The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-08
GRAIN ELEVATOR
BURNED LAST NIGHT
Explosion Of Chaff Started Fire
Which Burned Fiercely For
Over Four Hours---T The
Names OF the Victims.

of the holocaust following the explo
sion in the great grain elevator of thu
Canadian Pacific railway company lat,
Yesterday show that seventeen los'
their lives while property loss ap
proximating 100000 was sustained
The elevator was burned together witt
one section of the -four shed used fol
storing feed, ST freight cars, mostly
loaded, and the house and barn, almost
new, belonging to Elwin H. Griee.
The dead are:
j. Tuttle.
Mrs. Arthur Guard.
Joseph Jacque.
ID. Laporte.
Mrs. Jerry Jellefour
osia Jaeque.
Ralph Haire, hoy.
Louis Papineau, aged 40, married.
Charles Nareau, aged so.
Hadley Holeomb, aged 25.
Charles Shufelt, aged %.
Almer G. Draper, aged IS, married.
Heinan Mayhew. married.
Lucius Wright, aged 35, recently mar
ried.
Robert Mandigo, aged 25, married.
William Barney, aged so, married.
Alfred Forgue.
The Injured, Not Fatally.
Charles Fuller.
Corliss Bashaw.
Walter Lauder, manager.
Harry Conver
Oswald Vincent.
Joseph Fountain.
John IaFountan.
Those who escaped any injury were
Max Lander, assistant managers; Ar,
thus Barnes, Alex Demers and Arthur
uemers. Joseph Fountains escape from
death was due to the fact that he was
in the subway between the elevator and
the -four sheds when the explosion
came. He escaped, although somewhat
injured, by way of trap door. The
workmen who were killed were penned
in the elevator like rats in trap and
if any survived the explosion there was
10 way to escape the flames.
Mrs. Jerry Jellefour and Mrs. Arthur
Guard were walking on the railway
track beside the elevator when the ex-
plosion occurred Mrs. JelIefour has
not been seen since and is believed to
Rave perished. Mrs. Guard mad every
Particle of clothing except her shoes
burned from her body. Her hair was
burned from her head and in this condi-
tion she walked to her home quar-.
ter of mile distant, man wrapping
his coat about her. She was burned on
every inch Of her person except the
soles of her feet and died this morning.
Like a Huge Blast.
The explosion which came at 4:45
was like huge blast. 1t shook tne
village and shattered windows in all
nearby houses. The top of the high
elevator was blown off and pieces of
the iron roofing were carried by the
titantic force 500 and 900 feet away.
1t was nine O'Clock last evening be-
fore the flames could be said to be un-
der control. Following the explosion
the building was an instant seething
mass of flames. The local hose com
pany had streams on the fire in 10
minutes. The water supply was ample
but nothing could check the fire and
every effort was devoted to saving build
ings not yet in flames.
Firemen came from Sutton and Cow
ansyille, p. O.. and rendered what help
they could. The engine of their special
train was drafted to haul freight cars
out of danger and citizens pushed about
10 out of the fire zone but over 30 were
burned.
The Canadian Pacific tracks were
blocked and north and south bound
trains had to be sent around bv the
way of Sherbrooke Passengers on the
1855 local were transferred here.
A slight south wind was blowing
when the fire was at its height and
the sparks and brands were carried
away from the village
The company employed nominallv
about 35 men in its elevator and sheds
but 20 or % were all that were at
work yesterday. A 160-foot chimney
still standing marks the site of the
elevator.
Blow to Richford.
The property was all insured. but
the amount Of the insurance could not
he stated today. 1t is by far the worst
blow that Richford ever received in loss
of life, property loss and the wiping
out of the towns industries. It is
probable that the elevator win not be
rebuilt
The catastrophe was caused by the