The Portland daily press., 1894-05-10
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Two Firemen Injured by Fall from the
Roof of Building.
(To the Associated Press)

CTO the Associated Press).
Norway, May 9.-At about l.30 o'clock p.
M, fire was discovered in the box shop of
G. B. Cummings from hot journal. The
shop was situated on the west end of Main
street. The fire quickly spread and soon
communicated to the opera house, the finest
block in the county, with two heavily
stocked stores on the first floor. 1t was but
a few minutes before the fierce gale, which
was blowing at the time, carried the light
infammable matter from the box shop to
the very extreme eastern send of Main
street, distance of nearly three quarters
of mile. The street was thickly populated
and some of the finest residences of the
town were located on it. Help was called
from Lewiston and Portland, both of which
sent steamers. Tonight the entire south
side of Main street is in ashes. But two or
three houses remain standing, and they are
in a much damaged condition. The South
Paris and Bethel fire departments arrived in
good time and did good work. During the
| time intervening between the breaking out
of the fire and the arrival of help, the
| villagers were helpless. The large number
of streams necessary to cover the burning
district greatly reduced the effectiveness of
the water works system. Among the build
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tional church, academy, tannery, school
house, First National bank, Norway
National bank, Hamlin and Bicknells shoe
store, two barber shops, the Norway
foundry, Hubbs's variety store, Meyers's
| fruit store, Noyes's drug store, G. s..
| fuckers harness store, Merritt Welch' S
dry goods store. H. B. Fosters dry goods
store, Hills iewelry store, Mrs. Hills
millinery shop, NJ E. Libby's millinery shop,
| E. E. Millett's shoe manufactory, George A.
! Coles cardlng mill and Gen. George L..
Beale's block.
| DR.. French and DR.. Barker were burned
out and their loss is about $4,000; insured
| The residences burned are those of Horace
Cole, Charles Sargent, ". H. Warren. Chas.
Rldlon, Mrs. ssNoyes, Cyrus Tucker. Mrs.
Oxnard, Mrs. Favor, Ephraim Brown, j. S.
Short, o. M. Cummings, Mr.. Thibideau. A.
J. Rowe, George Austin, W. H. Whitcomb,
/ John Baker,sG. W. Hobbs, W. P. Rolf, s. G..
Hatch, A. L. Stetson, E. G.. Allen, Howard
D. Smith, Mrs. Houghton, George Lock, S.
D. Andrews, G. N. Tubbs, Marston boarding
house, Frank Andrews, T. G.. Goodwin, B.
G. Pingree, S. ]. Millett and Mrs. Riley.
The loss on all, according to insurance
Agent Howe, will aggregate 100000. Fire
men Elbridge Walker and Hiram Bixby, fell
from the oof of Beale's block, thirty feet
Walker was badly hurt about the head anu
shoulders. Bixby escaped with slight in
juries. The bank vaults are thought to be
all right.
Norway is a fourishing village of about
1000 inhabitants, situated at the foot and on
the outlet of Lake Pennesseewassee, a
tributary of the Little Androscoggin. 1t is
the terminus of the Norway branch of the
Grand Trunk railroad; and of several stage
lines from Bridgton, Waterford and Other
places in Oxford county. The village is the
largest in Oxford county and is the market
town for large section of country round
about. Considerable manufacturing il
carried on, including boots and shoes an6
leather tanning. There are two banks, the
Norway National and the Norway savings
The village is lighted by electricity from
the abundant water power close at hand
and is we'll supplied with water pumped
from the lake to a reservoir and distributed
thence by gravity.
Homeward Bound.
The Portland firemen left for home at 1.5
| a. m.