St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-05-09
ANOTHER SUNDAY FIRE.
Big Damage by Water aud Smoke in the
Merchants Bank Block.

Big Damage by Water and Smoke in the
Merchants Bank Block.
Just before O'Clock Sunday morning
Mrs. Lena Arnold, who lives in one ut
the upper stories Of the Merchants Bank
block discovered he building on fire and
quickly aroused Chief Of Police Moves,
who has rooms on the third floor. The
other tenants were Immediately notified
and the alarm given. The 6remen re-
sponded promptly to the call and great
credit is due them for their persistent and
heroic work. Within a short time the
fire was under control, though it was
necessary to chop many holes in the
walls as the fire was almost entirely con-
fined to the partitions. For four hours
three streams OF water were poured into
the building and the damage by water
fell heaviest on Asselin Brothers the
clothing firm. They estimate their loss
at $40, 900 and their insurance is $15,-
900, divided among the following COM
panies: Vermont Mutual $1,000; Mer.
chants and Farmers, London, Traders,
New Hampshire, Fire Association, Con-
tinental, Liverpool, London & Globe, Iu-
surance Company of North America,
Etna, Pennsylvania, Boston, and Cam
bridge, $1,000 each.
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heaviest losers and their loss is about
$4,000, fully covered by insurance. They
carried an insurance of over $4,000 in
the following companies: Union Mutual
$4,000, Vermont Mutual $4,000, British
America, $13O2 GA, Phoenix OF Hartford
$2105.2S. Williamsburg City $2105 %,
Hartford $2500, Springfield $4,000. AS
soon as their loss is adjusted they will
Immediately rebuild the upper stories and
put the block in 6rst-class shape.
Brunette & Asselin occupied a room IN
the basement and suffered considera BILE
damage by water. Their loss is covered
by insurance.
The bank boys had time to save the
furntu re Of the bank and the office sup
plies, so the only damage done in the
bank rooms was by water.
The fire caught in a room adjoining
the law office OF Robert w. Simonds
from some unknown cause and all Mr.
Simonds' law books were next to the
partition where the fire started. His
library which he valued at over $1,000
was insured for $3.50 in the Vermont
Mutual. In the same room were the
Offices OF A. B. Noyes, the insurance
agent, and the local representative of the
International Correspondence Schools
Both gentlemen saved their personal
effects and the fire and water only
slightly damaged their desks. Adjoining
them was the tailor shop OF John c
Stevens. His loss will be under $500
and he had a policy OF 5000 in the
Pheuix and $1,000 in the Mucual Pro
lection.
The front Offices on the second floor
were occupied by Harry BlOdgett, {. D.
Waters and the Northern Lumber Com
pany. They were only slightly damaged
by the wafer.
The heaviest loss falls on the tenants
on the two upper floors, none Off which
carried any insurance The rooms OF the
family Of Chiel Noyes and the rooms
occupied by his daughters family, Mrs.
George Tice. are completely Quilted by
fire and water. The other occu-
pants of the block who lost much by the
dense smoke as we'll as water are Mrs
Dan Wilcomb, Mrs Fannie Griffin, Mrs.
Lena Arnold, Robert Clark. All of these
parties saved some of their property but
suffered much from the results OF the
smoke.
The insurance men are coming this
week to adjust all losses.