The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-20
FIss.
Bliss Il Cross Door, sash ana DiinG
Factory Badly Damaged by Eire.-
losses and Insurance..

An alarm of fire was sounded in this viii
lagc Yesterday ut 70 90 which brought
every one to their feet and The continued
alarm which was tallcnup all over the Village
gave assurance that the signal was meant
for a warning Smoke was is.ling from
the door. sash and blind mandatory Of
Messrs. Bliss & Cross The building which
was on fire s situated in the alley, leading
south from Freight street in rear of the
railroad shops the Office of the firm being
on the corner of the alley and Freight
street The warning was promptly oheycd
and the fire department turned ont at once.
Washington No, got on the first stream
Tho steamer was stationed at Kings cisicm
until that gave ont and then went 20 the
reservoir near the chair factory, while the
hand engines. Washington No. ?, aud Nick
wackctt No. /, with the Hook and Ladder
company were all promptly at work within
a very short time after the alarm was
sounded
The smoke was first seen issuing from
the cupola which surmounts the dry-room.
THIS portion of the building fronted on the
alley. Ere the fire companies arrived. The
| second story, which consisted, beside the
dry-room, of a large front room for manu-
featuring purposes, was densely filled with
steam and smoke Yet no fire was then
visible on the outside. \ stream was sent
INTO the second story from the outside
which, however, failed to accomplish
much Another stream was soon playing
on the gravel roof and the cupola, from
which the flames soon began to burst out
This stream effected but little, save to
drench very thoroughly the frcmen who
were directing the other stream through
door on the north end OF the building, and
this stream was discontinued there and
carried inside, where it did good execution.
All this while the fire was gaining and
spreading rapidly through the upper por-
| ton of the entire building. FLAMES were
| seen bursting out in every direction, and
| the iiremen were kept busy in the almost
| fruitless endcavor TO stay the spread.
| During this time q very good auxiliary was
| had from the pump located in the car shops,
| to which was attached hose which threw
a very good stream on the burning building.
| 1t was very evident TO all that the fire
! was very hard to get at, and that consider
cradle manOuvering was necessary TO stay
its progress. The wcll-directed and per
sistcnt efforts of the lirmcn, who seemed to
be engaged on every exposed portion of the
building, on top and on every side, at nearly
every window and at every door, began to
have an effect upon the destructive cle-
ment hui it was fully one hour before the
fire was substantially under control and,
| but few minutes more, and the fire was
out
The building was completely flooded with
water, while the second story and its con-
tents seemed badly charred by the course
of the flames.
The fire caught in the dry room, which
is situated over the boiler and engine room.
1t was first discovered by boy at the gas
| hp"9o oi iNlS"t oiSr'' "nO 81" wv 0H'"N'
issuing from the cupola and at once gave
the alarm. The men had all left the build
ing at the time, Mr.. Cross having left about
ten minutes before the alarm was given,
and had passed the boiler room and dry
room on going out. The cause of the fire
cannot be accounted for only on the sup
position that the heat from the boiler below
had caused combustion of slow kline
which broke out just at that time. The
dry room was heated by the exhaust steam
from the engine, conveyed by pipes through
out the room these pipes showed no sign
of having been overheated, or OF causing
the fire in the least.