Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-13
C. S. ST0CKWELL'S
LIVERY BURNED
Loss About $4,000 on Building
and Coitants.
ALL OF THE 80 HORSES SAVED

Richardson g. Ware, owners of the
Building, and Mr.. Stockwel Well
Insured-Good Work of the Fire
observation-disclosures of Fire I'm.
known.
Fire caused a loss of $4,000 Sunday
night by sweeping through c. s. Stock
wells livery stable. off Elliot street
and in the rear of Crosby block, de-
stroying the roof and the upper part
of the building, and a large number
of carriages owned by Mr.. Stockwell
and his patrons, which had been
hoisted to place of supposed security
during the day. Only the best of con-
ditions and the admirable work of the
fire department prevented the flames
from causing a much greater loss, as
there were rs horses in Mr.. Stockwells
stable and adjoining stables which
were in imminent danger. The build
ing was owned by Lucius H. Richard
son of Brattleboro and o. o. Ware of
Wilmington.
The fire broke out soon after s
O'Clock while Mr.. Stockwell and his
men were resting in the Office before
that fire, through a defect in the chin
ney which ran from the Office up
through the the middle of the building,
was the cause of the damage. While
the men were unconscious of the fact
that burning embers were liable to fall
on them at any minute, Patrick Flem-
ing, son of P. Fleming, approached the
Office and said that a large volume Of
nj
the Building. w. G.. Shaffner left the
Office and went into the upper part OF
the barn. where he saw that a guam
tity of straw near the centre of the
r. building was ablaze.
Descending rapidly to the Office Mr..
Shaffner gave the alarm and the men
hurried into the barn to release the
horses. One of the men rushed to the
steamer house, few rods away, and
an alarm, No. 80, was rung from the
house. No difficulty was experienced
in getting out the 80 horses which
were in the building, although hardly
had the first ones stepped from the
stable when sparks fell around them.
Four horses were taken out through a
rear door. Mr.. Stockwell owned IS
of the horses and was boarding the
other IA.
The building stood between the
Brooks House stable on the north
and George B. Whites stable on
the south. The horses in those
stables were taken out as soon as
possible and while the department was
laying it's lines of hose the work of
Saving sleighs, harness, blankets, ETC.,
was begun. There were 26 horses in
-, III 90 ,fah
were owned by w. o. Powers, the
proprietor. Mr.. White had about Is
horses in his stable. The horses were
taken to the stables of Liveryman
Brown and L. S. Higgins.
The entire fire department respond
ed to the call, the chemical engine
stopping close to the building and
steamers No. and No taking posi-
lions at the cistern near Col. Hooker
residence. Two lines of hose was run
from steamer No. through the
Brooks House driveway, and one line
from steamer No. was taken to the
rear of the burning building by way
of Green street. Lines OF hose were
also laid from the hydrants on MAR
and Elliot streets. A call was theI
sent out for the Estey Organ com
pany's steamer, which was stationed
at the Vinton mill pond. Every foo
of hose in the department was put
into service.
For time it seemed as though the
flames would not be conquered. II
half an hour it was seen that the de
partment was getting the upper hand
Then the flames burst forth with re
newed energy, the roof fell in an(
great volumes of fire and smoke pour