The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-09
CAUSE OF THE BLAZE
IS A MYSTERY
Husband Of Woman Who
Runs Restaurant, Located
In Building, Arrested For
lntOxicatiOn- Hearing This
Afternoon.

For tic second time within three years
the Quinlen building on North Main
street has been gtltted by q fire, which
was discovered al 4.50 this morning iii
the Granite City restaurant, smoke be-
ing seen issuing from the windows of
the rooms on the upper floor. The loss
to the building and contents is set at
1000.
A general alarm was rung in from box
2l at the corner Of Depot square and
Main street, all the apparatus in the
city responding. The hook and ladder
truck was used for the first time since
January 2nd Smoke was issuing from
all the windows IN the upper ilaors ami
little Jets Of fame were beginning to
show when the fremen began work, but
the Jets did not get much bigger for 40
persistently did the fire lighters work
that smoke and steam was all inst the
crowd which had gathered, could see.
Water was poured into the building
from three lines Of hose and many riyu-
let's began trickling down into the
stores OF o. J. Dodge and f. Fl. Rogers
4 Co, both OF (which suffered on the
morning Of December 90. 1908.
The damage by fire was confined to
bthe part occupied by the restaurant,
where the woodwork was we'll scortch&d
in many places. the plaster nearly all
being knocked from the walls and much
damage done generally by fire, smoke
and water.
III the two stores on the ground floor
the goods rot drenching before the
owners had time to ret rubber blankets
ing the things into niles and covering
them with rubber Blankets much
greater loss Was averted. Az it i. how
ever, his stock has suffered greatly. cs-
pecially the goods on racks and on
shelves about the sides where water ran
down in streams At one fine t!tare
was nearly six inches of water on the
foor. nj o. J.. Dodge's jewelry store, the
loss was principally to his stoek Of sta
tioncry, which is in the back part of
The store. Much OF his stock Of iewelry
was in show cases and 70 escaped dam
age, but all which was in anyway open,
got its share OF water. NJ SMOKE or
Gre fonnl its way into either store.
Rogers.& Co. carry insurancs enough
on their stock to cover fire loss at q
time when the stock might be small but
just at this season anextraordinary large
amount OF goods was on hand. He Is
not able to give an estimate OF his loss
at present. He carried insurance with
the Vermont Mutual and with the Dill
lon and Ballard agencies. Mr. Dodge
carried $4,000 insurance with the Ver
mont Mutual
w. G. Quinlen, owner of the damaged
building carries an insurance OF $4,000
with the Dillon agency
Mrs. Jeanette Taylor, proprietor of
the Granite City restaurant lost consid-
cradle il damage to her furnishings by
smoke and water.
Origin Of the Fire.
Chief Cladding SAYS that when the
chemical arrived he rushed up stairs
and was met in the hall By Taylor, the
husband of the woman who runs tho
restaurant lie was dressed as if he
had been up some time ana when tho
chief asked him for the key to the door
OF the stairway leading 10 the third
floor where the fire seemed to be, Tay-
lor said he didn't know where it was,
whereupon a fireman smashed in the
door with an axe. TIames met the men
from both sides, pouring out Of all the
rooms on that Aopr apparently. 1t was
sen that the chemical would not be sueI-
cient 20 handle it and 10 several streams
OF water were turned on IT, THE fire.
seemed 60 be all over the attic.p tho
chief said except around the chimney,
which 1 afterwards examined and found
20 be perfectly built and lined with tile,
30 that no fire could have caught from
that Someone employed ut the fea-
taiirant said that Taylor got up and
started a fire in the cook stove, and
that that was where the fire caught
The chief. however, could not find any
trace OF fire about the stove even then,
Tint being one of tho places which was
untouched The stove was stone cold.
Chief tiladding estimates the total loss
at about $4,000; the loss on the build.
ing being about 1000 and The remain.
der hcing divided between L. II Rogers
4 Co, q. J. Dodge aud The Granite City
restaurant, y ~ Rogers & Co. beinx hy
far the heaviest losers, chiefly hy water.
Taylor had renewed MS insurance yes
terday afternoon with the rape agency.
Mr. Taylor was arrested this forenoon
charged With intoAieation. He viii have
q hearing this afternunn
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Lost IN The Vicinity Of Depot square,
gold watch. bearing name and initials.
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