Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-16

At an early hour this morning the
bodies of three persons so badly burn
ed as to be unrecognizablc are at the
North Grove street morgue. No other
deaths thus far have lcen officially
reported
An estimate of the loss by an official
of prominent insurance firm placed the
total loss at between $500, 900 and
s1o0o0,ooo. The total insurance, It
was figured, was about $4,000. 600.
LIST OF BURNED STRUCTURES.
Among the structures destroyed were IA
churches, two hospitals the public
library, city hall, five school houses.
twenty business blocks. nearly score
of factories and upwards of 800 tonc-
ments. and dwelling houses. Among the
places burned We're. Frost hospital: Chill
dren's hospital I'itz public library: St.
Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church: First
Baptist Church: Central Unitarian
Church; ST. Tukc's Episcopal Church (od
building; First Methodist Episcopal
Church; Elm Street Synagogue: Walnut
street Synagogue; Chelsea Presbyterian
| Church; Peoples Afro Methodist Epis-
; copal Church Fourth Street Universalist
4 Church; Fifth Street CONGREGATIONAL
: copal Church: Second Adventist Church:
New England Telephone g. Telegraph
! company's central offices: Chaplain &
Soden Car company's shops: Roscnfc,t
! Brothers threc-story rag picking factory
/ and the Underwater OIL company's three
immense tanks; County Savings bank
I Chelsea Savings bank. Chelsea Trust
company. Wnnisimmet National bank
the Provident Cooperative bank St
Roses Roman Catholic Church. Broad
way loss s25,GO; St Roses Roman
Catholic school. loss $4,000: State armorv.
loss 500 00o; Sacred Heart convent, loss
10000 Young Mems Christian assoca-
tion building. loss $75, 0no; Boston Elevated
railroad station and barn $4,000
The funds OF all these banks. with
the exception of the County Savings
bank. arc still in the vaults. Tho money
ard securities Of the County bank werc
taken to Boston before the fire reached
the building.
The streets over which tho flames
rushed included Carter Maple. Spruce.
Arlington, Ash. Walnut Poplar Chest
NUT ard Cherry to Broadway From
broadway the fire spread to Hcllincham
hill From summer street il ont another
pathway. running dagonal,v across Third
street. Everett avenue and Fourth street
10 Bcllingham street. Tho flames reached
broadway. tn" principal street of tho
city at q point between Third ana Fifth
streets ana destroyed the Masonic hall
Odd Fellows hall and the Bennett block
The flying emh'rs and the showers Of
sparks were carried across Chelsea creek
! to the East Boston district and the East
| Boston engines were Obliged 10 return
Frl,, fl,,f.
district
MILITIA AND MARINES HELP
\ militia call by Mayor Beck Of Chol-
sea brought out the first company coast
artillery to guard property moved into
t." streets from buildings in the path Of
Gre flames Colonel Wood. commanding
~" marines at the Charlcstown navy
and. volunteered the services of the
uen of the lo5th company ana Rear Ad-
mral Swift also sent out all the men on
board the receiving ship Wabash These
sailors were not commanded by officers
. but were instructed to give their services
! wherever needed
Marines with fixed bayonets held back
the crowds while the militia ana sailors
, helped families remove their goods Ad-
, vance squads of the military and police
warned out families living in the path OF
the tire which leapcd over block after
. block with astonishing rapidty. The
. presence of the uniformed guards over.
awed the rougher element.
within half an hour after the com.
mencement of the fire the Rosenfel,
Brothers three-story wooden rag fac.
|, tory on Maple street was In flames as
. also was the Chaplin & soden Car com
, pany works. Tons Of tarred paper stored
in the latter caused dense smoke
which made the work OF the fremen al
most impossible. Soon dozen factories
and cheaper tenement houses west OF
Everett avenue were In flames and the
fremen saw that they were utterly un
able to cope with the confiagration. Fire
Chief Spencer summoned help from Bos