The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-09
Special to the Globe,
CALAMITOUS CONFEDERATION.
Large Destruction of Property.
VALUABLE HORSES BURNED.
BENNiNGroS, Feb. s.

About three o'clock. this morning fire
was discovered in the large barn adjoining
Perry Eldrcd Stand, now kept by Oliver
Grogan.
The barn was filled with wagons, seighs,
hay, grain, and quite member of horses.
8 The flames were under considerable head
way when discovered, and, although the
neighbors were promptly on hand and
worked to the best of their ability, the
building was entirely consumed, together
with all the material stored IN the barn,
and five horses. Three of the horses were
burnt were owned by Tyrc e Kent, and
were on their way to Dorset to be used by
that firm in their extensive marble works
at that place, and were very valuable.
Mr.. Edred loses two horses, one of them
being a valuable stallion. BY the almost
superhuman efforts of those assembled to
fight the flames the hotel was saved, al
though badly damaged. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of an inccndiary, as
it was fired in two places The insurance
on the property burned is very small.
ACCIDENT.
James Binney, brakeman on the Troy
& Boston railroad, was tearfuly if not IA
tally injured by being run over by the cars
running out of-Troy, near lakewood Gene
terry, yesterday Saturday tornoon. One
of his legs was SO badly injured as TO re-
uure immediate amputation, and one of
his arms was also badly shattered No
further particulars received. b.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
We learn the following details from 4
Bennington Banner extra;
Soon after Mr. Eldred, the proprietor
whose residence is near by, aroused by the
alarm came to the rescue and succeeded in
getting out another horse, much to the per
il of himself; he being quite seriously
singed, but not otherwise injured
The rallying citizens by great effort sue
cccdrd in saving the hotel itself, although
it is quite badly scorched on the soutl
side, towards where the burned building
were situated.
So far as we can learn, at least six horse:
were burned, among them the favorite ant
valuable old "Gray Stallion" ownedby Mr.
Eldred.
An elegant double carriage owned by
Perry l.. Eldred, son of the hotel propri
etor, and first used at Saratoga last season
which cost $1,000, is among the numerou
vehicles burned Two entirely new wag
ons were destroyed In short the loss o
personal property, in animals, carriages
wagons, sleighs. and other valuable nipple
mcnts, farming toools, hay, grain, am
utensils is unusually and very unfortunate
ly large.
The early morning, Sunday, was severe
ly cold thermometer at 15o below zero
which retarded the efforts of the citizen
to save the burning buildings and also i
preventing the fire from communicating t
the adjacent hotel and other expose
property.
The village is small, and the contlagra
ton far advanced before its discovery, bu
all who heard the alarm rushed to the re-
cue, and ladies as we'll as men labored hi
roicly in endcavorng to stop the devasti
ton of the devouring element.
OF the amount of insurance we lear
nothing, except that it is entirely dispr'
portionate to the loss
There is no doubt that the fire was of a
incendary origin, as the buildings WEI
, fired in two places.
We understand that suspicion is ente
tanned toward some person whose name v
have not learned.
From Washington.