The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-01
Prevented Destruction of the
Main Building at Goddard
AL LAST EVENINGS FIRE
Damage viii Be Covered by $4,000 =
Students Thrown Into Great Excite
ment by Cry Of Fire, But None
Were Injured.

The main building Of Goddard SEM
mary was threatened with destruction
by fire last evening, and the eighty
students who room in the building were
thrown into more or less Of panic
following the cry Of fire. The flames
were checked, however, after a hard
/ fight by the Barre fire department, with
loss estimated at $4,000, and there
were no serious results to any of the
occupants Of the building, all the stu
dents and teachers having ample time
to get out Of the building and 10 carry
out considerable portion of their be-
longings. At the first there was great
excitement, especially among the young
ladies, one Of whom tainted away and
several others had to be helped to the
open air. 1t happened at most oppor-
tune time, as the students had not
retired If it had occurred three hours
later there might have been loss Of life
as the building filled rapidly with
smoke.
The flames broke out in the one-story
brick annex at the rear, in which are
the furnaces. At about a quarter past
eight o'clock, George Poole, janitor,
| fixed the fires for the night and went
back to the kitchen which is IN the
basement of the main building, and
separated from the annex by two doors.
| A short time later Carleton Kinne, the
| steward, had occasion to 60 TO the fur
mace room. When he opened the doors
| he was met with volume of smoke
which drove him back Seizing fire
extingiisher lie went outside and at
| tempted to put out the fire through
the window, but the headway was too
strong. Louis Huntington, a clerk in
Dodge's jewelry store, was on Merchant
street two hundred yards from the semi
nary. He saw the blaze and thought
the students were celebrating an ath-
letic victory. He looked for a minute
and then heard someone call out to
no time then but ran to the bottom OF
the Merchant street hill and rang in
the alarm from box ~.
Meanwhile the girls in the dormitory
part Of the building had discovered the
fire. On of the first to see it was
Miss Florence Marion Of Brockton, Mass.
She tainted away and had to be carried
from the building. The other young
ladies' ran from their rooms, crying
"Firei FirelD Some stopped long
enough to gather up few articles, 9th
ers made for the open mir and safety,
without thought for property. There
were some laughahle things, although
they did not appear so at the time
When those who had gathered up some
of their property got outside they stop
ped to figure up their assets. Some Of
the young ladies had scooped up few
pictures and were clutching them as If
they were their dearest possessions.
Others carried out hair brushes, combs,
ETC. They found they had left the more
valuable things behind. The boys on
the other side Of the building came to
their aid, and for fifteen minutes there
was stream of trunks, sofa pillows,
quilts, knick lSnaeks and things thrown
down the stairway. The front Of the
seminary had the appearance Of first
class pawnshop when the boys had
completed their work. All this property
was guarded and later removed 20 the
| Thompson Memorial building
The chemical engine was the first
| piece of apparatus to arrive, and Tom
and Jerry had hard time drawing
the heavy cart up the steep bill. The
contents of the engine was used to good
advantage until tie arrival Of the hose
companies, and then the team was sent
back for the hook and ladder truck.
The ladders were not needed, however,
rs the students had all left the build
ing. Several streams Of water were
used and tile FIRE in lie furnace room
was soon under control But the flames
worked their way into the partitions.
Here the tiFemen had most difficult
task It was two hours before Chief
Campbell felt certain that he had the
fire under control, the flames having
gone upward as far rs the third floor
through the partitions. Little damage
| by fire was done in the main building,
but a great quantity Of water had to
be thrown into the building and the loss
from that will be considerable. The
walls had 70 he chopped into to cheek
| the fire, on three stories of the five.
There was much water on each OF the
three floors, and as much as three inches
covered the basement. Enough firemen
were left in charge during the night to
be able to cope with the flames should
they break out again But before the
firemen went home they we're treated
| TO drink Of hot coffee prepared by
the matron, Mrs Kinne.
AS many of the students as posi-
bic crowded into the Thompson Memo
rial building for the night and others
found Accommodations downtown. None
cared to remain in the damaged build
downtown with friends. Today the
classes were broken up, but the regular.
order viii be resumed soon, and there
viii be little interruption Of the school
/ work
It is quite remarkable that there we're
no accidents Of a serious nature, but