The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-10
CRlPPLES
BURLINGTON
Destruction of Hotel Burling-
ton Saturday Night
WITH WALKER BUILDING
There Was None TOO Much Hotel Ac-
commodaton Before That The
Total Loss Is Upwards Of $780,
ooo--Ineidents Of Fire.

Burlington, Jan With the burn
ing Of the Hotel Burlington, togethe
with the Walker building, partially use,
for apartments; Saturday night Bur
lington faces quite i serious problem 4
the matter Of hotel accommodation, tn
city not having adequate aceonmoda
tions for conventions and other crowds
One other hotel The American, wa
burned three years ago and has not beer
rebuilt The question now asked i
whether the Burlington viii be rebuilt
The loss Of Saturday night is estimated
to be between $4,000 and 100000
with an insurance Of SllsOO0
Tie hotel Is considered total loss
with insurance Of s54,s25. The Walker
block was burned down, except for The
lower southwest corner, and tie insur.
ance is $4,000 @ L, soule 8 Co., whole.
sale tobacconists, ii the hotel block bad
insurance Of s26500 VIZ P. Hall, pro.
prietor Of a drug store in the Walker
building, estimates his loss at between
81 600 and $4,000, with s8s0O insurance,
+. A. Isham, proprietor of a billiard and
pool room and tobacco store ID the
Walker block. estimated BIS loss at
s2 500, with insurance Of 81 800 T. r.
Ahearn, proprietor of stationery store
ia the Walker block, loss 81 900 with no
insuranoei Rutland railroad office III
same store, several hundred dollars loss
and no Insurance Tie upper part 81
the Walker building wes used for apart
ments. and their occupants lost pFaeti-
caliy everything
No lives were lost, and the only aeci-
dents ware of a minor nature, although
John Henderson % Auaoyer Mass. who
came with the Winoesk fire company
fell Is feet, when Be slipped climbing an
tv ladder Mr. Henderson 3 in NlHoos-
lgi temporarily 90 business Other in+
hiries were ri p Caye, broken bone
ln left hand Frea Walker fen down
stairs Frank Casey fireman, burned en-
one hand Peter Ashline ffeman. burned
81 aeal and chest
Assistant Fire Chief George Burt and
-four Afemun were ID the top of the
Walker building lighting the fFe Il the
hotel. mhen they found tile Walker build
ing beneath them ike furnace They
came down BY ladder as soon as their
pFediesment was noticed
Ali the twenty fiYg guests il the hotel
were notified and got ont although las
ine s9me Of their property The fine was
discovered al 4.30 ia the afternoon iu
sink room on the third floor oi the hotel
probably from detective wiring. and after
the hotel people bad tried yainly to put
out the iiamss d eall from box 43 Was
made, tic entire department turning out,
BY that time The ilames had shot up an
air-shaft, and the entire upper pafl of
the hotel was blazing a dozen streams
Of water were played on the hotel and
The Gre there was aquelched after several
hours. only To he swept BY the wind
through the supposed fire wal into The
Walker building which burned feresly
Six hours later, the Walker building
was id ruins.
The occupants Of the buildings to The
north 81 the hotel expected their places
would be swept and they removed their
property as much AZ possible, bnt the
Parker structure, Just north, was only
slightly damaged The Van Ness House
opened ita doors to tile guests and en-
ploYes of the burned hotel Manager r
Il eollamer Of the Burlington rushed
through the hotel att the first discovery
of the fire aud warned the guests to dee.
and Il was due to bis prompt act that
there were no lives lost The bar of the
hotel aid not suffer greatly but there
were serious depredatiens on its stock
Of goods until a guard was placed in the
Hotel Burlington was built I'd 1857
and lately had been conducted bv Max
u, Powell, as trustee Powell Is also an
agent, and much Of the insur
ance in the two burned buildings was
ia his companies. The Walker block was
built in 1891
Those who were burned out, as a rHle
expressed q desire Is continue as soon
possible II r Ahearns book store and
the Office Of the Rutland railroad are now
located ia the building south Of the Van
Ness House and VIII remain there for
the present The Rutland rairoad peo
PIE saved practically everything 0f value
but, although q good share Of AIr
Ahearn's stock was saved, ii was left
standing on the sidewalk at the corner
of ST pati1 and Main efraaAo arH 3 lsefg6