Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-20
L1PMAN AND GUERTIN BURNED
OFT

DloCh, RDranhm bpman COnuucteu
tailor shop and Hcrmidas Guertn. 80
Peru street, conducted q harness shop. !
Hpmans effects, including clothes OF
many Of bis customers we're total loss.
ore man IN the Van Ness House, early |
in the fire, broke into Lipman's and saved
his trousers which we're to be pressed
there.
Guertins loss consisted of much leather
stock and machinery. with harness be-
longing to Lockwood &, Lockwood and to
the Whitcomb and Madlgan liveries.
Joseph Agel who conducted an eating
house in tho basement of the hotel block
on the Main street side, also lost his af
fects.
RESCUED HIS MOTHER.
william East, who, with his mother
and little sister, occupied n tenement on
the third floor, knew that it would be
impossible FOR his mother. who is not
in the best OF health, 20 come down the
thrco fights of stairs to tn street. And
SO h went ack and so her ana alt car
ritd, hall dragged her down - safety.
She was confined to q bed at the Van
Ness House the rest of the day and later
was taken to the home of her son. James
East.
Annie East. tho only newsgirl in tho
State OF Vermont. escaped from the burn
ing building safely
SAVED THE PARROT.
Mrs. Connolly. Mrs. Clark, Mrs Rey
nolds and Miss Chlllson were seen at
thor rooms IN the Van Ness House yes
terday afternoon by Free Press man.
Mrs. Reynolds is an elderly lady and
counts her escape from the burning build
ing as the most fortunate thing which
ever happened to her.
These ladies had very few clothes which
they saved from the nrc nut thy did not
forget to bring with them a parrot of
brilliant foliage, which was the pet Of
Mrs. Clark.
MONEY CAME JUST IN TIME.
Mrs. Alfred Rousseau considers her
self fortunate in having a husband who
remembers her financially even though
he is miles away. she was formerly
Miss Annie Ryan. ana Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ryan. She,
with her parents AMI sisters, Bessie and
Nellie and brother Edward, escaped
safely from the fire and had rooms later
at the Van Ness House, where the two
girls employed.
y
in the flames. But in yesterday mornings
mail. Mrs. Rousseau received a letter
from her husband, who is a soldier in the
Philippines CDening the letter she
found a FIVE dollar bill.
HOW THE RUINS LOOK
Hundreds of people visited the
scene Of the fire. from the time the
alarm sounded until late at night.
where, IN the morning. there stood the
familiar white brick block which has
: been a landmark for so many years,
there was at night only the lower half
of two sections Of the walls, standing
guard over heaps of bricks. mingled
with charred timbers and blackcned
window trimmings and bits of slate
Standing on st. Paul street one could
see up into the ruins of the upper floor
of tho Western Union block. Below
through the cafe owned by Mr.. McCar-
~. the Western Union office and the
pawn shop. Owned by Ethelbert Seden
although fire had not wrought Its destruc
ton there, water had flooded the room,
ana did extensive damage. The roof ant
the upper story of the Western Cnior
block stood almost gutte1: while the roo
and attic of the Gates building are some
what burned and the fire penetrate
through into one room in the City Hot
block. Through all the buildings stl
standing on Main street as far as the
, City Hotel block, water has worked il
, where fire did not creep.
ELECTRIC CAR AND TELEGRAPH
SERVICE.
> 1t was impossible to run the electric
d, Of the afternoon. because the road wa
roped off to keep the crowd back an,
the tracks were covered with coatin;
of ice.
The disconnection of the wires leadln.
into the Western Union office and the fall
Ing of the western wall of the budin;
played havoc with the telegraph, tele
phone and electric light service Tn
Western Union force quickly established
temporary quarters in the building jus
south of the burned block occupied y,
. the telephone company as a storehous
and lnemen We're at work on the pole
repairing the wires.
PRAISE DUE TO FlREMEN.
n The fremen deserve unstnted praise -
their work Fighting fire with hundred
5 OF people to make suggestions and bu
: few to volunteer real aid is a sorry jo
at best; but the hremen in YESTERDAY
? Are fought sturdily and in what appeare
z to be the right manner; for the fact tina
t they checked the flames from spreadiu
1 through the Gates block and the lowe
o part Of the Southwick and Mozart
= blocks, shows that their work was effeo
:, tive.
u Had there been n modern hook and lad
>. der truck TO use at the very first, valu
u able time spent in the rescue work coul
have been saved, and the onward rush d
l the fire in its early stages could haV
: been checked The frcrlen had to con
t tend WITH a burning building nearly Ii
l. years old. That they saved most Of tn
70 property near that building is proof c
i the good work they accomplished
n REFREsHMENTs-ON MAN HURT
There was but one fireman injured dur
ing the fire and he was not seriousl
hurt Jack Doyle, a call man who pc,
g formed excellent service In fighting tn
l. fire, injured one leg and sustained
slight bruise on the head.
Through the kindness of Pop Wah
= strom and the Woodhurys at the va
l. Ness House. welcome refreshments g
e coffee and sandwiches We're handed OF
II to the men about nine o'clock, The klno
II ness Of the Van Ness authorities IN opei
d inC their rooms to shelter the homeless
a was o,so r,,Icb opDrrclated by those VIII