Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-29
FIRE IN MARKET BLOCK.
A Loss OF over $4,000 Larger
water 10 the BrsttIeboro News 'o'"
stuck,

a Ioss or over $4,000, Largely ny
water IN the BrattIeborO News Com
Pany's stock
loss of over $1,000 was caused by
fire Sunday morning in Market OlocH I po
hut for the prompt action OF Chlel Vi 40
lice Hall and the energetic work VI 'ns
FIRE department the result would nave Ooo"
more serious. -, ,,.uo ahopt
Mr.. Hall discovered the blaze apouV >
o,cl ,ck in the basen ent of the BratteOoIo
News company's store on EllloC SUIT IT,
He rang i'm an alarm from Oox % az
engine house Steamer No. . respoIcu ',
and connected with the bydrant near W,
Rockers and line of hose was ialu llU ,,I
the hydrant at the hook and ladder JUN
inc and two lines from the hyuIan. ~
front of John Galvin's store ny InIo
time the fire had worked its way up throusu
the floor and through the partIt,on i ~
the Richardson meat market Cniel E
pineer Turner put his shoulder 10 tne Ies'
doc of the meat market, pusheu IL opSn'
and a line of hose was carried H. Nc
rear door of the news store coulu , nv. oe
opened from the outside. MI i uinei
broke in the front door, admitting hue "
hose from the front, and then unooiveu Vno
rear door. Meanwhile f. b. klchaIusVn
arrived and unlocked the front door Oh Vne
market and four streams were turneu uPoi
the fire. The flames we're soon eAt,n-
gnisbed hut not a moment too soon, for
they had reached the ceiling IN tne Iled'
m syket and would have soon wrought hav-
oc in the second story. The hre spleau
more rapidly in the news room, but was
checked Al the second floor by steel cell
inc otherwise the results might have been
far more disastrous.
As soon as Mr.. Hall had pulled in the
alarm he entered the building and with
some difficulty aroused the family OF VIII
liam Mettee. the barber, who slept upstairs.
Their rooms were partly filled with smoke
and one of Mr.. Me;tee's daughters had
been partially overcome by it. The noise
made bv Mr. Hall in arousing Mr..
Mettee also awoke Mr.. and Mrs. r. ii.
| Morse who occupied rooms in the building.
An Investigation down stairs revealed a
partially burned wooden box with the
charred ends of large number of paste
board boxes filled with paIlor matches,
and the theory is that rats ignited the
matches, the fire burning up through the
dry floor in few minutes.
| 1 lie wafer udmdSC ElCeNil NANNNNNN Wv
| by fire, but when one contemplates what
might have been the result had the fire
gotten beyond control there is no criticism
| for the liberal use of water.
A large supply of newspapers, books,
magazines and toys on the first floor and
the surplus stock in the basement were
| soaked. The loss on the papers, period
| icals, etc, in the store will be nearly total
Several hundred dollars worth of cigars
were practically spoiled. The rest of the
stock was more or less damaged by smoke.
Geo. Z. Fox, the proprietor, had his en-
tire stock insured for $4,000 with II. Z.
| Taylor Il Son. The loss may exceed one
half that amount. In the meat market IL
quarters of beef, two hogs, six sheep, a
| quantity of corned beef, etc, were dam
| aged by smoke. The loss on the market
stock has been adjusted at 1912 through
A. w. Child's & Co.'S agency. The loss
to Market block will doubtless be from
! 5000 to $500.
The damage by smoke to Mrs. Morse
millinery goods was nearly 800. Although
Mr.. Mettee's goods were not damaged he
carried no insurance. His first act Mon
day morning was TO procure an insurance
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