The Portland daily press., 1892-11-11
the Losers
Especial to the Press.l

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| RocKLAND, November 10.-With three
acres of ruined walls, representing almost
the entire business portion of Cam
den, this section has suffered one of the
known in years. In less than six hour
property amounting to over half mil
lion dollars has been swept away and
the handsome village under Megunti-
cooks shade is cast into the deepest
gloom. Scarcely dozen business places
remain standing.
The fire had its origin in Cleveland's
block, either in the dining rooms of L.
G. Ell. Cleveland. 1t is supposed to have
caught from defective hue. The alarm
was given by the night watchman, into
whose room. the light shone. He hurried
to the Knox wooden mill, where a power
full steam gong is used for a fire alarm,
and, after a brief delay, the warning
notes sounded over the towr. By this
time, the whole upper part of the block
nicated to the Bird & Hosmer store near
by. To make matters worse,
A Heavy Snow Storm Set In,
the wind blowing cyclone from the
northwest. The fire department of Cam
den consists of a single hand tub and
some fifty men. Upon their arrival it
soon became evident that assistance
would be required. The departments at
Rockport and this city were promptly
telephoned and then work began in
earnest. Fate again INTERVIEWED. The
demand on the hydrants, the low pres
sure of the water occasioned by the
drought and the lack of sufficient hose,
all combined to make very inadequate
service, and, blown by the fierce breeze,
the conflagration was sweeping across
the town. From Bird & Hosmer's, the
fire crossed the street to the Camden
grist mill property and the store of F. E.
Russell of Boston.
When the Rockland department. ar
rived Main street, together with the
buildings on the adjoining streets, was a
mass of flames. With single excep-
ton the structures destroyed were of
wood and burned like tinder. This ex-
ception was the johnson Knight block,
the finest business place in town. EARLY
in the fight the plate glass windows
were cracked by the heat and the block
Immediately filled with fire and smoke,
making it impossible to save any of its
valuable contents.
By $50 O'Clock the fire had finished
it's work on the business portion and at
tackled the handsome residences of DR..
W. A. Albee and DIR. Samuel Tibbetts.
At this point
Dynamite Was Exploded
under the stables adjoining the
above buildings. DR.. Albee and his fani-
ly barely escaped with their lives. An
hour later the fire, thanks to the Rock
land steamer, was under control. A
complete list of the buildings destroyed
is as follows:
Cleveland block, occupied by w. L.
Best, variety store; George w. Achorn,
dry goods; F. 0. Clark, grocer; Mrs. A.
L. Worthing, millinery; l.. f. French,
restaurant, and G. H. Cleveland, shirt
manufacturer.
Bird & Hosmer building, partially oc-
cupied by that firm as boot and shoe
store.
Camden grist mill property.
F.E Russelrs dry goods store, also
occupied by Mrs. Young, milliner, and
Mrs. Taylor.
Campbelrs grocery store.
Building occupied by Sylvester Rue,
barber. and DR.. B. d. Huse.
Building occupied by J. B. William
son, jeweler, and Montgomery Bros,
lawyers.
Masonic block, containing Colson &
staples's millinery establishment, Fred
Lewis's stationery and jewelry store, and
the Good Templars' quarters.
Huse block, containing F. J. Wileys
tailor shop and the tenement occupied
by Robert Henderson.
Follansbee block, containing E. N.
Clark's variety and Foliansbee's dry
goods stores.
Fletcher building, containing L. E.
Boynton's drug store and apartments.
G. II. Cleveland's block, occupied by
Farnsworth & Co., grocers; Mrs. Z. L.
Smiley, milliner; Frank Smiley, billiard
saloon. O. Fred Miller, boots and shoes,
and the Monument Association hall.