Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-13

fire should spread to them and every hose
in the buildings was attached to the stand
pipes and ready for use.
The company from Winooski did some
good work in the alley behind the burn
ing buildings and did much to prevent the
spread of the flames. Their engine could
not be used, however, as the couplings
did not At those Of the department here
The high wind which blew during the
fire. In one Of the flercest gusts. tore a
small roof ladder from It's fastenings and
hurled IL nearly across the roof. where
It landed against chimney. which pre-
vented It from being hurled below on to
the street. where II would have landed
In the crowd The police were kept busy
keeping the crowd away from some live
wires which were dangling from tho
Walker block.
Because Of tho cutting and disarrange-
ment Of electric lighting wires several OF
the business places on College street. be-
| tween st. Paul and Church streets, were
in darkness for awhile. In Turks store
candles were lighted to tide over the
emergency
Some Of those who will suffer the Sc
verest hardships as result of the fire are
tho employees Of the hotel, several Of
whom lost everything they had In the
world The Van Ness House TOOK these
in and has offered them board until they
can take care of themselves. r. c. Moi
lson. bellboy. lost all OF his clothes and
SIS In money. which he had saved while
working at the house. W. c. Hoffman.
II clerk OF the house went through the
| diirerent rooms to see that the guests
were all out and this took so long that
"a In IT L.
couldn't make his way through that part
of the corridor. He lost $l0O and all OF
his clothing. except what he had on. Sew
oral Of the help left yesterday for their
homes, which in many cases are in near
by towns.
Secretary Allen and Physical Dircc-
hot coffee and sandwiches 10 tho fire
men between ten and eleven o'clock
on Saturday evening.
The gods Of little things were es-
pecially kindly in their treatment of
one of the Hotel Burlington guests.
Max Zaelmer. advance agent for "rhe
Mummy and the HumminE Bird"
stayed Mt the hotel Friday night and
went to Waterbury In the morning.
Saturday. Saturday evening he re-
turned to this city, having heard of
the fire, by trolley and. as he stepped
from the car. nc was acccsted by a
small boy carrying a bag, who said.
Hey mister, is this your grip" Mr..
Iaelmer looked at thte bag and found
1t to 30 his property. The remark
able part of the tale is this: the boy
didn't know Mr.. Zaelmer and didn't
expect to meet the owner of the bag.
He just picked it up and wandered
off aimessly. Just what psychic i'm
pulse prompted him to address Mr..
Zaelmer OF all the other men in the
world is known only to the clair
voyants
| A man who claimed to be a hyp-
notlst and n herb doctor from Mon
treal was guest at the Hotel Bur-
lington. Following the discovery Of
the fire, he ran out into the street
wearing a high silk hat and raincoat.
He en- gagged in conversation with vari-
Gus people, telling them of his mar
vellous mind powers and how that he
lost $3.50 worth Of medicine in the
fire. OF n sudden his silk hat was
crushed over his ears and he disap-
peared from view.