Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-09
Alderman Sullivan and YhSmsn
Delaney and Maynard In.
jursd By nAlNns Of
Brick WSll.

for tho nearest IRE alarm box, number
Is, At the corner Of College snd Battery
streets, Just ~ fast a. ms short legs
could travel. and ne pulled In tho alarm
which he could scarceiy reach. Tho de-
paYtmsnt responded promptly but II WIS
apparent from the hrt that tho building
was doomed and In . little over IN hour
from the time that 100 gifis IN the en-
ploy Of the American wocfsn. company
had left their machines and sew1ng on the
second and third stories Of the block for
the day, n was = n1ess Of ruins, foonsss
with Mttie iefv 81 ndsng mvs the walls
The Iona 10 sstsnsted At 0vw 0.dc
and b nearly an covsesd ~ iAsuraue4
The American Wooden company b the
hsaviewt loser. The los 70 the buiiatnS
ia not large N # wa crrs ef Ne oldest
structures in town And was cheaoiy con-
structed at hrst. which fact ala muoh IN
aiding tho rapid progress Of the flames.
n was this ecfrstruction which was par
tally responsible for the falling Of the
west vaIl which seriousiy injured shrvs
men. Alderman Msrtln Sullivan snd two
fremen, James Delaney Of citation tvo snd
Julian Maynard. a cah man,
FIGHTING THE FIRE
The fre department d.d good wuvk in
preventing the spread Of the AAnes but
had there been q strong wind soothing
could have saved the vuodsn buiidlnsp
to the north. In answur 20 boz y every
fireman in tho city - supposed to answer
and the rule proved . good one Saturday.
Tho time was, however. unfortunate -
one-third of the hrsmen WIRE 1t they
homes at supper. The wort waS. thsvs.
fore, Handicapped Ct hrvt unfit the sS-
rival OF the cali men and the rsGuiar
men who wore at their homes. Tho
water pressure a. that point b trsnsn-
dous but because there WV nh snsN
enough on hand for the irpt nv min
utes tho streams cotIid not ~ tuvmsd on
full foree a. there WIN mob enough mon 10
hold the hose. rhts caused . faise re-
port Of poor water prsssurs.
This would not hsve nsaAe much dif-
ference. however. - Ill q tls srssnss
ala sfrertual work rom the Atst N .
shoTt space OF time nins streafus VEN
playing on the blazing building md IN
but two we're sent into the bisct from
the ground. No ladder could he placed
against the walls on account OF tho IN
tense heat.
In order TO confine tho harnes 10 the
building, II was surrounded On al Sides
anc water vas poured into u 10 the fun
est capacity. IN the rsas, whore th<
smoke was 20 dense that . lantern was
useless. the nrsmsn took station With
three linss OF hone and thas protScted the
wooden buildings which Az situated only
a few feet from the baocx Anoth<r Hnt
was laid up over The rcof Of the Leader
Evaporation conpanys buifAint wa thts
hal = ~
with that and another strtaRA wtiUh ~,
iansy and MsynsYd handled the how I'M
der tho bullying vAtl which Afterwards
fell On them.
put ca and here the heat vss ~ intsnss
that n va kssn,y feat n tisnss On the
sidewalk on the opposfts stas Of the street
To protsct the eAst dds = line ~ laid
up on 10 the roof ef the burning build
Ing and whiie this played on the roof,
another played into the blind attic By
means Of a hole which had bsen cut for
H. These vers the mort dangerous
places IN tho whole hsht and the firemen
retreAtsd only . few minutes before the
whole buTneas fell crashing TO tho ground.
Tho work done was, however. sffsctual and
a. . reault. the block owned By Thomas
Cushing on tho Aast side OF the Hubbard
block 10 only slightly damaged by water
and smoke.
ALDERMAN AND F1REHEN IN
yCNx1D.
Tho cheap construction OF the 6uihine
begun 70 b apparent - tho hassss pro-
crossed and tho brtsk veneer fell OF. A
neis after go o'ct0oa the r0ef fss!
through and TOOK the fsOorv wfh n 70
the Gfound. TIE wsue wAN, which prov
'on 70 the nrs was found 70 b bn,iginH
some ntns inches. v~S partly dHnoiished
with n Aad some u tho f,ytnS bricks
strunh Alderman SULLIVAN snd r1rss,,sn
Delaney and Maynard - The sronpA Ths
mon wsss not dangerously ,nhrsA bus
Will al b lAkA up for . fee days. They
wero ssssisted 20 . taxicab and hurried 10
the hose Of Or. y. q C1AsA. whom the
wounds WEN dressed. and wsrs fatsx
taken TO their homes. 6uiAvsa n tha
most injured and n became neeessAry To
take several stitches In isis fsAd HE
leg Wa also badly wrenckso. Delaney
also got bad cut on the head and hia
wounds had 10 - sswsA up ~ TIRE pa,yvs-
clan. Maynard's hurts Also oous1StsA Sf
wounds IN the head but WIN fsss ssr.
ioue.
The police were On hand end patroibsd
on all sidss In "a effort 10 kssD sut-
siders from vsttins IN tks Ny 81 ~
f:rsnen sne to pfsvsnt thsm fresa br1lno
injured by faIlinS wslis. M vasb Golll
thrsstsn and IN sffsc~ wss ts0e - Atty
sunday 10 ptvsat psoSas trSun tt>e1tAs
tns under them TIE st5uet v~s asse
roped 81 sud no teams VSeu AItbuNtd q
Ipasa
ORIGIN az yrxp tptsosowN.
The souros q TIE fIss = Z Sonspse*S
mystery snA prsSsNsy No Ashs 90 ~
BE- shed an II. vsstsus tinos4ss ~ "a.
vancsA and one 6f them b shst tn m
wa started ~ . Asfscttvs fuvssrs "a
the second floor. Thers vssv sNsc . fnua-
Der Of slows IN the plaza rNs stvsASs
thing 10 the trefnendoes hesdwsy winch