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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

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adventures Australian
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

BRAVE Ton
A Vanishing Type--H
Backwood's Magazine
And downright unneghbory calls and what
nobody neer Campon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06
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cruising her heard
who alongside that there white
living village miles distant The skipper of the
Boba offered handsome price il the
dozen Birmingham steel
whom he had lived had
and him with kindness
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

( GAMPLON.
English Woman Farmer
"Why, a
amt without toh
folk Gogthem likes the riding and
them likes the victual oneaf would home
drat en- or breakfast they calls it, afore they starts
"Why, what earthly difference it make to you|
Difference a
amt half awake Master George Perhaps don't know the old
BOTH
street gotten half turkey bottle and
loaf bread bit cheese old John Bail
wish the rain would down and drownd onealf do It's
downright robbery, calls it"
you ungacus old yn exclaimed ought be grateful
thing all"
grateful be gaeuler
turkey Of bread belly
George" with this shot the cobber hobbed
lack into his slammed door behind him
addition
a
explained
business dinner the table Saturday
farmers it's neghboTly act to and eat it,
But suppose you pay for it, Mr.. Campon"
I'm all for it, the "some three
shilng time they and they've mind
But can't abide they goings
the fust of January ASH Christmas turkey ALL
then they knows Tom Camponu be there to time"
Journeys the business fairs
accomplished
skwbad
great reputation in country side Only In his life and then
with msgvngs did
heavy fall practically
possible had carefully his for him,
everything clearly that whenI
ton it seemed impossible him his
the transaction pointed the that he rather embarrassing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
Offers 10 the Company.

Within less than "a hours after max 4
broke out propositions had come to 5. a.
Smith & Co. to establish the business else
where. One was from New Haven, Conn,
and the other from Wakefield, Mass, there
being vacant factories in both places.
Letters have been received from con-
Germs in Wakefield and Greenfield, Mass,
in similar lines of manufacture, offering
Smith & Co. all the hel and facilities at
their command. Smi h & Co., saved
co siderable number of finished carriage
bodies and it is possible that they may buy
running gear and hardware and keep a
portion of their business going in the
Crowell building on Flat street, the use of
which Mr.. Crowell has offered.
Since then an offer of S12, 900 has been
received by telephone, but the source Of
the offer is not made public. A man from
Athol, Mass, came to Brattleboro yester-
day to offer the company inducements to
locate at that place, but after seeing the
action of the Brattleboro citizens last even
ing he decided it would be useless to make
any proposition.
+. l.. Hunt made the positive statement
this morning that if the firm decides to re-
build anywhere it will be in Brattleboro
and that it will be useless for any other
towns to make offers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03

machinery special
was mulaed
men occupation
incredible everything
rapidly toward the building
and threw intense heat
of in
All of the buildings the
ing on Frost street and the large fuso factory the then
building.
the the adjoining lumber Sheds
fighting desperately
buildings
onet
northwest
This
while gretng blow which
community inflicted
in and in
looked few
pressed with
ventlaOs.
o the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
WORK OF THE FIREMEN.
Hydrant Streams We're Weak Owing to
the Uuusual Demands. ..GOOd Service
in Saving Several buildings.

The local fire department., although do
ing all in its power, was utterly inadequate
TO cope with blaze Of such immense pro-
portions. Hose companies Nos. 3, 6 and 10
and the Hook and Ladder company were at
the scene within 10 minutes after the alarm
sounded. There was no delay in laying
the hose, and the first hydrant stream was
playing upon the burning building almost
Immediately after the arrival of the hose
carts.
AS additional streams were brought into
use from the different hydrants the water
pressure lessened percep,ibly and by the
time seven streams were playing there was
hardly sufficient force to throw the water
TO the third story windows. This was due
IN large measure to the fact that a stream
Of water was running from a four-inch
stand pipe in the factory. The automatic
sprinklers also drew heavily on the water
supply, which was not sufficient to meet
the demand made upon it.
The work of the steamers was hardly
satisfactory, although the firemen did ev-
erything in their power. There was delay
in starting due to the fact that horse had
to be procured from Browns stable to take
the place of one of the regular pair which
was sick, and it was at least Is minutes
before steamer No. reached Elm street
bridge, where it was found that the pumps
were unable to suck water FROM so great a
height. 1t was afterwards taken into the
meadow west of the burning building, but
there was further trouble at this point on
account of the lack of hose TIE steam
er was finally taken back to the engine
house, and No. 4, the one which has here
tofore been considered defective, was given
a trial. 1t was after o'clock when No. 4
reached Elm street bridge, but it had no
difficulty in pumping, and it was used until
about o o'cock in the evening
The fire department lost nearly 1000 feet
of hose when the main building collapsed.
Two lines had been laid to the rear of the
building and nearly all of it was rendered
useless by the heat. Several attempts were
made to save it before the building fell in
but they we're unavailing.
AT one time there were 10 streams play
| ing on the buildings-seven from hydrants,
| two from steamer No and one from the
| Estey steamer.
A number of firemen of company No.
remained at the scene all night to keep the
! flames under control.
The firemen are entitled to great praise
in saving the other manufacturing build
iDgs on Elm street. The factory of J. Z
Hildreth and the Sunset Paper mill were
only saved through great and unceasin!
efforts, and If these buildings had beer
burned Rockwell & Sherwin's establish
ment would have gone next. The car
riages and other movable articles wer,
taken from Mr.. Hildreth's factory. TIL,
carriages of customers were moved from
Rockwell Il Sherwin's factory, but thei
own property was not disturbed. The pa
per mill and Mr.. Hildreth's factory were il
great danger for some time, the wind blow
ing from the fiIe directly toward them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
The Loss Over 500, 900 to Smith & Co.

