St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-07

twenty-five thousand dollars. The in
is about as follows: VT. Mutual
some S2s 900; Farmers Mutual 81 900;
stock companies. SOB, O00-total S5I 900.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
many suspect incendiarism.
The above despatch we find i'll the
ST. Adams Messenger. Below we copy
briefly from telegram sent the Boston
Journal Sunday:
The extent of the disastrous fire of
Saturday last will he under stood when
it is known that between State street
and the WinOoski river, a distance of
some fifty rods, and to that time quite
thickly set with residences, stores and
shops, only eight buildings now remain.
six ut the north end and two ut the
south end. Nine residences were also
destroyed on Barre street. 1t Is said
that thirty-twO buildings il all were
destroyed. The effect of the severe
struggles with the flame. and the hard
work of yesterday in lalors to bring
order out of confusion. and restore to
the rightful owners such property as
was not destroyed was plainly manifest
in the thin congregations of to-day.
Rev. DIR. Lord made fitting allusion
in his prayers to the great calamity.
He chose for the Bible lesson the Psalms:
.He that dwelleth in the secret place of
the Most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty" His sermon,
based upon first Kings, 1912: After
the ire still small voice. was listened
to with great interest.
The Boston Globe has the following
descriptive paragraph, and also the
sympathetic one which follows:
The Montpelier fire, which has rem
dered thirty families homeless and we'll
nigh ruined for time the business por
ton of the town, is supposed to have
been set by villianous incendiary. in
little wooden shop connected with Il
livery stable. Had there been i'll the
latter any proper means of saving the
building. the destroying element would
have gone no further: but as it was,
the entire efforts of the occupant were
directed to getting out the horses. while
TIE fire had all the advantage OF wait
ing for the engines. y large wooden
block was conveniently AT hand, and
before ANYTHING could hc done to stay
the progress of the flames. they had
been nur,cd h\ that MAGNIFICENT supply
of fuel into 4 Formidable cuntlagIatiom
ExuItiun in its strength. il started
howIinw and cracking through the main
street of the village. and swept away
huildin" after huilding on either side.
and. tn divide the efforts of those who
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career. started through one of the priu-
cipal side streets. All WAS c"mmotinn
and alarm. Women ran CRYING and
wlilimy through the streets. and men
made frantic efforts to save their prourr-
~. which WIS removed to the street
only to he licked up h, the devouIinr
flames. Thrcuriuc. were. almost power
less. Finally n stand was made NJ the
Northumberland Wells River Railroad de
pot. and. with the aid of the hose con
nccred with the shops of the Mnntrclicr
Manufacturing COMPANY. the tilcn,n
succeeded in allt.,tinu the progress at
the fire. in that direction. Meantime.
under the heroic lead of Il CLERGYMAN.
Rev. DR.. Lord. Il stand was made at Il
residence ON Main street. BN cuttinr
npcniur- through the walls of the house.
in the face. of the intense. heat. streams
of water were mt last directed with cf-
feet upon the advancing flames.
Meantime we must not forget the
calamity of Muntpelirr. While the
immediate wants of her homeless people
will he relieved bv the citizens of the.
town and the surrounding country. the
place is temporarily crippled in its
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