Bellows Falls, VT Machine Shop Fire, Mar 1883

Submitted by Linda Horton

Machine Shops Burned.

BELLOWS FALLS, March 9.---A fire this morning destroyed the building occupied by the Vermont Farm Machine Company and Osgood & Baker, machinists. The loss on the building, owned by the Bellows Falls Canal Company is $15,000; no insurance; Osgood & Baker's loss $30,000; insured for $12,500, and the Vermont Farm Machine Company lose $45,000; insured for $25,000.

Wheeling Register, Wheeling, WV 10 Mar 1883