Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

as the fire burned from underneath it was
necessary 90 play upon them until thres
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening
the FIRE among the slabs again sprung up, and
AZ the two houses before mentioned and
Michael j. tker's new house we're IN danger
from the flying sparks, the pile had to be
played upon for four hours more making in
all sixteen hours work for the department.
In addition to the steamers and the hose com
pauy mentioned the Hook n Ladder com.
pany was called out and the Estey steamer
was also used for a short time.
That the FIRE was Of incendiary origin there
is not a doubt There was nothing about the
mill that was liable TO take fire from spontane.
Gus combustion and there had not been fire
ia the mill for six months past Three win
dows that had been covered by wooden shut
ters when the mill was closed Saturday after.
noon we're thrown wide open when the fire
was discovered. NJ borrower, that some one was
plotting mischief against the mill property IL
shown by the fact that for week past con.
siderable trouble had been experienced in get
ting sufficient power, and on investigating
the matter Saturday II was found that the
paseaCe way for the waste water had been
blocked up, causing the water TO set back
upon the water wheel and thus greatly de
crease the power
Mr.. Fletcher at first estimated his total
loss at $1,000, but after summing up every
thing destroyed he thinks il will exceed that
figure by $1,000. The building and machinery
was insured by Ondworth Il Childs for $1,000
in both the Orient and Pbmnix companies
! and by Sherman n JENNIE for $1,000 each in
the City of London aud Vermont Mutual
! The stock was uninsur d.
The rumor that Henry Whitaker, the
wood dealer, had threatened to fire the mill
doubtless originated from the following A
short time ago Mr.. s. H. Sherman, the in
surauce agent, mot Whitaker, who was in an
excited condition, on the hill beyond the iron
bridge, when Whitaker told Mr.. Sherman
in substance that II he did not cancel his in
surance policy on Fletchers mill h was unfit
! to be an insurance agent because, he said,
they have such a quantity of old stuff lying
around over there and the mill is in such
dirty condition that one of these days the
whole thing will be burned Mr.. Fletcher
aud Whitaker have also had some trouble
about their water privilege, which may have
strengthened the Tumor.
The mill was built between 10 and A. years
ago for a wooden mill It was occupied dur
ing the war and for some time after by Jor-
dan, Marsh Il Co. for the manufacture OF
balmoral skirts.
Monday Evenings Fire.
Monday evening at little past ten the
second alarm OF the week was sounded, aud
the whole village department was called out
to e1tinguish the flames in the Vinton build
ing at the corner Of South Main and Canal
streets The FIRE was discovered almost
simultaneously by Scott Dunkee, Patrick
Mcguire and Abbott Stone. When first dis.
covered the fire WAS confined to the basement
floor of the kitchen of Mrs. G. +. Miller's
bakery, but it soon sprulg through tho win
dows, entered the store room on the next
floor and ran up the whole rear end Of the
building Eight minutes after the alarm
No threw first water on the building and
the stream OF the hose company followed
few seconds later. No. 3 had some trouble
with their suction pipe aud was therefore
somewhat behind the others. In 10 to -
minutes the fire WAS under control, and soon
after was entirely subdued.
The building was a comparatively new one
being built soon after the one which was de-
strOyed by fire on the same site year ago
last NJ arch. Tue basement fl lor wa occupi-
ed by Mrs. Mler's domestic bakery; the
second by G. ID. Noyes, agent for L. Gay ~
Co., the wholesale Boston grocers, rs a store
house from which goods were supplied to 10
cal dealers, and by Charles Fowler the cob
bier the third floor Was at the present tins
vacant, but had been the headquarters of the
Salvation Army until they gave up their
Brsttleboro seige a short time since.
There is considerable difference of opinion
among those who have examined the room
where the fire started as to its cause. Mrs
Miller says there had been no FIRE in the
stove after seven o'clock, and the condition Of
things in the stove tends to show thst this
was the case but it Is not probable that a
person could have entered the building with
out leaving some trace of his having done
so, or that he would have put himself
in a position where he would be easily
detected ~ by firing a building at that
time and place it seems more likely that
the fire had some mysterious connection with
the stove or chimney.
The rear end of the building is badly burn
ed. but the end fronting on Main street is lit
tie injured aud will soon be repaired Mr..
Vinton had $1,000 insuraLcs on the building
and he receives Sl0i6 T. Gay Il Co., Mrs.
Miller and Charles Fowler were insured for
$1,000, $50 and 1925, respectively and their
losses have been adjusted at $1,000, Sl27 and
$l5.