The Portland daily press., 1899-05-12
BOYS STARTED THE FIRE.
IL Came Near setting Fire TO House ON
. Congress st. and Resulted In Painful
Injuries 10 Young Man.

The carpenters have been at work at the
house No. $40 Congress street for some
days In the rear of the dwelling there has
accumulated large amount of rubbish
of one kind and another. Yesterday after
noon sometime about five o'clock the boys
In this vicinity thought 1t would be
good plan to turn out the fire department.
and accordingly set fire to this imam
mahle material. 1t burned for some time
unohssrved, but when 1t began to leap no
onto the house someone SAW 1t and pulled
in an alarm from box Sl4. The depart
ment arrived in short order and made
quick work of the fire.
When the Hayes truck from India street
came down Congress street In response to
this box its three horses running ut tue
top of their speed, Herbert Carney. tried
tn hoard the truck In front OF the Chase
house. He missed his footing and was
thrown violently to the pavement. de
was carried unconscious into neighEor-
ing jewelry store and soon recoverad. his
head was cut and bruised little and his
lips were also cut up quite badly. be had
a narrow escape from more serious in
jury. .f4s5e -
g.
Fire was discovered in the rear of 6.
W. Coombs's bake shop on Bracket
street at II, 40 Thursday forenoon. Louis
Coolbroth, who pulled in the alarm, cut
his hand very bsdly by the broken glass
on the hox. The fire was soon under
the control of the fremen and was con-
fined to the room where IL caught, Out
goods belonging to George Q. shaw q
Co., which have been stored in an adJoin-
Al a., r~nfIh xy CNrn A
and water. The sum of $500 will cover
the entire loss, and the stock and build
ing were covered by Insurance.. The ori-
gin of the tire was most mysterious. Ihe
building is owned by Mrs. Tyler OF Brook
line, Mass.
The old Capt. Bibber homestead at
Waite's landing in Falmouth was de-
The house was occupied by James Ross.
who owns livery stable in the city at
the corner of Oak and Spring streets.
The frs caught near the chimney while
the family breakfast was being prepared
and as all efforts to put 1t out were
frpitless, the members of the family de.
voted all their attention TO saving the
goods in the house. Nearly all of the
furniture was saved, but sum of money
which was In the house was overlooked
by MIR. Ross. The Capt. Bibber house has
long been one of the landmarks of Fall
mouth. 1t was built by Nelson Bibber,
an old sea captain, many years ago, ana
used by him for homestead for peri
cd lasting nearly so years. Eight years
ago he sold the house to A. X. Doten the
grain merchant of this city. and came to
Portland to live with his daughter. Mr..
Dotep remodelled the house after he
bought it and lived in it two summers,
after which he rented it. The house is
total ruin, and is insured.
Maine fire insurance agents have been
invited to enter an association for the
protection of their interests and to sup
port right principles, influence correct
practices and promote social intercourse,
The first meeting of the Maine agents
will be held in Portland On Thursday,
NAV rs. Dow 81 Pinkham of this city hav-
ing communicated with every agent in
the state.