Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-08
Another Great Fire in Montpelier

"OS"SA 'S'g NSSbt uSeiNO hiS baoNN
out in Montpelier, Saturday morning, |
May LIST, little past midnight, which
before daylight LAID in ashes some
twenty stores and dwelling houses, in
Guiding all hut three near the junction
Of State and Main streets, extending
on both sides southcrly to the track
and depot of the Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad, and also in
Guiding five dwelling houses on Barre
street, running at right angles with
Main, the district lying south of, and
adjacent to, the late fire. 1t was dis
covered in q wool shop in the re ar of
Jc Gerson Bruce's Drick house and
store on Main street connecting that
and large livery stable owned by Il.
J. Hubbard and occupied by John @.
Adams, and was doubtless the work
of an incendidry. Fifteen horses were
got out of the stable alive. The wind
at times being quito brisk from the
west the flames spread with frightful
rapidity and soon enveloped the whole
Of South Main street ON both sides
and the western end Of Barre street.
The force pump of the Montpelier
car shop saved the Wells River depot
and the Arch Bridge, while the fire.
men worked nobly to prevent it OK
tending north. Engines were sent
for and arrived from Barre and North
field about three o'clock, after the
fire had nearly spent itself. The loss
is varieusly estimated, 100000 being
the lowest figure, two thirds of which
is probably insured. The following
is list Of the sufferers: West side Of
South Main street, Adams's livery
stable, loss $4,000, insured; j. Brucc's
dwelling and W. A. Boutell's mill!n-
cry store; the latter loses $4,000 in
goods, insured S1400 in Citizens,
Newark, n. j.. Bruca's lossS600, in
sured James G.. Frcnch's three story
wooden block. containing two stores,
oc cupied by Putnam e Marvin and
n. p. Brooks, ID. p. Bennets gun
smith shop, n. c. Bacon's block,
store occupied by him and another by
Barrows & Peck, hardware aud gen.
eral goods. The latter was burnt out
at the last fire. Cobb 6 Cummings s
large marble mandatory, heavy loss
Ebenezer Scribner's block and stores.
oc cupied by his son as q dwelling
house; also all the sheds, barns, ETC..
in the rear of these buildings. On
the east side Of Main street rs fol.
lows: Mrs. Ma rsh's dwelling house
Thos. Woods ditto, VIM. C. Lewis,
house and blacksmith shop; Mrs
Timothy Cross, store and dwelling
loss $500, insured; Mrs. c. B. Will.
sons lar &c three-stort wooden block
occupied by Hyde & Foster, -four, etc.
who lose $4,000, flu lily insured; Muir
rays two-> 'tory wooden dwelling and
all the outb uiLdings of these tenementS
en- north 81 lie of Barre street; Mrs
Hyde's residence and buildings in the
rear; 4 brio X house owned by j. Il
Langdon, occ upied by II. B. Wood
ward, where the fire terminated OF
that side. On the south side of Barre
street were Mrs. Bradley Clark
dwelling house and tenement in the
rear; house occ upicd by NJ. Morey
G.. l.. Smiths house and barn. The
wind being favor able the flames were
stayed at this ONT and prevented
from burning m any valuable resi-
&eRees ON Barre street, the people
working h aRd with buckets and we
Aa& kets- The ext ent of the dsastc
with lie understood when it is know
that between State street aud th,
Win0Oski aiwer, y distance Of fit,
rods, and to that tirn thickly set wit
residences, stt0rcs and shops, onl,
eight buildings now remain, six at thu
neelh, and two at the south end
NiRe residences were destroyed OF
Baaue street. 1t is said that thirty
two buildings I'll all were destroyed
About IN hour previous to this fire
the house of Mr.. Falcs, on Stat
street, opposite the American House
was cntcEed Em the rear and fire sc
!; in q chalplbcrcloset of the ell, whic
WAS fortunately discovered and pm
out The same scolndrel is suppo SCI
TO have set Bruce's shop Oh fire
This fGe rs 8 very Sc rious one, man
families Ina moderate circumstance
losing almost everything. Larg
quantities of goods and furnitur
d were consumed after bel ng sot out
while many had no place to dcrosi
tAeir. goods, such was tho rapidity {
. the eoifagration.