Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Great Fire at Peabody station.

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the fire was set. fresh wind from the east spranr
up, and the flame. spread rnpdly At about ten
o'clock on SATURDAY morning IL beeame evident
that the flames were out Of the control Of the
force set to watch them Work was s,opped at
the mill and the entire force M work there about
one hundred men-tnned ont 10 fight the fire.
and continued AZ work. without cessation. until
Monday morning. although the fire was substan.
TALLY under control about fonr o'clock ON SIM
day afternoon
During this time AN area of over two thonsapd
acres was burned over and abont two hundred
and twenty-five cords Of block wood. and three
hundred cords Of four. feet wood. pilod In the
woods, together with several numbering shantios
were consumed
Peabody Station consists. as most Of our read
ers know, Of long building used NJ "A depot. most
office clearinghouse and store. the two latter
belonging to the extensive numbering firm of K
/ 4. Peabody q Co. In addition to these buildings
is an extensive steam mill. q fine new barn. yari-
Gus houses for storing lumber and about fifteen
shanties occupied by umbermen. all Of which
/ belonged 10 the Pcabodys An Of them are con-
/ structed Of wood, aud are Of the most nnammable
character In the yards at the station at the time
Of the fire was at least million feet Of seasoned
and unseasoncd lumber and on the track was
about eight THOUSAND cord. Of wood and eight
hundred cords of bark
All day saturday and SUNDAY the flames nged.
and were fought with desperation by the work.
men, and some help was received from PARTIES
who came from Groton. and the immediate neigh
borhood. The entire station was in the most i'm
ninent danger during nearly this entire period
the flames coming at times within a rod II the
steam mill u this had caught, the entire place
must have been consumed. Luckily, however.
the efforts Of those fighting the fire proved sue
cessiul and danger at this point was averted, al
though at other places IN the settlement there was
the greatest danger
To show how desperately the men fought it is
only necessary tn eat That tho tiro btr,oa ,,tirt
ar,nnd three s,dos ~ ,to .,a,,,,n l., !,
rl,ccs Ian, n low, rls
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There Is considerable variety Of opinion as 10
the course pursued in setting the fire. It was nn-
ioubtedly very dry at the tme-bu, fire. had
been sat in the neighborhood previously in eonally
dry times, without injury aud snch would mn.
doubtedly have been the case in thi. instance lint
for the sudden and unexpected coming up of
the wind
The land which WAS burned over had been
chopped over, aud the timber for saving had been
taken oil previous to the fire The loss will be
mostly upon the wood burned and will prolablv
Do III 'le neishoofhooh oil Tour thousand dollars,
upon "hleh 'heie was no insurance Considering
Tue numerous amount OF property at rsk-oyer
hhhdieh Thousand dollars wortil-it must be re-
saidea a- most fortunate that the damage was
oohhhea 10 tnls comparatively small amount
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u,e knee and c.nsin, had ea.b ,.onaI H.
80 '''7 ~ $3.50 '''7'' ''"'ti'- ii' r.
doihs well. Rev g. H. Hastings remains with
rs another year our village school is prosper
ing hheiy- solomon Durham IL erecting
nice mouse
EAST CALAIS. -A. G. Sia,ton has EXCHANGED
his hotel and cooper shop Tor the farm of Clark
Gray, and sold the farm To George Freeman who
owns nice farm adjoining it, Mr. Gray has
moved into the hotel and MI slayton has moved
into the widow Blanchard honse Mr. II f
Stoddard and wife have gone 10 Massachusetts To
spend the summer Mr. Charles Bnrnap la.
commenced work on his new house Those
new hats and bonnets 20 like hot cake- Can
hay scarce
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veranda on the end next the street G. :
Noyes is about to take down the ell and shed Of
his house and erect new one in its place. 4.
NJ Churchill has bought out C. A. Riehs hard
ware and has rented his store.....O. f. Stone has
bought part Of C. K. lovelands goods and has
moved from the grocery under Burke 4 Towns,
into the place just vacated by Mr. Churchill.
Miss Mary Marott is erecting house on SUN
mer street and is fast pushing 1t on to completion.
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BARRE Remember, sabn & Morrison keep
full line OF dry and fancy goods, frinees and
trimmings. ties and small wares, ready made
clothing hats and caps. boots, shoes and slippers,
in all the latest styles Their goods were bought
low for cash, aud will be sold at prices that can
not fail to please No tronbe IN show goods
Call aud see them at the Blue store Barre. Vt
.... The exercises of Decoration Day lassed OH
very pleasantly hereyesterday. There were more
than one thousand people in attendance. The
services were all held at the cemetery. Mr. VIII
lard's address gave unbounded satisfaction and
was heard with the closest attention bv all The
exercises were under the direction of Lieut. Eli
Holden, Marshal. This is our first attempt at
decorating the soldiers graves, and was most
complete success in every particular. The music