Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
EIkOM ST, ALBANS,
destructive Fire-Loss About $4,000.
Al 40 Wednesday morning an alarm was

Instructive Firc-LOss About $4,000
Al i15 Wednesday morning an alarm wa
sounded by GONE locomotives, giving warn
ing oil fire ascertained to have broken GU
in the grocery store of @. W. Lepper, in th,
Driscoll block On l. hc street. The cause O.
this fire is reported to have been the drop
ping Of u match by man who had Just Iii
his pipe; the match not extinguished, fell or
n spot Of kerosene on the floor where
some of that liquid had leaked from barrel
and at once ignited, the flames spreading
over the store. This fire was confined tc
| l4rrfcr's store for some time, and almos,
cXlinguishcd, but abou. 9:20 another, and ter.
rlDly noisy alarm was given, loud enough to
wake The seven sleepers. The cause Of this
second alarm was soon ascertained-the fire
supposed to have been extinguished had
spread, unseen, and communicated with the
next store in the block east, occupied by
Charles Wiley as barber shop. In less than
an hour the whole OF the inside of the Dris-
coll block appeared to be In flames. Thick
volumes of smoke issued from the windows,
walls and roofs, and covered the whole vii.
LACE TO quite distance north Of the scene of
tie fire.
1--WE streams were brought TO bear on the
burning block and before noon the fire was
well under control. There was quite south
wind blowing at the time and il the flames
had not been confined TO the Driscoll block
serious damage might have resulted from the
spread Of the fire to the north side of the
sIttUt.
About one o'clock the roof of the block fell
in with II loud report.
The following stores are included in the
block; Lcppcr's grocery store, Charles
Wilry's barber shop, end p. Callans, tailor
l.: ). Goodhue's grocery store and G. N.
NiIlistons cigar store. These are all
more or less destroyed. East of
the burncd block is the Arlington block,
occnpi d by j. and I. M. TieTney. saloon
ana billiard rooms, and P. Mitchell, boots
and shoes. The upper part of this block was
occupied by j. II. Montefiore, law office,
and DIR. l.. A. Merrill. And this block was
more or less damaged, although the fire was
prevented from communicating thereto. The
Dnscoll block is insured for $4,000, but the
damage is estimated at a much larger sum.
Two small boys were cut about their heads
~ the falling Of part of the wall OF the Dris-
COL block. They were not seriously hurt.
The Messenger gives the losses and insur-
arcc as follows: Loss on Driscoll block
@l2,0OO; insurance, $4,000; on Arlington
b'Jc6, 9l0OO; l. j. GOodhue, stock valued
a. alb ut $1,000; Insurance. $4,000; about all
ms goods were removed before the fire reach
cd them. &. w. Lepper's stock is total
loss value about $500, insurance $500.
q. N. W llislon had stock valued at $1,000,
which was insured for $4,000. p. Mitchelrs
stock was valued at between $4,000 and $1,000
and was insured for $1,000 j. & L. M.
Iierncy's loss consists in breakage they had
10 Insurance. The damage to Arlington
aud Gilmore blocks is not great. and is SIM
ply covered by insurance. The storekeepers
included IN this disaster, with the exception
OF Ltpper, lose more by water and breakage
than by actual burning, and none of them will
tecl the loss keenly.
Lawrence Hraincrd Adjudged Insol-
vent.
The hearing on the petition to put Law
renee Brainerd into insolvency, came on
"Wednesday morning before Judge Bailey Of
the insolvency court. Mr.. Drained was ad-
judged an insolvent debtor. Thereupon
stephen L. Royce, Esq, counsel for Mr..
Bruinerd, asked for an appeal under sec
1870, X. s., which provides for an appeal to
The county court from the opinion of the
judge upon the question of the insolvency Of
The debtor.
The appeal has not been granted yet, be-
cause the appellant has not filed his request
10 writing and wit. it his bond; doubtless
when th' sc tcchnicalities are complied with,
the appeal will be allowed. The result of
This will be the entering of the case at the
next April term is n new entry" which
will carry it over until the September term
1854. That is thu ordinary mode of dealing
"ith new entrie3.' So that if Mr. Brain
ed, tor some reason unexplained, does not
want TO submit to an examination in regard
10 Lis property, and the condition of it, etc.,
AID it seems apparent that he does
"nt want to submit to such examnationl he
is likely to have his own way about the mat
,cr until next September, at which time,
Doubtless, the present reason Tor his non.
with the order of the insolvency
coult may not exist. Any way, there is
ample time IN one year to take such steps as
may be necessary to remove the hidden
cause for his mode of procedure. II coun-
Eel Tor the creditors and depositors really be-
lic;c he has secrcted some of his property, or
disposed OF it unlawfully, or, il they even
suspect such thing, they have clear
course tn compel Mr. Braineri to submit to
an examination under secs. 1873 4-5, X. s.,
which do not seem open to the objections
made IL III; recent proceedings under sec.
1889
Bradley EarlOw's Insolvency.
lloa, Bradley Barlow has given notice to