The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-04
THE ST. JoHNsBuRY FIRE.
Loss $7O,OO0--Many People Homeless.

Loss $70,000-Many People Homeless.
The village of st. Johnsbury Center, Sit
uated two miles from st. Johnsbury, was
visited by disastrous fire Saturday. The
fire originated in Bacon, Ranney and COM
pany's straw board mill and spread over
acres of the more thicIly settled portion of
the village. The straw board mill, grist
mill, saw MILL all the shops and stores, ex-
cept Bacon & Ide's store, together with
eighteen dwellings and tenement houses,
the school house and Univers Hist church
were destroyed. The flames spread 50
rapidly that very little persoal property
was saved. Over twenty families are rem
dered homeless. The estimated loss is
about sixty.hve thousand dollars, of which
one third may be covered by insurance.
The following is
LIST OF THE LOSSES
| Together with the insurance thereon But
lers saw-mill, loss 5000, no insurance e.
| 5. Wheeler's gtist-mill, loss $1,000 no in
surance; Bacon, Ranney & Co.'S straw
board mill, loss $4,000 insurance in the
following companies; Vermont Mutual,
| '-OuuO, DulfutT5 hutudl, s-ZUOU. IvtOn-
ing, $1,000 Patterson, SIS, 600, and sci
90 elsewhere dweling-house and store
owned by Mrs. Kimball, loss $1,000, par
TALLY insured; Bacon & Ides house. loss
5000, no insurance; Il. II. stones shoe
shop and granger store, loss $4,000, no in
surance; Mr.. Bowker's millinery shop,
loss $500, insured in the Royal /;
Mrs. Roberts dwelling, loss $1,000, no in
surance; Universalist church, loss 81 200,
no insurance Ira Armington's dwelling,
loss 1900, insurance 81, 800 in the Pho
nix of Hartford f. s Wheeler's dwell
ing, loss $500, insurance $500 in the Yer
mont Mutual M. McLearys dwelling,
loss 1900, insurance 5000 J. Clark's
dwellil G, loss 81, 200, insurance $500 IN
the Farmers Mutual; Eli Brooks dwelling,
loss 81 800, insurance ~ 900 in the Farm
ers' Mutual William Halls dwelling
loss 50 900, no insurance Abel Shorey' 8
dwelling, loss $1,000; no insurance E..
lIallet's dwelling, loss So, 500 ms. $1,000 in
Farmers Mutual f. Andrews dwelling,
loss 200, insurance, 5000 in the Far
mers Mutual; Charles Harris dwelling,
loss 500, insurance $500 in the Farmers
Mutual school house, less $4,000, Insur-
ance 1900 in the Vermont Mutual Hi
ram Weeks house, loss $1,000, insurance
5000; L. M. Ide's dwelling, loss 81 200,
insurance $500 in the Farmers Mutual ;
F. Scots dwelling, loss 81 200, insurance
$500 in the Vermont Mutual X. Bick.
ford's dwelling, loss $1,000 insurance
S60l in the Farmers Mutual
In the above estimates are not included
the losses of personal propersy, little OF
which was removed, all of what was taken
out being destroyed on account of the rap
iditY with which the fire spread. In less
than two hours an area of 1000 rods was
burned over. Had there been a wind near
ly every building in the village must have
been consumed. The most careful est
mates place the entire loss, including
barns, personal property, ETC., at $40, 900
, Many people are left houseless and PENN
less. One man having refused to get hi
mortgage deeds registered, lost them, to
gether with other valuable papers. Viii
| liam Hall lost $500 in money, which he hiC
under rug in the morning. 1t was onl,
by the most strenuous effort and great haz
I ard of life that he store of Bacon d Ide, ol
Main street, was saved. The fire was 81
widespread and the fire department of st
Johnsbury SO inefficient, that pals an,
/ buckets were called into service. 1t i
doubtful whether the village will be rebuilt
G many of the victims being old and haydn
4 lost their all.