The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-15
Aid Sent from Calais and
Other Towns.
A List Of Those Who Have
Probably Lost Property.

EAsTpoRT, Oct. IA destructive fire
broke out in Capen's Sardine factory and is
now sweeping up through the business por-
tion of the town. Four sardine factories,
Smiths saloon, Paine's large store, Warren
Browns house, r. B. Clark's house, and
other dwellings are burned. The Passama-
maquoddy Hotel has just caught. The wind
is fresh from the southeast and there is no
hope of preventing it sweeping the whole of
Water street. The greatest excitement pre-
walls. Merchants are all moving out. There
is no fire apparatus except two hand tubs.
The telegraph poles are burning.
The dispatches from Eastport, ON account
of the wires being down, were very meagre
and the information which follows was OBJ
tanned from Mr. f. W. McVicar Of Eastport,
at present at the Falmouth. Mr.. Julius
Wolff, of the firm of Wolff & Reissing, and
who own the Eagle Preserved Fish Com
pany, which is composed of three large fac
tories, and is also interested in number of
others, was also at the Falmouth last even
ing, and told Mr.. McVicar that his factories
were insured for $6O,OOO but as he had not
been to Eastport for some weeks, could not
tell the amount of stock ON hand. Mr..
Wolff thought his firm was fully insured,
but, if not, the loss would not exceed at the
outside $4,000. One of the factories of
Wolff & Reissing was saved. Mr.. McVicar,
after seeing our dispatches, gave the follow
ing information regarding the buildings
probably burned and the estimated loss. He
states that the fire started in the southern
part of the business portion of the town,
in George W. Capen's factory, which is un-
der the management of Mr.. Andrew Nc
Lain. This building is on the government
coal wharf, owned by Peabody & Cummings.
1t was impossible to check the fire at this
point and the flames soon spread to the
largest factory of Wolff & Reissing, the
wind blowing from the southeast These
buildings being saturated with oil burned
like timber, and with only hand tubs the
fremen could not have got control of the
fire under the most favorable conditions.
The buildings burned and estimated loss
is as follows:
J. d. Young's sardine factory, loss on the
building and wharf probably $4,000. The
amount of stock is not known, but it is prob
ably not less than $4,000.
international Steamship Company's wharf
and buildings, $4,000.
Restaurant owned by Andrew Winchester
of Portland insurance $500.
Smiths dining room and wha1f; loss 3d.
500.
Stephen Thorp's boarding house; loss
$2500.
Higgins joiner shop, loss, 81, LOCO.
Bucks blacksmith shop and warehouse,
loss, $4,000.
Henry Whelpley's dwelling house and
blacksmith shop, loss, $1,000
Paine Brothers store, warehouse. fish
house, grain store, coal houses and wharf,
loss, $4,000. This firm probably had a
stock of $4,000 or more.
R. B. Clark's fine residence, which cost
$1,000.
Furbush House, owned by Julius Wolff,
81 $50
Andrew Bradford's residence, $4,000.
Warren Browns residence, $4,000.
From this point the flames spread to the
Passamaquoddy Hotel, which was built 10
years ago at a cost of $25,000, and repairs
had been made on it the past season amount
ing to some $4,000. 1t was one of the finest
hotels in Eastern Maine. To build this
house the town gave bonds amounting. to
$4,000, and company was formed with
capital of $4,000 to complete it.
The Eastport Savings Bank, brick build
ings, was worth $4,000. Gen. 5. ID. Leayltts
general ticket office was in this building and
was the finest in town.
E. S. BuXton's livery stable, the largest in
town, loss probably about $4,000.
B. F. Milliken's wharf and warehouse,
loss $1,000.
G. F. Wardworth's store, occupied by Ed
ward Davis, grocer; loss on building and
stock, $4,000. In the same block Hinckley
& Co., Lad large stock of stoves and hard
ware and the loss on the building is about
$4,000.
James Shield, saloon, loss $2,5oO.
joseph Anderson, carpenter and lumber
dealer, loss, $4,000.
Block owned by the Gillis estate, and Pat
rick Gillis of Lubec, loss $1,000. This build
ing was occupied by Halister & Hayden,
clothing dealers, who probably lose $4,000
on stock. In this building was the Office OF
the Western Union Telegraph Co.
At this hour Il o'clock a. n.y. our despatch
es indicate that the above buildings were all
burned, but states that the fire includes all
of Water street, and, if such is the case, it
will clean out the entire business part of the
city, with the exception of four large sar-
dine factories, and the parties whose names
follows are losers
Peabody & Cummings, hardware.
John A Farris, furniture.
George Capen. grocer.
Spear & Prime, fish dealer.
Union Wnar1, owned Dy Teapouy q Cuih-
mings.
S. b. Hume & Son, wholesale and retail
grocers.
c. W. Newcombe, dealer in groceries.
Kelley Brothers, fish store and wharf,
$1,000.
Spates Brothers, stove dealers.
r. M. Tuttie, grocer.
w. III. McLarren, grocer.
q. S. Martin & Son, stoves and groceries.
Pike & Kilby, meat market.
Corthel & Gardiner, meat market.
b. f. Kilby, boots, shoes and clothing.
Davis Loring, photographer.
Market Wharf and buildings:
S. D. Leavitt's wharf and buildings.
Charland's buildings.
Miss Todd, milliner
p. McMann, grocer.
Bass wharf and buildings.
George O'Grady, sardine factory.
Dyer's store and wharf.
Old custom house and wharf.
S. l.. Holmes & Co., sardine factory.
E. A. Holmes, sardine factory.
Masonic block, the lower floor of which IS
occupied by W. E. Pike, saloon and Mel
yille's crockery store.
S. d. Leavitt's building, occupied by d. F.
K. Bucknell, confectionery.
A. w. Beckett, confectionery.
Eastport Sentinel building, the lower floor
of which is occupied by E. II. Wordsworth.
A. M. Davis, milliner.
f. A. Holmes & Co., boots and shoes.
Stephen Sherlock, dry goods
Bradford & Co., clothing.
C. S. Neal, dry goods.
Rumery Bros, clothing.
A. I'll. & c. w. Bibber, dry goods
L. NJ. Whalen & Co., dry goods.
Martin Bradish, baker.
Charles Jackson, confectioner