The Portland daily press., 1899-01-30
DEERING.
FIRE IN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Centre at ii. 10 O'CLOCK Sunuay iorenooN
called the DeeringNfre department TO
fire in the small :. Catholic chapel con-
nected with St Joseph's home. Inc
building is story and half wooden
structure and is located on Oak street,
lust below Stevens Plains avenue The
fire was discovered by Mr.. Alfred q.
Eldredge, who was in the New England
Silverware company's building, opposite
where he Is employed, fixing his nres.
MIR. Eldredge discovered small plaze on
the roof OF the church at the end adJoln-
ing the chapel He fastened TO the head
of the street where he met young man
going by on a bicycle. The young man
was notified and he rode directly to the
nearest box, 81, at the head of Pleasant
street, and pulled the alarm. The ohurch
proper is heated by steam, the pipes run
ming underground from the home. The
chanel. very small addition to the build
ing, in recent years is heated by small
gtove. The catechism class OF young
pbildren were in the chapel at the time,
but all escaped withou any undue ex-
element or injury. MIR. Chas. Chase
MIR. Boyoe and several Others OF that vi
cinity we've early on the scene and sue
oeeded In removing the altar, the statu-
sry. the organ and other articles OF value
from the church in safety. They then
went in and attempted to take the stove
out. but found it was too warm TO be
handled. The fire department We're
quickly on the scene. Chief Moody
directed the movements and the mer
were placed in positions best calculated
to do the most effective work. The
wind was blowing hard against the build
ing, but the men worked hard and are
deserving of praise for the manner in
which they handled the fire which at first
threatened to be a serious one. Hose
ran out about 300 feet of hose and the
Deering Centre company used about the
same. The Woodfords and Oakdale COM
panies also stretched about all OF their
supply of hose. The fire evidently caught
in the open space Just over the ceiling OF
the chapel. The iire no doubt originated
from the overheated stove in the chapel
which had a Iousing coal fire The chapel
was purchased about 20 years ago from
MT. n, H. bOuShp ohC
building of tho Methodist society at
Woodfords. 1t was moved to Morrills and
extensive repairs and alterations and ad.
ditions were made on 1t. The building
is valued at about $1,000, and is fully
covered by insurance in the agency Of
Anderson, Adams 81 Co., of Portland
The damage was caused principally by
nd 10 nd ha to rQntara
the building in its former condition will
approximate several hundred dollars.
An alarm of fire from box 81 was
sounded Saturday forenoon for IRE in
the house of H. L. Strout, AZ Lawn ave-
nue., Deering Center. The fire was caused
by an overheated stove in the dining
room. The tire was extinguished BY the
frenen by the use of a few pals of water.
The house is a new one built only last
summer. The damage by fire was small,
the property being fully covered by in
surance
Che Deering board of registration at its
two days session W hich closed Saturday
afternoon struck of 45 names leaving a
total registration of 1854. The board will
Dt III scshlOl NJ ihe OlAOc nv ti4o O0d Il oi-
lows block, Woodfords Tuesday, Febru
airy 2sth, Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day, March LIST, end and 3id, from to !,
3 to 5, to O'Clock for the purpose of
registering voters. The session Friday
oloses at o'clock.
Rev. John X. Clifford, pastor of the
Clark Memorial Methodist church. Wood
,,laa MT srr
prise party at the parsonage, Pleasant
street, Saturday evening, by party Of
about forty people including the members
Of the official board, their wives and
workers of the church. The affair was q
very enjoyable one
At the Clark Memorial Methodist
shurch commencing tuesday afternoon
1t 7.S0 O'Clock, a series of revival meet
ngs are to be commenced. Services every
.yening at 7.30 except Monday and
Saturday. The pastor, Rev. j. X. Cliff
ord is to be assisted by Rev. K. ID. Ford
IF the Knightville Methodist church. All
ire invited.
Saturday afternoon the board of tax
assessors of Deering met at their office,
Odd Fellows building, Woodfords, for
The purpose of closing up the work of the
rear. All of the official reports of the
,ity are supposed to be made and placed
On file with the city clerk not later than
Feb. 10th. the close of the municipal year.
The dedication exercises of the new
High school building at Deering Centre
ire TO be held Monday evening at 7.45 In
he assembly hall of the new building.
The exercises are TO be presided over by
Rev. k. p. Wilson, chairman of the
school board. The speakers of the occas-
lon are to be Rev. E. p. Wilson, Mayor
a. +. Moulton. Senator f. e. Reynolds
of South Portland and Principal Vim.
Marvin. The musical programme will be
rendered by a ouartette composed of Mrs.
o. H. Fellows. soprano; Mrs. Frank Hor-
gan, contralto; Herbert W. Barnard.
tenor; Harry I. Harmon, baritone. The
public are cordially invited to attend.