Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-30
Fire Destroyed the Business Heart
of Richmond before Con-
trolled.
ELEVEN BUILDINGS IN ASHES
Aid Arrived from burlington Too Late
20 save bellevue IOuse-Flames
Checked ut Next building
Reported Insurance Of
100000.

Richmond. April 2i-When the sun rose
on the village this morning the people
viewed their once prosperous little village
In ruins Their two hotels. Masonic
| block drug stores. clothing. fruit and
hardware stores. livery stables and meat
markets We're smoldering ruins and SOW
eral families found themselves homeless.
Tho streets were clogEcd with household
goods, much Of which had been damaged
by being tramplod upon and delugcd with
mud and water. The village residents.
who had escaped the fire. were bending
| their energies towards feeding and help
| ing the homeless and the business men,
about seemingly dazod. watching the
smolderlng ruins of their former pros
porous stores Where the fire visited,
nothin- remained standing: everything
was RACED to the foundations. The loss
| Is estimated at around 100000. on which
there is known Insurance of $4,000
ELEVEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
A list of the burned buildings fol-
lows:
Masonic building. n brick structure two
stories high. In the basement was To-
Gated A. Rali. fruit store; s. Green,
grocery town hall; town room. where
town records We're kept and village H.
brary; T.. W. Freeman. drug store: y. II.
| SudarskY. clothing; DR.. G.. ID. Samson.
dental parlors; North Star Masonic
rooms; order of Eastern Star. The town
records were saved, but the books in the
| library, nearly 1860, were n total loss.
Sudarsly and Mr. Freeman saved few
papers and everything else went up in
smoke.
| Patrick Glcason's block, occupied by
NJ. L. Learys drug store. Anna O'Brien's
millinery store, Miss Matte Glea s
millinery parlors and NJ. J. Sabin's re-
| sdence n total loss.
| Norton block. owned by Mrs. II. r.
Norton of Burlington. occupied by Rich
mond Hardware store; Benoit's barber
shop. J. II. Mnrton's law office. knights
| of Pythas hall hall of Modern Wood
men of America used Jointly; total loss.
| w. o. Chambcrin's block, occupied by
general merchandise store and residence
Of Mr.. Chamberlin: T. Henley & Son,
meat market; p. c. Dav' - velry and
optical parlors, and apartments Of J. II.
Norton and Robert Riggs small amount
of jewelrv and silverware saved.
c. n McGarghnn's house. occupied
by ]. F. Brown ms n boarding house;
small amount Of furniture saved.
II. ]. Soulc's block, occupied by A
l. Messer's Nillinery parlors and liv-
ing rooms of William spence. Noah
Charland and Otto Yantz; also two
| ant
Intoxicating liquors had been applied
for Small amount of furniture was
saved from this block.
+. @. Curriers' livery stables. oc-
cupied on tho second floor by Mr.
and Mrs. Curricr; horses and liver,
wagons saved
G. W. Greenc's block, furniture store
and undertaking establishment, con.
Quoted by Mr.. Greene: upper floor oc.
cupied by Samaritan Lodge, 7. o. o
F.. lodge records saved and small
amount OF furniture
Park House. owned by J. w Nc
Garghan: total loss.
Bellevue House. owned by Mrs
Mortimer Downey. The structure wa.
not used as hotel, but was occupied
by the offices of DR.. W. W. Lavalett.
and DR.. W, T. Tilley, and residenc,
Of Mrs. Downey.
Residence of Mrs. Charles Bost
wick and George Champagne.
r.. j. Bryant building. contairin!
meat market of Clarence Morgan
shingles and veranda scorched. ais,
several windows broken; loss Is SINAI,
| INSURANCE CARRIED.
The insurance on the building,
store stocks and household goods o
different Individuals is as follows:
r. II. Sudarsky, $4,000. total loss.
Anna O'Bricn, $500, total loss
Estate OF II. r. Norton, $4,000. tota
loss.
North Star Lodge +. e. a. NJ. Sc. SOC
total loss.
J. W. McGarghaH, 10000, tota
loss.
Samaritan Lodge. l. O. o. f.. $500
, total loss.
DIR. w. W. Lavaletto, 500. tota
loss.
NJ +. Leary, $4,000 total loss.
queen Esther, Robekah Lodge. s1e?
total loss.
a. Rail-, $1,000, total loss.
Merton sabins. $500, total loss.
M'hlhlHy Lodge. Knights o
Pythias. $500, total loss.
r. e. Jones postoNice in Masoni
building, $500, total loss.
f. f.. Fish, Richmond Hardware com
pany, $500. total loss.