Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-16

FIRE IN WATERBURY.-About three
o'clock yesterday morning fire was dis
covered on the premises of DR.. Horace
Fales of Waterbury, The doctors house
was the second one south of the Catholic
church, and the buildings were very eX-
tensive, covering much ground and being
kept in first rate condition. The main
part of the house was moved upon the lot
years ago by General Peck from the old
Judge Carpenter place, and was after
wards occupied by Mr.. Shepley and now
for some years by Dr.. Fales.
The fire was discovered in the barns
IIazen Morse who had excellent means OF
seeing thinks it was in the corn barn next
the river, while the Catholic Priest, Father
Gallaghan, thinks it was in the horse
barn near the house. DR.. Fales' hired
man was the first TO reach the barn and
he found the horses PROSTATE and that the
cattle could not be saved. There were in
the burns 6 COWS, yearling bull, . calves
3 horses, carriages, harnesses, moving
machine and most complete assortment
of farming tools. The live stock was al
burned and nothing was saved from the
barns excepting one dump wagon Nine
tons Of hay and about 100 cords of shor
wood were burned.
The main part of the house could have
been saved by the fremen who were quick
ly on hand and doing good service hat
there been sufficient water. What there
was had to be taken from Il csern ant
mostly used upon the dwelling of M G
Canardy just north. Had Mr.. Canardy'
house burned the Catholic Church woult
have gone and the fire have rushed along
nothward. To prevent this disaster the
fremen were forced to use so much watel
that DR., Fales' house had to burn up. The
furniture was saved and the safe movet
out upon the sidewalk.
The property was insured in the Yer
mont Mutual for $4,000, and the loss abov
insurance is some $4,000 to $4,000. 1t i
thought to have been an incendiary fire
Bat opinions are divided us to whether j
was the work of that universal Scape- goat
the tramp.
FOREST FIRES,-Fires are raging in tn
woods of northern New York, and alon!
the line of the Ogdensburgh road tn,
smoke is dense. Fifty-fve families wer
burned out of their homes Monday a
Clinton's Mills and the whole village de
stroyed and Cannon's Corners suffered tn
same fate Monday night. Yesterday tn
fires were spreading. There are larg
fires across the lake from Burlington an
there are plenty of them in this state,
large one being reported in Bennington
In our own vicinity besides the minor fire
, that are very common, there is said to b
very extensive one on Worcester noun
tain.
Y SMoKY,-There is truly great and pre-
= yailing dryness and for some three or fou
j. days we have had the smokiest weathe
S ever known in this vicinity by e" whit
@ man." This condition has been helpe
j. along by an extensive fire on The Shepar,
>. place near the Junction, where since Sal
v urday there has been continuous burn
: ing in the woods. In Waterbury and 9th
n or towns near here there have also bee
# forest fires of considerable extent. Blu
h the trouble is not local by any means, tn
e whole state being covered with this dens
i smoke. Northern New York is worse o.
+ than Vermont and the other New Enc
i land states are taking their share Of tn
murky atmosphere.