Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-02
CONFEDERATION in Springfield. Mass.


'|'i!:a-faiioh Ill Ni'rihShel"' MASS
the most destructive fire that ever oc-
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: :''' tiot>' 'N"'''''N "i''l hooi' 'n' No
-'rUErl nearly ~ buildings, including 4
number OF business blocks. causing 4 total
f,..or.,+ least Sl)0 OuO \ hi yh wind pre-
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the WA1Ic business pollloh Oh liie Guy WIS
sri iu,ly tltcnrI, but bv about >
....ln} lI,.. Fine DEPARTMENT with assist
c, ,l;,. 11,1rol.o wo.,+.,1
thd lAU.'"i'' >''cteehe' III T't'Li9 tle
ire under coutrol.
The orj.,jn of the fire is not known. and
NAV never he. bat the location i, deter
,i,rd by tn, testimony of lis discovcrer.
ala, rri,,rrcI 70 Superintendent w. H.
n 70. OF the Wa>ou Manufacturing Com
n,u,. th,t At ,b III, , uI,r;rr to3 n'rluck.
,.,w, lI,l. in II. NJ Conkcy's planino
nIl!, on T,>lur St. He went to tie win
,n{y ON Nh. north side of the buildnr and
my ti,at p;!,. OF ,ll,vinr, in the corner
-. 1it. room were LliZin.r bri-kly. liz. i'm
,n.,li,,,f,- ,..,li.,.l ,hc alarm tn h. struck
.r..u, box 80. ;. If the ,,.ror. The fact
f5.at :, brisk wind WAS bIowinr Fl. m the
.n1tn-,..t~f =, ,n,.r aroused the apprchru
SION. Of III. pcn,,ie who heard the alarm,
ma ,u uuii-,;tl crowd responded f. if
rh. .t.,rt ,i-,t the fire woulI h. Srriou> wa.
,eu Grounded. for within To- minutes at
-. rlr. otrikiu.r If The alarm. and before.
20, u.n,,Ir h,d gathered nj the scene. il
wa. evident lI,1t the Fire Department
ihnu.h ihcy were pronut]v ON the SPOT
and .t work v,ull rot b.. able TO confiue
,I,,. fire, even 10 that side. of T,vlor ST.. for
il had ais, >w,.lt throurh to the front of
me ,u.I linz ana across Taylor st. to an
old VD1,,.n huil,Iinr. In half an hour
from the nur-liu,r ont of fine fire il cpulI be
:, - ,h,l the. ,,.t,1r1mrnt were. hattljur the.
most ,cyi>,atinr fire th1t ever visited
>prin ,IjcIJ. Con>lry'> planinr mills
We're, .umrIetcly wlant in flames. and the
vt,Ir. ln>y reach of buillinr, in Tavlor st.
10 DWIGHT vrr,. doomed. The row Of
brick II * OH he south side. of Invlor s..
from the rear of Wioht'> block. on Main
: 10 q. Is. Dourla--'> shop. on the cor
nrr Of u whit 81. were thichiv tcnantrd
with variuu, manufacturing interests, and
for their ; ,triv the lirrmcn concentrated
n ir tiori~. The stout brick walls resist
ii Tire i.oa. till the Illmr> hld penetrated
10 the interior thruuch tn. roofs, when
Hu.cv ni~hul. nnd IavIor St w:t> 4 CUNT
tot me. Meanwhile. hy direct commit
i alton and lllln- cn,icIs. the conll,"r.l
.oI liaI spread through t. Worthinglon
81 WIS driving the families out of The old
uopdrn t"nrnrnt~ and had taken fierce
holt Of t t. 4r,;,t piles OF WOO and lumber
! n Al ,cv : lumbrr-vnrl Every building
N the :, ~ ire between favlor ana Wor-
jn.Mglon s. AMI Dwi.hi ii. and The rc.,
q; llr ur.at Mann II. block, WIS low on
.,.,.. ,\r.Yt j. l.. p,urjaSs-s vorns f.om
winch me wind -wrp, lh. Il mes. and I'M.
..y roofs of >i.:,r,l Park were r,,tchinr
SH In. interest WIS sudden V transferred
Irnlu ,hj- locality hy 1h,. roilinr of dense
v.JlIur, al smoke. from the roof of IIurl
i,ui block. on the west side OF Main s.
# tine ,nrIrr ot Bril,rr. an in which WAS
/ i'm. rect dry rooI, house of Mckni"bt
/ Norton * U.lIiiway. and other in,ut,nt
hu.inr~> concerns II soon brc,nle rvi-
Il nj that the Springfield Fire Depar M nj
was unable to cope with the flames. and
tle TELEGRAPH Office, in the npiphborinv
towns bcinI 81 ,scl, word was sent to them
bv teams and railroad trains. We,tti Id
! ito woke. Chicopcc and Indian Orchard.
each sent one engine. and Hartfor, two.
ChicuIe : assistance being dispatched vol
UNFAIRLY. when the smoke of the fire was
; an. The fire at one time Threatened all
tn. western ana southern portion Of the
ety. Fine flames first burst through to
Main ST. from the front of J. +. Rock
wu ut >turr. 1t " us now about t O'Clock,
AND irom that time on for two hours near
", the sturdy north wall of Gurdon Bits
Iron-ttont block stood every assault of the
flames. ly this time the people of Vernon
> we've c'.'i!''- '''e,, no,',e, III t''e great
49,, tin YAK. AMI inl..f,tir,Ll. I,hor Way,
successful for Il time. bit tn. unprotected
roofs OF Wight avenue. particularly of the
be'h'' N'i"I'i were on IRE III Il dozen
j., e., ,I,n ,;r., j., III, v.hn1, s,,,,.,r, -.
tween Main, Bridge. Water and Vernon
IS. could have been preven;cd if there
! ii'd fteii announcer Si11'ilei 70 play on the
DISCO, cred to be on fire. and 4 ste,mer u; y,
the vicinity of Eighth avenue could have