The Portland daily press., 1899-07-28
Fire Caused by Crossing
Of Electric Wires.
Firemen Had About All They
Wanted To Handle.


esening as Michael finn was walking
up Centre street. between Free, and Con-
gress, ne saw q m = co ming o1t Of tho
Photograph rooms CT u. Ii. Smith in tbs
lhres story brick bailsiEg on ths wester-
ly corner Ct Ger grsss ord Center streets.
he ran TO the est Eax, No. 3, and
ruiisd the alarm. The Departments was
quick In arriving ct tie fttre. tut at
that tie rival vas none 800 qnick, for
1t wss rscosnlssd NJ Is Elsree that this
blaze was ore OF TIE larssts tEat lad been
discovered for lorg tine,
The Black In wbica the fire octurr,a Is
the tb!cs story bricS s;rrctnre watch Is
owned by the RoAiasoa Ee.ri uf Milton,
Mass 1t Is liled with business csn-eras,
all OF whica suffered fr5m 10 fire.
The rear part CT tie sex sicor and a.
so ths rs. part OF lie thl:d Hosr Is oceu-
pied by Smith, the photo2fap..e-. L. WAS
in tbs finishing room 10 tho thisd story
ttEt the tire originated. Ire cscse o. the
Ire IS unknown hrt il Is b ugtt that the
eioss ? 6 OF the tieeti 10 Tres might have
been eslonsiLls for the hias.. Ibis roam
Is on the extreme west, rly-end O. jI.ning
the Keeper brilaiSg IL tbs room the
tlie created rsat havoS. /; 81 read to the
cptratinR room. 1ken it cont mel up
info tie Jet witch IS Laflt az fso tas,s
roDns. tinall7 Is ErrEedza gro. the kali
nsy ard sxse lslsa auross Into the rsar
iea -. tosrrisG , l. Fox. the nrsiss.
4hgs wtea tie trsinsn arrived on the
,ns .hsy st:c col froE ted with q fierce
rlszs IL Tas ne. esssry to uis largs
aE,onnt OF water to savn the entire block
fr1m teiEs less. led % Tie gIo N Along
CenSresss Etsees AMI down C,it-s sizes.
TIRE engines took tier /, aces. The work
VAS fTss cnntref to rsktiug OF the
CeEtse street siee -icr fs:crz tire slarm
had teen soardsd. Esasjy eTsr. bst OF the
material IN Stnlta's loe:rs IA: teen
turnea. Gett ny tie rs uGder control in
this sec;icn. tho work CT fr sen.inI ths
flames from spreading 20 this front part of
the third stD1r YVES bsgun i he lnuGers
vera p.fosd ] Congress- s.-ees sud on
{ esq tbs lrenea ran UP, SIMS led lie
wineows and puuTea the alter into this
side OF The b u:iairg This work was
s. erdsdly aocompli he'd fr to no ttasr
psrt ef tbs building coalI tso blsss
reach.
IL Uaf fo1rd recsszary, however, to
pour 50 much water into this 1rptr part
that S; reams ran down through the stz.r.
wsys and ceilirgs Of the second and then
tire irss fioers All If the rooms Eeiow
were hs6iS trsncbed as COZ eqnsncs.
1ke easteriy part ef the secund flo is
cSuapied by DIR. Fasss dan, Dir. Ak 4rs.
the denties. Ii. A. Dunn & o.. agents OF
mill u a,hire'y ana by iepreseE thrive
Of the Enterprise Manufacturing COM
airy. In the rear Is the office and recer-
ton room OF Photographer Smith and thu
otsoa of the Deering Center Improvement
company. The rooms on tho westerly
side are occupied by AIr Whitman who Is
q representative Ct Brown. Durrell 81 Co.,
of boston. Mr.. Hollis who represents
BascheIdsr s. Lincoln of Boston, and N.
ID. Hardaker who represents JORDAN 81
Marsh Of Boston.
corner by Smith g. Broe, t,e cruggiiti:
while the westerly side is occupied ty
Frank q. White, the shoe dealer. Mr..
White also has rear Fart Of the store
that extends around and faces on Centre
stieeu. The only occupant of the Centre
street side of the tuiluing is Dennis 4.
Kilday, proprietor OF restaurant.
The agent of tina building Is Captain
White, but 1t could not be learned last
esening what the amount OF insurance he
held. Mr.. Smith is insured, but 1t Is
not known whether or not MIR. Fox is.
After the fire was all out 10 was found
that their stock was entirely destroyed.
DIR. Akers has nm insurance of $500
which Is about one-half of his loss by
smoke and water. In his operating room
he had left his valuable spaniel dog
which was sutfocated.
DIR. Fessenden carried an insurance of
siCo0 with j. H. Webster. This will
partly cover the loss.
III. A. Dunn s. Co., had an Insurance
of 500 with Fl. A. Harmon s. Co.
Smith s. Bros are insured with Dow s.
Pinkham and their loss will be fully
covered. Captain White Is also insured
In the agency or Dow s. Pinkham and al
SO of j. II. Webster.
Mr.. Kilday is fully covered by insur-
ance in the agency of Dow s. Pinkham.
While the fire was at its worst Bert
Morrison, member Of company 5, was
overcome by the smoke. He was in the
second story working like beaver. He
succeeded In reaching the stairway and
after he had got to the sidewalk was so
dizzy that he could not longer stand. He
was carried into an adjoining doorwey
where within few minutes he Game to
and pluokily resumed his work. s sss,sz
ope of the largest crowds that has at.
tended FIRE for many years was bfsssDt,
For hundreds of feet within tha wialnlsv