Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-10-08

zle. 1t was necessary to shut down the
hydrant before q new pipe could be
attached to the line. No one of the
firemen was much injured although all
of them had falls.
The plate glass window recently
placed in the front of the store of Mr.
Nixon was removed, frame and all, ia
place of safety by the firemen after
daylight. They were under the i'm
preston that the glass was not insured
His large, new sign was also saved in.
tact, as was his big wooden form of a
horse which was left standing at the
corner of Main and Flat streets and
startled many in to the belief that it
was the "real thing
Workmen employed by II. G. Barber
cleared the sidewalk Monday morning
Mr.. Barber said that although most of
the sidewalk was his property and the
debris could have been left there he was
willing to pay for clearing both his own
and that of the town.
Insurance adjusters for several of the
companies arrived Monday afternoon
and began the task of Strengthening out
the losses.
E. d. Hartnett, agent of the Singer
Sewing Machine Co., who had his head
quarters in the store of Mr.. Nixon, had
eight sewing machines there and a
quantity of parts and materials and
that the loss was total. He figures the
loss at between $500 and $500, covered
he understands, by a blanket policy
carried by the company.
Five telephones, seven gas meters
and as many electric meters were in
the buildings. 1t is not known yet
whether any of them are disable. They
are buried under debris.
eBesides the losses sustained by tho
owners of the various stores and shops
numerous persons lost shoes in the pro
cess of repair in the two shoe repair
shops, while the BARRIERS all lost person
al property in the shape of tools OF
their trade.
f. Mancini has taken temporary quar-
tiers in the rear room of the Boston
Fruit market and will have the store
as soon as the proprietor moves into
his new quarters in the American build
ing, which are now being prepared.
Neither F'lorance Ferriter nor Will
liam O'Donoghue, the two restaurant
proprietors, have perfected plans, anc
the same is true of all the others eX
cept Mosher & Tucker.
The cause of the fire is still unknown
Policeman Ellis G.. Worden says that 6
few nights before the fire he found the
door unlocked which led from the stair
way below the sidewalk to the basement
of the Judge building, whore Peter
Biagiotti had numerous articles stored
in reserve for his fruit and candy
store. The officer says there were sew
eral cases of matches in the basement
1t is known that the buildings were
overrun with big rats.
Smoke began issuing out of the base
ment Monday, both front and rear
There are a series of Easements under
the place where the Judge building
stood, running down "a feet. Again
Wednesday afternoon it was necessary
to put water on the ruins.
Some of the insurance adiusters have
adjusted losses entailed by the fire Sat
urday morning, but others have not
yet arrived. Sidney II. Nixon received
the full amount of his insurance of
$4,000. The loss on the restaurant OF
Florance Ferriter, insured for $1,000
was adjusted at nearly the full amount
Peter Biagiotti, who had $500 insur
ance on fruit in the basement of the
Judge building. received 1878. The loss
on the brick building owned by Mrs
Lucy A. Cox, next north of the burned
property, was adjusted at $105. Louis
Semeraro, proprietor of barber shop
has received a check for the full
amount of his insurance, $500, which
he took out the afternoon previous tC
the fire.