Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13

Winoosh avenue and College stree, and
these prevented tho spread OF flames IN
the east, The long and short OF tho s.orv
Is that tho firemen completely surrounded
the fire and won out
OTHER BUILDINGS IN DANonp
The wind blew south by enc,
ing the smoke and cinders over Main
street and The Strong theatre. Al.
though tho buildings Of the Free Press
association are directly across thu nj
ley from tho burned stable, as arc tho
roars of other buildings facinp IN Col-
lcge street between Church rtreet md
South Winooski avonuo, none Of than
was in much danger because ~ Tho
direction OF the wind. The occupsnta
of all these buildings. though. closed
the fire shutters and kept close watch
OF the flames.
Automobiles in the garage Of rho
Vermont Motor company, facing on
South Winooski avenue ana with the
rear on Mechanics lane, were wheeled
out Of both the front and bnck en-
frances Some OF the machines were
run over the hose lying on College
street. against orders of the fremen.
Property in the shoe shops in the
rear OF the J. y. Henderson block,
Church street and Mechanics lane,
was removed, and hose was strung
through Wards barber shop in the
Craven block, soaking the floor with
water AS the smoke was waited high
In the air and to the southwark none
Of the adjoining buildings was dam
aged by It. on the top of The Strong
theatre employees were stationed with
hose and pals of water For a short
time the men were obscured from view
from the street by the smoke.
CAT REsCUEs KITTENS.
A cat owned by NJ j. Lunderville,
the Main street groceryman. proved TO
he one Of the heroes of the occasion.
This tabby had four kittens stored
away in the Brownell- Hawley barn and
she saved them ALL bringing them one
by one to the Lundervillc store. Tab
by was not afrald of water. noise or
people, but with head and tail erect
she walked through the crowd, intent
only on saving her little ones
PROPERT. LOSS HEAVY.
Mr.. Smith will to-day be doing bust
ness from his blacksmith shop, which Is
across the street from where his livery
stable stood. The telephone number Is
1870. Although all of the horses and II
wagons were saved, about everything else
of value was devoured by the flames. The
men had Just returned from funeral
and all of the landaus, each Of which
IrfI
in the barn and every one was lost The
sleighs. n large number Of carriages
every harness and even the hitch ropes
were lost The only entire outfits saved
were five rios which were out at the time
The horses We're yesterday afternoon
taken down to tho stable of b. r White
for temporary keeping.
The barn had been stocked with hay
and grain during the two days preccdine
the fire and among the Items put in wer,
ten tons of hay and about 500 bushels OF
oats Mr.. Smiths wardrobe is also q
total loss as he kept practically all of hi.
clothes in n closet In the stable. His mel
also lost considerable. Charles Meyer.
lost all Of his clothes and about $40 whicl
he had In n trousers pocket. JOSEPH
Larry. another employe. di' not lose st
heavily as he kept most of his clothes a
home.
THIRD FIRE FOR MIR SMITH.
The stable was burned the first time OF
the nlsht of March (, 1897. and the sccon(
time on the morning Of April q. 1905 OF
both occasions the structure was made
complete wreck. horses being burned t,
death both times. In the second fire !
animals persisted and six were founo
alive in the forenoon after tho tlrcmen ha,
ceased working. The loss of the secou,
fire was estimated at $4,000.