Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-27

| erty, and the Portland nre OF 1906 wnlcf
caused . loss between ten and twelve
millions.
Today's fire started at IL SIS A. M. raging
over seven hours, devastated square mile
of the business section of the city and caused
= los estimated at ten millions.
The FIRE started in Movers wooden build
ing on Almont street, over the boiler ane
spread with such rspidity that the fire de
partment were pOwerless to cope with it
This large wooden building was soor
doomed.
Flames Leaped Across
the narrow passagewav and communicated
with the six story brick Movers block
When these two buildings got well under
way it was evident that terrible conflagrs'
ton would result. Almost simultaneously
the four story wooden shoe factory of Ben
nett & Barnard on Central avenue and tht
four story wooden building on Almont stree
caught Are. II burned territory bounded
by the following streets: AlmOnt, Central
avenue at its junction with Willow, UnioI
street from its junction with Broad to BoydeI
block, on both sides; Mt Vernon street en-
| tire, Central square entire, Beach street
| both sides as far as N. Lees lumber yard
Washington street, from Munro through tt
Union; Railroad avenue, all Exchange street
Broad street from the engine house, both
sides, as far as the corner of Exchange
Spring street entire, besides dwelling houses
too numerous to mention on Suffolk, Amity
Sycamore and Beach streets.
Aid Arrived
from Boston, Salem, Marblebead and sur
rounding towns but their united effort seem
ed to have little effect on the hurricane OF
flames. The scenes of the great Boston and
Chicago fires were repeated in all their hor.
rors Mothers fleeing with babies in theii
arms, express wagons loading at business
and dwelling houses. transferring goods to
places of safety ard in many cases second
| removal being necessary.
| After the fire had been in progress two
hours every holy said it would not stop unit
| it reaches the ocean, and so it proved.
| Four daily newspapers were burned out
the Item, Bee, Press and News, three after
noon and one morning. Three national
banks. the Central, Security and First Ma
tional and the Lynn Institution for Saving
located in the First National block were
wiped out.
| Twelve Finest Shoe Blocks
| in the city are in ruDe, also about twenty
Ave stores. At this writing it is impossible
to state how many dwelling houses wer'
burned. They were mostly occupied by th'
poorer classes in the vicinity of Beach stree
anil the wharvcs 1t is impossible to give an!
estimate of the insurance. Many narrow
escapes from accidents but no fatalities arr
reported A high brick FIRE wall on the B
F. Spinney block served as barrier to th'
| e. H..
the handsome structure vas putted.
Most Prominent Blocks Burned
| On Almont street the Mowers block an,
the block occupied by the CONSOLIDATED
Adjustible Shoe Co. Canal Square an
| Central Avenue. Bennett & Barnard's block
Fuller's block, the Wonden block, in whicl
was located the Daily Bee, Bergengreen'
block, and brick block owned by the Dali,
Item. Union street, B. W. Curriers' ne,
brick block, C. O. Beebes' brick block, B
F. Spinneyis brick block, = large woode
building occupied by Titus 4 Buckley, Earl
block, J G. Browns brick block, Ashcroft
brick block, the Kertland brick block, tn
Buffum brick block. the brick factory occu
pied by c. J. Little L Co, Gushing I Down
large wooden building occupied by c.
Harw ood and d. s. Boynton. the brick fac
tory occupied by John s. Bartlett & Co
the brick and wooden block of e. E. Elder
occupied as . machine shop and planin
mill. Exchange street, NJ. II. Abbott
wooden block, the large Dosk brick bloch
the wooden block at the corner Of Sprin
street. and the brick block occupied by
S. johnson & Co.
On Broad Street.
I =
twelve small factories on Broad street. Sas
yer & Chase's carriage factory, 5. N. Bree
l. Cos ive-story brick block. V. X. and
H. Jones 6ve-story brick block. and eigl
or ten smaller wooden buildings.
On Beach streets. y. Breed Z Co.
lumber wharf and planning mill, B. Botter
, Sons planning mill, Joseph Breeds Son
lumber wharf. ave or six carpenter shol
and several dwelling houses. The Centr
Conversational church vas burned to Il
ground between 6 and O'CLOCK. The hsnt
some First National bank block cost abo'
S65, 900; we'll insured. Located on the tv
!, top stories was the Oxford Club. which hi
,, the hsndsomest club rooms in Essex count.
! Loss about $1,000; good insurance.
Churches Thrown Open to Familis
. The First Methodist and First UNIVERSAL
, churches and several school houses wel
, thrown open to accommodate burned-o
3 families. Mayor Nevhall calted . speci
meeting Of the aldermen 10 take action ar
choose relief committees.
s. N Breed 4 Co, the largest lumb
. dealers 10 Essex county, lose everything. ii
= cludins their handsome brick structure
the corner of Beach and Broad streets. Tn
state loss At s700, 600 insurance about el25
: CO., They will open for business in q
. morning as the of1ice Of the T. A. Neuh'
coal company on Mt. Vernon street
The large brick factories occupied
e Francis W. Breed, Heady Bros. VIM. Pt
II ter 4 Son and Goodvin's last factory We
burned.
II Dynamite and Powder
e we're used to blow up wooden buildings Vi
}. little effect The IRE virtually burned its
. out ss 7.eO, and vas considered under &C
u troll. Both eompanies Of the Aassachuse
4 uiiitia loested q Lynn we're called oss Z
q put On patrol duty.
T. Bevefal shoe manufactures burned ,
who have country factories, will trans