The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-20
SERIOUS FIRE
IN LONDONDERRY
South Village Visited by Early Morning Blaze Today
that Destroyed Smiths General Store and -Four
Other Buildings $4,000 Help from
Surrounding Towns Called by Telephone

Fire which originated this morning
at 3.40 o'clock in the home of a. IL.
Bavbrook on the Main street in South
Londonderry did damage of $4,000 be-
fore it was brought under control about
: o'clock by the efforts of the hand
engine company Of that village aided
by the hand engine company from
North Londonderry and aboux 800 men
who responded to the telephone alarm
for help from the surrounding villages.
The buildings destroyed were the
general store of George c. Smith, over
which was Il tenement occupied by
Julian B. Johnson, a sou-m-Iaw of Nh.
Smith; a garage owned by Mr.. Smith;
the residence occupied by Mr.. Bay
brook which was owned by DR.. B. +.
MHlingtou; the residence of Mrs.
George Robinson, and the residence OF
Henry A. Darling.
The contents of two of the houses
were saved from the buildings and ear
ricd across the street but the heat from
the fire became so intense that most of
the articles were destroyed.
Hunt S tavern and livery stable, the
residence of u. l.. Benson and the All
pee tenement house across the street
were on fire several times, but the de-
termincd work of the volunteer fire
fighters saved them from destruction,
although they are damaged considera-
bly,.
The fire was discovered by G.. G..
Smith Just after $50 o'clock and he
Immediately raised the alarm. The
home Of Mr.. Baybrook, who is for
mer resident of Brattleboro, was then
burning briskly. The family managed
to escape mharmed although it was inn
possible for them to save much in the
way of clothing or furniture.
The breeze from the north drove the
flames away from the larger part of the
village, and this undoubtedly prevented
n greater loss than has been sustained
The store building of Mr.. Smith, being
close to the Millington house, caught
fire almost Immediately and then the
flames spread to the two other houses
shop of Fred e. Phelps, formerly OF
Brattleboro.
Practically nothing was saved from
the store and the loss of Mr.. Smith il
placed at between $4,000 and $l1, 900
partially covered by insurance. The
loss on the Darling house is placed a
$4,000, on tho Millington house ut 81,
500 and on the Robinson house at 81,
200, all partly insured.
The Melendy telephone system wa
worked to the limit Immediately afte
it was realized that the fire was beyon
local control. The message sent TO tn
north village caused the hand cngin
from that place to be rushed over tn
road in record time and it was 500
on the bank Of the river pumping W;
ter by the side of the engine owned i
South Londonderry.
From Jamaica, Weston, Chester an
Wmhall men poured into the village b
teams and automobiles and spelled IL
tired men on the pumps of the cngin,
and relieved those whose faces N
hands were blistcred by the fierce het
as they handled the nozzlcs or us'
buckets of water and pony chemic
cxtinguishers.
South Londonderry is very gratef
for the generous aid furnished by t
surrounding villages, for were it not f
those who responded to the call for he
and their willingness to work hard t
IRE would have swept over a much lal
o. territory.