The loss to S. A. Smith & Co. is in
round figures 100000 When the annual
inventory was taken last July, figuring
the buildings, machinery and stock on a
conservative basis, the valuation was al
most 100000. Since then a new $50
horse power engine had been placed in the
factory and the establishment had been
equipped with an electrical plant, put in to
light the entire establishment. The stock
on hand now was larger than last July. In
addition to the loss of property destroyed
is the interruption that will come to bust
ness, the cancellation of orders which can
not be filled, and the loss of orders. The
firm had more orders ahead than at any
time in its entire history, and had recently
made very large contract for special
line of carts. The orders already received,
even If no others were taken, would have
kept the factory busy for year
In figuring the loss the value of hundreds
of patterns and models has not been con-
sidered. The machinery which was of the
greatest value to the concern was that
which had been designed especially for use
in the factory by G. A. Smith. Mr.. Smith
had models of this machinery but they
were on the fifth floor of the factory and
were destroyed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
OVERALL FACTORY LOSS.
Thousands of Finished Garments and
Large Amount of Cloth Drenched.

The five-story building owned by Hol-
den & Martin and occupied by Hooker,
Corser & Mitchell and George A. Eels.
was saved from total destruction mainly
by the automatic sprinklers under the
caves which were turned on as soon as it
was seen that s. A. Smith d Co.'S build
ings could not be saved. In spite of these
the southeast corner of the building was
badly scorched, small hole being burned
in the roof and one of the dormer windows
being destroyed. Several large bales of
waste cloth which were in this corner of
the building on the top floor were thrown
down the elevator shaft to prevent their
catching fire.
Over 30 large windows were broken by
the heat and water. Hooker, Corser &
Mitchell who occupy the upper four floors
sustained large loss to their stock and
machinery by water which came for the
most part from a line of hose which was
run to the top of the building on the in
side. The third floor which contains the
main stitching room received the worst
drenching. Nearly all the goods in this
room were soaked and many of the ma
chimes damaged by the water. A number
of machines on the fourth floor we're also
damaged and a large amount of cloth
spoiled. The second and top floors con-
tsined large quantity CT finished goods
which were all more or less wet through.
The proprietors estimate that about 2000
dozen overalls were damaged. The loss is
reckoned at from 81 TO SO a dozen. About
$1,000 worth of material was also spoiled.
Mr.. Eels bottling works on the lower
floor escaped without serious damage.
Everything in the establishment was more
or less soaked, but the damage was chiefly
to printed matter such as labels, etc. The
loss is estimated at between $500 and $3.50
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
Nine Buildings We're Burned.

A total of nine buildings was destroyed,
not including the large lumber sheds. The
main factory was five stories high, los by
40 feet in size, with a front two-story addi-
tiOn 10S feet by 80 feet, and a three story
l. 80 by 40 feet. The two-story addition
to the main building contained the engine
and boiler rooms and bending and drying
rooms, and the saw mill was also attached
to the main factory. To the west was
another large factory, four stories high,
100 by 40 feet; and two smaller buildings,
two stories high, each 40 by 80 feet. In
the rear Of the main factory was a two
story dry house, and beyond it, near
the brook, was store house. Further up
the brook were two more dry houses. A
car track connected several of the build
ings. On the east side was a two story
barn and long lumber shed, extending
nearly to j. T. Hildreth's carriage factory.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
Good Work with the Estey Steamer.

