Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-24

the foundry were melted, and now lie upon
the earth in the form of puddles of iron. A
train of cars had been left upon the tracl;
about hundred feet from the burned build.
ings, and the heat was so intense that these
were scorched and blisttrcd and would
undoubtedly have taken fire had they not
been removed. The lumber shops were of
course completely flied with the most in
ilammable material, thus rendering them
an easy prey TO the flames and ut the
same time emitting u heat so great
as to render it impossible for the iircmcn to
save the adjoining buildings. 1t was n
triumph for our iiremcn that they were
able to check the flames where they did
which what was at the north end Of, the shop
occupied by X. NJ. Clapp, wooden build.
ing, filled with curtain rollers and stock piled
in corn-cob fashion and Offering the best pos
sible food for the flames. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty, indeed, that the fumes
were checked at this fpolnt and had there
been wind of any considerable degree OF
violence the conilagration must have been
one of vast extent. The flrcmen worked
from II o'clock at night to after Z O'Clock the
next morning, and for their long, arduous
and successful efforts deserve the greatest
credit
The Losers.
Brink " Co., iron founders, had just got
things in good shape, following the dreadful
calamity in their casting department, last
January. New machinery had been put in
and everything put in fine order They had
a lurfrn hitlIiuu rp,nrlntplv flIpI with
terms of every description, representing Il
large amount of capital invested. Of all
their property nothing whatever was saved,
stock, tools, patterns, machinery and all the
rest being a total lost. Mr. Brink estimates
his loss as upward of $4,000, on which he
had insurance of only $4,000.
Mr.. H. NJ. Clapps property was consider
ably damaged, but the loss is covered by in
surancc.
j. II. Booths loss is estimated at about
twenty thousand dollars 49, ten or eleven
and of which was covered by insurance.
Dr. Nichols was not in position. ytster.
day, TO make any accurate computation oil
his loss. lie carried on the Pioneer sbops
an insurance of twcniy-thrcc thousand dol
lars, and it is TO be presumed that his loss
will be nearly or quite covered. The engine
and boiler room had nothing at all inilam-
uDOut IL lOOi Niib'"-
| castings, and hence the damage done to that
part OF the property was comparatively
slight The great engine is not, it is believed,
materially damaged, unless it be that the fly
wheel is warped; and as for the boilers
which were new this year-they were SO
well protected by brick arches and in other
ways that the fire left them completely un-
harmed.
Mr.. ii. L. Woodbury., OF IL. L. Wood
bury & Co., who had the planning contract
tor j. X. Booth. loses $500 dollars, on which
there was fourteen hundred insurance.
In regard to Mr.. KiEbill and Mr.. Wing,
the figures already given hold f oil, cxccpl
that the formers insurance was three thou
sand dollars, AMI not sin, aS an error Ot tht
ypes maze us say ycst rIay.
The Cause of the Fire
will probably never be asccrained. No in
vcsiis CATION could elicit anything beyond iht
TACT already given, that the flames suddenly
broke out, III an entirely unacCounlable man
ucr, at the spot where railroad car stood
close to Booths shops.
The Insurance
on the property destroyed was placed ms fol
lows In T. 5. Ptck's agency: Il. 5
Nichols, Pioneer shops, Sl7,j00; j. X
Booth and L. A. Woodbury., mills, Sl3,
4j0 5. c. Kmbal * Co, $4,000 Brink 4
Co., $1,000. In c. Z. Frissell's agency: Il
). Nichols. Pioneer shops, :55U0-divdeda
follows: $1,000 in the .Etna fire insuranc,
company and S1lOO each in the Hartford
Phoenix and Fire Insurance Company o
North America Wing ~ Smith, $1,000 il
the Queen fire insurance company; X. VI
q. ts...,
$1,000 each in the Merchants and the Spring
field.
Smoke and cindcrs from the burning build
ings rose to Il great height and iloa,ed oil owe
u wide extent Of territory. Cinders wor
found yesterday as far away us Wizards, il
the extreme southern part of the city.
The tircmen were furnished with coife
AMI sandwiches, and right welcome wer
those comforts.
The credit of the first stream belongs.to tn
Volunteers-All the companies Responded
promptly TO the alarm. and within few
minutes twenty streams Were playing upoi
the flames.
Capt. Woodbury. will ut once transfer hi
business to the Blodgett mill, of which he i
the lessee, and his business will suffer but
brief interruption.
The auxiliary engine will furnish powe
for the brush factory and machine shop, Til,
other concerns will have to suspend business
for the present.
The now disabled engine furnished power
in addition to the manufactures alroad
mentioned, for r. NJ. Clapp's curtain role
factory, the Ferguson manufacturing com
pany's shop and w. 5. Holland x Cos fame
| cabinet work mandatory
Besides the city hydrants there are iiv
| private double hydrants on the premises, s
that the supply of water was excellent.
OF DIR. Nicholas plans for the future an
| those of the other burned. out manufacturers