
don fire department, as the "chef en-
gineer," the "2d esst engineer and ''fore-
man No 1" have done? We have no wish
to do injustice to the ''fire department of
Brandon, or their engine company, neither
do we propose to flatter them at the eY-
pensc of truth. A comparison of the three
reports-that of THE GLOBE. of the Union,
and that contained in the card
will show that they are in substan-
tial accord, except that the card
takes all the credit to the 'fire depart
ment' of Brandon, without so much as
passing notice of the untring labors of the
ladies and gentlemen of that town or of as
sistance furnished from without the town.
We have thought proper to say thus much
in vindication of our reporters account,
but if we desired to enter into contro-
versy, we might mention other facts, which
were yesterday brought to ournoticc, which
would put force and point upon this mat
ter, different from that in which we are
content to leave it, and in which Mr..
Smonds and Cahee brothers-who in their
published cards are so unfair and dlshon-
orable in the extreme as to omit all men,
ton of the Brandon fire department.
leave it.