Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-10-20
The Great Fire In Belfast,

Last Thursday The l2th, the city Of, Bel
fA.t was visited by Tie greatest conaasratiot,
Dat ever occurred there. 1t was about
Icqual IN extent i'd The recent great fre IN
Augusta. both as regards the number OF
buildings barncd AMI the amount of prop
crty destroyed.
l~a. The.6rc originated ut about II O'Clock
at night on the wharf occupied by 5. S.
Lewis store. and thence the flames spread
to the locality known as the Dock Com
mon,which was entirely swept its houses
and shops, the former being occupied by a
! humble class Of tenants. After the fire
reached the gas house on Washington St
the wind vcered to the south and the
houses on that street. together with those
on Pleasant street. were mass of ruins.
Reaching the Junction of Washington and
Main streets, all the stores on the latter
street. including that occupied by +. NJ
& u. Lancaster. and those in the newly
built Morrison brick block, and the wood
built stores of \. J. Hartman g. Co,
stevens & Co. the Bakery, and at the foot
of the street the stores Of +. johnson,
Crosby & Co, and others in that vicinity.
Crossing to the opposite side of Main St.
the fiery element was communicated to
the range of brick and wooden sturcs cX
, tending from the Whittier brick block to
the one recently renovated by l. s. Smith,
below, aud from thcuco down towards the
shore. sweeping away row of shops.
stores and dwellings. Surging southwark.
large n8mher Of houses comprising three
or four squares We're soon turned into n
burning mass. The progress of the flames
was finally checked at Miller street where
the bricl. house OF Jos. Dennet and those
ncighborug TO it were destroyed. High
street was not reached hy the fire, but
many families residing there removed their
effects to places of safety. Owing to the
scarcity of water, the two engines Of Bel
fast and the one from Searsport were poor
IL able To battle with the eontcnding
flames, and by hlawug up several build
inss, demolition accomplished what the ell
gines failed to do Commander Whiting
of the L. S stcamer Trojan, with his off
GERS and crew rendered most efficient ser
vice on the occasion, and arc worthy of
much praise in their efforts to subdue the
conAagration.
The class of persons who have been rem.
dcred heuscless by this sad calamity. in
clude those who are the least able tn suffer
the misfortune. The number of buildings
destroyed in eight hours. amounts TO 1i0.
of which about - were storcs.-nearly
equal to the number of stores in our vii
/ lare.
The entcrprsius spirit of many of the
losers by the fire is indicated 10y the fact
that during the progress of the Aamcs,eon
/ tracts were made for rebuilding. Tn,
fire is supposed to have hccn accidental
At the present time II is impossible Ia
estimate the aggregate amour, Of the loss
Same set the figures 4. $3o0,o9l, and eth
ers at 500 go.
! So far as sascer.aiaea AT oar present
writing, the rsks suffered ty va,iout in
>nrance companies are as follows; Home
Insurance &c. of Nev Haven, $Io.01o !;
The Dirisp Of Portland, 5000 the Fs
cataquis Of South Berwick, 5000; the
t Springfield Mutual, 2.,50O; the Manhat
i tan Of y. Y. Si,010; the Uaion of Ban
gor. $1,000: the Morris Of y. Y. 1000 :;
/ the lIolyokc of Salem $1,000: the Hart
ford aud Putnam each, $1,000; the Lor-
t Hard of y. Y Sl,jOJ; TIE Thomaston,
t $1,000.