The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-18
TWO ALARMS SOUNDED.
Fierce Fire on Fore st.
This Morning.
Broke Out in Fourth Story Thomas
Laughlin Co.'s Plant.
Damage Will be Several
Thousand Dollars.
Fire Was Very Threatening
For Awhile.


discovered a-1re IN the top noor OF the
Inomas Lauapnn company's machine
shop on Fore street. He notified Ofiioer
MADDEN, VINO pulled IN an alarm from
pox W. 1en minutes later Chief Eldridge
VINO naa reacneu the spot ordered q sec
ond alarm pulled In from the same box,
Tnlon Drought out greater part OF the
nre department.. Ihe loss Is hard to esti-
mate' Inc entire plant Is valued at soo.-
wy, and while only the two upper stories
OF the building were reached by the fire
the loss from water in the other two
stories VIII De large. MIR. Laughlin's son
told o PRESS reporter that he believed
the plant was well coYerad BY insurance.
Thomas Brownrig was on Fore street
near India when he happened to look to-
wards the Thomas Langhlin plant and
saw pillar of flame shoot skyward. de
ran towards the Grand Trunk station and
on the way called Officer Madden's atten-
tion to the blaze and the firsb alarm was
rung In. The IRE had obtained big
start and was by this TINA blazing fisrce-
iy In the upper story. When the depart
ment reached the scene the whole roof Of
tho four story building WAS In blaze,
and the hire seemed to be gaining head
way every minute.
The building In which this fire occurred
Is about opposite the Grand Trunk freight
sheds on Fore street. II isa four story
prick building ana was formerly used as
sugar refinery being known at that
tins ns ehe Eagle sugar house. Some
years ago tbs building was purchased By
tne 1nomas LaughAn company and has
nesn used py taem ever sines as
maonine snop. Inc ure broke out In the
Sop ssory Whicn is USED as snippihg
.oo'n anu - nhsu WIN poAes' barrels ano
innain'nao's lns'er'ai ei all KINDS wren
suo N'o was uisoofefea sne ensire upper
s'osy was inhsS Oh name ana the rooi
was piaAins nsfreiy. Hea Dy the innam'
'uADi0 .1sassriai uehe"sn sne names shoe
1p""ie aAss auu "unureu ieee IN sne
ai' aHu AZ Seeinou as II nos onIy she puilu-
ing uas Gus ensire iooaloy "ouio De moth
.ns oas i-ess VI ruins III snor0 time.
on.e. n'u.lsss naA no sso"er reaoneu Sne
$3.50 sn"n .s ot1eteu 'no seoonu alarm
reAe AZ Aae 'Ais "as eone W nl1. l. a.
DuaAe W niF oruer.
Ane nre "oneinusu 70 gain IN iorces as
eAe 'ninuO0s ne" ~ anu .he s'feams Oh
""soA pou.'s oaivo ene DianioB r"oh itoln
sns ons'hoS nfse 70 teaon sne scene seemed
" Aase ~ onse, "nAseso.' a iaaaer was
p.-'o1 asainsS sl' Sass siue VI 'ne Duilu-
rug anu 1ipe'hsh Wallace anu MOTIFS or
osAnpans "eio 'ne iifss iaen 20
v'nu ~ ~ ~ ".sn Aine u hoss. Az
.A's '''1s s-e -.e''O A.VAi sno nio Was IN
Ve"ss an" io'oss pe'pis VINO naa gaensfeu
on 1no s.teeS pei'w as iar away ifoin sne
olaA.Ds pu,a1s es .nes oouiu seV' Ahese
wv inoA oAs,ns wan uespefaoe ehsrgy
" sAeAs iliio y. noso "ofASu sheAe way eo
.ne eop Vi sne iauuet ana put sneif stream
uiisosis ou 'ne ria.ing rool. 1or snort
"ins ~ seoineu rs II snese OraVe iaus must
ne osefooine py shs slnoks ana heao ana
arlser from snelr places. nue they cluns
70 tne nozzle ana tne laaaer aud Kept
~ thelr Wofk ana IN lew minutes IL pe-
gan 70 tell
Hayes truck came into play In great
snaps last night Inc neat was so IN
tense anout the Fore street end OF tbs big
building tnaG 10 was impossible to place
ladder against TINS end Oh the nuiiding'
Ahe hayss truck was brought INTO pias
sho .ne pig ladder was run up and the
ntsmen chmosa up 70 tne emo OF IL with
iine u nose ana niayed rigno into the
pHiiu.he s"eepins sne 'op noor from emu
V enu'