Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-12

An alarm was sounded from box No. Is
Monday evening about five minutes before
clock, the fire proving to be in Mr.
Crowells barn at Lindenhurst While car
ing for the horses for the night Mr. Crow
els youngest son, Percy, and the coach
man, Charles Farrar, were in the hay loft.
when by some means the lantern was
tipped over, the top came off and the hay
was set on fire. At first Farrar thought he
could stop the fire without giving an alarm.
but the burning oil had run under the hav.
and as soon as the fire was seen at the
house Herbert Crowell ran to the ire-alarm
box on the avenue. There was in this
way delay of some five to eight minutes
in giving the alarm, the fire being seen on
Elliot, Canal and other streets at a distance
before the alarm was rung in.
The Elliot hose company reached the
top of the hill in about seven minutes. one
minute ahead of Steamer No. 3. There
was some trouble with the hylrant. and a
stream of II feet only could be thrown.
Mr.. Turner ordered the men to get their
hose in readiness and be ready to splice out
for Steamer No. t. No. , soon ha a first
class fire stream running through 400 feet
OF hose, from the new hydrant at the corner
OF Spruce street and Western avenue.
There is no steamer connection at the NV
drant at the junction of Green and High
streets and Steamer No. 1 was placed on
Cedar street. satisfactory stream was
not secured, probably owing to leaks in the
hose laid by the Elliot company. The roof
fell in few moments aft ar the firemen ar
rived The building was bad one in which
to fight the fire, owing to its being sheathed
on the inside Ii was burned almost en-
a hnyn Ia nj IL
dation and walls up TO the first floor were
left standing.
The recall was sounded at 9 40 but the
firemen remained on the grounds and
worked actively until about IL o'clock. the
f1re being inside the Sheathing and refusing
in the most persistent way to be extin-
guished. 1t is a curious fact that, soaked
as the building was, and with the water
frozen upon the walls, the fire blazed I'D
again soon after the tiremen left and KEPT
up blaze until the Crowell family fought
1t out with buckets in the morning, The
property burned was confined to the stable
building, the hay and provender, the doors
and windows taken from the house before
1t was rebuilt, and last but not least in
Mr. Crowelrs estimation, to the corn which
he raised with laborious care last summer.
The horses, carriages, harness, ETC., were
removed.
An explosion of powder occurred while
the fire was being fought and five firemen
on the first floor were nearly blown from
the building. Mr.. Crowell did not know
that The powder was in the building, it
probably having been placed there by some
OF his men. This is not the first fire in
which powder has exploded, and people
should take warning and not have powder
stored in buildings hereafter, on account
OF the great danger in case of fire.
Charles H. Thompson and John Hackley
OF the Elliot hose company had narrow
escape. Thompson was on the front wall
and Hackley was coming up on a ladder
when the remaining part of the room fell
In and the wall began to bulge" Thomp-
son jumped % feet to the ground rather
than fall into the fire and Hackley jumped
from the ladder. Both were shaken nm
and somewhat bruised.
One of the pleasant incidents for the fire.
men and one that they appreciated was the
serving of hot coffee and buns by Mr.. and
Mrs. Crowell
Mr. Crowelrs loss is estimated at $4,000
the value of the barn having been increas-
ed by an addition built during the past
year. An Insurance of $1,000 was carried
on the property through Cudworth q
Chllds's agency. The lJss was settled as
total by Special Agent Fay of the National
company, who had come here to adjust the
insurance on the fire of Friday night