Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-12
molished. From Cbauncv street east, no,


demolished. From Chauncy street east, not
front wall stands, and but few rear walls.
Nothing is thoroughly burned on kilby
street between No. 20 (on the right entering
! from State street and State street.
no hTe IN Washington street was stopped
at Currier & Trotts jeweIry store on the
southeast corner Of Washington and Milk
streets.
The front walls Of all the buildings on the
east side of Washington street, from Milk
street to the iron front building occupied BY
Fowie, Torrey & Co, as a carpet warehouse.
and including the latter, are standing. Then
there is u gap extending to the splendid mar
ble-front building OF Mscullar, Williams <
Co., the front walls of all the lofty buildings,
some of which were Of granite and some of
iron, have fallen into Washington street,
which is blocked up with the piles Of ruins.
The front of Macular. Williams 4 Cos
building still stands. r. does also one rear
corner.
From this to the granite building on the
northwest corner of Washington and sum
mer streets, occupied by Andrew Nudge and
the Appleton Watch Co, there is another
gap made by PROSTATE buildings.
Except tins one, all the buildings on the
cast side of Washington street on the two
blocks bounded bs Summer and Franklin and
franklin and Milk streets are destroyed,
being the buildings designated by even mum.
hers from rs to 222 inclusive.
Pearl street, the great shoe and leather
centre OF the city, is laid low and instead OF
tbs long, straight av2a3a linc'! with tqll gran
lite structure 1n ..ithee sid. the spectator
ceu,! Sc nothing ou! tifeary piles OF ealcined
grant" and smoking heaps o! duli-rea bricks.
In Franklin street there is scarcelv wal!
standing, and IN the smoking waste 10 one
could recognize the fine, wide thoroughfarc.
with It's graceful curving lines and the noble
Warehouses, the pride of the city, and taking
rank with the finest business structures in the
world, which lowered on every hand hut
thlrty-siN hours ago.
Everything on Arch street vs. l,yeich TO
tie ground.
Every building on OILS street was destroy
ID.
The fire to the business community is one
OF the nos: severe and disastrous that ever
occurred in this country, and while but few
dwelling hJases were burned and but COM
para:iyely small number of families left
h0useless, the finest warehouses and stores Of
the city and the entire space occupied by the
Wholesale dry goods dealers, woo merchants,
boot and shoe and hide and leather dealers
and clothing houses were entirely destroyed,
Not wool house is standing in the. city
The whole of Pearl and High streets, which
were devoted exclusively to the boot and shoe
! and hide and leather trade are a mass OF
| ruins. Every wholesale clothing house, with
a single exception, is burned, and but three
| or four dry goods mmissi0n houses are left
standing The loss in buildings is immense
and together with the Arge stock of imported
! and domestic fabrics that were burned cam
not be estimated at less than $50, 900 600
| All the domestic wool in the city has been
! burned, and the total number Of pounds of
md a,I lad 4
stroyed by the fire cannot fall short of OO0,-
900 pounds, while the entire stock remaining
| in this market consists of foreign wool and is
| less than 5 900 bales. The destruction Of
| boots, shoes and leather has been quite as
| complete as that of wool, although the stock
| of boots and shoes in warehouses is much
| lighter at this season than it would have been
| but month later, and the loss will conse-
| quently be less to the owners. Besides this
| large quantities Of boots, shoes and leather
were saved, which will materially tighten the
loss to the sufferers The wholesale clothing
| houses. with one or two exceptions, were
completely burned, although a considerable
quantity OF goods were saved and the stock
| on hand was not very large. With very
| few exceptions all the commission dry goods
| houses are burned to the ground, not even
the walls of the bindings being left standing
| The destruction Of the iobbing houses has
been nearly complete, and the agent Of the
largest mill in the country says that bat one
out of all his customers in the city has place
lett for his business. The fire did not reach
that section of the city occupied by the pro-
vision. produce, -four and grain trade, nor
were there any losses to- the fish or salt deal
ers, and but slight damage 10 the wholesale
| grocers. None of the hotels have been de.
| stroyed, and the railroads, with the excep-
| ton of the Hartford ana Erie, have net suf-
| tered, as the fire did not extend in that drcc.
| ton. There is not likely to be any such
| serious interruption to business as view of
the burned district would at frs, suggest, and
| with characteristic energy large number Of
| the merchants who have been burned out
/ have secured rooms and offices and will re-
sumo business at the usual hour on Monday
morning. II these merchants who are intiebt-
| ed to those who have suffered by the fire will
meet their pay mcnts promptly or when con-
venient will anticipate the day of payment, it
will very materially aid in putting trade on
prosperous footing and business will soon run
in it, customary channels.