The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04

Pleasa street, MarbIehe51, Did
from IL small beginning sr(ead I'M
til ffte51 acres Of buildings, f3cluding
everys pe factory but hga3 in the
town, had been destroyed. The FIRE
department rallied with all possible
dispatch, but it was soon seen that
the fire was beyond their efforts TO
control. Dispatches we're sent to
Salem and Lynn for help The main
source Of the water supply was .
brick pond rcsert6ir, aud over THIS
was The GaIeral Glaker engine house,
In the ear Of the engine house was
the building owned by John 8. Mar
tin, and occupied by Lyons & Collins,
shoe manufacturers. Only a few
feet from this factory was the barn in
the real of the zMarblehead Hotel.
The hotel itself stood about twenty
feet from the engine.house.a
A scANrY surpLr OF WAFER.
Thus the first result Of the. fire
was the simultaneous burning of
these four buildings, and consequent
" the Ere department was virtually
compelled to wait until these were
burnt in order to get any reliable sup
ply Of water. Close to the hotel on
the eastern side was the large Pope
Block, ;oceapied by F. w. x I. M.
Monroe and Jacob NJ Cropley, shoe
manufacturers, which was soon ca
veloped in flames; next came the
factory Of L. V. Bartlett & Co, then
the Rechabite Building aud Nathan
lei Glover's factory, thus taking ev,ry
building 10 the space between Pleas
ant street, School street, aud the rail
road track. The fire now leaped
both Pleasant and School streets.
At the same time, the south side Of
Pleasant street, c~ontaining the
houses of Mrs. Chapman and Joshua
o. Lefavour, and the east side Of
School street and Sewall street.
were on fire. The flames from Clio
ver's factory caught that of Messrs.
Wormstead & Woodfn, at the cor
ner of School aud Sewall streets, and
the dwelling opposite, occupied by
William Sennatt, and at the same
time the building of I, t. Paine, at
the corner of Pleasant and School.
streets. occupied as a store snd
dwelling by VIM, II. QaswelL
The house OF Nicholas r. Fitman,
GA Spring street, was ignited by
falling cinders, thus insuring the de-
struction of every building on the
west side Of that street. Joshua o..
Lefavour's shop, at the corne of
School and Pleasant sreets, was
now on fire. From Lefavour's build
ing the fire quickly communicated to
the dwelling house Of the other cor
ner, owned by John II. Brown, and
occupied by Joseph W. Forsyth.
Next 10 that yicinity quickly follow
ed the Attention Block, Nathaniel
Glover's house and the South Church,
together with Henry o. Symond's
hardware store On the opposite or
western side of Pleasant street the
flames had now burned T. I. Paine's
house, the Humphrey House, next to
il, and then the Eastern Railroad de-
pot, with four passenger cars. From
the depot the flames communicated
to T. T. Paine's new stable in the
rear, then to TIE barn and house of
Benjamin G. Hathaway, and next to
a dwelling house owned by ii. F.
PiupaD, and occupied by Mrs. Trash
or as q boarding house. Then the
houses on both sides of Sewall street
caught fire, and in o, very short time
everything was down between Pleas
ant, School and Spring streets. In
The meantime the FIRE hal crept al ing
School street toward Washington,
destroying in its course the frame Of
the new engine house, the carpenter
shop of S S. Mesenyey and the
stable of G. II. Wheailand, Of Salem,
occupied by Enoch l.. Pedkins the
South Church Third Congregation
aD, which stood at the Junction of
School, Washington and Essex
streets. By this time steamer No. 2
of Salem had arrived, and sooa had
the fire at the south extremity under
c~oDtrol and prevented its further
spread in that direction. Passing
down Essex street on both sides the
destruction of the houses Of John
Walden, Amos Evans and a small
building used by a firm Of marble
cutters soon followed, while on the
eastern side of Essex street the
aames destroyed the large factory
formerly occupied by John II. Viii
kins, the dwelling houses Of Henry
Paine and VIM. c.. Woodfn, the
Misses Dock and the houses on the
other side as far as that of ii. F.
Pitmans. AT this point the FIRE in
this direction was stopped.
Daring this time the fire had work
ed along Sewall street, taking in reg
ular order on the east eide the
house and shop of W. A. Stevens the
factory formerly used by John Ware,
the house Of Thomas Stacey, the
rhe house and stables Oft. T. Paine
and the houses Of William Stockwell
anl J. C. Wyman. Ga the west side
of Sewell street commencing with
the house of Thomas Foss, these sue
cumbed in quick succession; The
house Of George Church, the factory
and barn of Philip Lefavour, the house
Of Joseph Chapman, the house and
barn Of p. I. Woodfn, the houses of
j. NJ. Mason and Eleazar Graves,
where the fire was finally stopped
at about $50. John F. WoodGn, a
fireman, was fatally Injured. At4A,
NJ, looking from the side of The Gen.
Glover Engine House, a clear view
Constructed only by the standing
ehimneys of the destroyed buildings)
vas had Of nearly fifteen acres Of land,
enclosed by Essex, School, Pleasant,
Spring and Sewell streets. In q few
hours the flames had destroyed two
thirds Of the old Town, and left with
out a prospect of employment fully
three.quarters Of the male and female
workers Of Marblehead- Seyenty.two
buildings were destroyed, including
barns factories and dwellings,, and it
is o far estimate 10 place the loss at
not less than $500 600