The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
TOOK WOMAN
DOWN LADDER
After Her Baby Had Been
Lowered to Street
Safely
OTHER TENANTS
IT OUT ALONE
Hazen' cock in Montpelier
and s ontents Damaged
Gre Than $4,000

FL X oke out about S:25 o'clock Sun
o day evening in the Hazen block on Main
e street in Montpelier, doing probably
little over $4,000 damage to the block
! and tenants. The block is owned by the
E James r, Langdon estate, of which L. H.
Bixby is agent.
The fire appeared to have started in
; the hallway leading to the rear of the
: block and was discovered by Mrs Eunice
Woodward, who had charge of the second
and third floors, although W p. Smith
was near at hand and carried the mes
sage to the station An alarm was rung
from box Is at the corner Of Main and
State streets. The fire was attended by
the largest number OF people seen at a
blaze in Montpelier since the Union block
fire some three years ago.
Mrs. Woodward, who lived in the cor
ner tenement on the second floor of the
building, discovered the fire was going
at a lively rate in the partition over the
stairway which leads to the court in the
rear of the block She gave the alarm.
Mr. Smith, who went up the front stairs,
saw the fire burning in the same stair
way about the same time. That it was
in the partition was clearly seen, for the
smoke rolled out of the woodwork under
the caves of the building so that it looked
at first as though the whole top of the
building was on fire.
Several of the people in the rooms on
the second and third floors did not have
much time to gather their belongings
Mrs. Peter Connolly, who, with her hus-
band and baby, has a tenement on the
top floor, next to the Argus block did
not get out at first. The smoke seemed
to have frustrated her and she was lying
on the bed when Elmer Pierce, one of the
firemen, reached her. Some of the men
who have rooms on the same floor called
his attention to the fact, when they came
down a ladder that had been put up.
They were going to jump but were told
not TO, that a ladder was TO be placed
for their use
Fireman Pierce went to the Connolly
room and found Mrs. Connolly hyster
cal; but her baby was sitting on the bed
laughing and apparently enjoying a good
time. Mr.. Pierce handed the baby to
L. B. Person, who was ON the ladder, and
it was carried TO the ground. Then Mr.
Pierce got Mrs. Connolly on the ladder
and, helped by H. c. Lawson, took her
down the ladder to the ground. The
rest of the tenants We're able to get out
of the building alone. some by the fire
escape on the back side of the building,
while others came down the front stairs.
AS soon as the fire department reached
he place a stream of water was thrown
IN the fire burning in the back stairway.
rhis quickly put out the fire in that
,lace. but the smoke coming out of the
ornice on the front side of the building
aused considerable effort before they
we're able to locate the flames there.
)ther lines of hose were laid and the
ghting commenced in the portion of the
uilding where the fire first appeared,
,hle fourth line Of hose was taken to
he roof of the building in the other
nd. Holes were cut in the roof over the
and the cellar nozzle attached.
his was used in several places under
he roof with the result that the fire
as soon concentrated in the tenement
Mrs. Woodward and the one above it.
mother stream Of water was thrown
ON new line of hose and the fire was
ION under control, shortly after 10
clock. 1t was a stubborn fight, for
lere seemed to be an air space in the
lrtitions which drew the fire up.
The inside of the building next to
angdon street was gutted. The stores
the first floor will suffer considerable
image. Charles H. Shipman. who car
rs about $3.50 insurance on his stock
shoes, moved the major portion of
ese to the room in the Langdon block
D. ,, which was formerly used by the q
ltional Life Insurance company. liar-
Yeti, who has about $4,000. moved
{ all of the stock OF goods excepting
lat was on the shelves and worked at
until the water, coming down from
owe. drove the help out. Z. r. Seguin,
10 carried about $1,000 insurance,
wed a portion OF his stock to the Nil
: inn. while Chapman Brothers gro
v store, upon which $1,000 insurance
carried. did not move any of its goods.
s Woodward carried about $3.50 in
,ance
IS far as could be learned none Of the
Ter persons in the block had any iHSur
e. Paul LaCCsse, who rented four
ms told last evening that he lost
te little. while it is known that
eral of the other tenants in the block
some Of their clothing. Mrs. Wood !
I'd probably lost more than her insur-
e will cover. which included piano
Bixby could not estimate the loss on
block last evening i Is worth about
900 and was well gutted 50 that the
airs will be quite extensive.
he block was built IS years ago. that
a portion OF 1t was. This part. or-
led BY e. H. Shipman. was extended
the third story put on. 4 solid wall
yeen the old and new parts probably
,unts for the department being able
hold the fire from getting into the
n on the second ioor towards the
US office The block WAS tin covered.
n kept the flames we'll confined. but
e slow progress in fi-htuE tine fre
enrv Mooney. who has been in Nrw
I for a little while was brought into
court thi. morning on the charge ~
king the provisions of his probation
leaving the state hospital where he
been sent for treatment. lt was
ned that be- left without permission