The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-20

st. Adams, VT, May ia disastrous
fire swept st. Adams this afternoon,
destroying dwellings,, business blocks,
public buildings and a large amount
Of other property. The loss will
amount to thousands of dollars.
The fire broke out shortly after 8
o'clock in the lumber yard of w. B.
Fonda, and in a short time several
large piles of lumber and business Of
fees had been ignited. There was a
heavy wind blowing at the time and
the fire spread rapidly. 1t destroyed
Chisholm Bros store and the tene-
ment house and drug store owned and
occupied by F. Eldred- The fire next
spread to the big building occupied by
the Crown Furniture company and
Collins meat market. The blocks Of
Wood & Favro, J. H. Montfere and
W. e. DEAN adjoining, were also de-
stroyed in a short space of time. At
this point the wind had increased to a
miniature hurricane and the burning
embers were carried in every direction.
Swanton and Burlington were called
on for help and soon responded. It
was found impossible to prevent the
Main street blocks from burning and a
dozen buildings were soon on fire. The
first Main street structures that ig
nited were the stores of w. S. Bailey
and T. B. Morton. The Wallace Print
ing company's building, the store of
Lombard & Winthrop, Marceau & Vim
cent, and F'uller's livery stables were
Soon in ashes.
The government building, on King
man street, caught fire a few minutes
after 1 o'clock and was soon Quilted
Most of the papers, furniture, etc,
were saved. The Hill block, occupied
by J. E. WEIGH and w. N. Adams, was
1evelled to the ground.
AT $50 the Messenger building
caught fire and burned fiercely for
half an hour, the fire extending to the
block occupied by w. H. Ellis and w.
II. Woodward's store. Most of the
buildings were of wood and burned
Like finder, many occupants not having
time to save their effects. Moore's
marble works, on Foundry street,
Ryans grocery store and twelve tene-
ment houses in the vicinity on the
same street were destroyed. Shortly
before o'clock the entire Burlington
fire department arrived and all COM
panieS Joined forces in an attempt to
stop the fire on Main street. The att
tempt was partially successful and the
fire was checked about $50 o'clock, in
time to save the more valuable blocks
Weeks, A j. Lang and C. II. Harvey,
however, were burned, and at this
point the progress of the fire was
stayed. Control of the fire was OBJ
tanned on Foundry street, six blocks
north of Moore's marble works. The
fire made almost a clean sweep from
Stebbins street to Hoyt, turning n1anv
people out of their homes. The st.
Adams hotel was saved with great diff
ficulty. The loss will reach half
million dollars.
The fire, after leaving Fonda's lum-
Der yard, pursued a northerly course
along st. Catherine street, eating up
many wooden buildings nearby, then
going along Kingman street From
Center along one side to Hoy street
on the other the fire swept through
the entire district to and across Main
street, which for several blocks was
laid waste including a number of tene-
ment houses Fully thirty families are
homeless tonight. The hotels are US
ing kerosene and candles tonight, as
the gas and electric light services are /
cut off.
It is impossible to give the insur-
ance on the burned property tonight, |
as the underwriters are unable to as
certain what the figures are. The to- |
tai loss, as near as can be figured, is
about $492, 900.