Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-22
FLORISTS STOCK
BADLY DAMAGED
Fire Causes $1,000 Loss in
Bonds Greenhouses
Fire Starts in Boiler House from I'm
known Cause-Entire Stock of Easter
Lilies Destroyed.

Greenhouse property owned by Car
roll N. Bond at the corner of Locust
and Vine streets was damaged by fire
Monday night, causing a loss of 81 500
to $4,000 Nothing has been discovered
to indicate the origin of the blaze
There was large loss in the boiler house
where the fire started, and in one green.
house, and some loss in another green
house.
Mr. Bond will continue the business
as usual, however, and already has
taken steps to fiji his orders and to OBJ
tain a new stock so far as is needed
and he has on hand a considerable
quantity of plants and flowers which
were not damaged. The property was
insured for 50 800 in George NJ. Clay s
agency.
The boiler house is about 10 by 90
feet and running at right angles from
! it are two greenhouses, one 20 by sc
feet, separated from the boiler house by
glass partition, and one 20 by 10C
feet, separated by cement and wood
partition.
The boilers were in cellar in the
boiler house, the upper part of which
was fitted up also as greenhouse. Over
the boilers were Mr.. Bond s stock of
about 400 Easter lilies, 40 "fats' OF
boxes of seed stock and bulbs some
| 10000 flower pots of various sizes and
about $3.50 worth of frames for designs
All these were destroyed, and the
heat broke the glass partition into the
short greenhouse, letting the heat il
there and destroying all the plant stock
and everything except the pots. Wher
the fire department arrived the fire
had just burned the partition of the
long greenhouse, but it was extinguishec
before it had opportunity to ruin the
contents of that house except in one
end. There were from 5000 to 10000
plants there and about 1000 of then
were lost.
George w. Bailey, who is employed
| by Mr.. Bond, left for supper about 5.3(
o clock. He says everything was al
right then. A few minutes after
clock Guy Ryder, who lives at thu
corner of Locust and Maple streets, wa
on his way home from the Estey Organ
shops and saw the fire and hurried t.
Mr.. Bonds house. Mr.. Bailey, wht
| lives across the street from Mr.. Bond S
was notified and at the same time =,
telephone message was sent to the fir'
| department headquarters.
A hose sleigh was sent at once ant
hose was attached to a hydrant nea
the Bond property. In about Is min
utes the fire was out, but not until mucl
damage was done to the tender plant
within reach of the heat and to thu
property over the boilers. No specia
damage was done to the boilers or heat
ling system, but watch was kept al
night to see that the temperature die
not get low enough to freeze the un
damaged plants. The fire in the boiler
was not extinguished.
When the fire was discovered Mr.
Bond had gone to the railroad station
to meet the 6 O. clock train, on whicl
some flowers were to arrive. tele
phone message was sent to the station
asking that Mr.. Bond be notified. TIT
message was delivered to Morse Bone
of Linden street, who was told that hi
house was on fire.
Carroll n. Bond heard the message
and saw Morse Bond racing TOWARD
home, and was unaware that the fir
was on his own premises until he ar
rived home.