The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
MATTERS IN MAINE.
THE BELFAST FIRE.
Partial Statement of Losses and Iusur-
ance-An old Lady Ruraed to Death
The Mayor Scliciis Aid.

BELFAST, Aug. pa Citizens Relief Com
mittee has been organized to distribute such
supplies as may be furnished. Capt Chas. B.
| Sanford of Bangor has sert donation of $500
and Jenkins, Lane & Co. of Boston, one of
| $3.50. Generous Offers of assistance from the
| Mayors of Portland and Bangor reached May
| or Marshall this noon. The streets are nearly
cleared of goods and furniture and comparative
| quiet now prevails The insurance is divided
! about as follows Etna, $4,000; Hartford,
| $4,000; Home of New York, $4,000; Hanover,
| $4,000; London, Liverpool s, Globe $780,
North British, $500; Holyoke, Sc, 700; First
National of Worcester. $500; Springfield,
| $500; Royal William of Providence, S., 800;
Union of Bangor, $4,000; Agricultural of Wa
tertown. N. Y, $4,000.
Among the heaviest losses by our fire are the
following:
ON FRONT STREET.
D. Haradon, store houses, loss $780, insur-
ance ST. 800,
r. Sibley, buildings, molasses and sugar, loss
$4,000, insurance $4,000.
Pitcher & Gorham's stock. loss $4,000, no in
surance.
j. W. Frederick & Co., loss $4,000, insur-
ance on buildings and stock $500.
W. B. Swan & Co., loss $4,000, insured for
S14, OU0
d. Lane, store houses, loss $500, no insur-
| ance.
Matthews & Co., sash and blind makers, loss
| $4,000, insured for $780,
Belfast Foundry Co., loss S35OOO, no insur-
| ance.
$11.5O0.
M. c. Cooper, lumber yards, loss $4,000, in
surance $500.
c. P: Carter & Co., ship yards, loss $4,000,
insured $4,000 on lumber
d. w. Dyer & Son, marine railway loss ST.,
800, no insurance
House of 7. J. L. Farrow, loss $4,000, insured
for $1,000.
Houses of Treadwell and Mansfield, loss ST.
$780, insured for $500.
ON CROSS STREET.
House of C. w. Keen, loss $4,000, no insur-
House of j. bennett, loss $4,000, insured for
$4,000.
House Of c. w. Cottrell, formerly Methodist
church, loss $1,000, insurance $1,000.
ON HIGH STREET.
House and barn of James Barnes, loss S.
600. no insurance
House and barn of Mrs Mary NJ. Hall, loss
$4,000, insured $4,000.
House and barn of Thomas Carter, loss ST.,
500 insured $500.
House and barn of Stevenson and Tate, loss
$500, 1sured $500.
House and barn of H. A. Carter loss $1,000
insured $1450.
House and barn of Miss Ellen B. Frothng-
ham, loss $4,000, no insurance.
House and barn of D. w. Dyer, loss $4,000,
insured $4,000.
|. House and barn of Asa Faunce, loss $4,000,
insured $4,000.
House and barn of E. K Boyle, loss $4,000,
insured $4,000.
The losses thus far ascertained reach about
S400000. on which there is an insurance of
$11500O
Only one vessel on the stocks was burnt a
brig of 500 tons, about framed; loss $4,000, on
which there was no insurance.
Large quantities of coal, lumber, corn, sugar
and molasses were destroyed.
The origia of the fire is unknown. 1t COM
menced in a building where there had been no
fire known for several days.
In answer to inquiries whether aid is needed
the Mayor has telegraphed as follows:
"Belfast will accept with gratitude whatever
pecuniary aid shall be offered She needs IT.
For the second time within years terrible
| con1agration has smitten her. She asked no
| assistance then. Now she is compelled to do
so. The amount of insurance is only one
| hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, and
but small part of this will 60 TO the poor and
destitute sufferers"
(Sgned) WILLIAM c. MARSHALL,
Mayor.
The sadest incident of tho fire is the death
of Miss Rebecca Prentiss, we'll known and
much respected lady aged about 80, who perish
ed at the rockingham house where she resid-
ed She was bewldered by the smoke and fell
in a fit. A few charred bones, composing her
! remains, wore found this morning.
The rockingham House was the oldest two
story building here, having been built century
ago.
At $50 o'clock last evening stelm fire en-
CINE came from Bangor and the cutter Dobbin
brought hand engine from Castine By this
mornings boat either of Bangor sent large
supply of provisions for the suffe rers.
Drowned.
BIDDEFoRD, Aug. pa son of Abeatha
Levett of Saco, aged twenty, was drowned yes
terday by the capsizing of his boat in the lower
| harbor.