The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-01
MILLERs FALLS FIRE SWEPT.
Loss of Over 81 !, 600, Business Portion OF
the Village in Flames.


| Mllors Falls had the worst fire of its history
Wednesday night, with a loss of fully S75,Oo0
quarter Of an acre of ruins Is all that remains
of the business section of the town. The only
store left in town is putman's n.shop, and
that is Quilted so that it is almost worthless. The
fire started in the carpenter shop in the rear of
Amidon's block on Main street. 1t spread rap
| idly to the block and across the street. The
| flames leaped from building to building with
amazing rapidity, and O'keefe's hotel, Union
block, owned by the Millcr's Falls company. 5
gregation church, Fred Kings house and barn
and Michael Morans house and barn. Other
buildings owned by Mr. 0keefe and valued at
5000, Reed Bros market, a building owned
by NJ smith and occupied by Mrs Shea of Athol +,
millinery, W A Johnson's . IL story wooden
building occupied by l. ID Elmer, newsroom, C
]. Cook, variety store, and William Mayhew,
barber shop. ON the first floor were jerks &
Moorev, dry goods, motions, boots and shoes
and ]. IL STATIONS grocery store. In the sec
ond story was Union hall, the place where
dances and entertainments were given. 5 ii
Amidon's three-story wooden block was valued
at $1,000. On the first floor were T. NJ Par
fridge, druggist, W Everett. ieweler, and
II Sears, groceries. Mrs Amidon's millinery
store was on the second floor, and so were DIR
George A Cooks office. his rooms and Mr. Ami
dons apartments.
nothing else to destroy. No accidents were re-
ported. The village had very inadequate fire
protection and help was telephoned for to sew
cral towns and Greenfield and Northampton re
sponded with engines.
Runaway's Tragic Ending.
solomon Fiske, g. respected farmer of
Shelburne Center died suddenly of heart failure
yesterday afternoon as the result of the shock he
sustained by being thrown from team in a run
away accident. His horses were frightened as
he and his daughter was riding. lie was thrown
out but picked himself up apparently uninjur-
ed and followed the team His daughter pluck.
lily took the rcins and after going some dis.
lance succeeded in refining the frightened ami
mails into an open lot. She was thrown out and
saw his daughter and then fell to the ground,
dying almost instantly. The young woman was
not seriously injured.
Wreck on the Fitchburg
The cast-bouud freight on the Fitchburg road
broke apart about $50 O'Clock Tuesday after
noon one mile west of Farley. The sections of
the train crashed together, completely demollsh-
ing one hat ear, slightly damaging several
others, and completely blocking both tracks
delaying east and west-bound mail and express
trains > l2 hours. Several freight trains were
also delayed. One man was injured about the
head Several prominent officials of the road
were ON the hound express and were
obliged TO wait at Millers Falls until one track
was cleared
Prospective Bicycle Factory.
Charles L 4 Eddy and DIR W l. Severance OF
Greenfield have perfected bicycle which will
bemanufactured and put ON the market next
season. The machine has several new features
which will commend it to ridcrs,and the owners
expect a good sale. Negotiations are pending
nttNttu htc-fr NtNtIsHtt u
Moves for the use OF his shop on Hope street
Fell GO Feet and Will Get Well.
John Knott and Charles Lapreque, miners at
the Davis sulphur ore mine ~ Rowe. fell ca
feet down the shaft yesterday afternoon. They
were workiu. about half way down in the
shaft and il i thought that iock fell from n
hanging wall above and broke the timber on
which they were standing. No bones were bro
ken and they will recover.
The large farm house and barns of A Jew
eft on the south Dcerfcld side Of the Connect
cut river on the Sunderland rcad. was burned
FRIDAY with most of their contents. About Len I
cases Of tobacco In the fobarcc barn were des-