The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-26
THE
FIREMEN,
A Blaze At Franklin Sq uare
Fought Stubbornly.
A SECOND ALARM RUNG.
Burning Paper and Light Draperies Held
Firemen at Bay for Two Hours With Vol
umes of Dense Smoke---Cause of Fire
a Nystery---Member of Fire Pa.
troll Slightly Injured.

TO- Lamb and four lines were thrown
into the cellar from this point. Thef1re-
man attempted to get down into the
cellar and had succeeded in battling the
smoke for a time, They were driven
back at one point however, by fierce
blaze which was famed into play by
the draft from the gratings, and 1t
looked for time as though the build
ing would be doomed.
The smoke quickly spread and the
store occupied by the Grand Union Tea
and Coffee Company of New York was
made almost untenable. More than
$4,000 worth of tea and coffee, which was
received into stock yesterday, is prac-
tically a total loss, Manager H. M. Gre
guire told The Spy man. At 80
O'Clock F. w. Stone, one of his clerks,
was in the cellar looking over the stock
before leaving for the night, and at that
| time Mr.. Stone says there was no
| sign of smoke. About 25 minutes later
! he went into the cellar to extinguish
the lights, and the smoke was pouring
through a hole in the wall. At that
time the alarm had been turned in.
The block adjoining at 546 Main street
| is also owned by Mr. Dexter, and it is
in this building that the Grand Union
| tea store is located. The stock OF the
| Grand Union is not insured, and the
F! stock, which is practically useless by
! it's contact with the smoke, is a total
! loss.
! A barber shop in the building at SAG,
| owned by Augustus Rochelle, was also
| filed with smoke and Mr.. Rochelle Is
protected by an insurance which is
! placed through the agency of N. A.
Harrington & Son.
R. c. Taylor's block on the other side
of the Dexter block, was also filled with
smoke and perhaps the heaviest loser
in the building by smoke will be E. z.
Sawyer, the halter, who has big stock
of hats and furnishings. His stock was
badly smoked up He is insured for
about $4,000 through the agency of Ed
win A. Brown. The Worcester Coal
Company has an office next door north
of the store occupied by Pearson, and
this was badly flooded with smoke.
j. S. Rounds, dealer. in household
furnishings, has an office in the DeX-
ter building, as also has DR.. j. B. Stu
art. Both will lose heavily by smoke.
The New York Dental ParIors, man
aged by DIR. Nils Bloom, were also bad
ly smoked up. He is insured through
the agency of Tatman & Park for $1,000.
coupling on hose pipe in front of
the building on Main street burst short
ly after the pipe was placed in the
cellar and one end Of the coupling
struck George Taft of the Fire Patrol
in the ankle, badly wrenching that
joint. Later, Deputy Chief Coleman,
in getting through grating in the
rear of the building, was overcome by
the smoke for a moment, and narrowly
missed falling into the cellar.
Mr.. Pearson places his loss at upward
of $4,000, insured for $4,000 through these
agencies: William II. Dexter, S1000
John F. Crowell. $4,000; Charles E.
Grant, $4,000. Mr.. Pearson received a
large consignment of new goods few
days ago and considers his loss total.
He is at loss to account for the ORR
gin of the fire. He left the store about
1015 o'clock in company with his wife.
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