The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-21
BETHEL HAD
$4,000 LOSS
When Fire Broke Out in
Cady Block and Resist
ed Stubhernly
OTHER BUILDINGS
WERE ENDANGERED
-.
Fire Discove : BY Fl. P.
Perkins w ! Was Walk
ing I Street

the Cady bIo' : ormerly the Moody
block, in the = of the business sec-
tion, was put = in a two-hour fight
last night, between ten and twelve
o'clock Fire Chief r. H. Whitney, his
assistants and the fremen generally
did a fine piece Of work. A loss Of
$4,000 instead of one Of from $4,000
to 100000 must look good to the in
surance companies, as it certainly does
to the citizens.
The fire was exactly at the point,
which almost all the old residents have
predicted would be the scene some day
of fire, which would sweep three or
four of the leading business blocks.
This building and the Graham block
adjoin without an inch of space be-
tween them and the same is true OF
the Graham and Gay buildings, while
In the opposite direction she Bethel inn
is separated from it by a l5-foot drive
way.
In the last stage of the fire an out
break in the basement, its original
scene, Assistant Engineer Eugene G.
Blaisdell stepped into hole in the
darkness and dislocated knee joint
He was taken into the Clifford pbaS.
macy, where DIR. G. A. Best pulled the
joint back, and he was carried home,
He was able to walk about with con-
siderable pain. He wanted TO keep
right on fighting the fire but was dis
suaded.
Representative Fl. P. Perkins was
walking along up the street, with no.
body in sight, about ten o'clock when
his attention was attracted by glim.
mer of light from basement window
in the Cady block. He satisfied him
self that it was caused by fire and
pulled an alarm near the Smead bar.
Der shop and then hurried to Gl1r(
Wilson's house, where he saw q liz
and knew there was hand eY
gnisher. To make sure of 80 =
alarm, they entered the CentraYs er.
mont railway office and secured the
aid of operator, Myron A. Hayey, wha
called central and went back with
them to the scene Of the fire, the fire.
men having begun to arrive. They
found the mail for the night train in =
an elevator near the fire and removed
it to the railway station.
Good Fire F;ghting.s
> From first to last the fire, in an old
frame building. as dry as tinder, un.
Ter slate roof, was of the kind that
would have won its fight if the meE
iad not worked exceedingly well and
1 the conditions had not been very
favorable. Instead of temperature
10 below like the night before, the
mercury stood at Is above. The wa.
er came with great force and in great
abundance. Three great streams were
lyailable at all times. The electrical.
v driven pump installed in a cement
,uilding near the branch II years age
lever had SO good test before and
leyer paid for itself in fire so fine.
v as on this occasion.
The fire escapes on the north end OF
he hotel were the ideal vantage point
rom which to deluge the fire at ons
tage, when il threatened in that di.
ection. In fact it was a great ad.
antage nearly throughout the fire tc
ave such substantial ladders at just
he height and just the distance
eeded
The building was used for the post.
flee, Cady undertaking rooms and
Ioble- -Beckwith post, American Lee
ion. Postmaster Noble was on the
round early and the stamps, mai
nd other yaluables were removed tc
lfe places. He thinks that little i
nv valuable mail will be found in the
ater soaked building
The stock of the undertaking bust.
Ass was mostly salvsged. The lie.
on furniture in the upper part of the
lilding got drenching al right. II
as the Legion's seeend fire, the first
wing occurred IA months ago wher
le Putnam building was burned
here has been no destructive fire in
Ie village between these two.
Tenants in the Graham block over
e hardware sore removed their fur
ture and at one time the fire GER
inly threatened in that direction
he Graham hardware stock was dam.
ed by water to quite an extent.
Temporary quarters fer the postof'
e have been found in the Bethel inn
W vacant.
The cause Of the fire is not known
started near the elevator shaft in
:. hasarnenf and snroad very fast