The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
The MILL IN ASHES.
A Few Outhouses All
That Remain on
the Site.
ALARM BOX WOULD NOT OPEN.
Mr.. AIdrich Undecided
Whether or Not to
Rebuild.
ALARM BOX WOULD NOT OPEN.

Millbury, Oct. 9O.-The C. T. Aldrich
satinet mill, which, as announced in
The Spy, was entirely destroyed by fire,
is total loss. The mill was valued
at 100000, and fully covered with in
surance, which is $4,000 on both mill
and office, machinery, stock and fin
ished goods. 1t is now for the ADJUST
ers to fix the amount which can be re-
covered.
The fire started in the finishing room,
one-story building, and attached to
the main part of the mill. Michael
Shea, night Waterman at the mill, saw
the centre Of the building in blaze
He at once ran to the fire alarm box
at the corner of the office, and tried
to open 1t, but could not. Just then
the last car, in charge of Conductor
Lorenzo Gill, came along. Gill saw
the fire and stopped. He saw that
Shea could not ring in the alarm, and
ran his car to the centre of the town,
where he rang in box 4.
After the alarm was sounded, hose
and hose 2 arrived at the fire, and in
short while had five streams on the
fire. The fire had gained such head
way that Chief w. E. Howe rang in an
ers l and 2 arrived, which put four
more streams on the fire. The box
at the mill could not be open, because
it had not been used since it was paint
ed, and it stuck
By this failure to operate the box
at the mill, about three minutes were
lost in giving the alarm, but in the
meantime the sprinklers and force
pumps were started.
Hha fro 10
to the fire, and worked like beavers
until the fire was out, at o'clock this
morning. AS soon as the steamer com
pany got there, the fire had gained
into the main mill, and a number of
hosemen who were on the roof came
near getting hurt, as the roof fell in at
O'Clock. The engine and boiler
houses. stock house and two or three
adjoining houses were saved but the
main mill was a total loss. The origin
of the fire is not known.
Michael Shea, who is the night
made his rounds of the mill
and said when he left it, everything
was all right.
The plant is made of brick and is one
Of the oldest and. best known in town,
and was bought by Mr.. C. 7. Aldrich
from the Capt. Peter Simpson estate
nine years ago. Mr.. Aldrich and son
nave been running 1t ever since.
The mill was three-story structure.
with several one-story ellis. 1t was so
years old. The plant has been shut down
all summer and had started up about
three weeks ago with about so hands
Working on full time, it would give
to 100 hands.
The fire is the worst Millbury ever
had since the C. d. Morse shops on
West street five years ago. During
the evening hot coffee, crackers and
cheese were served from the home of
Mr.. Aldrich to the firemen. Mr.. Aldrich
lost about $4,000 yards of cloth in the
Great praise is given
both fire departments for their pluck
Mr.. Aldrich has not decided whether
he will build or not. A recall was rung
in by c. c. Longley at o'clock this
The people of Millbury hope Mr. AL
drich will rebuild and keep the old en-
ployes at work. Mr.. Aldrich is one of
the leading men of the town and Mill
bury does not care to lose him.
The board of health was notified to-
day that Charles Broult, aged u years, |
living in the family of Joseph Broult |
on South Main street, is i'll with scar
let fever.
The Mayo Wooden Co. shipped 20 cases |
Of goods to New York today, the larg-
est shipment in Millbury for many
years