The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-30
But Firemen Soon Checked
Fire on Burnham's
Meadow
STOVE WAS LOCATED
TOO NEAR PARTITION
Amedo Groce's Place of
Business in Smith Bros
Plant the Scene

FIRE again threatened stonesheds in
Burnham's meadow last night, when a
blaze was discovered around o'clock
IN the west end Of the Smith Bros
plant. general alarm rnng in from
box l5 at the corner of Granite and Riy-
el streets called out the entire fire de-
partment, the auto truck leading the
horse-drawn apparatus a merry race
down through Main street around Gran
lite street to the scene of the fire. The
blaze was confined to the section of
the plant occupied by Amedo Croee and
the damage will not exceed 800. Loss
| on the building is covered by insurance
and small loss incurred by Mr.. Croce
Is also protected
An effort to learn who discovered the
fire this morning was unsuccessful TIE
alarm sounding from box s led the ire
men TO take cireuitous route to reach
the shed, as the Prospect street route
leading TO the meadow would have been
followed had the exact whereabouts O.
the fire been known beforehand. From
the box at the corner of River and Gran
te streets. the firemen were guided to
the fire by q thin column OF smoke and
fire that was even then creeping through
the roof at the west end Of the cir
cular shed. although two lines OF water
hose were later used to quench the blaze
whenever it broke through the roof
While the fight was being waged from
the outside, two lengths OF hose burst,
but the brief delay in replacing the
damaged strands did not interfere with
subduing the fire. Ten minutes after the
alarm sounded the blaze was under con
troll and the all-out signal was given
shortly afterwards.
Firemen who visited tie place this
morning are satisfied the blaze started
from an overheated stove which stands
in one corner of the Office. A parti-
tion separating the office from the shed
was the first to take fire and through
it the blaze communicated to the roof
just outside the office in the shed,
number of valuable stones we're i'm dam
ger Of destruction, but the progress OF
the flames WIS stayed at the door and
the owners loss in stock will be neg
ligible
Employees of the Croce company left
the shed at the usual hour and so far
as could be learned no one returned aft
er hours. The stove responsible for the
was rather earelessly located,
the firemen thought, and once it became
oyerheated. ignition of the paper Gov.
cred wall only a few inches in the rear
was almost certain, Had the fire oe-
Cured at a later hour it Is impossible
to say where it would have been stopped.
Last night there was little wind stir
ring and perhaps for the reason that the
fire department made nearly record
.un to the blaze, tie loss was confined
% much smaller proportions than would
nave otherwise been the case.
This is the third fire within a year
hat has threatened stonesheds on Burn
lams meadow with destruction. Early
asst spring, one end of the Cutler, Stor
II & Fay shed was damaged to con-
iderable extent and only last fall, the
-ane Bros. polishing mill nearby was
,artially destroyed by fire. In each in
tance the tiremen have been able to
onfne the FIRE to the building where
t originated.