Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23
DIES rRUCTIvE FIRE.
Burning of Central House Block II
Losses and Insurancc-Gencra Not,

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fIHE'
Burninu of Contra, House BIock-TI
Losses ana NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. N"'es
we are again called upon to chronicle a d
s'ructiVe4 cohnagra'ion' Al ABOUT IL o'cio'
last lhlirsiay night fire was discovered in Il
premises of the building known as Cent?
House block, which was completely gutlet
while the large wooden building n, the re-,
,ro, .a.., -,
""' '''"'' W '"o S'"u"o'
The Origin Of the Fire
con ro, ho aos,;,o,,, osoor,o;rod n,
-, vs.,
Ieihaps never VIII DC. NO one, SO MI
Boutin says, entered the warehouse (wher
the flames were first discovcred) in IN
.ror;rn , IL
Inns anu ''.lo was ho hea.'"s al
paratus IN 1t. These facts would appal
emily indicate that the fire was the wor
of an incendi.rv Contra, Uouso R,oc,,
40 or, $50. .,,..', ~,
u' 'e"ue'S hnow' CONSTITUTES III
northern portion OF Union block, a three
story brick structure Occupying nearly tn
entire block hc,weon ponk and Cberr,
s,roo,. M, 80, -,
~, i"e ouihcu ou''u'nS coh'"ine'
three stores, the one occupied by ID
..,.,-, ""' W"
oro,,.. =,
e"'' ny MI Ahure" bou'in, th'
upper one as millinery and the lower
one as crockery store. Directly in
tho roor of Con,uo, 1to,,. D,,e,.
WINS LARGO roodo, i',';,d;. tn,, o c.,
pied ne iivor,, s,a,,o o" n,,, ,., oeuu,
Inv Mr. Dn,,i,;, o,"oe' ~. ", 10" ,e"s uaou
This h,iid;, n 's " Mholes".e Warehouse.
thirty foo, f,9 "as peiinaps tMcn,y.n sc OF
northern ord ~ Wv, ,o In,, ouuns, ouI u. 'iiI
which o,,ondsd u .no m" ,i," "Uouou vi
house Sho,,lv hotoro ~ Ioioo,, NJ Inv n
Conant bannened ~ iooi, ~, of hor s,, al
md saw n iira in ,ha ,, oue , .r mnuo"
MIR Conant n, onoo m "ouo W., ma''" aIoE''
alarm will tho ,,,mos, ,o.Ss;,,o s,,oJ UNI ul
ire which had airond,p o o,,n Ipeeu W. ,l,c
,ronor,;ons nod 49,, ;ya nu any
IeeI mon anI h,, 10 ,i,a,a ,hn a i,.a'e',ai W
an Tho enc, ,ho n, ,, .no '',,,. 'no .,..eu ".Ic
means NJ tho ol, nirno5,. nun , fone''a'eu, ny
}outin's millinn,v s'oso '''e Nv p, 10 hi'
whom Mr. Rnnt;n ,r sao 'i,o,,, g. f AIN, (m..
who ,ras "o ,I' ~ ,o'n, pali-
,rokc ,br"rh Wa" ,no a arnu 'c irst on hana,
,ia.a,..--.. -
through the store ''.N''
'"' '"e''
bo Gro , ~ s"u ,idi nuilulns, ,he progress OF
.eady mass If fire Tho ,;aI,, and T "a. al
nabie millinery goods hlozed ~, lilo n u aasi,
md through thc snocions arcbcs The d hron
eapcd into the crockerv store will almos,
he rlpiditv of li,btniny IJanoo o',,os, ,,,,,,
nc was saved Some If ,hn stool, ,,,a,
rot ont. Int IL rnrmod 9, sr',u ""a
,roporion of The whole Inn, !, 10 ha,a,.,
worth mentioning The fircmon and ,ha
look and Ladder mon wcrc al, ti,is ,;n,o
working right actively and roil,, In, ,hn a.
lad an exceedingly 1if,icn,, fra ,o cnu, ,"uy
9th o,d ~, g. " ~
n"n,. " ,i ,,,u' .nc' checked II as they did
yin6 f' '~v so,nt,s. cteut upon lhem. Inc
hn 'G, ioi'una''iy' was almost que southland
!. into ,i'o "nu einieis were nIowh harmless
'o'h avn, dI ~, Ip'h 1,aoe octMcen the burning
,naa ~ I VIZ oui'uIns next Nofln, the resi-
ng ncoro' o" mea, a. Ineuu, Esq; Inc build
nse " "f ShoSd ' fw iiIuse DOCK IS the ware
rrnr ,of and Of norr,n o,, mli1h Is avsoluteiy
'urIber oiT aro no roe;S Iaieleu h1 uainage'
awk and 81 Mnr,,s 1Iam VI Dr. spar
#, untouchnd -'"''' 'u' 'hcsc were
A""ser' anu 'heir Losses
Ga the second floor were the following
divers. DIR n T. Colv;, o,1 ,,;f,
,on,n, nal ,.;r. w., w. i.
"''' anu WIG, Mrs' d. D. Jacobs and
"o uauG h'ers and Mrs 5. A. Heathwood.
IN ms floor, also, were c. w. Davis's mn
&c rooms vi these dodgers, Mr.. Conaut saw
u an MS furniture, though 1t was more or
- damaged by The haste of removal DR..
own siveu Inc greater portion of his prop
tly' MIS- lieathwood saved a portion, only,
iicr eieGts' Mr.. Davis loses grand pi-
no aud large quantity of sheet aud book
ius'e' Another piano and a cabinet organ
,ortu IN MS rooms were also destroyed. Mr.
,asis wa, insured In Whitcomo " Fnl,or'o
n aIf iffS Ior H"Hi ""ioh e"'ers ohiy about
ycan, sono s;iu's , oaoous low everything
rnrdroIe T TiI Iva ma'e anu portion OF her
me- Sor i,nr aaH Wv 10 particularly severe
ono Of o',r GU" a.u. W. aio giau 10 learn that
md for how 9onos, ''''Aeps arc coiiec'inga
In III. iii a. liz, 49,.
,onr md eis,.r D NJ W ,yeE Murli1 =. NcY-
in A,Inne / = NJ Hcc' M'ss MIN,
lis Aunuls' D. - Martin, Il. +. Mech and
TIA .nT I d I"o Kisses Dardiss, Mr. A. Prouty,
rcted w;,h sha ~, nnu servant glri con
nd his family haun hnas ar. riouly
Of some limo nos, rn ou. " toWn
nd household nosspps a,. anei' lulh',ure
,oo,,, ~ a''u possessions are TOTAL loss
Ir Mech and NJ N"iG Wnici was saved
,nynd in oo Huu ',,. .uaI.,hs eoous were re-
+ ,bem. Lnt ~ " H., az i.as. Tue greater part
aor Ins, ar us at .nc o,her iougers on ms
urod in Gon ~ ,"s D,.,: w., heech was IN,
u',E III zen. l. O. Pccks agency for $1,000
go,cy NJ a,t'a Al 'hc s"hc
The aggregate loss sustained by all the
ougers can not be ascertaincd with any APP
,crhsnS sSno N a'euiacy' pul IL VIII reach
Considering the time Mt which tho fire.
lroke out and the number NJ lndgero in Tho
building. il is ey,ycmeiv for,nna,a , Ia,
here are neither fatalities nor occ;dsn a.
0 record. Some of tho iodgors ,ro.o 60
md knew nothing about tbe fro mil " ILL.,,
we're aroused-and in Tho vol, Of am,ah .ie,