The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-26
The Belfast Fire.
Conn.
BELFAST Me-, Aug. 25.
LOSSES AND INsuRANcE.

LOooES AMI lNstEANtt.
The following is list of the losses and
and insurance by yesterdays fire on Front
street
d. Harradin, storehouses, $25, 900 in
surance $4,000
r. Sibley, buildings, molasses and sugar,
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
Pitcher & Gorham, stock, $50, 900 un-
insured
J. w. Frederick & Co., $4,000; fully
insured
w. B. Sevan e Co., 100000; insurance
$4,000.
ID. Lane, storchouse, loss $500; no insur-
ancc.
Mathews IL Co., sash and blind makers,
loss $4,000; insurance $1,000.
Belfast Foundry Co., loss $25, 900; UNI
insured.
w. Pitcher & Sons, loss 100000; insur-
ancc $4,000
Mr. r. Cooper, lumber yard, loss So ,OOO
insurance $780,
c. S. Carter & Co., ship yard, loss SIS ,OOO
insurance $4,000.
Dwyer & Son, marine railway, loss $15,-
900; uninsured.
The house of T. ]. L. Farrow, loss
$4,000; insured $1,000.
The houses Of Treadwell e. Co., loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
The houses of G. Walker, loss $1,000
uninsured.
The house of J. Deanett, loss $4,000;
insurance So, 1000.
The house of G. Y. Cotrill, formerly
Methodist church, loss $4,000 insurance
81 200.
On High street the house and barn of
James Gilmore, loss $4,000; uninsured.
The house and barn of Mrs. Mary NJ.
Hail. loss $1,000 Insured $500
The house and barn of Thomas Carter
loss 50 800; insured ST. 800.
blouse and barn of Stephenson Il Cole
$4,000 insurance 81 800.
House and barn of II. A. Carter, ~, 800;
insurance 81 400.
House and barn of Miss Ellen p. Froth-
lngnam, So,UUO no insurance.
House and barn of d. Dwyer, $4,000;
insurance $4,000
House and barn of J. Fauncc. $4,000
insurance $4,000.
The losses thus far asccrtained reach
about 100000 on which there is an in
surance of $4,000 divided among the
Hart ford Jstnn IFpi,,p .f A nr;
cultural of Waterbury, n. Y; First Ma
tional of Worcester, Springfield and Holy
oke; Home and Hanover of New York
London, Liverpool & Globe, and North
British.
Only one vessel on stocks was burned,
brig of 1000 tons, loss S50, 1000, no insu-
rance. Large quantities of coal, lumber,
corn, sugar and molasses were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t COM
menced in a building where there has been
no fire known for several days. In answer
to inquiries whether aid is needed the
Mayor has tclegraphed as follows:
Belfast will accept with gratitude what
ever pecuniary aid may be offered. She
needs 1t. For the second time within years
terrible conflagration has smittcn her.
She asks no assistance than now she is COM
PEELED to do so. The amount of insurance
is only $125000, and but a small part of
this will go to the poor and destitute suf-
fercrs.
[Signed[ VIM c. MARSHALL,
Mayor.
The saddest incident of the fire was the
death of Miss Rebecca Prentiss, well
known and much respected lady aged go
who persisted in. the rockingham House,
where she resided. She was either be-
wlldered by smoke or fell in fit A few
charred bones, comprising her remains,
were found this morning. rockingham
House was the Oldest two-story frame
building, and was built about a century
ago. About $50 o'clock last night, a
steam fire engine arrived from Bangor, and
the revenue cutter Dobbin brought one
hand engine from Castine this morning by
boat from Bangor. The citizens of that
place sent large supply of provisions for