Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-01
THIRD HARD FIGHT
With Flrs Field at North End
Within Z Month.
Fire Caash. from Lamp In Hsyltt's
| Plih Asfkst,
And Destroyed $4,000 In Property
Terrible Fight for Fireman.

ASA les, evening an alarm Of fire vss
souadsd and the fremsn made quick re
sponse. II seemed TO be eonf,asd in the
basement Of Hew,tt's fish market, jau
above l.. II. Dudie,'s tailoring establish
Eient, when the fsemen arrived on :be
scene TIE mom,ut, however, that they
broke in, volumes Of smoke that had be u
perI up burst forGh, q. d flames followed.
Ere many minutes the Gre worked
through into the resr Of Dudley's shop
portion Of his goods were removed in \
badly damaged condition The cold wind
swept down the street freezing the wet
clo,hes Of the fifemrn snd driving the fire
farther into the building where Dalley's
shop wss. Bo.h the buildings then on ere
were owed by W. II Libby aud Y W
whitehou.e, who own TO the railroad
bridge, sill above the dye house.
Not~ithstsnaius the smoke swept down
crowd soon sssemble' and gave the police and
| fir9meu trouble to keep them at proper die
tauce, Stresms Of wafer were put on from
the rear sud front, tivA and six streams be
ing kept on duiing the gtester part OF the
time. The fire kept working toward lhe
dye house ard finally 8 ladder vas run up
on the roof OF the building aud one sireSn
was ordered to play ou the are from there.
| Meanwhile the A ,mes thai had spparsatly
| died out 10 the fish msrket broke out sftesb
snd some OF the fremen were detailed to
keep it from spre,dIng to the little building
between that and the rsirosd bridge,
Every indication then pointed TO the de-
struction Of sll the wooden bulldogs from
! Hill & MacombPr's new b.ick block tC the
raj road bridge, hu; the titemen on the rorf
of the dye house were making brave hsht
| IN the face Of the suffoCstiug smoke and
fyjug ci-d-rs.
Ell. Godsbout, who lived in the tenement
over the laundry, managed TO save some Of
his goods bsf fore the fire gained It's greatest
hesdwsy. A. F Day, IN the boarding
hcvss formerly occupied bJ TibbeHs, got
out some Of his a,oGs TIE dry Sd farcy
goods stock Of 4. Dostie in he south end
OF the Bsrbiar building, was removed wit
.,,,to ~, N,sto, ,ba c,stcm rs
-, :, ha ,co hon.a xs,a ramoved
Miss Hcherts mllinery stock was Insured
.t .om, .os,c, and Tho go,s.
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valued at sbou, s25o0. He h,t
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hs .,,c,lv s.,;m.,ed unSerseoo(
/, t,atAE D.v WAS insnred $500, Thii
[ an, ,s.,,, covs, hi. i,., Soms f,v ot
nj. ,,oss were .avsd. Marshal Pomero,
+, 10 ,pds,.,ood Lost anne ,ods in the M
!. ner whi,ebonss G. Libby building.
b Tho ,o,.I los. on on ali will urobsbly
g ,a ,.,u,o, s,o ooo ,,dsil oOo Mscom
4 bo,S F.-,.s syencv carried s35Oo on tn,
=, 6ss bor.s seoo n, Doa,is. $4,000 q,
r wni,ebousa G I.,bhv,. h,iId,ovs. s40O OF
e q Usui,t. $500 an a..F Dsy'. aot
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Ueu,s,,- saon m Ms II. Grand, ,s gol d.
sl9oo or Do.u.. DavainV,. ,y.ncv bs,
some small policies, how much was 10
learned, Mr. D1wning being uasbis 10 tel
/, Part Of tie Insurance on the Whi'thonse
U LIBBY buildings was carried by sno'he
2 agency.
Those who met With loss are Leon Bar
bier, dye house, etc Whitenou'e q
Libby. buildings; Miss Hebert, millinery
Peter Foster, oJ sse. and tea house Chiaet
sundTy; }. +. Dearborn. barber shop; }
:, c. He~e,t, h'h msrk't; G'dsoou'' P'm'
roy and DeGrandy, househotd goods l.. III
a There were many rumofa Hying as to tn
| oriyIn of he Hie. Itappes,s that a maj
i ,.n,.d p.as who v,,k. fo, Hewitt, {, ,h
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