The first of the engines to arrive was
the Estey steamer which reached the scene
of the fire only few minutes after the
alarm sounded. 1t was first located near
the brook directly back of the lu mber
piles, but it soon had to be moved ia rther
up the stream on account of the heat. In
moving it the forward spring broke, let
ting the engine down upon the front axle.
This accident did not prevent the steam
er's working and it continued to throw a
stream of water until about 4 o'clock
when an air chamber burst. Temporary
repairs were made, however, so that the
engine was in working order by midnight.
The work of the Estey steamer was
highly satisfactory. 1t had a stream of
water playing upon the fire almost as soon
as any of the hydrants, and it worked
steadily nearly all the afternoon. 1t was
largely instrumental in saving the lumber
in the yards west of the factory.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
An Amusing Incident.

One of the amusing incidents connected
with the fire was the soaking received by
Charles Berry, Frank Lyons and George
Cain while holding one of the nozzles.
An express team driving by caught the
hose, which was stretched across the road,
between the runners and before the driver
could stop his horse the nozzle was jerked
from the hands of the men. In attempt
ing to regain control of the nozzle ali three
of the men received the full force of the
stream, and 1t was only after sharp con-
fiict that the unruly stream was turned in
the right direction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
The Books and Papers Saved.

AS soon as it became evident that the
buildings could not be saved every posi-
BILE effort was made to save as much as
possible OF their contents. Practically
everything of value in the office was got
ten out, including the books and papers,
and one or two machines were taken from
the ground floor. Nearly all the contents
of the main building however, were de-
strOyed. A number of finished baby car
riages were gotten out of what was known
as the Edwards shop just west of the main
structure. The building just beyond the
Edwards shop, which was used as a store
house, was emptied of its contents consist.
ing of carriage bodies, cart bodies, wooden
wheels, etc, by the united efforts of large
number of the onlookers. The value Of
the goods saved-probably not over $500
amounts to very little when compared to
the immense amount which was destroyed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
$. A. Smith and F. A. Hunt Away.

S. A. Smith was at Guilford Centre
when the fire broke out, to look over the
accounts of the town of Guilford, he be-
ing one of the auditors. There was no
telephone connection between Brattleboro
and Guilford Centre, and Mr.. Smith did
not know OF the fire until the stage driver
arrived there. A team had in the mean
time been sent from Brattleboro to bring
Mr.. Smith here but he had started before
it arrived. f. L. Hunt was at the furni-
ture exposition in New York city, where
the firm had so carriages on exhibition.
He received a telegram at l AS from II. l..
Emerson saying that the factory was burn
ing. Mr.. Hunt told his assistants to 60 on
selling goods until further information was
received. Orders for between 600 and 700
carriages had been taken during the day at
the exposition. Mr.. Hunt left New York
at 4 O'clock and arrived in Brattleboro at
1910
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
FIRE LOSS OVER 100000.
s. A. Smith & Co.'s Plant in Ruins.
Nine Buildings and Nearly All Of the Contents Destroyed
Insurance Only $18OOO-NarrOw Escape of All Factories
on Elm and Frost Streets


largest industry Brateboro Wednesday afternoon
At IL O'Clock 100 workmen left the baby manufacturing tab
men A.
alarm of fire before o'clock of the
the main collapsed flames famed by northwest
wind the entire with irresistible fury and two hours only
ched and smoking debris marked
nj destroyed buildings.
dollars
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
History Of the Factory.

The big factory was built by j. Estey &
Co. in 1856. The freshet of 1869 carried
off large amount of lumber and flooded
the factory. This led Deacon Estey to
buy the tract of land west of the village
and to erect there factories to which the
business WIS moved in 1870. John Ret
ting occupied the buj' lg as furniture
factory, but II was vat some time pre-
vious to its purchase by Smith & Hunt in
In 1881.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
Loss From Previous Fires.

Mr.. Smith has previously suffered from
fire loss. His factory in Weatherhead
Hollow as burned within two or three
years aftJr he established the business and
he lost practically all he possessed. 1t
will be remembered that within the past
few years the plant at Guilford, including
several buildings, was destroyed; and the
barn at the corner of Frost and Elm streets
which was destroyed Wednesday was once
badly damaged by fire.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
Other Buildings Which Were on Fire.

