The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-20
DR. w. K. Mackay's Suite in
Aldrich Building Was
Badly Damaged
WHOLE STRUCT = ,E
WAS THRT : TENED
Fire Worked Downward into
j. Ward Carver's
Law Office

Fire of uncertain origin early to-day
threatened the destruction of the Aldrch
building at the corner of Elm and North
Main streets. The principal loser is DR..
w. X. Mackay, in whose dental suite the
fire is believed to have started. Losses
on the building, inclusive of fire and
smoke damage in DIR. Mackay's office and
DR.. Fl. S. Carver's office on the third
| floor and J. Ward Carver's law Office in
the second story aggregate $500, while
DIR. Mackay estimates that his personal
losses will approximate $4,000 Insur-
anee on the building is carried in the
! MeAllister & Kent agency, in the G. II.
Pape agency and in the !. W. Dillon
agency. Equipment and furnishings in
the dental office We're insured in the Nc
Allister & Kent agency, for 81 800
0. w. Boyea was leaving his tailor
shop in the Boyce block around 1890
o'clock this morning when he saw smoke
pouring from windows in DR. Mackay's
office on the North Main street front.
aroused the regular fremen, who were
soon speeding toward the fire in the auto
truck. Dense smoke and flames were
coming through the third-story windows
when the fremen arrived, and it was
with difficulty that they were able to
make their way to the dental suite.
Apparently originating in corner where
the dentist was. accustomed to do his
laboratory work the fire had worked its
way through the floor into the ceiling of
Mr. Carver's law office ON the second
floor. John Daniels janitor of the block.
was awakened and while the fremen
were endeavoring to smother the flames
above with chemicals, the ianitor and
helpers were moving cases of valuable
law books in the second story. Costly
equipment. including an N-ray apparatus
in Dr. Carver's suite, adjoining the dem
tai Offices, were directly in the path OF
the fire and had the discovery of the
blaze been postponed a few moments, il
is proba BILE that the loss would have been
much greater.
Inasmuch as the firemen. once they
were able to force their way through the
smoke, were able to confine the fire to n
relatively small area, the actual fire loss
centered in a large corner room, in which
DIR. Mackay combined his laboratory and
room space. Here Were assem-
bled all Of the equipment usually found
in dentists laboratory. as well as fur
nishings, such as operating chairs, two
in number, cabinets. etc much small
er room on the Elm street side of the
block was used by the dentist as a re-
ception room, which escaped unscathed
except for trivial smoke damage. A
short time ago DIR. Carver acquired
szeable room. formerly used by DIR. Mac
kay and a partitioned passageway was
TO lead from the latters re-
reption room into the physicians main
office This partition was demolished.
Two tanks of oxygen were near the
spot where the fire l. thought to have
started, and while they were almost too
bot 20 handle when the fremen began
their work they did not explode. A
glass Jar Of denatured alcohol in the
laboratory j. said 20 have exploded while
he fremen were II work and Assistant
thief r. ID. Carpenter states that there
we're other minor explosions before the
,laze was extinguished Fortunately the
iremen were able 20 forego the use %
water in extinguishing the blaze. else the
oss would have been considerably aug
ncnted. AZ times il seemed ne though
ne chemical apparatus would b. made
luafe. but the fremen. resolved on cx-
iaustinV every tank of the solution he
ore using water. finally had the satis-
action of getting the fire vel in hand.
~ 2 O'Clock Il seemed that the Ere was
extinCuished.
shortly before O'Clock. however. lake
gallagher. = heil hop employed at Hotel
larre. thought be saw smoke coming
rom the third story. Ile notified persons
Iear the block and an investigation re-
.ealed q fresh ouftreak in partition.
fireman PurieheiH was cent from tire
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artition biaFe Assistant chief Carpen-
~ bad detailed fireman 10 watch TIE
lare until o. m and lain Daniels
taYed on fhr uatrh til 8 oieiodk-
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