The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05

a section of that fell In. Fiske's block
on the north of the theatre was Sc
riously threatened
The greenhouse owned by Wilson
Moore, which is directly opposite the
scene of the fire, was filled with smoke
| and many windows were cracked TO
! pieces on account Of the heat. Dr.
George j. OFT, who has an office under
meath the greenhouse, will also be
| loser as some of his belongings were
damaged. In p. F. Cannons real estate
| office there was a heavy safe, which
was buried in the ruins. 1t contains
records of Division s, A. o. H, and also
papers of the Widows and Orphans
/ fund.
Representatives. elect David I. Walsh
had an office in the theatre building.
He will lose about $3.50 in books and
office furniture, together with number
of legal papers. The office of the dem
ocratic town committee was in the the
atre building, and all their papers viii
| be lost. The Burditt Hill Social club,
which had rooms in the building Is
now homeless.
| A Miss Mahan, who resides in the
| O'Toole block, was making brave at
| tempt to save the family pictures, when
she was overcome by smoke and was
carried out by John Higgins of Wor-
cester.
Coffee was served to the firemen and
militia at the Clinton House and at
| Macginnis' bakery on High street, and
Mr.. Macginnis' also had men on the
street dishing out the hot coffee to the
| firemen, who were in many instances
wet through. In the serving Of the cof-
fee and lunch to the workers there was
no more conspicuous figure than Henry
Martin, sailor, who has just got into
| town from the U. S. S. Boston, one of
| Dewey's feet, which fought at Manila
| bay.
Martin, attired in the full uniform Of
ter, hustled around with cans of cof-
fee, working like Trojan. His natty
uniform, which was the model Of neat
ness when he started in, was besmeared
with coffee, water and mud, which he
picked up in his desire to do all he could
to aid the workers against the flames.
| At the town farm, last night there
were "a persons being kept who were
made homeless by the fire. They are
Louis Digure, wife and three children;
Ernest Mills, wife and eight children
| Otis Didgure and wife; Joseph Lovely
and wife; Joseph Drebble, wife and
three children. John Lawrence, who
| lost all his clothing and house fur
nishings, valued at $500, was put up for
w .
| Other persons who were thrown out of
their homes by the fire, were put up
for the night in different parts Of the
| town.
People of this place were not slow to
realize the necessity Of quick work for
| the relief Of the homeless, and Repre-
sentative-elect David 1. Walsh and c.
F. Fairbanks, Jr., early in the evening,
| started a subscription paper which
netted more than $500 before it had
been in circulation an hour. A COM
mittee was appointed consisting of
Representative Walsh, Mr.. Fairbanks,
! H. B. Merchant, Rev. w. c. McCau-
CHAN, Alexander r. Stevenson, William
! Rogers and P. L. S. Hammond, to look
after the fund. They will set to work
actively today on subscriptions, and it
is expected that good sum will be
realized for the unfortunates.
Barney Gibbons, one of the members
of the Cataract Hose Company, was
| thrown from the carriage in going to
| the fire, and badly shaken up. He
was taken to his home, where he re-
ceived medical assistance.
| At $50 o'clock tonight, the fire was
under control, but was burning, and
| tonight at IL o'clock, it was still burn
! ing. The c. H. Parkhurst house on
Walnut street caught fire from a spark,
| and hole was burned in the roof. 1t
was extinguished, however, before it
did much damage.
| A house and barn owned by William
Mcnamara, in the Acre district, caught
! fire tonight, and two alarms were sent
i in. The barn was totally destroyed,
| and the house was partly destroyed.
| The loss is about $500, and the cause is
unknown, although it is supposed that
| it probably started from a spark COM
ing from the theatre fire.