The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-26
THE BELFAST CONFEDERATION.

Hhe Hsavtest Losers By the Fire ON SUM
day Aferneon-e4OO,OO 900 the Total Loss
Insurance Only About 4125,O O0-One
Woman Burned TO Ctnders-Origtn OF
the Disaster.
4 BELFAST. Me-, August rs, 1878.
1T present 1t Is next to impossible to arrive at
anything ike . definite estimate Of the losses by
the terrible connagration here yesterday after
noon. Everything seems In CONFUSION, as though
the entire populsee had been arected. The pslnci-
PAL and heaviest losers are as follows:-
ON FRONT STREET.
p Haraden, storehouses; loss, $25 900 insurance,
sibley, buildings molasses and sugar; loss,
8 W. Frederick Co loss, $4,000; fully insured.
W b. swan Co.; loss, $4,000; insurance,
b. Lane, storehouse; loss. $500; no insurance.
SIS, 900: Insurance., $500 ''''N '''-' 'AA- ''''
She Belfast foundry Company; loss, $4,000; IN.
": Pitcher 4 Sons; loss. $4,000; Insurance.
N R Cooper, lumber yard; loss. 5000; in.
9: s: Carter ! Co., snipyard; loss $4,000; In
Dwyssf Som marine railway; loss. $4,000; un-
HOUSE Oft. !. L. Parow; loss, $4,000; insurance,
House Of Treadwena Co. loss, $4,000; insurance
House bo Of J. bennett; loss, $4,000; insurance,
I House Of 9; 7; cotren, formerly Methodist
ON HIGH STREET.
HOUSE ana barn OF James Gilmore loss, IS, 900;
House ana barn Of Mrs. Mary M. Hall; loss,
House and barn Of Thomas Carter. LOSS, $500 !;
insurance, 81, 800
House ana barn Of Stephenson = Tate; loss.
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House and barn Of a. A. Carter; loss, $4,000;
House and barn OF Miss Ellen p. rockingham;
loss, $4,000; no insurance.
House and barn OF d. Dwyer; loss, $4,000; In
House and barn Of FL. Faunce; loss, $1,000;
q; The losses thus far ascertained reach about
The insurance on property destroyed is about as
IollSws@7Etna $4,000; Hartford. s2s,o ooi Home,
Liverpool and GLOBE, $500; North British, $4,000;
Hollyoke, So, 700; First National, Of Worcester,
S t ss s0fBs snr %s sIo
Agricultural, OF WATERFOWL, N. Y, $4,000
/ 0nly one vessel on the stocks was burned, brig
Df 500 tons. about framed; loss 5.000 on which
there was no Insurance. Large quantities Of coal,
lumber, corn. sugar and molasses were destroyed.
In building where there had been no ire known
80 exist for several days.
| In answer to inquiries whether aid is needed,
the Mayor has telegraphed as fOllows-
tid may be offered She needs it For the second time
within eight terrible cOndagration has smitten
her She asked assistance then now she compelled
10 do The amount of insurance Is only $l250 and
but small part of this will to the poor and destitute
sufferers WILLIAM G. MARSHALL. Mayor.
The saddest incident OF the fire was the death Of
Miss Rebecca Prentiss, well known and much re-
gpected lady, aged eighty, who persisted In the
rockingham House, where she resided. She was
either bewildered by the smoke or fell In fit.
few cnarred bones, comprising her remains, were
found this morning.
The rockingham House was the Oldest two story
frame building here. 1t was built about century
ago.
About hal-past nine O'Clock last night steam
IRE engine arrived from Bangor. and the revenue
cutter Dobbin brought hand engine from Castine.
This morning, by the boat from Bangor, the citi-
zens Of that place sent large supply OF provisions
to the sufferers.
A citizens relief committee has been organized
10 distribute such supplies as may be furnished.
Captain Charles B. Sanford, OF Bangor, has sent
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
Mayor Marshall this noon. The streets are nearly
cleared Of goods and furniture, and comparative
quiet now prevails.