Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-08-26
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
Daily Xeamebee 9unrnal.
THE BELFAST FIRE.
Further Particularly .

Belfast, Me. %. Among the heaviest losers
by our fire are the following:
On Front street: d. Haradan, storehouse ::
loss $4,000, insursd $500. r. Sibley, build
ipgs, molasses and sugar; loss $4,000
Pitcher & Gorham, stock loss $4,000, no in
surance. j. ". Frederick & Co.. loss $l0,
600, insurance on buildings and stock $500.
W. b. Swan & Co.; loss $4,000, insured
for 900. d. Lane, storehouse: loss So
900, no insurance. Mathews & Co., sash and
blind makers; loss sl5,0 900, insured for ST.
200. Belfast Foundry Co.; loss 1000, no
insurance. w. Pitcher & Sons loss $50, 900.
1880. NJ. C. Cooper, lumber yard loss
$4,000, insured $780, C. p. Carter 6 Co.,
ship yard; loss $4,000, insurance Of $40, 600
on lumber. ID. w. Dyer & Son, marine rail
way loss $500, no insurance. House of S.
j. L. Farrow loss $4,000, insured for $1,000.
Houses of Treadwell & Mansfield loss 49,
500, insurance 500
On Cross street House of c. w. Keen !;
loss $4,000, no insurance. House of j. Den
nett; loss $4,000, insured for $1,000. House
of c. Y. Cotterell, formerly Methodist church ;
| loss $4,000, insurance $1,000.
On High street: House and barn Of James
Gilmore; loss $4,000, no insurance. House
and barn of Mrs. Mary NJ. Hall; loss $4,000,
insurance $4,000. House and barn of Thos.
Carter; loss 81 500, insured $500. House
and barn of Stephenson estate; loss S2500,
insurance $500. House and barn of H. A.
Carter; loss $1,000, insurance Sl450. House
and barn of Miss Ellen Z. Frothingham loss
$4,000, no insurance. House and barn of D.
w. Dyer; loss $4,000, insurance $1,000
House and barn of Asa Faunce; loss, $4,000,
insurance $4,000. House and barn Of f. X
Boyle loss $4,000, insurend $4,000
The losses thus far ascertaned reach about
$500, 900, on which there is an insurance of
sll5, 900, divided among the Hartford, .Etna,
Union of Bangor, Agricultural of Watertown,
n. Y, FRS. National, Worcester, Spring
J field, Holyoke, Home and Hanover, New
York, London, Liverpool, Globe and North
! British.
Only one vessel on the stocks was burned,
brig of five hundred tons, about framed
loss $4,000, on which there was no insurance.
+ Large quantities of coal, lumber, corn, sugar
and molasses were destroyed
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t COM
menced in building where there had been
no fire known for several days.
In answer to inquiries what aid is needed,
the mayor has telegrephed as follows
In the confusion the loss by our fire and
insurance cannot be defined this forenoon.
The Belfast Foundry Company are not insur-
ed, and lose $50 900. The other principal
!. losers are r. Sibley 4 Son, importers of mo-
lasses Woods, Matthews, Baker, corn Pitch
err & Gorham and William Pitcher 4 Son,
produce j. W. Frederick ( Co., ship chan
dlers; d. Lane, commission merchant; Mat
thews s Co., sash and blind factory; Carter
4 Co.. ship builders; NJ. K. Cooper lumber
yards D. w. Dyer & Co., caukers.
The sadest incident of the fire is the death
of Miss Rebecca Prentiss, well known and
much respected lady, aged about so, who per-
| ished at the rockingham house, where she
resided. She was blinded by the smoke or
fell in fit. A few charred bones composing
Tee rockingham house was the oldest tw o
story building here, having been bnt CEN
fury ago.
At $50 last evening steam fire engine
came from Bangor.
Belfast will accept with gratitude whatever
pecuniary aid shall be offered. She needs it,
for the second time within eight years a ter
rible confagration has smitten her; she asked
no assistance then, now she is compelled to
do so. The amount of insurance is only one
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, and
but small part of this will go to the poor and
destitute sufferers.
| Signed WIN. C. MARSHALL, Mayor.
| LATER.
Belfast, Me. %. A citizens relief commit
tee has been organized TO distribute such
supplies as may be furnished.
Can't. Charles B. Sanford of Bangor, has
sent donation of five hundred dollars, and
Jenkins, Lane & Co., of Boston, donation of
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Generous offers of assistance from the
Mayors of Portland and Bangor reached
Mayor Marshall this noon.
The streets are nearly cleared of goods and
furniture, and comparative quiet now pre-
walls.
The insurance was divided about as fol-
lows: 4Etna $50 900, Hartford $4,000, New
York, Home $4,000, Hanover 1900, Lon
don, Liverpool and Globe $500, North Brit
ish $500, Holyoke $500, First National, Of
Worcester, 1900, Springfield, $500, Roger
Williams of Providence, $500, Union of
Bangor, 10, 900, Agricultural of WATERFOWL,