The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-14
The Fire.


their slumbers, saw the village lighted up
With brilliant glare that rendered
things distinctly visible for miles around.
Swiftly the crowds rushed to the scene.
The paper mill was found to be burning
6ercely. The fire engine was promptly
on the scene, and manned with strong
hands,a the iremen worked with will
to con6ne the flames to the doomed paper
mill, as was done three years ago last
spring. But it was evident that the
Same good fortune was not to occur
again. A moderate breeze blew
from the north, and very soon j. e.
Negus' clothing store was blazing
fercely. The office Of the Mddlebury
Wooden company and VIM. SHADES mill.
inery store almost Immediately we're
wrapped In the devouring flames. 1t
was now evident that the fire apparatus
was wholly inadequate to the needs
of the occasion, and help from Bur-
lington and Rutland was teegraphed for.
to which ready and hearty response
was made that they would soon be Cd
hand. But very short timo elapsed
before Lane & Clay's block was blazing
in front and the Nichols building across
the street soon caught, followed by Nc.
Leod's buildings, the Adams block and
the old Osborne house. The large build.
ing of the Middlebury Manufacturing
company, occupied by W. w. Swiney as
a sash and door factory, and the dry
house were carly on fire. At four o'clock
every one of those buildings was burned
to the ground andIonly their smoudering
ruins were left when the Rutland and
Burlington fire engines arrived. l., H.
Stowe had the hose from his grist mill
early playing upon the blazing buildings
at the bridge and but for this the bridge
must have gone and with it large share
of business buildings on the north side
of the creek. 1t is not too much to
say that this hose saved hundred
thousand dollars worth of property that
night At one time the danger seemed
so imminent that John Powers, the shoe.
maker, moved most Of his goods from
Cobb's block and others did little NOV.
ing also
LOssEs AND INSURANCE
Middlebury Paper Co., loss $4,000 (;
insurance s25 800.
NIiddlebury Manufacturing Co.. SO,
00U no insurance
w. W. Eaton, ready made clothing
about $4,000 ; insurance $4,000.
G. ID. Miner 4 Co., jewelry, fancy
goods and wool, $4,000; nsur auce
$4,000.
Case q Rider. druggists. building and
stock $4,000 insurance $500,
G. d. Lane, building SO 900 in
suranee $1,000
+ r, Clay, building and millinery
stock, $4,000 insurance $4,000.
j. f. Negus. building and stock Of
cloths and clothing. $4,000; insurance
| $780,
Hyde, Wilcox u Co., hardware, Sl2.
600 insurance $500.
w. w. Swney, machinery and lum
Der, $4,000 insurance $1,000.
Miss Mary Hyde, dressmaker, 5000 {;
no insurance
Mrs. +. j. Martin dressmaker, $500 !;
no insurance.
d. Martin furniture. 500 no insur.
ance.
WIN. Slade, building and stock milln-
cry, $4,000; insurance $500
George r. Laugworlhy, grocer and
saloon keeper 5000 no insurance.
Clay 4 Jones, meat market $500 /;
no insurance
F. A. Bond, clothing, dry goods and
groceries, $4,000 insurance $4,000.
K. A. Sturtevant law library and
valuable papers, $500 no insurance.
NJ. Phinney, harness maker, $500 ; no
insurance.
State Of Vermont, armory, $500; in.
surance $1,000.
Brewster Il Co., stored collins and
caskets $4,000; insurance $1,000.
7, ii. Mcleod, buildings, $4,000 in.
surancc $1,000
Jasper Dunn, household furniture, sa-
loon fixtures and provisions, 500; no
insurance.
VIM Nj. Scott. shoemaker shop, house.
hold furniture and personal effects, $500 :;
no insurance
| Dan ADM, I~iiI;-es, erooo, $50
most Of household furniture insurance
s25O0.
Mrs Osborne dwelling. $500; no
insurance.
Nichols heirs, building. SO 600 in.
surancc- $4,000
Davis & Taylor, WOODEN goods, 5000 +;
insurance S2500.
j.. W. Huntington, upholsterer, $3.50 ;
no insurance.
Odd Fellows, property in hall, $500;
insurance 5000
Delta Kappa Epsilon society proper
ty in hall, $500 insurance $500
j. Murphy, shoemaker, $3.50 ; no in
suraDcc
l. Shaw, saloon. $50 no insurance..
S. f. Meekin, barber shop, $500 in
surance 5000
Smith Bros. saloon, 5000; no insur.
ance
Town of Mid dlebury, highway bridg,
damaged $1,000
U. D. Twitchell, 800 no insurance
The losses as above given foot VI
Sl72, $50.
The insurance placed by town agen
cies amounts to S95, 600. dlstrib u,ed a
fo!ows
l.. d. Eldredge's agency, Middebury
Vermont Mutual, s18.600 Roya
. of Liverpool, s2500; Etna, s250O
. Franklin, $1,000 4; Home, Sl400 Penn
sylvania $4,000 Merchants, N. j.
e $500 North British and Mercantil,
0 $500
p. L. Il. Smiths agency, Middlebury-
D Melville, N. j., $1,000 Globe, Chica
= go, s250O Kansas. Kas., $4,000 Miss
/, Valley, Tenn, $4,000 N. Y. Central
! $4,000; Citizens, N. j., $1,000; ANA
5 ION, Ohio, 1000 Home Texas, 1000