Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-20
Terrific Blaze Destroys Big Gold
Storage Plant-Bucket Bri-
gades Save Residences.
WIND CARRIED EMBERS FAR
Flames Spread from Pile Of Hay
at Railway Icohouse and
Cause Loss cf $4,000
to $4,000.

ST Adams 1lilV 1n.-h fire. TpTnurkallC
for Tho rnp.dltv OF ifs dcyclopmcnt. ~
Intensity nu1 terrifying pogs,h,litlcs. this
afternoon DESTROYED the plant Of the 81.
Abrams cold BtofaGe c"i"p'ny' togNthcr
Wlth It's valuablo ice MIXING ana 'o'r.5-
cra''Ae plant ton 'ohH Oh pih''N'' u
couhtys famous butter between i.Ve ana
ten IONS or maple sugar ana TWO nun
dTed ood parre's OF beer' Inc Nehtr'''
vernon, halfway coinpanys iceho'Se'
whore tine fire originated was also oes-
troycd together with about one thousati
tons OF Ice. The +. =. Stranrhnh home
stead and the hcme Of Dr. John Gibson
on Main street. aG well rs Il dozen fere-
mont houses On Federal street; were on
fire Teveral times from burning ,mber9'
carried hundreds of yards ny The !hSh
west wind, but all these were saved by
volunteers With but small damage.
Inc loss l" Nnriorsly estimated al So''""
to 500" on which ;here is but si"'
insurance mo Ten tons oil butter were
total loss. not hoinS injured
INC cuId storage plant IS owned ny tA'
ifao'iA ''H'iE creamery aSsocia''of
ana :" tease" oy IL 10 baVid Whitihg q
CO. OF BOSTON, large dealers III MIX
Outer ana cream inc ''"house OF th'
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Inc ire was discovered al l-'0' V'ocf
!" p'le "a Ia! anu STU" 'S'.H "''' 'i'
front Vi tne ice''o"Se' -N''!'ous" '"o ava II
vas 'o"','-e" al WV WV y"
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r. ,,o.for,, soo,,nd uIth crease anf
oil ,,,rni.I,nn hnth r,,nv.a,, and rue
eor tho DANES which ,aonod IN tho side,
80 ,ho s,orora rl,r. o,d IN a verz, feu
r,,ru,os ,ba roof u.as moss ~ flames
TIL. aror,o, node a doternincd attach
an ,ba ,oohousa I, -, yoin effort IN kee,
tho earoes u.i,hir TIC Confines b,,t thei
effor+s made ABSOLUTELY no ,mnress,on
white engaged tbcra the cold storag.
Man, had become great torch the shin
rled roof. dry ms finder. having caught
md famed nv the high wind was ablaz,
from one end TO the other.
,1,,rprprD nv ppovr~ ,DDrp
me "re'le" ~" ueN"'eu ''e'' ''',i
eh'fe! ~ ''.' S'o'"se p'a''' oa' w.
''e'N"s y, ''''t o''' 'a''
water vo"'" oe ''N row" "s ms. az w
frigerating apparatus were located at tn
nor "edS' 'or"'F Vi t'e ~"
~ Wv .'''''''', .'''. ~ 80 a.
'''"'" " N''P '''"' f'",
/ fieNeHt Il u'sastrouS eNpIoS'o"' ~
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""''' 'i'e IRE pu'"e' Wv" WITHIN
'He water pressure
IN inc meant t"e gre"S, so'ih y
structure ia" peVo'"' va .iS ave-
mace hel'hlhs oHt great 'lou"" y
dense pla'K smoke an" Se"''o' ''''
burning shingles ana embers out o.
u" SUM air currents ""iCh ''''''
them easterly as far as MesSengc
street, endangerinE all the buiidins
in between. Fires were breaking on
on all sides. and the regular tremen
supplemented by hundreds az volun
teers. were kept on the jump. Buckle
IhrigndCs were formed and by promp
and efficient work. great confagrn
tion was averted. The tencmcn
bo,soe oIor, Ec1oral street wcr
o,,io,,,y o,pntiod of their furniture an
40 s,roo. u,oe olloa with hvsterica
,,.o,,,or ord cbildren oil irving to say
ao.h,, ,, reoch n MACE Of rafet,
FREIGHT CARS IN pANNr'h'