Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-20
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Events Grouped for
Tree Press Rcndera---A 320.O00-Fire
in Springfield Thursday Morn
ing.

the commonwealth building, one of the
largest in town. The loss Is estimated at
$4,000 and Is partly covered by insurance.
The fire was discovered Ivy Mrs. Marie
Fufber. who, with her little daughter,
had rooms on the second floor. adjacent
to her womens furnishing store. II was
then blazing fercely near the entrance
to her store. Mir. and Mrs. John Wright,
who occupied a tenement on the fourth
floor, did not hear the alarm. and they
were forgotten until the fire had been
burning for some time. They were awak-
ened, the little children hastily wrap
ped in blankets. and were rescued with
difficulty from the burning building. Mrs.
stuart, who has conducted boarding
house on the second floor, heard a noise,
but as a newly married couple. Mr.. and
Mrs. Evans, were lodging with her, and
had been serenadcd last evening, she
supposed it was continuation Of the
charivari The roof was burned off, the
second story gutted, tho third and
fourth stories practically wrecked, and
thc first noor badly damaged by water.
hut the walls are lcft standing and
probably are not seriously weakened.
The entire first floor was occupied
by large grocery establishment conduct
cd by Stcarns Bros. Their entire stock
was ruined by water. The loss is
estimated at $1,000, partly covered by
insurance. Mrs. Furbor lost hcr entire
stock OF womcn's furnishing goods, includ-
ing some stock that had not been unpack-
ed, and $7j in money. Her total loss is
$500 Mrs Stuart. boarding nous" pro-
rriet0r, lost 5000. Miss Lillian courtney
milliner. lost $1,000, partly covered by
l..
Insurance. WAN Lee. chinese laundIEmah,
-, dross s,,tt case Mrs suido
mIlliner. lost $500 on hcr stock a"d an
hor household goods on IN" thifd moor
Wer" destroyed. ii. u. carter hardware
dealer, suffered slight losses pN water
Rcd cloud tribe 40 ~ mo prnu'h'
Order OF Red Men. suheron Sl'Eh' l'Na'H'
tn" regaNa being somewhat ul''"E'n ny
water Tho cause or the Hre i I'M
known.
Ut>Dsop COUNTY COrRT.
In windsor County Court Thursday
morning the case Of state VS. Ray
Heath Of Hartland charged with adult
cry. was taken u1. As the evidence
Wa not sufficient to convict tn" re-
spondont was discharged. There are
IS new entries on the docket and Of
these 10 are State cases. Wednesday
was taken up with the trial of Ed
ward Bart on the charge of assault
''.' 'n''nt ~ commit rape on "'niic
live in Windsor Aftcr tho tost,norv
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HtNlNN ED TO BE SUICIDE.
What is believed to be q case OF suicida
occurred at the little house adiacen. to
the Lake road track by the gravel pt
in St .Iohnsburv late N50d1v n,gbt
Mitchell Fourtaira summoned me1lca,
aid to save, If possible. the life Of Aimee
Byiss1n. his son-in-ltv. but ha dio1 n
few hours after the doctor arrived Ito
was a hlrhn- in tho crnplov Of yfIIi,u,
A. Burke and On Monday afternoon bo,
complained Of trouble in his head He ua &
so years old ana leaves q w!fa and oro
daughter. who arc living in yb,totioId
1t is believd that he took ono n,o1,o,,,a
or drug witch causoj his death