Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-18

'"H hAiks HOUSE DEsTRoYED.-HEAyY LOSSES
-suPPosED WORK OF INCENDIARIEs.
RUTLAND. Vt. Feb. 10. Has. p. ma
lire brok e on: in the fourth story of the
bates House. a; eight O'Clock this
evening, and is not vet under control. 1t
must burn and possibly, Bakers. the Non
pareil, and the Herald blocks, on Centre
street. The Bates House was | arge four
story brick building, situated on the corn
er Of Merchants row and Centre street.
lie ground floor on Merchants row was
occupied by A. C. Bates & Son, general
hardware; Geo. W. billiard, dry goods !;
\. W. Higgins, duggist and 6has. W. Ma
son, clothing. On Centre street, the ground
hoor was occupied ty Abraham & Bros,
cigar manufacturY; John IIalsey, sa-
loon; y. o. Cunningham, clothing and
Charles j. Cushman, saloon, in the base
ment. The three upper stories were used
Tor tac hotel. one of the best in New Eng
land. Ii has been closed under writ of at
tachment for few weeks. the proprietor
having recently failed 1t was about to be
renovated and reopened. 1t is impossible
at the present writing to give any definite
estimate OF the loss; but if nothing but the
Bates House burns it must reach one hun
dred thousand dollars,witA $50. OOO or So
| eco insurance Aid was asked from White
! hail, y. Y, and steamer and hose were
sent They have just arrived and are now
play ing on the adjoining buildings.
LATER-THE FIRE UNBER CONTROL.
The fire is under control at midnight. The
fire was confined to the Bates House, but
the Kingsley and Sprague block adjoining
on Merchants row and Bakers building ad-
joining on Centre street were badly scorch-
ed The Bakers building Nonpareil build
ing and the Herald building were some
I damaged by the heat and water.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The Bates House was erected in 1857 and
cost about $4,000. The building was in
sured for $50, 900, furniture Sis 900. A c.
Bates x Son estimate the loss on goods in
the store at SIS. GOO; insurance SIP 900.
G.. W billiard carried stock OF SIS, 600,
part Of which was saved insurance
So GOO. A. W. Higgins was insured for
Sll 500, which covers losses. c. / Mason,
stock, valued at $4,000 was parity saved
insurance, $500 A. O. Cunningham
stock, worth $1,000, was mostly saved
insurance s. 600. John Haley's loss Is
$500. Insurance $500 Abraham 4 Bros.
and Charlie Cushman's loss. unknown in
sured. Harvey Kingsley, water commits
sioner, lost his books. futile a Co,
printers and publishers the Herald asso-
citation; D. L. Morgan. boots and shoes
j. e klburn millinery, and several iami-
lies lose heavily from water and removal,
but generally covered by insurance. Every
thing but the type and presses wero remov-
ed from the Daily Herald Office, and their
oth,e was completely flooded with
water but the paper will be published as
usual tomorrow morning The fire was
undoubtedly of ineendiary origin, it having
been discovered in three different rooms on
the fourth floor at nearly the same time.
llEAyY LAwsUT.-Oliyer Brothers, who
was elected from factory at North Hart
land by Ephraim Morris. Dec 10, has com
mencei suit against Morris. laying his
damages at 81. 900 All the property Of
Morris in Hartford and IIartland is under
attachment. Brothers has not recovered
from the injuries resulting from the as