Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-02-11
JAMAICA.

FIRE--A CHILD NEARLY sM0THERED.
About one o'clock in the morning OF
Saturday, the 9th inst our village was
thrilled by the cry of fire, and our citi.
zens found the large two-story house
owned by Dea. Abijah Muzzey to be on
fire. The house was an old one, located
near Russell's Chair shop, and familiarity
known as the yellow house" and was
occupied by two families, Mr.. Samuel
Castle who buried his wife last Sunday
and Mrs. Amos Boynton, whose husband
died last summer The fire was first dis.
covered by Mr.. Geo. Kellogg who was
boarding with Mrs. Boynton, and who
was asleep in the second story at the
time. Hastily throwing most of his
clothes out Of the window, he started
down the stairs TO arouse Mrs Boynton's
daughter, girl of IA years, when he
was met by her on her way to wake
him. The girl, Rosa by name, caught q
dress to put on, and found it on fire and
threw it on to lounge. instantly setting
that on fire. She then ran across the
street and walked Luke Howard, ESQ,
and then hurried back to the burning
house, and was SO crazed with fright that
she had to be carried from the building,
Meanwhile the alarm bad spread through
the village and the citizens were prompt
" on hand, and the engine worked to its
full capacity, but in less than one hour
the whole building was in ashes. At
the beginning Of the fire the wind blew
strongly from the North, but it soon
shifted to the west, else the main part Of
the village must surely have been des-
troyed. The house stood but short
distance north of the dwellings of DIR.
Holtor and i L. Waterman. and as
these stand at the head of Main street.
there is hardly possibility that any Of
the central part of the village could
have been saved had these ignited, as
they surely must but for the sudden
change of the wind A barn belonging
to Jerry Howe caught fire several times
from flying cinders, but it was speedily
extinguished. There was also brand
that lodged on the Cong. Church and
burned several minutes, but it finally
went out of itself. Burning brands were
carried by the wind more than half a
mile, and but for the snow would prob
ably have done much damage. The
house occupied by G.. w. Read, and
standing near the house burnt, was
cleared, and in the confusion and tu-
multi child of some Is months was
taken up, together with its bed, and car
ried some distance to a neighbours, and
when unrolled from the bed was thought
to be suffocated, but by prompt and en-
ergetic measures it was restored. Mrs.
Boynton was away from home watching
with sick neighbor and lost all her
clothes except what she had on. Her
girl Rosa, lost everything except her
night clothes, pair of stockings and
shawl Nearly all the furniture belong
ing to both families were burned, Mr..
Castle being out of town A subscrip-
ton paper was Immediately started for
the relief of Mrs. Boynton, and our citi-
zens are promptly responding. A good
ly amount has been raised and more is
coming. The building was worth about
$1,000, with but little insurance, and the
loss falls heavily on Mr.. Muzzy. The
fire is supposed to have caught from the
burning out of chimney.
Some months since Mrs. Aaron Bemis
submitted to surgical operation for the
removal of a cancer from her lower jaw
and it was supposed for some time that
the operation was successful but few
weeks since it broke out again, since
which time she has been failing rapidly,
and on Saturday morning, Feb 9th, at
about 10 o'clock, A. NJ, she breathed her
last. She was universally respected,
and died as she lived, consistent chris
tan, and her past life is her best eulogy
and epitaph. z.