Daily Kennebec journal., 1890-10-25
EAST PEPPERELL
Gets 4 Bad Scefchin6, Friday
xofnine, BY Fire.
Total Loss 0IeP $3.50, 900. .-lhelt Hllf
Covered By Islfalca,
Spread Of Flames Checked by Rain
Itsms OF Damage.

EAsr PrrrExELL, Mas. Oct s7.-rhis
mos, extensive manufacturing establish
menfs. three business buildings. and some
smaller buildings. The south side of
Main street from Denham's drug store
west to Foster street was swept clean. The
FIRE broke broke out about . A. NJ. in the
second floor Of the main building of Leigh
ton Bros. shoe establ,shment The main
building five stories high, s5xi5o feet. four
story ell, 75xs0, story and = half storage
shed. 25x4o feet, two story box factory,
S0x50 feet, and a lumber yard, were all to-
tally destroyed With several hundred thous-
and feet of lumber, The local fire depart
ment assisted by the citizens were insufii-
cent and Nashua was called for assistance,
and sent = steamer. A heavy northeast
rain storm which soon set in did is part
towards preventing further destruction.
! The flames were seen at Nashua, eight
miles distant. The building on either side
of the factory soon ignted.
Ca the east stood = two story wooden
building owned by Vim, A. Amss Anl oe-
cupied by Charles S. Denhsm rs a drug
store and residence. Denham lost most
of his household gools. The contents of
the stores also were consumed. On the
west of the factory stood a two story brick
building owned by C. II. Lawrence aud
occupied by David y. Weston A. a hard
ware store ard dwelling house. 1t ~ss
speedily consumed with Mr.. Weston's
.tsDles adjoining. Weston lost nearly all
his stock ard household furniture; his
horses were saved by breaking in the walls
of the stable ard dragging the animals out
blindfolded. The flames swept on west
ward, consuming the small wooden block
ow ned by VIM. A. Ames ard occupied by
4. =. Brown, tailor. and by Hook and
Ladder Co. No. | as n hall. Mot Of the
contents of this building were saved.
The next building west was Peppcrell
Hall, two stories with basement, owned by
Wm. A. Ames ard occupied by l.. Il
Walker, clears and tobacco; VIM. NJ
Msult, mill merry Amos Crenier, barber; I;
Morr1ssey and Drummey. periodicals; Sons
of Temperance; G. A.. r. Sons of Veter-
ans; Womsn's Relief Corps; Order of lii
berniAns; Iastcrs' Union. This building
was burned to the ground. The orders
saved most of their effects. A building
owned and occupied by &. Is. Parker M =
meat market, dinirg room and dwelling,
another owned by c. T. Green nni used
AS a bakery, dining room and dwelling. a
small dwelling owned by VIM. A. Ames,
and the stable and apparstu, house of
Hook aud Ladder Co. No. were con.
sumed.
The flames were stay ed at Foster street.
The Cess photograph gallery of the south
west corner was somewhat scorcbed. The
barn owned by Leighton Bros was saved
by the arrival of the Nashua steamer.
Had it burned High street, containing the
finest reid, nees. Eat Pepperell would
in all probability have been swept clean, as
the fremcn were near exhausted. Ssun
ders' store house on Canal street with It's
contents, 25o barrels Of Il ,ur and several
hundred dollars worth Of furniture, was
saved with difficulty in G. damaged con6i-
ton. The Hour is removed and is expO.ed
and is exposed 10 the rain. The saved
household goods of the famil rs who were
burned out are stacked up in the streets
and yarcs and have suffered n thorough
sosk king from the storm. The area burned
over is about two hundred ncres.
Besides several families rcnd, red home
lees. arly 400 people were thrown out Of
employ mebt by the burning of the factory
Leighton Bros, loss v i'll be in the vicinity
Of $500 900, il sured for less than $780,
900 Est mated losses and insurance: G..
y. Denhan, boss $1,000, insurance 81 2 0 /;
G.. G.. Blake, loss 81 600. insurance 81
900; e. y Lawrence. loss 81 nco, insur-
apce - 600; ID Il. Weston, loss ~ 900.
insurance 81 900; +. 8. Brown, loss 81 GOO,
in,urance 500; Mrs. M. J. Maui, loss
81 400. insurance $1,000; l.. y Walker
loss $500, insurance 500; Morrissey &
Drummey. loss >4Co. insuranc, $50; G.
B. Parker, loss 81 600, insurance 81 200; ;
Mira. G.. T. Green, loss 81 800 Insurance
50 POO; VIM. A. Ames, loss 81, 100, iIsnr-
snce unknown; A. J. Saunders. loss
81 900, Insurance 81, 400; f. l.. Gcss, loss
~ 900, no insurance..