, 1866-10-14
THE MAINE CONFEDERATION.

Great Fire nj Wiaeaaset-The BulIdknES
ON Twelve Acres DESTROYED - Two
Thtrda OF tho Business Portion OF tho
Town 1neluded-F1fry or sixty 81 Bouscs
Burned, and Thirty FAmltlea made
Homeless.
[PFtom tbe Boston journal, ocsobea 1o1
W1soAssErT, Me-, Oct. ?, 1S66.-A terrible
searort-one Of the Oldest In tho state-and
before the embargo Of 1872, one of tho weal-
thiest and mo important commercial plA-
ccs At that period. The loss IL varsonsly cs-
timated at from ninety to one hundred and
any thousand dollars, on which the insu-
Tsnce, ~ near ~ I am able TO learn, u not
over thl-ty .t1vc thousand dollars.
The fire originated At about three O'Clock
this morning, IN An old three story wooden
building known ~ the TAyl ylor block on Water
street, containing three stores Ia the base.
ncnt, while the upper stories were occupied
br several families. It u not known how the
arc originated. It took in the uorthwesterly
end Of the upreFtnost story, and the wind
blowing fresh 1t the time from the north
east the entire structure was Immediately
MAS occasioned almost At the same time fired
another building Of the samo description on
the opposite side of the street. A general
alarm having been seasonAbly given brought
the two hand engines In town, together with
The citizens generally, promptly TO ne spoat: ta.
y
| in the hArhor being doFn-aud despite every
effort made to aubdua the dcry element, It
soon got under such heAaway n to be nn-
eontrol1ab1e. It swept slong carrying
through the air large cmbcts, which fired
| bulldogs beyond the Custom House at dis
| tance Of 1t least fly rods.
/ The spectacle WAS N exciting one, build
| lngs being on fire at various points At the
same time, 30 that the whole territory, en-
bracIng some twelve acres, was shortly one
l a. "A t,,& hr<.. u11A T. fUtt
the buildings were consumed, and the IRE
having spent It's force, the work Of dcatruc.
tIon ceased, BAD the fire not been confined
to Its present limits BY the strenuous cforta
made, nearly the whole village would have
been laid Ia ashes. The burnt district ex-
and the ruin Is complete. It tcomprises about
two-thirds of the business portion Of the
town, including wharyes aud shIp yards. II
takes Ia ali the balldlugs on both sldea q
either aide next to Main street, owned b
NnthauIal Lincoln, Hugh ]. Anderson, 8. L
Young on the east side, aud William Ems
Ebenezcr SouthAtd and the McCfatchcrs Of
the west side all the buildings used peincl
psly er axsl4iag sne lRasie stfsss oSaed S,
Joshua Marston and $. W Roblngon !; also al
the buildlngs on that part Of Fore stree
southesly Of Main street and Middle street
used Tor stores sud warehouses, aud on Hhicl
street stood the Custom House.
The buildings destroyed number betWee'
: ! fifty aud sixty, and the number OF famhie
who taye been rendered homeless are =
least thirty. Among the principa! building
burned are the Custom House. built OF brick
aud which was rcftted some six Or eigh
years ago at a cost of about eight tnonsau
= dollars, which was It's value; the Wlscssse
: House, valued at about four thousand do
lars the large warehouses Of At1old Greer
leaf Alexander Johnston, VIM. T. Lenno,
aud Mtuot Tyrrel1, OF Boston, and tho res
dence Of John Babson.
o Two valuable yachts owned By Alexand.
{ Johnston, lying at his wharf, were bot
q badly damaged. A schooner called It
Tasso, lyirg 1t Lennox wharf, was PARTIAL
e burned. A new vessel owned In -. Georg
d loading with hay nt Johnston's wharf. r,
considerably damaged, bat hauiei ont In II
!, H. stseaI, In season to avoid destruction.
= Among the lasgcat sufferers ntt the follow
Alexander Johnston. 10000, no insu
% aucc VIM. P. Lennox, $40, ,00o, prtfally II
Ii sured Arnold Greenleaf, Es.0G- no insu
ance; John Topham, dwelling house. 90
ID loft and stock. $500. partially insured
,s Frede lick Lewis, two dwelling houses III
d. H,sm, Insured IS 90: Eiihu Hitch, SIS
I'd partially Insured; Alfred Lennu. hay
J.. storehousc, {, coo, insured e1a.e0 afin
Dc Ty.rell, 81 800, no Insurance: j. tahson, &
OQO, Insured 5000; n. Elms, store Al
70 dwelling house; Thomas Robinson, baker
q. Z. A. Perkins, stock in tradc; r. 1ombaE
Id stock in trade partially destroytd; 8.
a. a. Young, building and stock damaged; Vale
.esf Moses L. Lewis, dwelling, hour: 3s02
Dr.. Mrs Jane Young, dwelling house e. 600,
o. surcd &l,0D YIN. Elus, Dwelling hous
Il- | 1880.