Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-07
NAY Z, 1875.
Another Great Fire I'm Montpelier.
Loss, $4,000

, Loss. Sl30,OOO.
MONTPELIER, VT, May lst.-Montpelier
} was last night again visited by a very
destructive FIRE. leaving some twenty Eve
families homeless. The alarm was struck
about midnight. A light wind prevailed,
and it seemed at first as if the flames could
not be prevented from running their course
} through Main street north, but rather ior-
tunately the fire was driven towards the
Winooski end of the street into a less rich
part of the village. The fire broke out
on the river side of Main street, in or near
building used for livery stable, by
j. q. Adams, and owned by I. D. Hub
bard extending through this. the build
ing occupied as dwelling house and store
by J. Bruce and W. A Bouteie was
next burned; thence the flames swept
down the street through BarrOws 4
Peck's building which was partly burned in
our previous fire and into the building oc-
cupied as millinery shop by Ii. C. Web
s.er, owned by j. Bruce. Next came j. O..
French's block. occupied by n. P. Brooks,
hardware, and Patnsm i Marvin. crockery
and groceries There were also two families in
the upper story The flames then proceed
ed, devouring a dwelling house owned by
j. g. French and occupied by two families,
Edgerley and West, j. C. Benefits gun
shop. n. c. Bleon's old junk shop,
also occupied by Barrows & Peek. hard
ware dealers, and by one or two families,
Cobb L Cummings marble works. C. W.
Selina's saddlery The building known a. the
Old Shepard Stand was mex. destroyed, leay-
ing two families homeless and burning out
Geo. NJ. Serbners tin shop. Here the
fire was stopped from going any further IN
this direction. but meanwhile it had broken
out on the other side of the street in Mrs.
Marsh's house, next 10 Hinkley i Best's
stOr,, and also on the corner Of Main and
Barre streets. in Hyde u Fosters ir5n and
-four store. Everything on this side be-
tween these points was barael to the
/ ground p. Preston's store and house,
widow Wood 5 dwelling, VIM. Lewis dwell
/ ling house. widow Cross place, the lower
part of which J. D. Clogston occupied,
a. tin shop. All efforts to stay the flames
seemed unayailing. Hyde 4 Foster block
| is burned to ashes. together WIKI Mrs.
| IIyde's dwelling house just beyond 1a Barre
ST. and brick house Of jas. Z LlngiJa's.
The latter was the limit of the fire on the
northern side of Barre St. Everything on
the opposite side next the river was barned,
from the corner where Seneca Wo5i's house
stood to Joel Fosters dwelling house
This includes the clearinghouse OF widow
Bradley Clark, the house Of CIrl Smith.
dwelling house occupied by several lami-
lies, besides two or three smaller buildings
used for sheds or store houses.
Nearly everything touched by the FIRE was
totally destroyed. Engines from Barre and
Mortified were sent for and arrived in good
time and did excellent service. With the
aid Of a favorable wind v hich =; n the FIRE
was got under control between three and
four clock, men working molly with pals /
of water and wet blankets Many families /
Of moderate circumstances are rendered /
homeless and large quantities Of household I.
stuff are lost. the FIRE dYing with such I
irightful rapidly a. to make it impossible /.
to move all to places Of safety. J. q. /
Adams saved Is OF hi. horses. TIE FIRE i /
believed to have been the work Of .
2n iDceninry. About an holr before
thus fire one was set in Hiram Fales'
hos>e on State street. opposite the Ameri-
can House. but was discovered s1as1nablY
and put out. No doub; the same hand was
the cause Of both fire.. The loss j. great.
probably not .oss than 100000, with an
insurance Of about So geo. Tae Vermont
Mutlal ha- SIS OO0, 4. c. Brown agency
Ss2 Geo, Farmers Mutual 8 600. Sabin /
Thurst5u's agency SIS. coo.
TOTAL Loss-ISsCRASCK-IHE PEOPLE NOT
DIsHEARTENED-PREPARA TO BCED.
MoNrPELIER. May 2-The total ,5ss by
the destructive FIRE of SATURDAY, morning
will reach about SIl4, 900, Of which about
SIS, 900 Is Insured. This and the late pre-
vious FIRE have destroyed about one-half Of
the business portion Of the town. but new
hotel on the site of the old Pavilion. and
blocks Of stores are already in rapid pro
sress, and many Of yesterday s1ferersiare
already making arrangements to rebuild
during the coming summer.
REVISION Or LlssEs AND INSURANCE.
MONTPELIER. May 3.-A revision Of tie
losses and insurance Of the late FIRE ioo;s Up {
this morning a follows Estimated losses
Sl36 600 insurance S65, $50. There aye
doubtless other small losses but this j. near
ly the total amount. To the Ii; previously
sent should be added a. follows hyde d
Foster, dour, etc. Sl2, eco los and SO, 400
insurance james q. French. buildings.
5 1900 loss, s. 900 Insurance Cobb AZ
Cunning marble works, whose los mas
been given at Sli 500 are insured for only .
50 700, c. 7. Summers lo,es :. 600 on fur I
niturs, 10 Insurance Barrows i Peek lose
s. 900. Insurance $4,000 Putnam i Mar
vim lose s 600, insured for 81 600 the
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company at
Montpelier has Sc 975 risks, on which the
loss i total, instead Of 81 900 a tele-
graphed. There was much stealing at the 8
Ere. and to-day officers are searching the q
houses OF suspected parties.