The Portland daily press., 1891-10-12
WINTHROP ABLAzE.
BaileyVilIe the Scene Of a Disastrous
CODfIagrstiOn.
DesOIatiOn and BUN Where The Oil
Cloth Mills Stood.
Loss, slOO.0OO--The Mills Will Prob
ably Be Rebuilt.

WINTHROP, Me-, Oct. 1t.-At seven O'clock
this morning. an alarm of fire sounded In
Baileyville, the quaint Quaker village three
miles from Winthrop village in the easterly
section OF the town. Here a portion CT @.
M. Bailey's Sons q Co.'s great oil cloth busi-
ness Is located. The fire proved to be In
their works. It caught In the main building
In the attic, the result OF friction, as Is sup
posed, the machinery having been put In op
Grafton the latter part Of the night to pump
water into the b Her. The watchman says
that only few minutes before he was In the
immediate vicinity and no signs OF IRE were
discovered. In few moments after the
alarm was given. large crowd had gathered
and fought desperately but the combustible
material used In the business Is great flame
feeder, and the IRE spread rapidly. Ia a
short space OF time the entire main build
Ing was enveloped and the surrounding oEes
were quickly burning. In an hours time
nearly every building upen the grounds lay
10 ashes. The main one was 240x44 feet, and
four stories high, OF which the east end was
ustd Tor printing, and the west end for the
color painting, ETC.. while about midway the
magazine and engine room were located.
The fire caught directly over the magazine
10 the loft where the gear Is located TO run
the ELEVATOR. The second building was I3Ox
80 feet, four stories high and Joined the main
snop at the east end, running south. 1t was
used Tor Jo0bing purposes, and included the
yarnisb, trimming and packing rooms, and
box department.. The third building was
1OOx30 feet, IL stories. and was new. 1t
was used Tor drying and storage purposes.
Inc naphtha house was between the two
wings, the japan house on the extreme
| south, and the oil sheds west Of the Japan
house. The machine shop stood near the en-
CINE room. and the ONCE to the west nearest
the street. About 100 tons OF coal and 40
cords OF wood were seriously damaged. The
stock OF oil was the largest on hand for
years. Most OF 1t wa consumed. A good
amount Of finished goods and an extremely
large amount In various processes of manu-
iac.ure were almost entirely destroyed, the
little saved being In damaged condition.
Quite heavy wind was blowing from the
north when the fire caught which soon
changed to the east, and blew the flames tor
ward the westerly side OF tho street, where
long row Of wooden buildings was situated.
including the magnificent residences OF Mrs.
Hannah J. Bailey, @. M. Bailey, and his son
ID. a. Bailey. Some Of these were soon In
flames, ten buildings being on fire at one
time. The houses occupied by Kenson
Schwartz, George Sleeper and Harry Clough,
directly opposite. were burning upon the
roofs and In great danger. All the houses In
the locality we're hastily cleared Of furniture
which was much damaged. Several barns
some OF them quite distance away. burned
through the roofs even on to the hay, but the
flames were extlnguished. Albert Wlngate
and horse were quite severely burned.
Baileyville Is little village that this In
dustry has built up. Many employees, some
Of them with large families, whose hands are
their all, are In pitiable condition. There are
three acres In the enclosure. large part Of
which was covered by the buildings, and
now presents desoate scene. The commu-
nifty has suffered from other similar fires
several times in the past. the loss cannot
be less than 500. 600. and Is only partly COW
cred by insurance in various companies. As
the management are energetic men, they
| will probably rebuild. Tha last time the
buildings burned upon this site was the 22d
OF June, 1870. In April OF the following
| year, began the c0mmeGcement OF the build
ings burned today. Had the FIRE today secured
advantage on the westerly side OF the street.
this section OF the village mast have burned