Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-07
AN EVENING BLAZE.


About $1,000 Damage.
Fire was discovered in The engine room
at the Cbamplain shops and general alarm
sounded Friday evening about = o'clock. The
fire companies quickly at hand. In
the meantime the factory hose had been at
tached to the hydrant and a stream put on
the fire. which had reached the shaving
house before the Ethaus of the
fire department got the first stream.
1t under control in few minutes,
though it took over an hour to squelch the
blaze entirely. The fire bong in the shay
ings so, after while crept into the other
half OF the building, winch was used for
dry house and the firemen found it extreme
ly hard to fight. One shaving spout was
cut down and as it fell to the ground, it
struck wagon and bounding struck James
O'Connell, a fireman, i'll the back. He was
knocked down by the blow and slightly in
jured.
The fire ut the Champlain shops was most
ably handled by the hremen who confined it
within the brick engine, boiler and dry
house, although some Of the spouts connect
ed Herewith were destroyed. The loss on
the buildings owned by ". J. Van Patten
will not exceed $l3OO, and that on the
stock in the dry house, occupied by the
Champlain Transportation and Morgan
Bros. $500. The insurance carried in
the agencies of 7. S. Peck, Cronyn y Beck
with and HicloE and Bailey and the 10 sses
are already in process of adjustment
An Early Morning Blaze.
At about 1916 Saturday morning a fire
alarm was rung in from box No. 30, corner
Champlain and North streets. The iiremen
promptly responded and soon eXtinguished
tine blaze, although not before two small
dwelling houses had been nearly destroyed.
One of the houses was owned by Mr.. Ben
way The cause is unknown.
Tho cause of the fire on Bssel street
early Saturday morning is unknown, al
though it is supposed by some to be from
the explosion of a kerosene lamp, or from a
defective chimney. Mr.. Laurin, who occu-
pied the dwelling, and his family, at the
time of the fire, were away from their resi-
dence, spending the evening at the house OF
a friend. Mr.. Laurins furniture was in,
sured in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance
company, through the agency OF T. S. Peck
There was no insurance on the house
which was owned by Jerry Benoit, the
policy having expired four days previous.
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July II to 10, is the largest, most enthusi
astic and most protitabIe educational asso-
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there were present about seventeen Thousand
educators. All departments Of instruction
are represented and hold sessions, the uni
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kindergarten, music, art and industrial. NJ
teacher DESTROYS of keeping pacs with thu
most advanced ideas and methods can nj
ford to miss these meetings. \ visit t.
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to teachers in seeking rest and recuperatiol
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Anyone wishing a copy of the official bul
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atiug to the meeting should write to IL. II
Ross, Burlington, who is the State manage
for Vermont.