Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-02-19

BURNING OF BRossoys, WESTON. CREEvs
CO. DRY HoUsE-A TEN THOUSAND Doll a.
FIRE -

BURNING OF BRossoys. WESTON, GREENE
co.'s DRY H0UsE-A TEN THOUSAND Doll
FIRE
About half past two O'Clock Wednesl.,
afternoon, fire was discovered under n,
platform at the southwes. corner Of n,
large dry house Of Bronsons, Westo,
Greene & Co., just north of their larva
planning mill The wind was blowing bivb
from the south, but the fire seemed No, ;,
have reached the inside of the building .
strong force Of the hands Of the mill was n,
hand and, though an alarm was given h,
blowing the whistle of the mill. which "a,
taken up by the other whistles. AMI So.
became general, il was thought the g.
could be put out without great delav "a
perhaps before the fremen generally rs,l
ed the spot. A small hose was run GU. f,,.-
the engine room, and stream put nm a.,
FIVE minutes later larger stream. finn
of the large hydrants of the mil p,
spite of these efforts, the fire work g..
way into and through the wooden va.
the dry house. and soon the smoke po5,--
from the tall wooden chimneys showet....
the flames were at work inside. A.
house was filed with pine lumber, thersr.
thenceforward little hope OF saving II b.
great danger that..th fire might spreair.
piles Of lumber, close to it on the nor,5,..
covering acres. Fortunately the p..-. v...
covered with snow, and the wind t55,.
flames and heat away from the ms.7 -
to which, and to the Efforts Of the s-e-.-
we owe escape from sweeping cap7,--
ton.
The Fire Department. turned out p4lu--
and were on the spot in ten or fifteen MI.
utes after the first alarm. Ofcou1-e. ar,
part of the Walter y. Greene H. a..
pany. which IS largely composed Of =.
clerks and hands OF the mill. wer. s.-.,t
on hand and at work. They has, ~.
yet received their hose cart L5xs.-.
and had n hose Of their own GfH
others the Boxers and Ethans. ss..,r...
! horse on the drag rope Of their hose ez-..
had E lively race to the Ere. the R.s.-
leading, till after they passed Gate -
where the roads divide. one on each ...s
the railrosd track. The Boxer, at,,-s,
first to 4 hydrant, at some 3.--l-cs ....
the fire, but found they hat DOL, -..
enough; and the EEhaus. who bal r,..s.
them and attached to q nearer b-t-,,,
got on the first stream. The other b-.
companies arrived in rapid sl1ess,l9B r-.
Clippers. from the Falls, arriving .a-,s...
a tedious run Of nearly TWO nile. lie --r-.
companies attached to five i.Ha-sr:
drants, in the vicinity of the mil. al
stream was eventually brought from g..
Howard street hyirant. Ia all eight or .-
streams were put on to the blazing huLl.a.
deluging it with water and ending all !s,.
Of the serious spreading Of the tire. IT,
Hooks were promptly On hand, AMI -su
dered efficient -eryica IN pulling down ta-
walls and enabling the fremen to reach o..
blazing mass Of lumber within the huili-.
About half past three O'Clock the VI.
shifted suddenly and strongly % the a..
removing all danger from the lumber r..
on the north of the FIRE.
The FIRE continued burning t1- Ill l.-
later, it being mex. to impossible t. pa; -.
a fire in piled lumber. a few planSs, CHAR.
from end to end. were e1tilguisasi a--
dragged from the ruins; but the mas Wa
total loss. Inc dry house Wa one -it
Chicago patent dryers-the hrss Of IL 81
erected in this region, and the hrs; .-
kind that has been destroyed By Ire Is.
cost was about Sc ,OG0-and /, hai 10
about $4,000 feet OF fine .lua
worth $1,000 to $4,000, making a Us
loss of 50 goo or so. OOO-without cou-
the serious interruption to the bu-.les'
the firm. They had 81, 500 insurance o. g..
building and fixtures. in the First Na..
of Worcester, and M.llyille, y. j.. c-
panies, in equal amounts, secured th11-
the agency of 7. 5. Peck.
During the fire Sanford Weges
the ". n. Greene Hose Company, reca's
q severe cut on the knee, from an axe IL g..
hands Of q comrade. This was. We believe
the only accident, though several
iiremcn had narrow escape a-
the fall of one OF the tall chime
There was no FIRE in or about the sui.t--
1t was heated by steam pipes sup piled WI
steam from the boilers of the main mil. .l
fire caught where the main supply %
enters the dry house. 1t was surrlu-.a-
BY shavings; but il has been tbs th5or7
the lumber men that it was an impossiti-,7
that FIRE should be communicate fr1ua
steam pipe. Some Of the insurance nl
hold different views. and the FIRE bring
the important question, can FIRE be oris-l
ted ny steam heated pipe
Inc Engineers CT the Fire Dspart-.l.
were on hand. and directed the operat-l-
Of the fremen with excellent jadgms-;
The fremen did their duty bravo.y- an
nothing could have been asked Of them i.l'
was not done.
Mr.. Greene. of the firm. IVES at tie nil
when the fire broke out and capably t,rs-i
ell the efforts Of the hands. till the Sng
neers took charge He also provided Pc
freshmen;s for the fremen. after their se'i-
labors He. and all concerned, are thank
that the FIRE, serious a. i, was. was
worse