The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-23
FAMILIES
FLEE FIRE
Three Hundred Homeless in
Chelsea, Mass.
TWENTY-FIVE BUILDINGS
Destroyed Yesterday Afternoon--Num-
Der Of Persons Injured-Help
Was Sent From
Boston.

been started by incendiaries, destroyed
twenty-five buildings and tenement
houses, twelve Tag and junk shops and a
rendering plant in the rag business dis
trict Of Chelsea, which lies between that
city and Everett, yesterday afternoon
Sixteen Of the burned tenement houses
were on one side Of Auburn street and
six on the opposite side. A tenement
block on Maple street was destroyed
and several buildings on Auburn, Maple,
Second and Williams streets were dam
aged
The principal rag shops destroyed by
fire were those Of G. Ostier, Israel Rubin
and j. Weiss.
Seven persons were injured or over
come by smoke.
Among those overcome was District
Chief Godboid of Boston.
A Chelsea fireman, who fell with a
roof into flames and smoke, is in a seri-
Gus condition at the Frost hospital, in
Chelsea, and may die.
The loss is estimated at between SIS.
900 and 100000.
n am satisfied that the fire was the
work OF incendiaries,s declared Chief
Grover Of the Chelsea fire department.
He and Assistant State Fire Marshal
james J. Grady have begun an investi-
CATION.
Three hundred persons are homeless
and many of them lost considerable Of
f3aes,s. ls.,fA 81 80
When the fire got beyond the control
Of the Chelsea iiremen they summoned
aid from Everett and Boston.
Hadstock Armour, a hoseman OF engine
no 3, Chelsea, fell through the roof Of
the block nos. Sc to loo Auburn street.
a dozen firemen succeeded in rescuina
him. He was badly injured and may
die. He was taken to the Frost hos
pital
With him when the roof fell in was
Captain @. J.. Spencer Of the same com
pany, He crawled back on the roof and
escaped
Petrol Catello Of no. 81 Spruce street
was severely burned on the face and
shoulders while trying 10 save his per.
sonal effects from his burning HON.
He was warned not TO enter his ten
ement after it caught fire, but he would
not heed the warning and rushed back
through the flames.
he was in a semi-un conscious condi
tion when iiremen dashed in after him
and pulled him to the street. lie was
sent to the Chelsea hospital.
An unknown man was overcome BY
the smoke at the corner Of Spruce and
Second streets and was wound there
He was also sent to the
hospital
Joseph Shuman Of ladder no. |, Chel
sea, and Herbert Hanford Of chemical
no. l. Chelsea, were overcome By the
smoke, but were soon revived by other
firemen and returned to their posts.
Mrs. Uwerkes Dolzeshky. who lives in
one Of the houses on Second street which
caught fire, attempted to rush down
the stairs Of her home with her two
She fell and broke her right leg. She
was taken to the Frost hospital Fire
men removed the woman and children |
from the house before they were harmed
By the flames and smoke.
The Chelsea firemen realized soon after |
The second alarm had been sent in that /
The fire was more than they could han
ile, and they telephoned to Everett for
nd
Two Everett companies were sent /
across the line and we're soon at work /
with the Chelsea iiremen in Auburn and /
streets.
These brave fremen worked as they |
rad never worked before. but the flames
got away from them and
telephone message was send to Boston
ire headquarters for more assistance.
An alarm was sounded from Boston
headquarters, which called out East Bos
on and Challestown companies, and
hey were soon in Chelsea, working side
~ side with the fire fighters Of Chel
iea and Everett.