The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-04

street was on IRE. \ shot from one of
the streams managed to hold that IL
check temporarily while line was be-
ing Laid on Elliot street and run
through the Office occupied bv Drs.
Henry Tucker and E. y Bowen
By this time men were leading out
the 50 more horses in the stable OF
Mosher & Tucker and starting them
up Main street hill and turning them
loose, for il appeared inevitable that
the Taft building would go and this
would mean the destruction OF the
stable building and the wooden build
ings on Main street next north as weli
as wooden buildings on Elliot street
| i'll the rear
The wooden Piazzas on the rear OF
the brick building, corner of Main
and Flat streets, owned by Charles W
| Richardson, which were close to the
burning garage building. caught FIRE.
\ line was run to the second floor, Civ
/ ing an effective stream on the garage
| building. Later another was carried
TO the roof while Il stream from Flat
istreet played on the burning piazzas.
There was some water damage in this
building, but the damage to the build
ing itself was confined to the wooden
lpiazzas the rear and the windows
and window castings.
&. +. Lee, Il former Boston fireman
lnow connected with the New England
iTclephone q Telegraph Co., fought side
,by side with the local fircmen on the
iloof of the Richardson block aud de-
telared that if the fire had been in
Boston four alarms would have been
isounded and it would not nave been
better handled than it was
Toward the last of the battle the
t tight was centered on saving the two
and half story building on the west
Ffof the blac ksmith shop and owned by
: Elhu H.. Thomas. IN this are several
tenements. Separated 10y an alleyway
OF only three feet in width. the fire.
men had a bitter and hot fight TO keep
| 1.-THE fire from spreading, but by stick
ling to their job under excellent direc-
: tion they stopped the flames there and
the danger of spreading was over one
2 hour after the first alarm was sounded
e Every foot of hose in Brattleboro
: had been in use and it was all needed
! TO surround the fire area. In spite of
6 the fact that there WAS but little
c wind the heat Of the blaze Carried
burning enbers great distances.
Arthur Carter was Efurrying down to
the fire from his home en- Green street
when he saw . blazing piece Of cloth
carried into am open window in the
| Princess apartments fronting on
n | Church street. He tried in vain 60
awaken anyone IN the building By
q shouting and rushed up the stairs.
. His knocks were unanswered aud
n he finally kicked in the door. The
room had Just been painted that day
d and was unoccupied. The cloth had
set fire to the freshly painted window
sill but Mr.. Carter managed to put out
the fire.
q Fred Crcssv at the first sound of
the alarm started to dress in his room
= in the Crosby block. He saw the re-
Election Of the flames in his window
n and grabbed q hand extinguisher and
m ran down stairs. Flying sparks had
already started fire in the pile Of
debris always in the rear of the
Crosby block This he put ont and
looking up on Elliot street saw an
awning ever one of the windows in
! the Offices Of Clarke G. Fits on fire.
This, too. he eXtinguished.
These instances Indicate clearly
that it WAS good fortune that Brat
n tleboro did not have several other
q fires under way at tho same time with
n every foot of hose in use At the first
u fire..
> Those who were carly on the scene
II aud compared the speed with which
~ hose was lald from the automobile
m fire truck with that laid by the horse
ie drawn apparatus were convinced that
at the speed of the machine is of valu,
:. at other times than in merely 2oire
II to the fire.
q 1t was tired lot Of fircmen who
began the task of picking up sonte OF
e the equipment little after > cloch
"a this morning. As fast as it could
4 be done with safety lines were with
ID drawn and the hose loaded into the ap
G paratus and taken to the FIRE station
n to be connected and put back in the
d wagons. for there was no dry hose tG
~ use.
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