The New York herald., 1874-12-03
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WILTON, \. Il,

The Business Portion OF tho Place De-
stroyod-List OF Losses and Insurance
Energy OF the Citizens.
MILFORD, Dec. 2, 1874.
All tne business part OF Wilton was DESTROYED
this morning. The fire was discovered in Wal.
lace's block, at nve O'Clock. The only nre engine
IN the piaoO frozon up usolass- The street
was narrow and the names quickly caught the
Whiting House. large hotel kept by DR.. w. Jones'
and burned 1t to the ground. The stores OF Frank
Kent. confectionery; D. b. Needham, drygoods; W.
J. Bradbury, druggist; George Wallace clothing
store; Dr. Trevett, druggist. and n. d. Foster,
stoves, were destroyed. Whiting's stable was
burned, but the horses and carriages were saved.
w. e. Jaques' dry goods, Smiths barber shop and
Taggart's boot and shoe store, under the whiting
House, were burned out The residence OF Mr..
Barrett was the only dwelling house burned. The
savings bank preserved all its books, but the In.
terror OF the building was burned out The nre
company from Milford was sent Tor and reached
Wilton at eight O'Clock. Through their efforts
Baldwln's block was saved ana the fire checked.
a steamer irom Nashua arrived at = later nour and
assisted In putting out the fire. The folio wing u
THE LOSS AND INSURANCE.
Wallace's block, destroyed. loss S. 500 fully In
Charles Tarbell's building, occupied by the Post
ONCE and Bradbury's apothecary SHOP loss 81 oO0,
rsnp sEr ksa d
Bank, In Burrs block, loss So 900, insurance $1,000;
Charles H. Burns, law library, &c., loss
$1,000, fully insured: the town library, one-third
OF the bOoKs. insured for $1,000, which covers the
loss; Whiting House, loss $4,000, insured
for $4,000: the furniture In the hotel
was owned by w. A. Jones, loss $1,000,
insured for $4,000; Alfred 4, Jaques, grocer, loss
$4,000 insurance $4,000; William 5. 1aggalt
boots and Shoes loss 81, ,600 partly insured; Mrs.
William P. Duncklees' store, loss $500; samuel
BarretpA cottage loss Sl.500, insured DR.. Henry
Trevett apothecary, loss $1,000, insurance $4,000;
n. D. Foster stock. loss $4,000, insurance 81 900:
Whiting House stable, probably insured, owned
by Messrs Page, OF Boston, loss 5000; S. T.
Hutchinson, loss 1,000 insured; TarDel Sewell
loss 81, ,50O insured Samuel Center. loss ST. OOO
sured; James Hanneford, billiards, loss $500;
Railroad Hotel loss BY removal $500, insured.
THE COMPANIES
most heavily represen ted are the Home, OF New
York Hartford and Phoenix, OF Hartford, and New
Hampshire state.
A SUFFERING VILLAGE.
The village was n0urishng one on the Boston
Lowell and Greenfield road, but has suffered se-
verely recently food swept away one or It's
mills 1re destroyed another, and recent de-
falcation has borne heavily on its business men.
The loss OF all the best business houses now nearly
cripples the place-O1ly tour stores remaining
some Of the losers show commendable pluck.
While the nre still raged D. B. Needham engaged .
room for his goods and will resume buslnesA The
first express out bore an order Tor new Post once
boxes from w. s. Bradbury, postmaster. He viii
again open his store, though on q smaller scale.
Clnders from the conffagraton reached Milford.
I'VE miles aWay.