The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
MANEw .NovEMBE 7lssa

stote how many dwelling houses were
h~rnod Suso io rrhav were mostly occupied by the
Doorer c,ossas in the vicinity OF Beach street
and the wharves. 1t IS InpossiPie ape to give
any estimate on ins9ramOsc 9rom sccidsnsere dnere were
many narrow escapes iiSTh The hiSS Shss' hr;'o put no
wall ON the r. 4. Spinney block served as a
barrier IN the further progress OF the flames
up Union street after that handsome struc-
trure was Quilted. -. colo.
Aid arrived from Boston,, oaienl, Marble
head and the 70 have little eact rher
the hurricane of flame The scenes Of the
ereat Rnston and Chicago fires were repeat
ed in ali their horror: mothers fleeing with
their babies in their arms express wagons
loading at business ana uWeillng houses,
transferring goods to places pI supposed
safety where In many cases a second re-.
movaI was necessary. After the fire had
been in progress for two hours everybody
said It would not stop until 1t reached the
ocean. So 1t proved.
-Four daily newspapers are burned out, the
Item. Bee, Press and News, three afternoon
and one morning. Ihree Ia.lvnal Mrst panks,
and the Lynn Institution for Savings, located
in the First National block. are wiped out
Twelve of the finest shoe blocks In the city
are in ruins and about % blocks.
The First Methodist and First Universal
list churches and several scnooi houses were
thrown open to accommodate burned out
families. Mayor Newball called a special
meeting of the aldermen to take action and
choose relief committees.
s. N. Breed & Co., the largest lumber deal
ers in Essex county, lose everything, includ-
ing their handsome brick structure, on the
corner of Beach and Broad streets. They
estimate their loss at 100000; insurance
about $125,000 They will open for business
in the morning, at the office OF thesT. A.
Newhall Coal Company, on Mount Vernon
street. The large brick factories, occupied
by Francis W. Breed, Healy Brothers and
William Porter & Son, and Goodwin's last
factory were burned.
Dynamite and powder were used at fire.
quent intervals to blow up wooden buildings
with little effect. The fire virtually burned
itself out, and at 7.30 was considered under
control. Both companies of Massachusetts
militia, located in Lynn, were called out and
manufacturers burned out have country fac
tories, and will transfer their bus
iness there for the present. The
Currier block, on Union street, a Eve
story ornamental brick structure, occupied
on the lower floor by W. M. Currier & Co..
as clothing store for about two weeks, was
without question one of the handsomest
portion of the building has not been occu-
pied. B. F. Spinney's brick block on Union
street was erected in 1880 at a cost of about
5000. He says he is about two-thirds in
sured. Faunce & Spinney and A. T. Lego
& Co., shoe manufacturers, were located in
this block. j. N. Smiths wooden block on
Union street cost $16.0c0. and additions to it
$4,000. Smith was insured on buildings
$9500, and says most of his stock was re-
moved.
Thieves came in from Boston and other
places in large numbers, and the amount of
stealing was large. A house blown up by
powder at the corner of Broad and Exchange
streets, at 3.45 o'clock, shattered window
glass in all directions, and was effectual in
stopping the progress of the flames in that
direction. VIM. I. Nash, slipper manufac-
turer in S. N. Breeds block, is insured for
$4,000 which will pretty nearly cover his
loss he says.
The streets are covered with net work of
fallen wires which impeded the progress of
the fremen. The central station Of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad was burned fiat.
Several small buildings were blown down
with dynamite on Exchange street. The
effect was very slight, so fierce was the cur.
rent Of the flames. A. B. Martin & Co.'s big
brick block on Market street was draped
from top to bottom with carpetings and kept
wet down. The Daily Item proprietors es-
innate their loss at $4,000; insured for $40,
900. The will rebuild at once.