Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-11-08
FIRES!
IN CLOSE SUCCESSION.
BARTLETT BLOCK Quilted
LOSS $4,000.
Close Call for Business Section.

StOSS Vail iOi DuSittCSS SSCtIOH.
Once more has Island Pond been Wis
tied 10y the fire scourge, aud again are
We fortunate that the damage and loss
are no greater, bad enough as they are.
To this fact We are indebted to our ex-
cellent water system, which furnished
an unlimited supply, and the logged
aud unceasing fight put up by the fire.
men and volunteers for the space of
about four hours.
Saturday evening about o'clock, the
block owned by the Bartlett Co. was
discovered to be on fire. The block was
occupied as a general. store by the Bart.
lett Co., James Pilgrims jeNelry store,
X. of ?, Hall, e.. a. Il. and W. K. C..
Hall, and contained six tenements, all
occupied. The tenants We're DIR. Mayo,
Page aud May, aud Frank Barnes on
the second floor; Wilbur Elliott, Pete
Dnssault and Fred Wing, and James
Kane on the third floor; the halls on
the fourth floor. A portion of the base
ment was occupied by ID. p. Mackenzie's
barber shop, and the remainder as store
room and furnace room for the Bartlett
Co. Before the completion of the alarm
the hose cart was out aud the hose con.
nected with two hydrants, and later with
the mill pump. In all five streams were
playing on the fire. There are so many
turns III tie building that the iiremeu
experienced great difficulty in bringing
the water to bear on the rap idly increas-
ing flames, but they are a determined set
of young men, and fought every inch of
the advance so stubbornly that soon they
had the satisfaction OF seeing they were
becoming masters of the situation, and
after nearly four hours of such fighting
the building stands, Quilted throughout
from top to bottom. and the blocks on
either side, only few feet apart, un.
scathed. What better evidence of their
efforts is needed? And while there
were many volunteers doing great work,
yet there We're few individuals who
stood looking on, rendering no aid in
saving property, and passing their time
in adverse criticism OF young men risk
ing life and limb to preserve property.
We are also sorry to add that others
were taking advantage of the confusion
to steal whatever they could lay their
hands on. Shame on all such, hut we
opIne they are Indifferent to any criti-
ism. Only one accident occurred. Peter
Paul had his collar bone broken by a
piece OF burning cornice falling on him.
The high wind that prevailed carried
SpinterS of tirs to the furniture factory,
distance of about one hundred yards,
setting fire to the roof, but it was seen
in season and promptly extinguished by
Rev. {. ID. Lance and another. The fire
originated in one OF the rooms connected
with the lodge room, caused undoubted-
ly from sparks or great heat from
burning chimney.
The loss will be between $4,000 and
100000 The Bartlett Co. had Just re-
ceived their winter stock, amounting to
from $4,000 to $4,000, nearly all of
which was badly damaged by smoke and
water. Insurance $4,000 to $4,000.
The block cost $4,000, insurance
$4,000 to $4,000. The insurance is
not sufficient to restore the building to
its original condition. Ernest Wilcox
saved all his monographs, and the great
er part of his records. James Pilgrims
loss is considerable, largely covered by
insurance. Oswegotchie Lodge, X. of
p, lost charter, records of secretary and
treasurer, regalia, costly paraphernalia,
including music box, silverware, etc.
Their equipment cost about $1,000, in
sured for $500. The fire did not reach
the hall jointly occupied by Erastus
| Buck Post, &. A. r., and W. r. c., ex-
cept when the roof fell in, but their
furniture, pictures, organ, ETC., We're