The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-24

furnishings. The hotel employees were
quartered on the fourth floor, and they
too, lost all their belongings.
The lower floor front was occupied BY
the hotel office and the parlors OF Mrs
w. S. Humphrey, optician. She carried
no insurance and most OF her goods were
taken out into the street. In the base
ment front OF the hotel was the barber
shop Of William O. Robinson, whose chief
damage was by water.
How the Flames Progressed.
After the top floors OF the hotel fell in
the flames communicated to the three
story brick block just adjoining, one half
of which is owned by DIR. j. II. .Iudkins
and the other by the Huntlev family.
The fire swept the rear of the Judkins
part, wiping out the offices of DR.. Jud-
kins and DIR. H. A. Whitney. The third
floor of the ,Iudkins section was occupied
by G, NJ. Goodrich, dealer in electrical
supplies, who had between $500 and $500
worth OF goods, insured for $780, His
part was burned.
just below the Goodrich apartment
was the Office of the Mortified Telephone
Co., and there the damage chiefly was
by water. The telephone service had to
be suspended for some hours and during
the early forenoon. Mrs {. NJ. Goodrich.
who was acting as operator. had to sit
beneath canopy to prevent the water
from drowning her out. Her husband is
the manager of the telephone company.
The first floor Of the Judkins block was
occupied by Ned G. Ray Co, as drug
store. The damage there is confined to
water.
The progress of the fire was practically
stopped in the Judkins section although
there was some damage to the upper
part of the Huntley building The first
floor in the latter structure was occupied
by the +. Huntley Co, dealers in sta
tionery toys, jewelry, etc, while Mrs
Nellie Smith occupied the second floor
and the third was not used. 1t was on
the third floor that the progress of the
flames was finally stayed; but water did
damage in the building. The
next building was the Northfield Savings
bank structure, in which were also the
offices of Plumley & Plumley. This
building was not damaged. Mrs. Smiths
goods on the second floor of the Huntley
section were damaged considerably.
Daylight brought sorry spectacle to
the eyes of the people of Northfeld and |
the adjoining towns, who had been at
tracted by the news of the great fire. |
The hotel structure was a hopeless ruin, |
the front reared its stark frame |
as if in effort to hide the confusion and |
ruin in the rear. The fronts of the Jud-
lins and Huntley sections bore little evi- |
lence of the damage but the rear part |
If the Judkins block was gashed by the |
land of the fiery element. All the
blocks joined and it was splendid work
IN the part of, the fremen that the whole
'ast front of the square was not de-
troyed
The Hotel Owned By St. Johnsbury Man.
The hotel was owned by Ernest NJ. Fl
ield of st. Johnsbury. who bought the
property Sept. %, 1915. from Fred K
sawyer. Mr.. Fifield was not in town at
he time of the fire, the hotel being oper-
ted for him by Archie b. Dow.
Besides Mr.. Dow, there were five en-
'loyes in the building at the time, they
icing Mr.. and Mrs. /. \. SAWYER. Cora
Henry, Edgar Swan and Horace Bliss.
Two Others. Maude Sexton and Alice
larselles, had rooms outside. The hotel
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