The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-13
HEAVY FIRE LOSS.
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The fire was first noticed by Emily Whit
ney the young daughter of Henry r.
Whitney ir who lives close by the build
ings which were burned. She told one
of the companys employees. who lmme-
diately teephened to the fire department.
At the same time the alarm was rung
from box 46.
The fire department made quick run
to the scene and found the two sheds
ablaze SO hot and intense were the
flames which practically envelOped both
sheds that it was seen at once that IT
would be impossible to save either build
ing The firemen therefore confined their
efforts to saving the adjacent buildings
comprising two ice-houseS, a horse barn
and two blacksmith shops and one or
two smaller sheds connected to the main
buildings.
The fact that the wind was blowing
from the south also was Of considerable
assistance to the tremen as il prevented
sparks from being carried to the other
buildings. The wind, however. did fan the
| blaze i'll the woodshed and the wagon
house, both of which burned like finder.
Seven lines of hose were used to ex-
tinguish the flames. all the available
hydrants in the vicinity being brought
| into use. The lines of hose running from
| Frost place were so long that the water
pressure was somewhat reduced by the
| time the water issued from the MOBILES.
| 1uEeH ltHcS were run uON II lilt DSlh rum
| the hydrants in front of the Estey organ
works and We're used to very good effect.
| One of the lines of hose belonged to the
| Estey works and it drew much attention
| from the onlOokers in that vicinity be-
| cause of the spray it threw from small
holes practically its entire length,
! When the tiremen reached the spot the
wagon house and the wOOdshed were al
most furnace and il was found impossi-
/ BILE to save any of the contents. Numer-
Gus wagons and various paraphernalia
| We're removed from other nearby sheds
which seemed for a time To be threat
ened. The horse barn, which fortunately
was not housing any of the company 5
| horses at the time, caught fire and was
badly damaged, only the frame being
left. The north side of one of the black
smith shops was badly SCARED, where
the wind drove the intense heat against
| the building.
| When the fire broke out. four Of the
| cCmpany's employees We're at work in that
locality Henry Goddard. a general re
pair man. and +. ]. Monette. a black
smith, were at work on an auto truck In
the rear of the wagon shed. 1t was Mr.
Goddard whom Emily Whitney notified
Immediately after she saw the sheds or
fire. The auto truck on which the two
men were working. caught fire twice but
the flames were put out by the tiremeT
and later it was drawn TO place OF
safety.
Two other men, Emil II. Anderson anC
Ohm G.. Lahey, We're at work in the com
pany's ice-house when the fire broke out
None of the men noticed the blaze unit
their attention was called to it.
When seen by The Reformer thi!
morning. Mr.. Whitney said as yet he wa.
unable accurately to estimate his loss
He thought it would run between $1,000
ami $1,000, partially covered by inSur
ance. In addition TO the two sheds which
were completely burned. the horse sheC
was so badly burned that Mr. Whitney
said it would have TO be torn down ant
rebuilt.
4 list of the contents burned is as fol
lows: Two furniture moving vans. on
two-horse dump cart. one 0ne-hOrse dunn
cart, two 16-foot platform spring truck
, formerly owned by the Estey Organ
works, two fat platform trucks. one lot
! truck. three gasoline engines. two o
them practically new. one wood splittin
J machine, one wood saving outfit. all tn
snow scrapers used on the ice ponds. on
, / One-horSe sled, nearly new. all the boon
! poles used for floating ice, from 10 I
20 cords of wood. two tons of straw, on
and one-half loads of hay and betweel
500 and 600 bushels of oats.
The only horse belonging to the com
pany that was at all in danger was il
: the blacksmith shop ut the time bu
shortly after the fire broke out the ami
NAL was removed TO place of safety.
6 The company has 24 horses. and dur
ing the afternoon Saturday the compaR
received offers of twice as much stabI
room as they could utilize The horse
were stabbed in different parts of tn
: village.