St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-07
ANOTHER GREAT FIRE
IN MONTPELIER.
Twenty Wight Buildings Burned and several
Families Driven out.
Loss 1925, 900. Insurance $57,

Loss $125,O 900. Insurance $57, 900.
MONTPELIER. VT, MAY |.
At quarter before eleven o'clock
last night there was IN alarm of fire
here, caused by the discovery of Il slight
fire III Il closet of II. Falrs' house. two
doors east Of the Pavilion stand. 1t
was evidently IN incemdiary fire. but it
WAS pat ont before ANY damage to speak
of WAS done.
At Il quarter before twelve there WAS
another alarm. and this time fire was
discovered in Il narrow passage between
Il paint shop in rear of Brucc's block ON
South Main street and the livery stable
ot j. Z. Adams. still further Ia the rear.
'IhiS locality Was ON the southern Dor
dci of the district ravagcd 10y tn. con
Migration III March and was very near
the spot where that fire broke ont. y
hand wind WIS prevailing. aud the llv-
"lN stable WIS soon cmvclnpcd in flames.
which spread rapidly To BIucc's new,
large wooden huildin" and To another
wooden luiihim~ Just on the south. 1t
Immediately hccamc evident that Scri-
orI> Aoih was in hand. and Nolthticld
and Waterbury were telcgIaphcd ion
aid and Il messenger dispatched to Barre.
The Montpelier lire Department. of
,u,,>,. MA. dom" all il ruutI. >ud-
dri,h th. wind ,e,rcd to The .nuth and
the tir, VA. sv,r1 nrross Main street
,,,,,,d th,. >tnr,. of th,. LAT. N,i
C,,Itnu and th, old r,siLrur. Of Wu,.
"A r-Lv,I If did mot however roach
them. bUt cut moIr directly across from
I'm. west and Fastened an th, h,,,.e and
,,,,.,.,, ,t pLiIir pr.stn,, and ,L. ,,.si-
J.u,.. ,f Wm I.vi. TL,. hardest
GyLt L.,,.,r Ln,, -. II v.,. ,I.,,. ,L,t
had th,. tir,. h.ru confined +, th. otL.r
sid. of th,. street mn GREAT d,,,,o. ..nIld
Ice done. The fire spread to The resi-
deuce of widow f.. +. Mar>h. next build
inc south of Hiukle\ \ BrSt's store,
and here. Engine Co. No. ) plHIcd two
stream. for ur,II, Two hours and eff
t,,tuulIy pc>cntrd the further spread
of rh, fir, 10 the north. tins ,ayin" the
best buSiucS, blocks in the village.
Meanwhile the flames ON the west
side. of the street extended To the south
A. far As th, dcpot of the Noutm.Iirr n
Wills Rive, r.,ilr,,d and crossed Main
street all alone that distance. from TN.
place where the fire broke ont. In
. fftv-fi\e minutes seventeen buildings
v.r. in h.m.s I'll. wind Than ILnu
Nam, t,n,n tL, v..t and :, i'm. from,
! th. nn,tI, Tins L,Iuing N Jar tL.
/ Marsh nl,r. hut s.ttinr tho fir. towards
Ram, Street M i f,uUht .,t IN, de
/ o'clock the I,ru. w,nd,n block in which
WAS HYDE y Foster = flour. grain and
iron store. on the corner Of Main and
( Barre streets. WAS well ablaze and the
smaller bindings around it were bum
ing tiercelN. The wind drove it up
Barre street. which was thickly built up
/ with residences. most of them of wood.
but the citizens stayed its progress for
IA time with buckets and wet carpets.
Here all forces united and a desperate
effort was made TO save Barre street.
But the wind blew strong from the
west ana Il little past two o'clock TWEEN
ty-eight buildings had been burned.
! The three determined stands that had
been made. however. namely: ut the
Marsh place on the east side of Main
street ut the depot OH the west side of
Main street. and at the residences on
| Barre street. had been successful. and
the fire was checked. Many buildings
on Barre street caught from cnders. but
the watchers saved them.
The Barre and Northiield engines
came at halfpast two, but the fight
was over, and they had nothing to do
but to relieve our exhausted tiremen aud
play upon the cinders. The following
Is IL list of the
| BUILDINGS BURNED.
On the west side of Main streat the
| hu,nad in March. Rruca's h,;.i lJnnI .
Rruc..s tenement inst IN tLa ra.'r
| (Routell and Nildmov tenants y Ad,ms'
| livery stable. Rrure's wooden hI..L
occunied Inv Henry Webster with g., Gsn'
eral assortment of goods; James G..
frthchs wooden block, occupied by
Puiham Marvin, dealers III groceries
ana ny y. l.. BROOKS. groceries and
hardware; tenement owned 10y Mr..
french ID: n. Benhctts gun shop /;