Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-22
NEARLY 100000
Is Loss by Fire at Livermore
Falls, Last Night.
Heart of the Business Section Cone
Probably Set BY Tramps.
Oae Man Badly Injured-A $4,000 Blaze
Also al Liyermore.

Livermore, Falls. Me, June 22.-An-
other visitation of fire. late last night,
nearly completed the work of ruin done
by the conhagratiun Of Sept 10th Of
last year. in this town. As then. it is
believed by the townspeople generally
that incendiaries are responsible for
the disaster which cleared away the
business buildings ON the west side of
Main street and a number of dwellings
On the south side of the street.
1t o'clock this morning. it was i'm
possible to state the exact number Of
structures burned. nut it is considera-
bly, over a score, including those that
have been gutted. It is thought about
- families lost all their effects. es-
Gaping in their night clothes. ana but
one has been seriously hurt. 1t is also
impossible To estimate the financial
loss. but 100000 is hardly expected To-
cover it.
The fire was first seen in barn on
the west side OF Main street. but be
fore the engines had been secured the
sparks had set fire to the roof of an
adjoining building. The fire engine
was finally PLACID in position. but the
two streams Of water which it threw
We're not equal to the task and the fir
rapidly spread.
There WIS great excitement Help
was summoned from the available
places, even as far as Lewiston, bur
shortly after midnight the fire had
swept through the cluster Of houses
which were behind those facing the
street and which were burned at the
outset and the danger of further spread
was over, and requests for assistance
were countermanded.
The blaze broke out in barn on the
west side Of Main street and apparent
w was set by tramps. The fire spread
to the south. taking in most Of the
buildings Oh that side Of Main street.
After the fire was seen the alarm was
given but there WAS considerable delay
in getting the engine into position to
do effective work.
The barn was burned ana the fire
spread to the dwelling owned by Sharaf
Brothers and occupied by Mrs. J. ".
Eaton. which was soon burned.
The block containing Sharaf Broth
tIS uIN SDb'lS anu itlll'S s''N'' .'tDh''
ana ]. l.. Cloutiers grain. feed and
grocery stores on the ground floor. a
tenement and Il. c. BoOthby's office
and the municipal court room upstairs,
was next levelled.
BY this time the fire had gotten away
from the firemen and the blaze there
after had easy progress.
Among the other buildings totally or
generally destroyed were the following:
~. G. Hams brick block with drug
store on first floor; also jeWelry store
of D. 5. Thompson and fruit store Of J.
.G. Dain, office Of II. c. Whittemore, up
stairs.
Brick building occupied by II. F.
Walker. shoe store; and H. Whitcomb
tailor: building Quilted.
Large wooden building occupied by
w. F. Hutchinson & Co. hardware,
and e. O. Moffett. dry goods; tene-
ments up stairs; building owned by c.
r. Noyes, Boston.
Wooden building occupied by II. L.
Adams. dry goods, A. C. Trip. barber
~. w. Nash, eating saloon; second
story occupied by Foresters. Red Men
and two other secret orders; building
owned by z. S. Cooling of California.
Several dwellings owned by Sharaf
Bros.
a tenement block occupied by =
families. completely burned; people es-
capped in their night clthes.
An telephone communication was cut
off by the burning of the telephone Of
flee in Hams drugstore.
The bank building was saved. al
though it caught fire many times.
The losses are Variously estimated
from $50 600 to $100, 900 with partial in
surance.
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