Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-04-13
BIG BLAZE,
the "nsd Prea,," Andersen Heck
aHd Jsass Heck IN Ashes,
TRAINS spIsa EAST,

The "ned Prea,," Anderson Heck
aud Jsnss Heck I" Ashes.
Tug LAST on "Epsos's Row."
The most destructive fire since '67,
visited US Saturday night about ~
o'clock, The fro caught 10 l., W.
Wilson's grocery, IN the Anderson
Block, How II caught still remains
mystery, but II Is supposed lro" tho
stove or pipe. II was llrst discovered
by Mrs. Chaa, j, Taft from her sleep
Ing room which IL IN The rear OF the
Bailey stone dwelling, aud Is . good
view Of where the Ore started. She
awoke her husband, aud the aUoln'
Ing families, l., o, Greene and Mrs
johnson, and they fought the fire
ill tho engines arrived. The lire
spread rapidly, aud Mr. Jones's store,
although built of stone and covered
with slate, was tho first TO fall eve
believe only the front was OF stone)
The brick walls Of the Anderson
Block and tho brick walls Of the Maj
Churchill house, the Jones Block
being bu. one story, delayed tho
spread Of the flames after awhile, but
the fire got into the walls OF the
Anderson and "Red Front" Blocks
and il was evident that both must 90,
and II looked "scaley' fo' the Church
III house, rs it caught fire several times
at two windows in the gable end and
ON the jet, and only by great exortlon
was saved at all. The house was
greatly damaged by water. Nothing
could save "Red Front" aud Ander-
sons, consequently all efforts we're
turned to prevent the spread OF the
flames east to Phoenix Block and
west TO tho Churchill house, aud had
Il not been for the calm night, brick
and stone partition walls, and the good
supply Of wafer, the whole row would
have been in ruins before SUNRISE
The three blocks burned to the ground
in less than three hours, and now the
street presents an appearance very
much like man with three OF his
front teeth out. This ends the
old "Edson Row. the east part OF
which was destroyed by the great
fire of 1860, anu stopped at 'Red
Front or Eaton Block as it was
known then. This block has been on
fire three time since GO, and is now
among the things that were, Mr.
Jones occupied the whole OF his Block
for dry goods, etc. Many of the goods
were saved. He had $4,000 insurance
on the building and $4,000 on goods.
lie always had large stock, and
was in Boston purchasing spring
goods at the time Of the fire. Mr..
Wilson's stock, which was valued at
about $500, is a total loss insured
for $1,000. John S. Eaton removed
uearly all his goods, IN damaged
condition. His stock was valued at
something over $4,000; insured for
$4,000. He is Town Clerk, but the
public records and papers were saved
Over Mr.. Eaton was Alonzo Barnes,
shoemaker, whose loss is about 5000
injured for 5000. The stock of the
town liquor agency, valued at $500,
which was insured for $500, was a
total loss. The agent Mr.. Joel Eaton
lost considerable property on which
there was no insurance. Mr.. Thomas
Perry an aged gentleman, occupied a
sleeping room in the third story of the
Anderson building, and had barely
time to escape in his shirt and pants,
and when he reached the ground was
in tainting condition, when Henry
Cushing and Oscar Burk took him to
the formers residence where he was
cared for. He lost all his "household
gods" Frank Mckenzie gave him a
suit of clothes the next day. ard his
son DR.. Perry from N. Y. is now here,
and is rigging him up with brand
new set of "gods' to take the
place Of those destroyed. The And
erson block occupied by Mr. Wilson
was owned by the heirs of the And
ersou estate and insured for $4,000;
the "Red Front" block. occupied by
Mr.. Eaton was owned by the savings
bank and vas insured for $780,
All worked we'll to bring the "firs
god" under control, and all have
special reasons to be thankful.
The "burued vut folks" are located
as followed u. b Jones in the Re-
publican headquarters on the corner of
Elm and Central street John ).
Eaton, in the Kimball store on Cen
trail street; Capt. A. Barnes in Henry's