The Portland daily press., 1884-10-03
THE GLEN HOUSE FIRE.
Further Particulars of the Affuir-FGIl
List of the Insurance.


Mr. Charles Robinson, who has resided at
the Glen House for many seasons, and who
was present during the fire Wednesday night
arrived in this city yesterday noon and was
called upon by a PRESS reporter for particulars
OF the affair.
MIR. Robinson said he was with Mr.. Charles
Il. Milliken, In the latter's private office of the
Glen House Wednesday night, and MIR. Potter,
the cashier, was in his Office adjoining. The
vino was blowing gale Suddenly Mr.. East.
man, who keeps q periodical store near by
rushed into the room where Messrs Milliken
and Robinson were, crying out that the house
was afire 1t appears that Mr.. Eastman had
been engaged packing mp his stock preparatory
to removal, when he had happened to look out
Oh the window and saw flames issuing through
the roof OF the new kitchen which forms the
side of the lower wing. The house, it will be
remembered. formed three sides of a square.
and consisted of an upper and lower wing CON-
nected at the centre by sort of pavilion. which
formed the Office. From the end of each wing
were buildings or ellis stretching towards the
rear. The new kitchen was In the lower all
Both the ellis were two-storied, and the wings
presented front of 4l6 feet The hotel COW
cred aboat an acre OF ground.
80 sudden was the onward rush Of the flames
in the high gale, that only few articles of
furniture and some valuable pictures were
saved from the reading room, and the books
and trunks Of the employees. As the hotel
had closed for the season the day previous, the
help had almost all gone away, and only about
twenty remained. These had also packed their
trunks in readiness for departure, SO they lost
but little.
The laundry, four stables, carpenters and
blacksmith's shops, gas house and bowling
alley, being all located some distance from the
main house, were not burned. The hotel was
not burned to the ground. Mr. Robinson says
there was little opportunity to see much of
what was going on, for the few people present
were hard at work trying to save the cattle
and stock, of which there were 70 head, be-
sides 70 horses and all the carriages. The
horses and stock were all allowed to range at
their own sweet will. There were 800 bushels
OF oats IN the basement OF the Glen House,
and 100 tons of hay In the barns.
The Glen House was built by Mr.. Thomson
In 1852 and afterwards greatly enlarged BY
him. In 1870 1t was purchased by New
York gentleman for 100000, but in June,
1871, Messrs. w. & G. R. Milliken bought 1t
at auction for SOL 900. This sale did not in
clude Mr.. Stephen 81. Cummings interest.
which the Millikens afterwards bought, and
which, 1t is said. would be covered by $20,0U0.
The purchase included not only the hotel, but
the large and valuable tract of land about it,
and the furniture in the house. The Milliksns
then went to work and spent, every year, large
sums on the house and on the surrounding
grounds. They erected new piazzas, large
stables, partially refurnished the house, and
the offices were last year magnifcently fitted
up, the fire-places reaching from floor to CELL
ing and attracting universal comment.
AT the time of the fire there was an insur-
ance of $118,5o0 ON the house and furniture,
and $4,000 on the horses and cattle on the
premises, placed as follows:
ON HOTEL AND FURNITURE NOT WITH PORTLAND