Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-30
a,cbmona.. Fire Los. s1oo, 900.


astrous fire last Thursday night with an
estimated loss of 800, coo, partly covered
by insurance aggregating about $66, 0c0.
The fire originated in the Masonic
building about IL 80 o'clock; but in just
what portion of the building is not
definitely known. Several persons say
1 they noticed the flames first from the
basement OF Freemnn's drug store, while
! two fellows gave a rambling account of
noticing flames in the basement of
Sudarsky's clothing store.
| The burlington fire department was
called on for aid and responded by send
/ ing Chief Niles with steamer, hose cart
and eight firemen. The run of fifteen
miles with an engine and two fiat cars
! was made in thirty minutes. When the
engine arrived at the scene Of the fire it
was found that there was not sufficient
hose to operate it.
The fire was finally extinguished by the
use of buckets of water. The village has
/ no fire protection. 1t is expected that
the burned stores " ill be rebuilt.
! Eleven buildings were burned. They
were:-
/ Masonic building, a brick structure,
4 two stories high In the basement were
/ A. Ralli, fruit store; s. Green, grocery;
/ town hall, town room, where town rec
/ ords were kept, and village library; Z.
/ w. Freeman, drug store; p. II. Sudarsky,
/ clothing; DR.. G. d. Samson, dental par
/ lors; North Star Masonic rooms; Order of
Eastern Star. The town records were
saved, but the books in the library, nearly
! 1000, were total loss. Sudarsky and
Mr.. Freeman saved a few papers and
everything else went up in smoke.
Patrick Gleason's building, occupied
by NJ. e. Leary's drug store, Anna
O'Brien's millinery store, Miss Matte
Gleason's millinery parlors, and NJ. J.
Sabin's residence, total loss.
Norton block, owned by Mrs. H. R.
Norton of Burlington, occupied by Rich
mond Hardware store; Benoit's barber
shop; ]. H. Morton's law office, knights
of Pythias hall; hall of Modern Woodman
of America used jointly; total loss.
w. o. Chamberlin's building, occupied
by general merchandise store and resi-
dence of Mr.. Chamberlin; t. Hanley &
Son, meat market; p. @. Davis's jewelry
and optical parlors, and apartments OF j.
II. Norton and Robert Riggs; small
amount of jewelry and silverware saved.
c. N. McGarghan's house, occupied by
] j. F. Brown as boarding house; small
amount of furniture saved. H. j.
Soule's building, occupied by A. l.. Mes
ser's millinery parlors and living rooms
\ of William Spence, Noah Charland and
Otto Yantz; also two vacant stores,
where licenses to sell intoxicating liquors
had been applied for. Small amount of
/ furniture was saved from this block.
f. G. Curriers' livery stables, occupied
on the second floor by Mr.. and Mrs. Cur
rier; horses and livery wagons saved.
! G. w. Greene,s building furniture
store and undertaking establishment,
conducted by Mr.. Greene; upper floor oc-
cupied by Samaritan lodge, l. o. .. F.;
lodge records saved and small amount of
! furniture.
1 Park House, owned by ]. w. McGar-
! CHAN; total loss.
Bellevue House, owned by Mrs. NORTH
mer Downey. The structure was not
used as hotel, but was occupied by the
offices of DIR. w. w. Lavalette and DIR.
w. II. Tilley, and residence of Mrs.
/ Downey.
| Residence of Mrs. Charles Boswick and
George Champagne.
! f. j. Bryant building, containing meat
market of Clarence Morgan, shingles and
veranda scorched, also several windows
/ broken: loss is small.
1 The insurance on the buildings store
I stocks and household goods of different
I individuals is as follows:-
] P. Fl. Sudarsky, $1,000, total loss;
Anna O'Brien, $500, total loss; estate of
H. r. Norton, $4,000, total loss; North
Star lodge, f. & A. NJ, $4,000, total loss;
j. W. McGarghan, $4,000, total loss;
Samaritan lodge, l. o. o. F., $500, total
loss. DIR. W. W. Lavalette. 800, total
loss; NJ. E. Leary, $4,000, total loss;
Queen Esther Rebeksh lodge, S125, total
loss; A. Kali, 1900, total loss; Merton
Sabins, $500, total loss; Mckinley
lodge, Knights of Pythias, $500, total
loss; r. E. Jones, postoffice in Masonic
building, S4O0, total loss; f. E. Fish,
Richmond Hardware Co., $4,000, total
loss; Matte Gleason, s40O, total loss;
Patrick Gleason, $1,000, total loss; estate
of q. w. Greene, $4,000, part of
stock was saved; E. w. Freeman,
$4,000, total loss; Mrs. Mortimer Down
ey, Bellevue House, $4,000, total loss; F.
c. Davis, $1,000, stock partially saved; w.
| o. Cham berlin, $4,000, total loss; Mrs.
Charles Boswick, 80, 200, total loss; E. c.
Bryant, q, 700, small loss.
Furniture in small quantities was saved
from most of the residences, but the furn-
iture was scattered about the streets and
yards and trampled upon and the loss
from that direction will probably be COM
plete.