Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-13

Second Floor Early in Evening But only
Horses and Goods on Ground Floor Could
Be Saved Some Superb Work By the De-
partment-Two Minor Fires.
\ lre that licked up some $500 in
property and would have been widely
destructive but for skilful handling
that was never surpassed anywhere,
again demonstrating the remarkable
efficiency of our department, broke out
about 5 O'Clock Sunday evening on the
second floor of C. S. Stockwell's livery
stable in the rear of the Brooks House.
II was in next to the most dangerous
spot in the village. To the north, only
eight feet away is the Brooks House
stable, shingle-roofed, connecting with
or close to the boiler and laundry
buildings and the hotel itself and Ret
ING block. 70 the south, 20 feet away
was Whites stable, another big wood
en- building, and that close 10 the Ed
wards building, Drs. Lynch ana
Waterman : large barns, Grange block
and all of that section Of Elliot street
while Harmony block was also near 10
the east. No man would have believed
that a fire destroying any one OF these
buildings could fail to have a wide
sweep Of destruction. The conditions
were favorable in that roofs We're GOV
.erad with snow-that on the Brooks
IIousa stable was not melted and not a
window WAS broken-and that there
was ma wind except what the flames
n-a5e- a. rhev alway. do. \ light one
that had been blowing died away just
a. the flames burst from the roof.
nm The largest factor after all was
Tho efficiency of the derartmeut. The
tar,.. y'ara discovered by Archie Wor-
.jarl ana pat,ey Fleming. who was
ro,,; inc, from Whites stable. who at
onna g9re the alarm. The flames were
tber straamirr out under the caves
;-st o,.ar tha Office door. and half a
,1.,..r, ,,,a,, in tho office who knew moth
;r,'- aLnl,t IL until the alarm. The only
-, +ba+ can he formed Of the origin
~ +ba fra raugh+ in some way
,oSsibly The work Of rats-from the
r. ;,,,,,,. ~ rho woodwork at this point.
I,+ra,.or IJ,,rr maj may he. catching on the
.aahwahs and dU.t with which such a
hnil5inr i filed and the straw and
hav rfe flames swept like a flash
tbrnrgb the whole uuper part of the
s+rnrfnra Mr. StockWell at once gave
-, ~ c,at o,It the horses of which
81 ,,,ars ro.rlv 30 on the stable
a. 81 of his and the rest boarders.
~. Lofora thar could he done. inside
~ rbrae minutes the flames were
- 'y+-,.ar,tf,,. down the mangers. and it
..,'a, ,,-;tb dificuIty that thev could all
va " a. nv 'C-l o1,t rGr+ion Of them had to
- -al,ar ovar a manure heap at the
raor ~ tha building and across to
w. ~ -, s+ahIa for which the
49, wara smashed All the horses
80. 80 saved but between 40 and 80 car
r;ac,os and a few sIpighs stored on the
san9nd and third floors. with some
1eoHe s1 oon Nth a ~ hlankets, harness and
80 gnads we're consumed: all that
- 80 saya1 we're the sleigbs on the
,,rr,,nS %, aoor ono of these on the ele-
,,ator ali ready To he lowered, was
nd ~; hafore this could be done. In
! ~ = ~ - tranartv was new rubber
tiraj .i, StanbGna belonging TO y. |.
Ia-,-l,,- fnnr ruhher-tired vehicles,
iioirb two harness and nice saddle
- = III Tbor,psor n road wagon of
gi u uali and a carriage and the
nrL1al nar+ ~ n daliverv wagon of Mrs.
WiIT;aIpF " 1iTj. p RnssaI1
" ~ ~" "Ili rbam;cai engine was at work as
.odn nc os i could be run over the few
so1n so9I %;stance a from the engine house
~ - ha+b STEAMERS immediately after.
,nitb aH4 III all the bvdrants in the vicinity
apd 4 he Gl- Fsrey steamer also. 1t was
an aIIt . Few minutes before ; streams
,yare uer " ,Iaving M on the fire and the result
We moto H. a4 inside of an hour it was un-
Ter control and in an hour and 45
utt ,,(a. Io IJ after The alarm the recall was
ll!nuI1I lI3 'I'I ,ri,b - Ids n the building
soua4tTl+, s.aa4;rl, an5 he second floor nearly
;nanc+ r',a'C., ,bomgh @ the roof and the floor
aLore had fallen in