Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
BUCKLEY GOODRICH 1873 200 Water ST., Augl


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strong Wheeler. SO that with the cour-
age Of the two. the strength of Wheel
err and the generalship of the little
minister, they make a great combina-
ton. Here Is the young college stu
dent, Walter Murphy. foot ball play
er. He has slipped on a sweater and is
working in the very teeth Of the flames.
George Hussey. a clothier, cannot seem
to keep out OF the midst of the fight.
Walter Pierce, too, must be where
there is danger or he is out Of his ele-
ment
BY this time dawn begins to break
and the feeble light of day assists in
casting light upon the scene. The
hardware store has burned to the
ground. The crew working to save
that. now turns it's attention to the
house attached to the furniture store.
and to the next house carpets are
spread over the roof and wet thor
oughly to prevent the roof of each
from catching fire from the falling
sparks
The fire downs the furniture store
and now enters the dwelling. Chaos
reigns.
Someone has at the very outset tele-
phoned to the nearest town, large
one, and asked them to send their fire
engine to assist. Word now comes that
they have started, so the men work
with a will to keep the flames from
making any Roadway. and the fire en-
CINE is five miles away.
The dwelling is gone. all but the ell,
and this it is thought can be saved.
The men have worked with a will and
have as a reward the satisfaction Of
believing the fire cannot spread to go
up the street. The women cheer them
on. Here begins the comedies. The
men on the roof purposely spill the
water that is handed up to them. upon
the men beneath. Though all have
worked hard and long, they do not feel
out of patience but rather clated to
think their work is soon to cease. and
they will have the satisfaction Of
thinking they saved the village.
Lord Hamilton. a man who at
heart is wholesouled man, but who is
suspected by the many of having a
swelled head on account of being the
leading lawyer. and from his pompous
wholly unassumed and meaningless)
thought to have believed himself the
whole thing of the town, passes to give
a word of encouragement to the boys,
though he has done nothing but walk
about and give orders. evidently be-
lieving he Is better qualified for such
work. receives a ducking as he passes
near one line. The water comes while
he is looking another way, from above.
and catches him fairly on the head
thoroughly drenching him. He as
sumes that he is not wanted here, so
moves along the line. Next comes Mr.
Hatherton, the wealthy man Of the
town. He is a man who never mingles
with the common herd, all in the town
being without his circle of intimate
friends. He too has a pompous air,
that he soon looses as he is treated to
dose of the same medicine. water.
The men are sorry for this though
later. when he invites them all to the
Town hall to have breakfast that he
has ordered prepared in honor of the
visiting firemen who arrive in their
rubber coats and their horses on the
run, just in time to put on a stream
and put out the last spark. to show
the gaping natives how real fire en-
CINE looks when in working order and
to leave them to wonder at the force
of the stream that is thrown.
"A phllanthropic person before Mr.
Hatherton has offered the breakfast,
brings out pail after pail Of coffee with
milk and sugar for the exhausted men.
And now for the after effects.
None of the industries are operated
that day as 1t is declared holiday,
the men all feeling too exhausted to
work and many of the smaller in
dustries do nothing for several days
The people gather in the chief loafing
places and talk over all the gossip con-
nected with the fire. some people get
ting all the praise and others all the
condemnation for not working.
The reporter Of the town is making
up his list Of losses, tells Of the value
of each building and stock of goods.
the greater part Of which was saved,
and the insurance. But he forgets the