The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-09
FROM THE RUINS.
Extent of Damages by the Gardi-
ner Fire.
COMPLETE LIST OF LOSSES AND INsUR-
ANCE.
An Appeal Made for Aid for the UnfOrtu'
nate.
lspeclal Dispatch to the Pregg.l

Nopeclal OlSpaUcn 10 luS IIosSJ
GARDINER, Aug S.-Never, in the history OF
the city, has Gardiner suffered such terrible
calamity as that Of Monday night, and it will
probably be years, if ever, the city fully recoy-
ers from the effects of the awful confagration
which has deprived $50 men of means of earn
ing their daily bread, and rendered over sixty
families homeless, many of them losing their
all. The fire was discovered about quarter
before seven O'Clock, in the joiEer shop of
Moore & Brown, on Bridge street. There are
many theories as to the origin of the fire, but,
under the circumstances, the most reasonable
one is that pipe or cigar was the direct cause
of the fire. The joiner shop was soon enyelop-
ed in flames, as also the buildings which adj
joined it on either side-Seaburyi& Towle's
planning mill and Walker g. Msxey's saw mill
-and the manufactures across the stream
were very soon in flames, which consisted OF
the following: III. W. Jewett, P. s. Robinson,
VIM. Curtis's blacksmith shop, Jos. Perry &
Co.'S machine shop, G. A. Robbins q Sons
machine shop and foundry; also Nash's and
the Wadsworth Bros manufactures, which
are situated on the same side of the stream as
the building in which the fire caught
1t was thought at one time that the whole
business portion of the city must go as when
the fire first started strong southerly wind
was blowing, but in short time the wind
changed, thus saving Water street.
From Jewett's Mills was a road composed
for the most part of shavings and chips, and
near the foot of Spring street was large pile
of shavings, left there for dunnage. The old
boom ground was piled full of boards and dry
stove wood. A large space formerly used as
brick yard, between High and Spring streets,
was also piled with boards and wood. And
thus with such infammable material to work
on, no power on earth could stay the progress
of the fire fend. 1t was sight that will new
er be forgotten by those who witnessed it,
when the whole mass of buildings were one
solid sheet of flame. Augusta and Hallowel
were telegraphed to for help when the fire
first started and arrived as soon as possible,
both engines doing splendid work.
From the mills the wind took the fire into
several tenement houses, and portion OF High,
Middle and Spring streets were consumed. The
losses are as follows:
Moore & Brown, carpenter shop. Loss $4,000
insured $3.50 in Fire Association.
Seabury & Towle, sash and blind factory and
planning mills. Loss $4,000; insured $3.50 in the
Fire Association. $500 in Pennsylvania
James Nash estate, furniture mandatory.
Loss S. 600; no insurance.
Wadsworth Bros, funiture mandatory.
Loss $4,000; insured $500 in Royal, $500 in
Home.
Walker & Maxey, saw mill and lumber.
Loss $12, 600; insured $6, 6,0C0 in five companies.
P s.. Robinson, planning emill, sash factory.
Loss $5, 600; insured $2,5 800 in two companies.
William H. Curtis, blacksmith shop. Loss
81, 900; no insurance.
Arthur Berry, office, carriage house, stable,
carriage and wagons $500; no insurance.
III. W. Jewett &c Co., saw and planning mills,
stable, office and store houses. They lost the
largest amount of property of any, although
well insured as they had immense piles OF lum-
ber burned besides mills, &c. The estimated
loss on the two mills is $685. ,0c0; lumber in piles
for 1913 ,9C0 in several companies
Gardiner Machine Works, Jas. Perry q Co.
Loss about $4,000. The building was insured
for about 5000. Mr.. s, Z. Gould lost
machinery and patterns in this building worth
s. X. Weymouth, furniture manufacturer.
Loss $1,000; no insurance.
C. A. Robbins & Sons, machine shop and
foundry. Loss $15,0C9; insured for $2, 800.
Mrs. Adams, dwelling house on Sumner
street Loss $500; not insured
Mrs Mary Walsh, tenement house on Sum-
ner street. Loss $1,000; insured $1,000.
Nathan Norton, house on High street. Loss
$4,000; no insurance.
P. S. Robinson, house on same street. Loss
$4,000: insured for $10CJ.
Mr. Robinson loses both his house and place
of business
Mrs. Susan Leavitt, dwelling ON High street.
Loss $1,000; insured for $1C30.
Chas. Trask, High street, dwelling and
stable Loss $1,000; insured $500.
Eben Hinkley, house and stable. Loss ST.
5C0; insured for $7Co.
P. H. Ward, double tenement house. Loss
$500; insured for SLIGO.
Patrick Reagan, new dwelling. Loss $1,000;
insured for $400.
Mrs sMary E. Wright, house. Loss $780,
insured for $500.
Thomas O'Brion, house. Loss $500; in
sured for $780,
David Cunningham, Two story house. Loss
$500; insured for $1,000.
John Libby, house. Loss $500; insured for
$10G0
VIM Morrill,, house. Loss $1,000; insured
for $500.
Mrs. Mary j. Hartman, house. Loss,
$1,000; insured 1900.
Thomas Cusick was heavy loser, having
ten houses burned. Loss, $500; insured
$4 900.
Daniel Hartigan, house. Loss, $1,2Co; in
DR.. A. W. Hamlin, house. Loss, 81, 200; in
sured 81 200.
Patrick McNamara, house; Loss $500; insur-
ed $780,
R. Roach, two houses. Loss $500; insured
$780,
Mrs. Alice Curtis, house. Loss, .s5oO; insur-
ed $500.
Mrs. John Coughlin, two houses. Loss
81 ,500 insured $3.50.
Quinlan Houlihan, house. Loss $1,000; in.
sured $500.
James Witham, house. Loss 81 ,2O0 no in
surance.
Michael Hickey, house, barn and furniture.
Loss $3 800; insured $1,000
James Donovan, Zone of Hickey's tenants)
furniture. Loss 5000.
Mrs. Jane Smith, house. Loss, $1,000: in
sured $500,
Frank Mitchell, house. Loss $1,000; insur-
ed $3.50.
Timothy Kelley, house and furniture. Loss
81 ,20O insured $780,
The following is list of the companies rep
resented by Gardiner agents, with the amounts
they lose:
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