The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-08
Pearl Cannon Of Hose Eight was the
Victim.
How the Flames Swept
All Before Them.
Loss was Larger Then at First
Thought To Be.

The loss from the Saturday morning fra
In the y o. Bailey company's carriage
repository and Wholesale store at the COR
nsr OF Market and Middle strest. will
amount 10 nearly 800, ooo. and ihs loss 10
only ps rtially covered by Insurance.. The
buiiaing, which was q fins fivo story brick
structurs. 10 almost totai wreck, having
bssn swept from basement TO roof by the
flames. Ths walls Of the building. tadiy
damaged by the terrific heat are still
standing, but the interior Of the struc-
ture IL com pletely ruined. Not only IVES
the loss confined 70 shis huilding, but the
damage from smoke and water extended
to the neishboring structures. The build
ing occupied By Lswis. Hall g. Co. was
filed with officiating black smoke and
the clothing and goods of that firm have
been, badly injured. The I. p. BeAls fur
niturs factory was also damaged ty
smoke, while the grain store Of John
Trefethsn also suffered much from smoke
and water.
As nearly as the oan b atvsn ~ this
time the losses and insuraLce are as fol-
lows:
To the building In which the fire orig
mated, owned by George NJ. Black OF
Boston, loss $1,000 to &1s.Oco; insurance
ST. mostly placed with Andersen.
Adams & Co.
Loss to y. o. Bailey company In car
riases. sleighs, robes and horse httineA
nearly III, 900; insurance u7.5o0. placed
through the agencies Of Anderson. Adams
g. Co., Dow q Pinkhsm, and Prentiss
Loring.
Loss to Lewis Hall s. Co on clothing
and manufactured goods, $4,000, besides n
big loss In the interference with busi-
ness, AZ the Dire came Mt Q most inoppor-
time time Just when the firm was having
nlIlit could do to oil Its spring orders.
The insurnncs Is SO, 900, all PLAYED
through the firm of Norton &c Hall.
Loss to the L. p. BsAis company ESQ.
from smoke and water; fully covere1 BY
insurance.
john Trsfsthen. grain dealer, loss 500;
fully covered by insurance.
Loss to Eastman, Brothers 81 Bancroft,
VINO had $4,000 worth OF merchandise
stored In the Lewis, Hail & Co. building,
estimated at 81, 900 fully covered by in
surance, placed with 4. q. Jonss.
The damage to household furniture,
ow ned by MIRA l.. A. Cloudy, Mrs. Cram,
Mrs. Osgood, Sumner Lane and others,
which was stored in the Lewis, Hall g.
Co. building. not is known, but 1t will be
small.
How the fire got such o tremendous
start is some what of q mystsry, although
It is attributed by many to the large
elevator well. The fire Is thought to have
caught about the furnace In some way
and to havs worked Its way to the foot of
the elevator we'll Then 1t gained great
headwa and at the time OF discovery by
Night Waterman Hugh McDonough,
was blazing on every Il nor In the build
ing. The lire department made q gallant
fight, but were handicapped by many
things The many wires on Market
street proved great hindrance for one
thing, and then the building was SO high
that the top floors could not be reached
| very well. What was needed. and may
be needed again only too soon, was q
mammoth Amosksag fire engine. such as
a. usas for tir,s Of this kind In Boston
and tbs larger cities for the business dis
tricts. Had such an engine been ut hand
Chief Eldrldgs and his ,uen would have
stood a much better chance Of kesping
the tire down. There was time curing
.ha rro,-as. nj thu fra wben IL seemed a
.os. mn -hatbar or not thu vhols SQUARE
oo,r. R.,wasn ths bie building.
o.o,n,sa hv ,n, ~ y Bsals oompapy AZ
. tnrn,,r-s x.r.housa and factory and
th.. IN which the ira orisinated. was a
aoub,s br,ch vall. Had this wall given
wav unasr the tsrr,ae h,as the fire
oonId not bav. b.en ,topped until II had
c,aansf, out the entirs souare and possi
h,v a. ~ouidn,t h.vs stoppsd as that.
Cb,sf EIdr,dee ersspsd the situasion