The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-22
In Blaze on Berlin Street Late
Yesterday Afternoon.
LOSS AMOUNTED TO $4,000
A. S Martins Wood Barn With Several
Hundred Cords Of Wood Destroyed,
Two Houses Across the Street
Damaged Considerably

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threatened to be a most disastrous one,
was discovered in the wood shed oc-
cupied BY Arthur Martin on Berlin street
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
quick and effective work Of the fire
department was all that saved the en-
tire length Of Vine street from being
destroyed
As it was, the wood shed and its
contents Of hay, wood, sleds, etc, was
destroyed, and the houses of Daniel
Kington and NJ. Il. Smile across the
street were damaged to the extent OF
several hundred dollars and a hole was
burned in the roof Of z. Macchi's stone
shed across the river.
In their efforts to get at the FIRE
quickly, II. J. Carr, driver received Sc
we're burns on the left side of his face
and on his left arm, and the nigh horse,
"Joker," Of the pair he was driving
was also quite severely burned on its
left side and face, and one eye was
nearly destroyed. Ben Gilley who was
on the chemical behind Carr, was also
burned on his left hand and Frank n.
Morgan, engineer on the North Barre
Hose company, had both arms burned
TO a blister. All these injuries were
received by the firemen in trying to
get past the FIRE to a hydrant.
The chemical and hose wagon was the
first to reach the FIRE, which already
had a good start and had crossed the
street and was just breaking out on
the roofs of two houses, one owned by
kington, and the other BY Smile. The
nearest hydrant was straight ahead Of
them. At the moment there was no
wind, the flames rising straight in the
air, and it was decided to dash through
to the hydrant. When abreast of the
wood shed the south wind came up sud
denly and drove the flames full on the
driver, fremen, horses and hose wagon.
They made the hydrant, but all suffered
from it. The horse on the side toward
the FIRE was badly blistered aud Driver
Carr was SO severely burned that he
had to be taken back to the station.
The chemical was severely seorched and
the paint blistered.
The prompt work of the firemen saved
the two houses across from the wood
shed. and probably all Of Vine street.
The barns used by "a. S. Martin as a
woodshed were owned by w. A. Whit
comb. There were about 525 cords Of
hard wood in and around the buildings,
500 cords of which were in The shed
and were destroyed. Ten tons of hay,
stored in the barn and ia which the
fire Is supposed to have originated, was
totally destroyed, as well as five two
horse sleds and three delivery sleds
which were stored in the barn. His
loss is estimated at $1,000.
The shed of T. Maeehi across the river
caught fire on the roof, but was extin-
guished with small damage BY Mr..
Macchi.
The damage to the Botinelli house
is estimated at about 500, while at
kingston's the damage was much great
er as the fire reached the interior Of the
building and the ell. 1t IS thought that
the loss here will reach $500.
The building in which the fire started
was totally destroyed and was unin-
sured. The hay and sheds were also
a total loss with no insurance to cover
them, The wood was fully covered BY
insurance
While the fremen were fighting hard
for control Of the flames and had nearly
succeeded another alarm was rung IN
from box IA, at the lower end Of North
Barre. Chief Gladding huriiedly rot
some hose onto the ladder truck and
sent several men with it to respond
to the call. On arriving at the box.
which is on the corner of Second and
Main streets, no one could be found
to direct them to the fire, although sew
eral people said that smoke was rising
from the vicinity Of George Richardson's
buildings on the Richardson road. After
waiting few minutes the firemen re-
turned to the FIRE on Berlin street.
The sall out signal sounded at 6:30
two and one-half hours after the alarm.
The Origin of the Fire.
]. B. Darling, who drives delivery
wagon for Mr.. Martin, had been in
the barn about an hour previous and
had driven out six boys whom he found
playing IN the hay. Mr.. Darling then
drove over to another shed and changed
wagons As he came down Berlin street
toward the wood shed he saw large
el0nd Of smoke arising from the vicinity
and hailed young man and told him
to ring in the fire alarm. AT this time
Mr. Darling had no idea where the fire
was. At almost the same time, Officer
Carrie who was crossing the Blackwell
street bridge, noticed the flames and
smoke rising over beyond the foot ball
grounds and FASTENED to ring III the
alarm from box 13. The number Of
box registered at the fire station was
lf2, showing that the alarm from this
box was rung in first
The Injured.
This morning Driver Carr was COM
Portable. One side of his face was
burned 50 the skin fell of, and his left
hand Is as badly burned He is under
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