The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-16
SNOW ON ROOFS AVERT
ED CONFEDERATION
Yesterdays Loss Was Quite
Well Insured-Barre Was
Called on for Aid and Fur
nished a Dozen Fire Fight
ers-NO Lives Lost

Sweeping over much of the territory
that was devastated by two fires in 1875,
flames caused a loss of $4,000 on the
west side of State street, Montpelier,
yesterday, wiping out the Union block
and narrow building adjoining, owned
by Mrs. Fannie B. Bailey, who was also
part owner Of the Union block, par
tally destroying the Heaton block and
slightly damaging the Dieter block. The
burned area also adioins that which was
opened by the total destruction by fire
Of the aialto block less than three years
ago, showing that this section Of Mont
pelier has been strangely visited by fire.
The Losers.
Five stores and dressmaking estab.
lishment, eight Offices. six lodges and
two law Offices were burned out or prae-
tically SO. while other stores and Offices
were damaged. The Union block, where
the fire started. was burned fiat. IL
was owned by the Union Block Co. and
Mrs Fannie B. Bailey, who place their
loss at $4,000 and $4,000 respectively,
the latter amount including Mrs Bal
ley's adjoining building that constituted
part of the A, H. Temple company store.
Insurance on these properties was S25,-
900 and S32 500, respectively.
The Heaton block was owned by the
Heaton estate, with the Montpelier Saw
ings bank as trustee. The damage TO
.. - tnl at &c 0n0 fully
covered by insurance. The Dieter block,
Just south of the Heaton block, was
damaged to the extent of $500. 1t Is
owned by the heirs Of Chester Hubbard.
The occupants of the Union block lost
practically everything. The heaviest sin
gle loser among those occupants was the
A. II. Temple company, MIR. Temple esti-
mating that he carried drygoods stock
of about $4,000, with an insurance of
S25 600 Charles f. Buswell, book deal
er. stationer and dealer in musical in
struments. estimates his loss at Sl0,-
900: insurance. $500. Phillips & Lucas,
jewellers, met loss& of $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000. George 0. Boyles, dealer
in carpets. wallpaper. etc, had stock
of $4,000. on which he carried $500
insurance. The dressmaking establish
ment of Belle Martin loss was $1,000,
fully insured.
Tenants upstairs in the Union block
were DIR. G. w. Mulliken, optometrist,
loss $500, no insurance; knights OF
Columbus, loss 50 500, insurance ST 500;
Fraternal Order of Eagles, loss $1,000.
insurance 81 200; Montpelier lodge, New
England Order of Protection, loss $500,
insurance $50; st. Peters court, For
esters. loss $3.50, no insurance; st. Jean
de Baptist society, loss $500, no insur-
ance; Ancient Order of Hibernians, loss
$500, no insurance; Patch & Co., loss
81 900, insurance $500; Benjamin Gates.
law office, loss 1000, insurance S400;
r. NJ and Z. NJ. Harvey, law Office, loss
50 800. insurance $500; DIR. w. II. Me-
Goff. loss 81 900, fully insured; DIR. G. +.
Hunt. loss 81 600, insurance $500: DIR,
J. 4. Dewey, loss 81 900, no insurance;
DR.. G.. H. Parmenter, loss $1,000, fully
insured.
In the Heaton block the loss of Wayne
NJ. Reed, jeweler. is estimated at Sl2,-
600. with insurance of $4,000; DIR. r. J.
loss 81 800, fully insured;
Charles H. Heaton, loss $50, no insur
ance.
The losses in the Dieter block were
slight. the building being insured. Bruce
Mcdonald, boots and shooes, was dam
aged $500, insured; A. w. Prescott, $50,
insured; Carl Knapp, loss 5000, insured.
Harry C. Shurtleff, DIR. r. II. Newton
and H. A. Slsde, other occupants, es-
capped without loss of any consequence.
Not Even Serious Injury.
The fire was not attended by loss of
life or even by serious injury. few
iremen were knocked down or were
overcome by smoke. and
Clarence s. Whittier tempted death by
rushing into the burning Union block to
recover some property from Patch q
COS office. He was forced to grope his
way through the smoke and emerged
,afely with some books and papers in
his arms.
Discovery of the Fire.
The cause of the fire has not been de-
ermined definitely, but it is thought
hat the flames communicated from an
,verheated furnace in the basement OF
he Union block. either beneath the
3eyles store or the Temple store. DR.
,Iulliken. who had on affice in the build
no. stated to-day that he returned to
Montpelier on late train Saturday
light and as il was too late to take a
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