Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-02-23
THE FIRE rIENp
A TREMENDOUS srRoKr AT A
LOCAL INDUSTRY.
ruG BUILDINGS on ruK PARIS NAsufAc-
ruHISo COMPANY pUrRoNED
m TLANHs.
srvFNrr THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH on
PEorKRrY SWIFT AWAY.
AIAHor SuuuKR OF HANDS Thrown
Our on prtoYNENT.

Company a, South Pari,. discovered hr'
rear the elevator on the upper floor Of
The building. lie called the other watch
mar, and they Immediately gave III
alarm. A. there was no, sufficient pres
sure Of steam in the boilers TO blow The
whistle. they we're obliged TO arouse
those IN The vicinity by shouting. The
alarm was passed 10 the village, where
The bells were rung. and a force OF met
20, cut a. quickly a. circumstances would
allow. Meanwhile. the flames ran through
the building with terrific raPidiiy. and
By the time a sgfheien, number bad a.
,snblcl 10 DO Any ,fheien, service. nearly
The Whole interior Of the building Was on
frr.
one man entered the once. and found
i - full Of smoke that Il WAS impossible
10 live in H.. and beat = hAs,y and difh'
cult retreat. A small group Of met
broke in = window 10 the north end ol
TIE buildins. AID attempted 70 enter. bal
were driven back without being able Il
save anything. The reporters Of ,h'
| DrNocEAr talked With several Who wer'
among The hr, 70 rc.pond 10 The alarm,
and The ssr,imsn, in which they all COZ
CURED ~as. There vas nothing 70 b
dose: al We could DO was 10 stand bach
and watch Der barn"
The south pAris and Norway TIRE com
pasies iurred cat and were Goa uPo'
The spo; With their engines. But ~
| ONLY source q water Immediately 81 hand.
the factory vel. wAs directly IN The lc'
| Of the famcs. where i, could 10, Be uiil'
ised and The tire bad already gAinet
such head~ay ,ha, ,wo streams Of ~A'e'
would have done 90 earthly good.
The building coa;Ained large qgAnii'
tic. n dashed AID unfinished goods
Thee. ard The wooden frame Of th'
| building. made rich food fof the flames
and the bailding wen, down in an IN.
eredibly short time. Sparks and brand'
Of considerable sire were carried by ih'
Wind into the main par, o. The village
| %, the coating o.. nov upon The tool
very likely prevented further disaster.
whsn = representative q the DtNo.
cr,r arrived upon The scene. early IN ih'
day. Tie tai chimney wLs siAndias. 'ai.
| rounded by little slse bat lsA,s A isv
,noaldsfing heaps and broken ahd warp.
cd pieces 81 msehissy alone 'hosse
where the factory had stood lhsi'
were 70 ehared ,imbeis. 20 hali-oais'
hagment. u walls the TIRE bad done ~
-crk thoroughly. and bad '~sP, elea'
tie building and al h, eom5asiisls Goa.
ten.s.
The ,af,. = large D.sbo,d. stood sgaia'I
The VAL q tie cihcc. and iell ol,wsrd'
thu, escaping the wors, Of the IRE bat
nevertheless. il mus; have experienced
severe heat. a. there ~sfe several bsrftli
Of oil and varnish stored directly undsi
the oahee. The safe was somewhat
warpcd, All cne q The outer doors "a
cracked bat The lock vss found TO work.
and /, va, With some difheal'y opened.
The books and papers were somewhat
disoolored and damaged, bat 10, sufh'
eisnily 70 rrndsr anything ilsgible.
The main building which ~Ns oonsum.
"a wAs 20Oxf0 feet. iwo stories And base
meat. There were three wings one
about 60x3O feet. two stories in height,
u.ed - store house; one 2jxj2 feet,
single story. which eoniAincd the hoard
saw and = snail one Of two stories. eoa'
,aiaing the Offices ard stock rooms Be
sides these there were burned a small
building used As a steam room. ard AZ.
other used for storing iron and steel
| Absolutely no;hing.-no; 20 much a
singls iooi-wAs saved from these bald
ing,. The ssginss and boilers may not
be sntirsly ruined. bg, they are A. least
seriously damaged There was large
amount q valuable machinery Ia The
main bailding. and this is probably al
practically worthless. The fni,hsd and
unfinished goods. Of which there Was 4
large stock. were a total loss. Thers
we're also losi several hundred dollars
Worth u tools which were the private
property Of wofkmsn-
All that remains Of the Company {,
buildings il = ,hree-s,ory s,ore-house,
which stool several rods north Of the
main baildiag. Par; Of the goods were
removed from this. but i, wAs anAlly con.
eladed that il Was nc, in danger. The
lumber in the yard, NOS, q which wa'
stacked 10 windward Of the buildings,
vas little damaged.
How The fire originated i. mystery.
The Waterman who discovered IL says
that be made his rounds AZ o o'clock,
going into every room. aud found noihing
wrong yet The fire was discovered be-
fore hAlf-past one. The only theory
which any one advances Is tha, Of spon.
famous combustion from oily rags. But
this should nc, be. A. the regulations ol
the company are strict in regard 70 tie
care OF oily rags AID waste. Every PIE.
caution was taken against FIRE. and q
system Of vAier pipes. barrels and buck
cts was 70 arranged as TO be ready fo'
instant use in any par, Of the building,
But al these things seemed 10 be utterly
useless. In this emergency.
The entire loss il placed at SEQ, 900 10
5000 the insurance amounts to SIS
600. such = loss is = severe blow, CON-
ing jas, At the opening Of what babe fair
10 Be a prosperous year. Nothing eau
be stated a, this early day as to whA, ae-
ton will be taken il regard 10 the con-
tinuAnce Of the business. though IL i.
probable that the mills will be rebuilt
and the business continued.
About seveniy-fve men were employed
in the factory AZ the time Of the fire,
This Was a small force, the Company
employing in the busiest part Of the sea-
son about oae hundred and fifty. The
number practically thrown GU, Of en-
ploymsni By the FIRE, is probably above
one hundred.
with such papers a. the New York
Ersaiag POsf and Boston Herald trying 10
sustain The sham reform" policy OF the
Administrator. IL Il amusing % note The
Joy % the Atlanta Constellation over what
a terlares will h "a clean sgesn." The