Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14
THE VERMONT PHOENIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY. H.
THREE 1NoENp1ARY FIRES.

Prompt Work Of the Fire Depnrtm ent
Prevented Serious Loss, But Three
Children Had a Narrow Escape From
Death.
Another of the Elliot street houses
owned by William and Mary Martin was
discovered to be on fire about II 80 o'clock
Saturday night and an alarm was rung in
from box "a. In six minutes the depart
ment had stream of water playing on the
flames, followed by two more streams
moment later, and in a surprisingly short
time the fire was extinguished. The loca-
| tion of the fire was in the rear end OF the
| one-story house which stands about two
rods back from the south side of the street
and Just east of the Martin house which
was partly destroyed by fire several months
ago. While the property is not very val
| liable the fire came near being very serious,
as the lives of three children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Beaupree would have been lost
but for the providential waking and crying
of one of them. The children were two,
three and four years old respectively and
occupied a small room in one corner of
the house directly over the room where the
fire started. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Beaupree
occupied a room in the front part of the
|
by the crying of the youngest child, found
the other two partially suffocated by the
dense smoke which was coming into the
room through the sides and the floor. The
fire started in the basement in a room
rented by Edward Moore, who lives alone
Mr.. Moore has been in Guilford recently
and he has not occupied the room for
some time. 1t is evident that the base
ment window was raised and some in
lammabDe material thrown upon the floor
near Moore's bed. The fire had been in
progress some time when it was discov-
cred and the rear part of the building is
completely destroyed. The building was
insured for 500 in the sun Insurance Of
flee of London, through Sherman IL
Jenne. Mr.. Moore had no valuable furni-
ture and his loss will be slight. He had
no insurance, neither did Mr.. Beaupree,
whose loss is chiefly bedding and chill
dren's clothing. The Beaupree family are
now living in Mr.. Martins house on the
north side of the street.
In the Holden q Martin Stable.
The Holden IL Martin stable and lum-
Der shed at the corner of Elm and Flat
streets was seen to be burning about II: Il
o'clock Monday night and circumstances
indicate that this was also an incendiary
fire. An alarm from box 81 called out the
department and, as in the case of the Ell
liOt street fire, the blaze was snuffed out
like the flame of a candle. The fire start
ed in the southwest corner of the stable
probably in a manger in front of Mr.. Hol.
denis new bay mare. 1t crept up through
! the wooden feed spout to the hay, of which
2 there were about two tons, and in a shor
! time broke out through the roof and alsC
/ | 70 oil 40 ciI Af ha Is
to the other end of the building. As soor
; as help arrived the halter with which tn,
I mare was tied was cut and the animal wa:
gotten out of the building. In the sheC
adjoining the stable were about 5000 fee
] of southern hard pine and about 5000 fee
. of Michigan pine boards, which had beer
I kiln dried and which were badly damaged
| by water. The total loss will be abou
: $500, mostly covered by insurance with II
e Z. Taylor IL Son and A. W. Childs IL Co
2 A short time before the fire the nigh
| Waterman for 5. A. Smith Il Co. saw tive
men near the c. II. Eddy bottling estab
2 lishment. Their actions aroused his sus
4 picion and he went around the Eddy build
ing to see if things were all right. Thu
! men. who were in the rear of the building
| ran up to Elliot street.
Last Nights Fire.
The last fire of the week thus far oc
CURED last night in the barn occupied by
Augustus A. Barker on Reed Hill, and
like the others, it was probably lncendiary
1t was discovered by Charles Niles, whC
, was coming down South Main street
When near George II. Ryder's Mr.. Nile
saw sparks rising above the roof of tn
, barn and, after investigating, he ran TO tn
: Milestone bridge and pulled in an alarm
> from box 80. Meanwhile the members o
c the Barker family quenched the fire with
few pals of water. The department re
, sponded to the call, but as there was NJ
,, one to guide them it was some time befor,
! the fire was located. Chief Engineer Tur
, ner desires that hereafter persons ringin,
in an alarm wait at the alarm box to guild
, the first piece of apparatus that arrives
thereby avoiding unnecessary delay. 1t il
, an excellent suggestion and should b,
: borne in mind. Last nights fire started il
:, a small bin of shavings underneath on
: corner of the barn and, but for its timel,
. discovery, it might have resulted in serious