St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-19
Serious Fire at Montpelier.
TEN BUILDINGS IN THE BUSINESS CEN
TIRE BURNED.

TEN BUILDINGS IN THE BUSINESS CEN
TIRE BURNED.
MoNTPELIER. VT, March II. Much
the SeVercSt fire ever experienced in
this place occurred last night Three
buildings were burned on Main Street
and seven on State Street. The fire
was fiIsr discovered between II and |
q clock, issuing from the second story
of Il building on Main street. owned by
Thomas W. Wnnd and occupied 10y j.
ID. ClogStoI. Il dealer III stoves and tin
ware. The second story WAS used as IL
granary. II WAS IL small building. and
was soon burned To the gI"und. The
fire communicated next with the build
ing month, owned 10y Carlos Bancroft
and occupied lay Peck \ Cummings H.
Il leather store. This is also Il total
loss. The nc\t building III line was the
large store OF B.Irow> x Peek. hard
Ware merchants. owned 10y james l..
Langd"n. The tircmcn had IL hard
struggle in this building. hut were able
10y tW" O'Clock t" get the mastery over
the dcVoulIng element, and the crowd
mostly left for their homes.
\ SECOND ALARM.
But Il little before three. bells rang Il
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here checked II, the heavy brick walls
of the next bnIldIan.
On th, v,,, tine lar"r brick budding
known 80, ,hr Richardson's block. and
owned l.. Era>ru> Hubbard. was the
fist to .,uccumh. This building WIS
l,ml,,..,lill uuoccupicd except hl Glca-
son / Field ami l.. l.. Duramt tor law
utii,,,. Nest came the Freeman build
i..... owned h\ Fred. T.. Smith and oc-
c.tp!r.t on the ground floor hN \. \.
Mead. irVelcr. and L. {. PhinmcN :
book store: and the second floor bv
Wilson's clothin. store: and on the,
llIi!d hN the Masonic Hall. Good Tenn
piers Hall. &c.
The Rialto building WAS the next and
the last building to burn. The first
half WAS owned 10y W. y. Boutcllc and
occupied by him as Il millinery store.
and the Other half WAS owned 10y Rev.
Eli Baliuu and occupied aS barber
shop and the jewelers. shop; also on
the second floor 10y tencmemt> and th,
Photograph rooms of C.. II. Freeman.
Up To- this time the flames had it all
thrii own way. Nothing that could he
douc seemed in the least to impede
sent to Barre. seven miles distant. tor
al engine and men. and they arrived Il
little past six. Their coming was time
/, indeed. They were greeted hv the
and weary workers with
cheers. Their engine is new and in
fine order and when her streams began
To fall upou the hmuiur buildip%7 ,
feeling of relief was for the first time
felt.
In half an hour the advantage WAS so
far gained as to "iy, ;,ksrII,uc, that the
fire had reached lis limit. Rut for th,
coming of the engine and h,, faithful
men the fine must have swept away
four buildinrs more. when the E,iscn-
pal Church. which is a stone building.
wnulu h,y,. been reached II ,...n,nI
would cross the street, but 1t was pre-
vented 10y the USE of precati0n>.
In the coulse of the fire William +.