Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-19
GROCERY HOUSES BURNED.
Storehouses of Spaulding, Kimball
& Co. and Burlington Gro
Gerry Co. Destroyed
Loss About $4,000.

A fire which caught in the barn of the
Rutland Railroad company, formerly oc-
Cupicd by the Elias Lyman Coal company
and adjacent to their coal yards, burned
the storchouses used by Spauidng, Kim
bah q CO. and their contents and the Bur
lngton Grocery company, early Monday
morning.. III, aggregate loss Is estimated
at a little over $1,000 Two alarms were
sent ht at almost the same tim. one
from box A. at the corner of College and
BATTERY streets WAS rung in by officer
McflliGot; at las a. m. and one iiumcdi-
att,N afterwards from box - at the corner
of Champlam and King streets ny Robert
Campbell the Waterman of tho Curling
ton Venetian Blind company. Botn men
SAW tn" smoke coming from thc old barn
Of the Railroad company and sent in the
alarm without going to point where the
iIro could be seen.
Starting in the west side of the barn
owned by the railroad company the IRE
quickly spread through its dry timbers
and was communicated tr the Spaulding.
kimball 4 tOmpaItN'S slprchousc. Whicn
stands just east of it and neAt 90 the rail
road lrack. 1t was burning i'm thcs" tWo
buildings when the tirein"n reached the
scene" They were unable to check the
flames before they were communicated to
the biz stor,housr OF thc Burlington GRO
Gerry company. which stands only few
tD"t to- the north of tine Grocery COM
pauN'S ~tol house. The tire was confined
10 these three buildings although others
Of wood are but a short distance away.
The loss could only be estimated by the
members OF the firms involved Mon
day morning. Il is well covered
bv insurance although the loss of
the two wholesale companies j.
very heavy from the nature OF
the goods kept in their storchousos. y
large proportion of the loss is on nails of
which there were several ear loads. The
loss Of the Burlington Grocery company
WAS estimated at about $1,000, of which
about $4,000 Is upon tho building itself.
This is largely covered Icy Insurance The
loss of Spauldiug. Kimhall 4 60 is placed
hctwoor $1,000 ana $2o."00. This is also
covered ly insurance. Tho Nalu" of the
barn of the Rutland Railroad company is
about $500.
/ In the two largo storchouscS OF the gro
cory firms were stored goods of different
kinds used in supplying their trade. flour
nails. cement and wooden ware. In The
building of Spdulding. kimbail N 10. tho
KEGS of nails could hc socu after the roof
had fallen piled IN high tiers. These are
a heavy loss TN, barn i'm which lho fire
originated was formerly used 10y the Elias
! Lyman coal company for Its horS :. 1t
Is now WoccUpiod.
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