Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-14

was TO use bis two streams in subdulng the
flames which by that time had seized upon
the main building. The new village steam.
err burst nine lengths Of hose during the
night, and II was probably very nearly
midnight before q line OF hose was got 10.
gether which allowed her TO play constant
and effective stream. The heat from tba
burning buildings was intense, and nearly
all The glass In the windows in Market
block, on the opposite side of Elliot street
was broken by the action OF the FIRE and
water combined, and the paint was almost
entirely scorcbed from the doors. Wetted
carpets were thrown over the cornice ofthe
bank block next the FIRE and Crosby's new
steam pump did effective service In keen.
ing off the lire from that side Of the street
so that no help from the department In thai
direction was necessary. Martins block.
noNt Orion Clark's, was two or three times
on fire, and a hole was burned in the roof
but serious damage was averted by pals of
water which were passed up to the roof and
used as necessary.
J. l.. Ray removed all his horses, car.
riages, harness, ETC., TO a place Of safety.
and was fully prepared for the FIRE which
at one time seemed in a fair way to seize
upon his stables and adjoining block Of
stores. Judge and Fowler removed the
contents OF their stores Heustis & Burnap.
j. j. Ray aud c. w. Smith had their goods
ready to move al short notice, but none of
them were taken out.
THE LOSSES.
II. c. Nash, the owner of the Revere
House property, estimates bis loss at S35,-
900. His insurance on the hotel building
proper was $4,000, placed with Moody q
Howe as follows: $1,000 10 the Hartford Of
Hartford, $4,000 in the Royal of Liverpool,
$1,000 in the Pennsylvania of Philadelphia;
on the stables and other outbuildings $1,000
each with Moody & Howe in the Rtna,
Pennsylvania, Union aud Mutual of Mont
pelier $1,000 each with JENNIE d Sherman in
the VT. Mutual and the Lancashire Of Man.
chester, Eng. On the furniture of the house
Mr.. Nash had an insurance Of $1,000 placed
with Moody & Howe in the Rtna of Hart
ford-making a total insurance on Mr..
Nssh's property OF $4,000. His loss is to-
tai with the exception of part of the furni-
ture saved. Within year Mr.. Nash had
allowed a policy of $1,000 10 lapse, because
the reservoirs, engines and other fire sp-
planes being so near at hand he felt COM
paratively secure against fire. The loss
falls heavily upon him and much sympathy
is felt for his misfortune.
On his hotel stores, clothing, fuel, etc.,
ii. l.. Harris had an insurance of 400;
settled with the company for SIl25.
G. f. Alexander estimates the loss on bis
meat market at $500; insured for $1,000
with JENNIE & Sherman in the Vermont
Mutual.
The goods OF A. v. Cox & Co., stove and
tin-ware dealers were badly damaged by
water falling floors, etc. They were in
sured for $500 each in the Etna with
Moody & Howe, and in the Insurance
Company OF North America with Cud-
worth & Childs. Their loss has been adj
justed by mutual agreement for the sum of
$4,000.
The loss of glass in the VT. National bank
building amounts to a considerable sum.
The glass will lie replaced and the damage
made good by the Home and 1Etna compa-
mics, in which 1t was insured.
The loss on Market block, the Clark and
Simonds buildings, Halls blacksmith
shop, and TO one or two other parties, caus-
ed by the scorcbng of buildings or the re-
moval of furniture, goods, etc., Is compare
lively slight, and fully covered by insur-
ance.
c. II. Sargeanl's loss on his paint shop,
which was situated in the upper pait of the
carriage house, is total, he having no insur-
ance.
Henry Atkins, the hostler at the Revere,
lost carpenters and other tools, clothing,
etc., which be had in the harness room.
His son, Master Tommy, aged 8 years,
mourns the burning OF fine drum, and,
true TO human nature, feels that his loss 10
the greatest OF all.
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRE, ETC.
At the beginning OF the fire, and up 10
the last critical moment, great confidence
was felt among lbe citizens that the Re-
we're House would be saved, and IL Is I'M
deniable that, since the fire, considerable
feeling Of dissatisfaction has prevailed that
this was not done. The plan of the chief
engineer, which Was 10 use the two hand
machines TO keep the fire from spreading
on Elliot and Flat streets, and the new
steamer TO save the Revere House, was I'M
doubleday good one, but, owing 10 the
repeated bursting OF the steamer hose IFS
services availed nothing until 1t was too
late. We think 1t can hardly be doubted
that, could a single effective stream of wa
Ter have been brought from any source TO
play upon the west side of the Revere
House at the time the cornice first caught,
the building in all probability would have
been saved, and 1t is toward the fact that
this was not done that much of the unfa-
vorable criticism has been directed. As
the event proved, could The No. 8 hand ma
chine, which is now on the retired list, and
was not brought out at all, have been put
in use, with line of good hose, 1t would
probably have given u different complex
ion TO the result of the nights work. The
fremen attribute any real or apparent fail
ure on their part entirely TO their deficient
and detective hose. The bailiffs, on the
other hand, state that they regarded the
hose to be in satisfactory condition. They
had given the new steamer 400 feet of rub
Der sporting hose to be used next the ma
chine to take the first pressure, with the
old leather two-inch hose to be attached to
the end of that in case of necessity, but Il
was supposed that in nearly all cases the
rubber hose would be all that was required.
1t has been thought by many that the rea-
son that the steamers hose burst 30 badly
was to be found in the fact that too sudden
a strain was put upon it by giving the ma
chine at once a full head of steam Instead