Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-05


post. and at once seeing the situation began
organizing u force to resist the approach
Of the Times. We are fortunate enough
to be able to Give his account in his own
words.
COL EANDALL'S STATEMENT.
was not awakened ut the first alarm of
fire. and was a little late on the ground.
When | reached the scene. the fire was
nearing the head of Barre street. and very
soon the HYDE & Foster store was on fire.
the wind blowinga perfect gale directly
up Barre street. | was at that time in
formed that there was no engine on that
street. and that it looked Is though the
whole street must burn. I immediately
went round on that street, and the scene
was truly appalling. The wind blew the
smoke and fire and burning fragments
thu, entire length of the street, AMI it re-
quired men on and around every building to
prevent them from catching from the living
mass of co.nbu~tibl-S that the ar WAS fill
ed with. The owners and their friends
were performing this service Il, we'll as
they could, but with Ill their efforts the
fire caught in many places, and only for
timely assistance, buildings farther up the
street would have been burned. imme-
liatelv sent word to General Pitkin for an
On rinc, and received an answer that the
engine, were all engaged with all they
could do, and that we must rely on the
Barre engine when that arrived. next
turned my attention to the matter of lad
dcr>. but very few could be found and
hose usually too short to be of any use.
lad we ut that time had pie MY OF com
mon long ladders, and fifty good water
buckets We could have stopped the fire At
the Iv lie no Use, saving that, and it would
never h.,ve crosse! To the south side of
Barre street, and probably the ladders
were in town and might have been found
i'll time, bat we had not the Time. am
of opinion that two hundred dollars Laid
out in ladders and put in accessible places,
and controlled by some one, would he 4
splendid Investment. Aftcr seeing our
want of m:,ternl, took la,ty look to
tie rear TO see if there was any available
spot where we could retreat TO, and where
we could ligh, the battle with any pros
| poet of stopping tn. enemy short OF los
inr all. Tnc open space from joel Fo~-
ter house to the space between the old
brick house on tn knoll an lhr |. W.
Brown house seemed to be the best, III
though here both of our tlinh~ We're badly
exposed; on the right by IA oil barn
which did its best to get on fire, and this
would easily have communicated with the
back buildings of the |. w. Brown place
tnl on our left 10y number of small
buildings. constituting the out buildings of
{. l.. smith and joel Foster, and the small
hoISc ut de rear. But on the whole. this
WAS the place, and here we decided t.
| night lhr battle, and IL We had ~ artillery
1t WIS purely an infantry cngaGemcn Mt
| While rs usual on such occasions the mas,
of lockers on We're wholly impcrN iou- to
appeals 10 fall in and help, either too para
! wed with fear, or TOO lazy and selfish To-
help, vet Il few rr-ulutclv uu~clii>h mrn,
were ready. and their names have ~ t.tr
| | observed them int knew them. and pro
| pose To publish Them rs they IL the We '
men | want to 20 through the next " II
with And tiI>t allow me t. name The
clergy. who unlike the AIOvI.y of army
| chtl I'M. Wcut To The II N. Rev j. LIWaru
| Wright va, tn. first IN IN 10 mount die
| hoII>c-tnp at the point OF danger and key
@ the whole poS.tlon. and tpr tWo hour~.
With feet bare, an p.u.cc.rd Il far a. POS
iblr with WEE BLANKETS, ne ; GcA 10 the
ridge ANA kept the roof ol tn house Wet.
M thereby prevented it from hli ninE
| lie WAS lbiV assisted on thu roof hv Geo.
y. Wing, E-q. and Mr. Day. and others.
whose names did not Get Mr. kIburv,
Mr., j. Il. >,.tvrr, uII L \ Pare dI4
equally hard li-hllnT /" keep thu Walls o.
| he h"u>" wet. Drawing :hr ire lun9
enough t. discharge the cont NJ of ti,.
| pals on the walls. nMI jhen rr;rrltiur To-
| axe breath. Rev. y. y. Gil tLiru was ais,