The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-19
Fire Causes About S1,SOO
Loss in c. n. Bonds
Greenhouses
THOUSANDS OF
PLANTS ARE LOST
Fire Starts in Boiler House from Un-
known Cause-Entire Stock of Easter
Lilies Destroyed-New Stock to Be
Obtained at Once.

SULdlQCO dL OIlC6.
Greenhouse property owned by Car
roll y. Bond at the corner of Locust
and Vine streets was damaged by fire
last evening, causing loss of s., 800 TO
50 600. 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 fill his orders and to OBJ
tain new stock so far as is needed.
and he has on hand a considerable
quantity of plants and flowers which
were not damaged
The boiler house is about 10 by 20
feet and running at right angles from
II are two greenhouses, one 30 BY 80
feet, separated from the boiler house by
glass partition, and one 20 bv 100
feet, separated by a cement and wood
partition.
The boilers were in a cellar in the
boiler house, the upper part of which
was htted up also as greenhouse Over
the boilers were Mr.. Bond S stock of
about 400 Easter lilies, 40 FLATS or
boxes of seed stock and bulbs, some
/ 10000 flower pots of various sizes and
about 500 worth of frames for designs.
| All these were destroyed. and the
neat broke the glass partition into the
short greenhouse, letting the heat in
/ there and destroying all the plant stock
and everything except the pots When
the fire department arrived the fire
! had just burned the partition of the
/ long greenhouse, but ii was extinguished
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 them
were lost.
George W. Bailey, who is employed
/ by Mr.. Bond left for supper about $50
o clock. He SAYS everything was all
right then. A few minutes after 6
Q clock Guy Ryder, who lives at the
corner of Locust and Maple streets, was
on his way home from the Estey Organ
shops and saw the fire and hurried to
Mr.. Bonds house. Mr.. Bailey, who
lives across the street from Mr. Bond s,
was notlhed and at the same time a
telephone message was sent to the fire
department headquarters.
A hose sleigh was sent at once and
hose was attached to a hydrant near
the Bond property. In about Is min
utes the fire was out, but not until much
damage was done to the tender plants
within reach of the heat and to the
property over the boilers. No special
damage was done to the boilers or heat
ing system, but watch was kept all
night to see that the temperature did
not get low enough TO freeze the un-
damaged plants. The fire in the boilers
was not extinguished.
When the fire was discovered Mr..
Bond had gone to the railroad station
to meet the 6 clock train, on which
some flowers were to arrive A tele-
lphone message was sent to the station
asking that Mr.. Bond be notified. The
message was delivered to Morse Bond
of Linden street, who was told that his
house was on fire.
Carroll \. Bond heard the message
and saw Morse Bond racing toward
home, and was unaware that the fire
was on his own premises until he ar
rived home.