Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-07-11
EAsTroRr, July 6, 1899. !
Saturday Morn, 10 o'clock.

odiuiuay DAoih, ~ S'OS"'
have taken my pen this morning to
give you hasty description Of the scenes
of The past night. At two o'clock, the in
habitants of this place were aroused by the
cry Of fire. 1t proved to be a small grog-
shop, on Front street, kept by an Irish
man. AT the time it was discovered, there
was no wind, and the fine rain was falling
very fast Soon the wind began to blow
! from the East n. East, which drove the
fire directly over the town communicating
the flames to the neighboring buildings,
and in very short time it looked as though
that part Of the town was one sheet Of fire.
1t continued to spread until about this
morning, when they succeeded in subdu-
ing it, and it is thought now ii will not
spread any farther. A gentleman has in
formed me, just now, he judged there were
about 40 tenements burnt, stores and dwell
| ING houses--two vessels burnt entirely, and
many more caught, but by stripping them
of their sails &c. they were fortunate e.
nough to save them. One gentleman by
the name of Klby, removed his goods from
his store to a vessel lying at the wharf, but
very soon the store, vessel and goods were
all consumed. The tide falls so much here,
that at low water, the vessels at the wharves
are left on the flats. 1t was low water at
the time of the fire which occasioned the
loss Of Tic TWO have mentioned
The blackstone, printing office, and III
deed the most of the stores of any mpor-
lance, are all gone, Some have lost all
they were worth. MANY were insured, but
this will be serious injury TO the lace, Az
the inhabitants generally are not under
stood to be very wealthy. DR.. Move and
son are among the sufferers.
! AS much as we have complained Of the
down east fogs," think we had great
reason to be thankful for it, last night; for
had not the buildings been very damp, |
think the whole town must have gone
MANY of the firemen worked until they
tainted and dropped down, and were obliged
to taken up and carried away. Quite
number got burned. and it is reported that
-, three or four were burnt TO death, hut do
not place much dependence upon the truth
of the story; have seen large fires before.
but never felt myself in SO much alarm
Many think the shop was set on fire, IA
there has been a disturbance among the
Irish for TWO or three days, ard one man
was stabbed independent" eve. There
was quite mob collected in that neighbour
ho0d last eve ana thlnk lhere Is strong
reason to suspect they were Tie cause OF
this. We were making coffee and carry.
ing i. down to those who were at work the
most OF the t'ne--wo are aIh' st enveloped
in smoke now.
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whose places CT business were destroyed,
winch We wall correct as soon as we have
ohlalned more minute information.
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