Holden & Martins wood working shop,
which stood directly opposite the Smith
factory, was saved only by great effort on
the part of the firemen. 1t caught fire
near the caves, several times, and two
streams of water were kept playing on it
continually as soon as it was seen that the
flames had gotten beyond control in the
buildings opposite. Every window on the
south side of the shop was broken. The
damage to the interior was small.
The roof to the Sunset Paper mill on
Elm street caught fire in several places,
but the flames were extinguished before
any great damage was caused. Many of
the windows in this structure were also
broken. The northwest corner of Hill
dreth's carriage shop was charred consid-
erably and number of panes of glass
were broken. The damage to the build
ing was about $3.50.
@. w. Puffer's house, which stands
next to the building occupied by Hooker,
Corser & Mitchell, was badly blistered by
the heat, but 1t was prevented from catch
ing fire by the use of wet blankets and a
garden hose. o. A. Alvord's house on the
northwest corner of Elm and Frost streets
was also slightly blistered. The roof OF
W. K. BardwelPs house at 80 Canal street
was set on fire by burning cinders, and two
holes were made before the fame could be
| put out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03
The Insurance Only $4,000

Smith & Co.'S insurance was only SIS, 900,
$4,000 each being placed in the agencies
of II. Z. Taylor d Son and c. F. r. Jenne
Vermont companies carried $1,000 of the
insurance, 5000 being in the Vermont
Mutual, s 900 in the Union Mutual and
$1,000 in the New England Insurance
company of Rutland. The rest of the in
surance was in large stock companies,
which had policies of 81, 900 to 81 800 each.
The insurance was very small, but the rate
on the property was very high, per cent,
and for this reason Smith & Co. have
never carried large policies. The plant
was a bad fire risk. II was filled with
wooden material, the elevator and shaving
shafts giving ventilation to the fllmes, and
the height of the building made fighting
the fire diff -ult.
The alarm was rung in by David J.
Weld, the we'll known machinist in the
employ of the firm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03

The crowd of people who lined the edge
of the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell building
when the sprinklers were turned on were
given a shower bath of a rather unpleas-
ant character. A few were wet through
before they knew what had happened and
nearly all were more or less moistened.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03

Two private drawers could not be
moved from the big safe as the keys were
not at hand. One contained S. A. Smiths
private papers and the other papers be-
longing to r. W. Nichols. The safe has
not been opened.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03

The loss falls heavily not only upon the
firm but upon the many families who have
been dependent upon the firm for work.
To large number of employees the disas-
ter means idleness for an indefinite period
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-03

(F@e story continued on 7th page.)
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-08
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.

The following delegates have been Sc
lected to represent the churches in this
section at the District Conference that
meets In Franklin on Wednesday next:
Monumental-W. II. Newell. ]. w. Fl.
Porter, John l.. Neville.
Centr&l-W. B. Wilder. George w.
Morse. r.. Bohlken.
Wright Nlemorial-George 7. Towns
end, J. j. ling, II. G.. Anderton.
Owens Memorable. II. Herbert, E.
l. Grimes, j. T. Owens.
Park View. H. Brownley, l.. T.
Roane. S. G. Browne.
North Portsmouth-R. G. Payne, ].
c. Smith, &. w. Steele.
West Norfolk-T. w. Parsons, DR.. d
f. Earnest, w. n. Blanchard
Rev. w. c. Walden will preside The
opening sermon will be preached by
Rev. r. T.. Beadles.
Rev. j. 7. Whitley. Of Hampton, will
preach on missions
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-08
HELP THE BOYS.

The Independent Fire Company will
give a picnic a; Soldiers Home on
Tuesday, July 18th. They extend an in
vitation to the public to go with them
-ttsri have n good time. There will be
plenty of music. dancing and n cake
walk a game of ball will be played in
the afternoon between two well known
teams. The refreshment stand will be
under the management of a committee
of The company, who will furnish din
ners etc, at city prices. Those who
do not care to bother with carrying a
basket can get a meal on the grounds
The boys are anxious to raise some
money to rcplenish their library, ETC..
for the coming winter and hope that
the merchants and others will assist
them, even If they cannot 60 A COM
mittee will call on them Monday and
hope that none will refuse to buy n
ticket.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-08
Will. RE INSTALLED

The Park View BAPTIST Church has
been completed and is an attractive
church building. Tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock the pastor. Rev. w. P.
Hines. will be installed and deacons
ordained. Rev. Samuel Saunders will
preside. Following is the program:
l. hymn ................. BY the Choir
2. Reading Scripture.
). Prayer.
4. Address to Deacons-Rev A. B.
Dunaway. D. d.
5. Hymn.
6. Address of Welcome on Behalf OF
Portsmouth Baptists-Rev. w. F.
Fisher.
Z. Address on Behalf of Other De-
nominations-Rev. w. r. Proctor
S. Hymn.
o. Address to Pastor-Rev. A. B. Dun
away, D. d.
10. Address to Church-Rev. A. e.
Owen. d. D.
II. Brief Address ...... By the Pastor
H. Ordination of Deacons.
H. Hymn and Benediction.
Other ministers are expected to as
sist in the service, and Miss Riddick
will sing. The public cordially invited