The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-24
Three Fires in Newport
Cause Excitement
Continued from age ID

The total damage, which was most
ly in Mosher's Shoe Shop is estimated
at $500. 1t will cost approximately
$50 to replace the damaged oven.
The property is owned by f. V. Te-
treault of Montreal. Joseph Boivin
is the caretaker of the building.
1t was interesting to note that as
soon as the news of the fire Wa
spread around the city people began
to flock into the shoe store for their
shoes that had been repaired or
were being repaired. Mr.. Mosher did
q land office business for several
hours.
A strange accident happened as an
indirect result of the fire. Mrs. f.
P. Davis, whose husbands livery
stables were burned about nine years
ago, and who is severely shocked
whenever fire alarm is sounded, was
on her way home from downtown
when the alarm was rung. As soon
as the whistle commenced to blow,
Mrs. Davis toppled over onto the
sidewalk near Summer street in a
faint. She was picked up by several
persons passing by and placed into
Col c.. s. Emery's car, which hap
pened by at the time, and was taken
to the home of Mrs. D. N. Dwinall
on Second street where she was re-
vived. She was later taken to her
home. Upon examination it wa4
found she was not seriously injured.
The second fire which started early
Sunday morning practically destroy
ed the home of Arson C. Clark on
West Main street. The entire in
side of the building was burned from
the cellar to the attic, only the
kitchen and one bedroom being spar
ed
The blaze was discovered by Mrs.
Clark, who was i'll in bed with the
mumps. She was awakened by her
youngest daughter, Frances, aged
years, who sat up in bed and cried.
"Mother, l can't breathe, I'm chok-
ing" Mr.. Clark was aroused and
rushed to the telephone and gave or
ders for the operator on duty to call
the firemen. He than ran into the
street and sounded the fire alarm and
called out to the neighbors for help.
In his rush to the street MI
Clark had wrapped blanket AROUND
| little Frances and carried her in his
arms to the home of Jerry Tato
In the meantime Mrs. Clark and the
other two children, Maurice, aged II
years and Beatrice, age d 13, all O
whom were i'll with the mumps, hat
gone into a bed room in the rear OF
the house where they hung thei1
heads out of the window to kceI
from choking from the terrific
smoke. Mr.. Clark, with the assist
/ ance Of two young men, who were
passing the house at the time, secur
ed a ladder and brought it around Il
the rear of the house to rescue Mrs
4 Clark and the two children. How
ever, they had CROPPED their way
through the smoke and down tn,
stairway to the street. They wen
Immediately to the Tatro home
across the way.
The first apparatus to arrive OF
the scene was the hose cart from the
Frost Veneer Mill. Shortly after the
I chemical and another hose wager
! came putting up the steep West MAR
! Street Hill. The man had great diff.
ticulty in pulling the apparatus to tho
i top of the incline and the firemer
were we'll call in" before they started
( fighting the blaze. However, they
worked like Trojans until after
! 8 o'clock Sunday morning when
they finally had the fire subdued
Chief Hamilton Green said it was one
Of the most stubborn blazes he has
ever been called upon to fight. The
4 fire which started from an overheated
furnace spread rapidly and shot
right up through the floors. AS soon
as the firemen would extinguish one
blaze another would break out in
I some other part of the house.
Part of the furniture was saved be
ing carried to homes of neighbors
The piano was moved into the kitch-
en- and covered with a heavy COW
ering guarding it from damage. The
fire did not reach the kitchen nor the
upper rear bedroom. The front sec
ton of the house on both floors were
almost completely destroyed. A
great deal of the furniture saved
from fire was damaged by water
There was two feet of water in the
cellar when the firemen had complet-
ed their labors. The attic where some
household goods were stored, was