Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-06
IDLE IN WATERBURY.
business at Standstill as Result Of
the Destructive Fire.
LAY USE TENTS AS STORES.
Insurance Man Makes Revised EAtt.
mate Of the Loss. Placing 1t ut
Only One-half of the
Original FiHurea.

Waterbury, Conn. Feb. 5.--Smoking
uins covering acres of the business
ecton of the city. household and office
'nrnture and store stocks piled in
'lushy. wire tangled streets, haggard
.iremen. swaying from WEAKNESS at
heir hose nozzles. blue coated national
suardsmen and everywhere surginG
,'rOwds are the conditions in this fire
stricken city.
Business is at standstil and bust
ness men whose establishments were
destroyed by the flames are Offering
record prices for new quarters, which
ire difficult to secure. A rate of S1.5
month was offered and refused for IL
sore OH South Main street which has
previously commanded but $40
lonth. Merchants are talking of erec:
TX tents on the public green.
As more accurate figures become OBJ
ninabie il is evident that the total
!oss will not be as great us first thought
An insurance man, VIII Sc firm had
written policies on nearly every ONT
# the burned buildings. said that he
> positive the loss will not be more
/ hat $1,000, 900.
Tenants Saved Much Property.
The fact that tenants in buildings
some distance from where the flames
rst brOEe cut were able to remove and
ave much of their property will ma
n,n mo t.S,
out. The machinery of the Waterbury
plant is not greatly injured,
The actua! physical suffering entail
ed by the conhagration becomes more
and more apparent hourly. Dozens of
families were driven from their homes,
saving neither furniture nor clothing.
Many of them We're drenched with wa
ter and half frozen. They are living
with synpathiZing friends.
The occupants Of the Scovil House
had the most severe experience. Mrs.
William Ellsworth kimball. head of
the Kimball School of Music, who es-
capped from the blazing building clad
only in a hnthrobe, is reported serious
ly i'll. Her little daughter, who was
carried out in her nightgOWn, is also
suffering.
Ill From Inhnling Smoke.
Attorney Harry Minor and Mrs Mi
nor, who narrowly escaped death in the
smoke filled halls Of the hotel. are slf-
fering from the Inhalation of smoke.
Other guests ut the ScoVil which. be-
rayise OF tile destruction previously OF
the i'ran&iin House. wa, crowded with
guests, underwent similar experiences.
Scarcely anything was saved from the
hotel. Proprietor Truman rescued u
ok of cigars but lost all his clothing
and jewelry Fl. II. Peck. one of tl,c
.ity's several milliOnailCs. lost vallIa-
bic collection Of paintings and other
works of art. including splendidly exc
seape. the whole amounting in value to
rearly %l5,uON.
Although it had been intended to re
.ieve Tie members Of Companies 4 and
!! from duty. the revival of the flames
i, the ruins and the consequent assem-
DllliS bl crowns resulted IL I'LL OTiltf 10
keep the soldiers on duty till 8 p. m.
The guardSmen have rendered aid to
he hard worked police force and to the
exhausted Ercmen.
There are tales of petty thieving from.
foods piled in the streets. but there
.laVN been no arrests and wonderfully
ittle dis RIDER. At night a gang of per
Mps fifteen loodlums, drunk and quar-
'elsore. tackled 4 squad of Company \
Nen G.lNrlug Ike rUins on Bank street.
The @t,nrISncn used the butt Of their
Guns n.'ortirely. AS a result one tough
reported ut q neighbOrng doctors office
with Il badly cut head The disturb
NEE Was quickly ended.