Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
Is CATTLE CREMATED.
80 Hogs Also Persisted in the
Flames at J. D. Redway's.
Largest OF Four Barns Burned Early
Tuesday Morning - Loss About
$4,000 with $14oo lnsurance-cause
Unknown,

Tuesday Morning - Loss About
$4,000 with $1,000 insurance-cause
Unknown.
On receiving word that his barn was
on fire j. d. Redway. the well-known
farmer left his house hurriedly at
1925 o'clock Tuesday morning in the
hope of being able to rescue his live
stock but on reaching the barn he
found that the fire had been discover
ed too late and that so animals had
persisted in the flames. The stock in
cluded 10 head of cattle, mostly Jer-
seys, and 80 head of hogs. The Red
way farm is situated few rods to the
west of the highway about four miles
north of Brattleboro village on the
road to West Dummerston. There are
two houses on the farm, within a
short distance of each other. one oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Redway and
the other by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Stacy. Mr.. Stacy carries on the farm.
Soon after o'clock Mrs Stacy, who
was kept awake by a headache, saw
on a window in her room a reflection
as of fire. and looking out she dis
covered one Of the barns was burn
ing The roof was then about ready
10 IAN III. wi - oluAg Ndiltu nNA hNo
band. dressed as quickly as possible
and went over to tell Mr.. Redway.
When Mr.. Roadway reached the scene
he found that it was the largest barn
that was on fire and that the roof had
gone down Flames were darling out
on all sides, preventing him from en-
tering the barn at any point.
Mr.. Roadway and Mr.. Stacy turned
their attention to the stock in the
other barns and in the basement of
the burning barn and were able to
get it all ont without loss This stock
| included six hogs, which we're in the
basement, three horses, which were
in the horse barn, and 20 hogs in a
building near the horse barn. They
were turned loose TO run at will. The
| carriages harness. etc. were saved.
The stock burned included IA cows
and two-year-olds, two yearlngs and
two calves. full-blood and half-blood
| Jersey cattle, five fat hogs and 81
pigs shotes and breeding sows. There
was also burned about is tons of hay
and about as much ensilage three har-
rows. traverse sled, tanning mill, corn
| planter, root cutter and other farm
| ing tools. but the greater part of Mr..
| Redway's farming tools were in the
|
! barn was 80 feet long by 80 feet wide
and had cellar under the whole.
Formerly it stood across the road from
| where o. T. Ware now lives. but was
moved to the Roadway farm a long
time ago to replace a barn which was
! burned.
Soon after the fire was discovered
| by Mrs Stacy il was seen from the
u. NJ. Barber farm and Mr. Barber's
sons. Hollis and Walter. went to offer
assistance. Selling some shovels and
| protected by a northeast wind they
shovelled snow upon the carriage
house and saved it, although one cor
ner was not over foot from the burn.
ing barn and once did catch fire.
| There was only a driveway between
the carriage house and the horse barn,
and Just south of the horse barn is
the hog house. A building formerly
used as a slaughter house stands
few feet south of where the large
barn stood In short. the large barn
was surrounded on three sides by the
other barns. and it is a wonder that
all were not destroyed. The house
was so far north that il was in no
great danger at any time.
The value Of the property burned
probably was not far from $4,000. 1t
was insured for about s1400 through
the agency of II. +. Taylor & Son,
outside of the insurance on the other
buildings. Mr. Redway probably will
| rebuild the barn. He was greatly at
tached TO his blooded stock and feels
his loss keenly. Only a few years
have passed since he lost over 100
hogs and pigs from hog cholera. all
of them dying within a period of three
weeks.
AS to the origin OF the fire nothing
is known. When Mr. Stacy left the
barn at 9 O'Clock the previous even
ing the doors were shut and every
thing was all right. The position of
the rollers OF one OF the large doors
after the fire indicated that the door
was open at the time of the fire. The
theory has been advanced that the silo
became overheated and caused spon-
| taneous combustion, but Mr.. Redway
thinks otherwise. report was start
ed by a visitor at the fire to the effect
that man lost his life in the fire,
and a smouldering pile was pointed
out as evidence of this in a place
where none OF the cattle or hogs could
| get. 1t was shown however that the
smouldering pile was a bag of meal
The cutting department at the West
| Dummerston granite quarry was
closed Monday on account of cold and
| a large number of Italians were
thrown out of work temporarily.
Some of them passed the Redwav farm
at intervals during the day and they
were more or less hilarious. The oc-
cupants of the two houses state that
the singing and yelling of the Italians
during the evening was worse than at
any other time for years.