The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-30


ployes there,
The tenth was girl from Hardwiek
who was visiting one Of the victims II
Il not positively known that She was
in the building, but there seems to be
pretty good ground for believing that
she was one Of The victims, as she was
known 70 have been there and has not
been seen since the fire, Her name i
not known at present.
Fire Started in Restaurant.
It was in the stoliker restaurant, con
dueted by stoliker d Sen, That the fire
started, probably about the range In the
kitchen, as a fire Is kept there all night.
The flames were first discovered by AT
thur Robinson, a railroad switchman,
who was at work il the railroad yard
near BY. He ran 70 the police station
in the same building, and the policemen
and others who were hastily aroused
rushed into the building to warn The
twenty -dye occupants q their danger.
That - many lives were lost was due
to the fact that the flames, after start
ing in the stoliker restaurant, soon erept
to the elevator shaft ana by this means
were carried clear ID the top Of The
building il very quick time Many of
those higher up IN the building were
caught like rats in trap.
The fire alarm was rung in at four
o'clock, and ail the firemen ard a great
many citizens rallied to the rescue work.
The runniHgup Of the ladders was great
lV Il ndfred by the mass Of wires which
were strung just in front d The build
ing The people worked frantieallv 10
Get at the imprisoned people, and the
scenes were heart-rending Those who
cot out alive had to rush through walls
oi flames and dense volumes Of smoke to
The exits, and few got through without
sustaining more or less serious burns.
Property Damage.
Meanwhile the firemen we're pouring
tons of water into the tremendous fur
mace; burt the spread OF the flames had
been So complete that they could not
check them until they had burned down
to the first, or ground floor Presently
the raof fell III. carrying Down hHge
mass ef debris III which tile remains of
eight victims were buried. Not i
thing was saved from the second story
to the top II the building. while the
stores on the ground flo5r and the Offices
ard restaurants ii TIE basement are 50
badly aaodea and smoked that the loss
Is likely 70 be total in them.
Tie vault 81 the Citizens Savings
bank was not injured, however. and the
bank officials announced this forenoon
That they would resume business III an.
other location On Monday Practically
all The things of value Ii the bank were
II the vault 20 that the loss To tie
banks customers will be nothing
Not 50 wen did the other occupants
of fhe gronnd floor fare There were
Iurehin & EWehin's iewelry store and
tha dry goods store 81 james Ritehie,
and the lattefs loss will be well nigh
total. III the baHemen was the restau-
rant Of G. Il. sf0hker & Son. where the
fire started The barber shop and ticket
business of John Befnier, the police sta-
ton, and the meat market of G. M
Howe
Mr. Howe and wife occupied quarters
MP stairs and The escape of hig wife from
death was one of the thrilling Incidents
III the FIRE. She ran partly down the
main stairway and then fell fainting.
II tile hnttom of the last staircase, be-
ing then dragged to safety by her hus-
band She sustained some burns
On the second floor Of the bnilding
were the Offices of Howe & HoveY, at,
torneys. Marshal Montgomery, attorney.
G G. Frye, attorney, DR. G. MI Rich
moud dentist, H r. Balch, insurance.
Metropolitan Life Insurance company,
A. b. NoYes, insurance, G. Al r.. hall,
and THE rooms 81 Sheridan council.
Knights of Columbus Everything there
was loss.
On The third floor were The tenements
of Mrs Jeannette Dayie. Mrs. Annie
Hill Charles Ranlet and Mr. Howe. On
the upper floors wefs Mrs. Leo Duhray,
~ p Gushman' family, and i, =, Dar-
lina The fTe escape was placed on
Che back Of the building last spring, but
the location Of The FIRE about THE elevator
shaft cut off the approaches to the es
cape and it proved TO be Of no value.
The elevator had been out Of commission
for some time
70 show how hard put to It we're the
fremen and raseuers, II is only neees
sarY to state one Instance. A ladder
was mn Up, but could not he placed near
the building because Of the mass Of
wires Therefore d ireman mounted the
ladder and drawing another ladder up
over his head steadied it while an i'm
misoned man was taken down from one
of the top windows. Many of the res.
euers worked with great bravery and
with no thought for their own safety
Found six Bodies in Heap.
The building was owned BY the Citi-
9eHs SAVINGS Bank and Trust company,
which carried an insurance Of $4,000
Il j probable THAT the bank will re
build. As soon as the ruins had cooled
sufficiently, the search for the missing
people was started and was soon re.
Naraed bv the finding 81 SIX bodies lying
near together and toward the approach
to Tie fra eseaps ii the rear.
Al AZ lheH were burned beyond reeog
niti8u but one was eventually identified
a hat of Mr. Tanner BY means Of q
watch WHICH was found IA his clothing.
The bodies we're surrounded and covered
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