Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17


and Mrs Hyde, dressmaker.
Next in the path Of The FIRE came Nichols
Block. owned by Mrs Jane Nichols. Here
were located the stores Of Frank \. Bond
general store Clay ~ Jone-. meat market
and grocery. and George Langworthy. gro
Ger. Up stairs were Lyman Huntington
upholstery Henry Brewster Co, coffin
warehouse. Msro7a Phinney harness maker.
the hall Of Middlebury Lodge, l. o. o. +.
the armory of Company NJ, y e. and the
hall Of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society Of
Middlebury College.
Next came an old wooden block owned
by Thomas Il. Mcleod and occupied by
Lucius Shaw. grocer; J. Dunn, restaurant,
billiard room. etc, and Same. Meekin,
barber
The Adams block. owned by Daniel
Adams. vas also destroyed This was Of
brieE. three stories. and fine structure
Nj. Adams, whs resided in the second
story. wa sick with fever at the time Of the
fire. aud was rescued from the burning
building with great difficulty The block
was occupied by 7. &. Smith. who KEEP; q
restaurant in the basement M1rphy
Scott. shoemakers, and Joseph s. George
On the north side Of the stree; W lillian
slade- block was wiped out This was oe-
cupiol by Mr. Sladc. millinery the sales
room Of the wo1lien factory and L. T.
Twitchcll'- WOO. room.
THE FIKE UNDER Co>rRoL.
At3coa. q. the IRE wa flaly got un-
der control alter having burned over about
three acre. 10 the main business por
ton OF the yuiare and destroyed fv,
blocks The credit Of checking the FIRE al
this point j. largely due to the Midi.ebury
College boys. who worked like heroes ans
showed undauniei perseverance and c0ur
age Chief Engineer Comstock and Sheriff
IN Tripn are also entitled 70 a great
deai Of credit for their indelatigabie e-er-
ti1u-
BURLINGTON AND RUTLAND 20 TuE RESCUE
A. about one clock AID was summ0ne.
from Burlington and Rutland E-haI
Allen Engine Company made ready az once
reached the Central Vermont depot a; w,
O'Clock. and. after waiting Q teiious while
fo- Instructions IRON s. Alban-. TOOK the
% o'clock freigh; train (which was ordered I.
ruu or express time. and il one h1ur and
f0rty-fyc minutes after leaving Burlington
had q stream on the FIRE The Washington
Engine company. OF Rutland. George Rus
sci. foreman. reached Midilebury about fl
teen MINUTES IN advance Of the E,hans
and did efficient service At go the IRE
was checked at the house owned by Mrs
Il F Osborn, ant occupied as boarding
house BY William Scott
LOSSES AMI INSURANCE
Tac following i C list OF the losses and
insurance 50 far as can al present be ascer-
tanned but OF course l. quite likely - be
somew bat imperfect
Paper mill. loss $4,000 insurance ni.
v. y. swiney.i sash anc coor isctcry. loss
t. D. Insurance
Lane a Cay s block Joss $ .os'. Insurance l.-
Hyde Wilcox Co., less si2Coa. insurance b.
81 I Ne-us & Co.. loss sI2er. lnsurancet- sol.
Z. X. Gay, loss s 8 lOi. insurance 5 nt.
Case RIDER. lo=s Sl2ls'1s insurance $50
q. j. Miner q Co. loss 3i-.isu, insursuce s1-1I.
" v Eaton Co., loss si.plN. mostly insured
MAJOR Darius Martin, loss $40 Insurance III
known.
Nj. Iarius Martin. loss $50
L. a sturtevaut law library, loss sio'- nsu-
Mr.. HYDE loss 800. Insurance unknown.
Mr.. Jane Niclois. loss 1"N insurance III
known.
F. A. BouL. loss So 900. insurance ssosl
Clay Jones loss So. D. Insurance
6eo. Lan-UuTthy. loss. SO
Lyman Huntiuz tou, loss So.
Il. ". Brewster 4 Co. loss s3ov. Insurance
NJ Pninney. less So. ~ Insurance.
ucd Fellows HAL. loss s5Vs Insurance saDu
CO. NJ. Y. y. NJ ICES $50 fully insured
j. h. Z Society. loss : .51H, Insurance boz
7. T. Mcleod, loss s. gro.
Lucius shaw, loss So.
j. Dunn. loss sss-
samuel Meekin. loss 80. insurance sl5I.
Daniel Adam. loss 500 insurance 500.
7 I. smith, loss sl1
Murphy Scott. loss 500
MT. H. T. Osborne. loss 5 .fNU
Adams Block. insurance sioul.
Competent judges estimate the total loss
at SD 600. with insurance a. So zoe.
Col T ;. Peck's agency. of this city.
lost between s. 900 and $ 900 In the
agency Of E. E. Smith. OF Midd.ebury. were
the following Midilebury Paper Company
So 900; J. L Negus. s. 500; E R Cay,
s. 500 Case & Rider, $4,000 W W.
Eaton, $1,000; Brewster d Co, $1,000
odd Fellows Lodge $500; 5 L. Meekin.
$500; Davis * Taylor, 8 500 T. A Bond
was insured in the Vermont Mutual Tor
$ 600 and the Queen and North British
for 81 500 each The Champlain Mutual
lost 81 900 on Cas- s. Rider, and $1,000 on
G. D. Miner
The bridge was Oh FIRE several times. and
was only extingui, ned BY arduous eIsr-
lions.
INCIDENTS OF The TIRE
Frank A Bond had just put in new
;tock of goods, valued at So 600. but was
ortunate enough to save the larger portion.
With creditable pluck and enterprise ne st
,nce rented another store, put in it what
goods were saved and at noon, Saturday .wss
gain ready for business
The Odd Fellows lost their new and ele-
,ant regalia, just purchased at large ex-
,ense.
Company NJ lost their uniforms, equip
nents anu guns-the latter exploding during
be fire, to the great delight of the small
,oys
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Society lost
heir library. record for twenty years, fur
iiture and appurten ances Of their hall. and |
heir insurance Is b., little over ono fourth
he loss
The only accident reported Is that of
liss Phinney. who fcll and dislOcated her I
boulder while car ying property from =
turning building
OUR BURLINGTON T1RENES.
Alter the FIRE was Jxtinguished the Ethans
who Numbered about twenty and were
ccompanied BY Chit Engineer " hite. re-
Of the FEKE Pass and Sen
mel and a lew private citizens-were in
tied to the Addison House, where hand
Dne collation. was spread, to which they
id full Justice after their eIertions Mr..
!. d. Eldridge. of Middlebury, made
peech. thanking the company in behalf of
be citizens of the town, to which Captain
rev briefly and happily responded
THE CAusF OF THE FIRE
as vet unknown. The employees Of the
aper mill we're at work up to twelve
clock. and it was only few minutes later
hen the fire broke ont.