Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-16
GREAT CONFEDERATION!
Greenwood City in Ruins
Suffering Of the People.


Last Friday. as noon. occurred one OF the
most destructive fires ever known IN this
region The whole village. known a. Green
wood City. WAS consumed ny Ore. The only
building. spared are the village church and
. email shoemaker's shop. No, only Was
Oh. whole village destroyed. bu, % sudden
~ss the start and prorrr.s OF the conaaera
ton. ,ha, no one Of all the families unhou.ed
sa,.d scarce an article Of property. dress. or
wearing apparel. from the nimc'. E"n
the iiy. stock in the str bles could not be
rescued.
The ere commenced in the dwelling house
in the north end Of the village. owned by
Winthrop Stevens. OF Norway. and DR..
K,t,redse. Of Pans, and occupied BY Mr.
Emmon. Mrs T.. had built = Gre TO pre-
pare dinner. The light FIRE is "Pro.Cd to
have -, the chimney on f'". when the roll
caught from spark. from the chimney. The
ar, va. nett communicated 90 the barn. and
thence To the large house. occupied nv AM.
Stevens. Mr. Berry. and Mr.. Hilton. and
thence TO the store occupied by Me..r- Ben
nett A Kendall. All the above buildings
.ere owned BY Me--cr.. Stevens and Kit
redgs.
The old Ncyc- tavern stand, owned hv q.
W. Patch. mkt took FIRE. when the ham--
were blo~n .cru-- the stree, to the old I'LL
horn stand, al.o Owned nv Patch. and oecu'
pied by o E'ecomb and l.. f'hsld. P''eh'
stable and store. adpinins, were in aam-'
Immediately after. The store ~a. occupied,
A. = wheel~tish,'. shop. by T. Troll. Then
another dwelling. on the -am" side OF the
street. belonging u Patch. and cccap'ed by
Oh. Morgan and Mr.. Henisll, won't down.
when Gre va. communicated To the house
With store IN h,.emsn,. helone,ng u ID L.
verilI: and the A,mr. were .a'ia'ei, on tho
barring Of the old eri., mill, simply hs'
c,u., there "a. nothing more 70 de'our
The whole work Of destruction occupied but
an hour The hi,h Wind would take Cd
boards. N some cases. which ~cre - dry .
90 ~ consumed before they. reached the
ground. FIRE IA. -, in tho woods. fr IN
nyirg brands, two miles away from the VII
lsc-.
The property in buildinc' was eh'ehv In
the hand. o, few rrori,e,or-. The follo~'
inc estimate. have been made:
Ms..r.. Stevens anil k,,cred:c. 5000
e. W. Patch. $4,000.
II &. vcrull. 81 eco.
M-.sr- Bennett 4 Kendall. stock ofsood'.
Mr.. Kendall also lost = hor.,.
Aaron Eieronh. III b.. cArpen,ers tools
T. Trull. oil 81. tools
Nj. Patch also L., 4 valuable hor-c. too
hog. with litter Of pig. II. house
"a. Furnished IN an expensive STYLE. Mr.'
IT the article. were taken from the house.
AMI were -upro.ci :, hc ..ic. bat the great
hca, -, them On Gre.
Mr.. A Mr.. steven. are shou, 80 year. 81
age 4 daughter kcp, house for them.
WHEN the house took. they ~sfe 'l,'irs
down o. the dinner table. There was hare.
/, time % e, oui % the hou.-. the dinner
table hur-,ns in the f,o- They lO', all
their clothing. a. we'll a. a lt,le stick u
money laid hy fnr summer u.e.
Mr.. Eicccmh ~. in labor. her attend
ant. aircad, called. Sic wa' taken TO the
hou-c oi Mr. Emery. who provided her a
shelter. ami The people at Wet Pan. have
contributed .,nr article. f,r her hcnsh,.
Mo-, oi thee families ar nos in de-'i.
tut circumstances. They were tenants.
and have hal .ssp, away eVerv article they
T,.---.-i slc'p, The clothing they stood in.
The cas-, call. strongly upon the .,mp',hi--
Of eencrou. people. ~ho are invited 10 con'
rribu,s. irum their abundance. such articles
a, can b. spared for the rrl,rf Of rre.en' sat
tsvins. Package. NAV he forwarded to the
care u SIR T.. Flint. Crossword.
The.c building. were erected while the
great ,horough'arc ior Northern travel "a.
through the village. which Wa then ,hri'-
ing settlement The railroad diverted tho
travel. and of course le.sen~i the value OF
the property. mAkiusa large numher Of
buildings now rrprc-ent huia small cash
value A. one time the bo.iness supported
sye stores. two tarsrns. and one or two mills.
The railroad destroyed all the business upon
which the prosperity Of the place d-p~nd
ed. and the hot aame. have now wiped !,
from existence.
/ Iii. rrOpo."d. by the people Of the town
to cree, a store for Messr.. Bennett 4 Ken.
dali. hut there !. much doubt whether any
more than hi. will De bull, up.