Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-08-18


Friday aisht fire was discovered just
..,er midnight ia The barn next below the
An.lruscuysin House. aud connected with
the house occupied 10y Ephraim Reynolds.
an. owned b. Ms. Eneline Park. The
lire was fist discovered by I'll. w. Brack.
cit. "A bnariIrr al the Androscoggin House,
and had made consider able piogress when
first discovered. so much 50 that IL was
impossible 10 save the barn. or even the
horse owned D., Mr. Reynolds that was
in il. TIE fire almost Immediately spread
over every par. OF the barn which was
iilIcd with hay and straw. aud notwilh-
.tandins the fact that IL was Il very still
night AMI raining quite hard. rapidly
cached tie main body of the house. from
which there was but part OF the iurul'
ture aud bedding saved. Almost us soon
As the fire Was discovered it became
known that the Aniroscoggin House
stable was on lire also. aud it spread there
so rapidly that il was with difficulty aud
much exeriion that the horses In the stable
were saved Onc cow and three hogs
were burned therein. IL was useless TO
try 10 stay Tie progress OF the flames.
AMI within fifteen minutes OF the hist
alarm fire was creeping along the floor oi
the hall or long passage way, between
,r rooms in tlc second stoiy oi the hotel.
The fire made d, clean thing Ui both sets
OF buildings. AMI luckily was checked
luckily, yet only by dint of severe
labor AMI mo-. comiDcndIble ene.gy and
perseverance,. Aleu and women united
their efforts anl directed them towards
stopping the fire from working down the
street farther. ~ concentrating upon the
house and buildings owned by L. w.
Eustis. Mr.. Elstis' barn was not more
than Is feet from that owned by Mrs.
Park, and the side next the fire is wholly
and completely charred 10 coal-even
tencus on the ends OF posts aud braces
burned-only an inch oil boai ding TO burn
through to reach q large NOW oil hay. oil
course tho hay must aud did take lire
but the building did not burn. and that
Tact is he evidence of the amount Of labor
done TO save it. IL. w. Bracket lost
some three hundred dollars swatch and
chain, nice sleigh. harness. Nurse blanket,
&c, &c. Mrs PARKS loss is about 5000.
insured lur SSpO The loss oil the owners
OF tho Andro>coggin House, occupied by
John Marble. is nearly covered by IN.
surance. Only o.o opinion Is entertained
among the residents OF the village re-
gardiug the origin Of the iire--ihat II was
the work uf hnave. \ certain gentle
man of Dxlisld pcIiineatly asks, Upon
whom has tue mantle of George Lunt
fallen ?" An iuq iosl is sitting 10 learn
whatever my oc learned regarding the
fire.
II mikes sad feeling pervade every
ono. tn see so many OF the old landmarks
IN Dixli,ld destroyed. Only II short time
nrn Two other houses were burned-both
among the earlier tencmcnts erected IN
the village-n lille earlier tbs factory
wa, burned. and nothing is erected TO
cover the vacancy caused by these nu.
mcrouS fires. llrtvy lJ,scs occur IN large
cities and seemingly only Improve the
places where lhey occuS-but when fires
like these occur IN villages like DiNheld.
they are losses ic.t beyond repair for
many years.
LATER. We understand that ID. y.
Marble. sou of l.. Marble, has been
are ted. charged with setting the ire.