Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-01
SK0WHEGAN FIRE.
$4,000 Conaagration Occurs
Thanksgiving Night.
The Gould and Murphy Blocks Were
Partially Destroyed.
INSURANCE WILL PARTIALLY
COVER LOSS OF PROPERTY.

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'No" icsa' Sd" her thffG destructive
fire OF the year on THANKSGIVING night
when th,, & w Cou,d hloo,
<.r.o+ , a.,
murphy DOCK
"ese p''f.iaii! destroyed by fire and
greatly damaged by smoke and water.
The alarm was runc in fro,,, ho,- OF
.,
.,S st<e ''tS' nav
iiis peeh discovered in the store occu-
pied by George Weymouth. the harness
dealer. The lire department respond
cd i'll short order and in 10 minutes
Chief Savage had a half dozen strcans
playing on the. buildings. The two
blocks are constructed entirely of
we'd and made a vcritable fire iran
The Gould block is iox:, feet and IA.
Murphy block 3Dxao Roth h,v, etoro
houses and sheds attached 4 nar NJ
the stoc. from the wcymoufh c,oro
was removed ana also nm, rro,,, ma
millinery store of Miss Lord
n was c,si,v seco from tho zinc, ,n,.
the damage would he heavy and t,ad
there been any wind st;rr;nr the who'll.
street would nave hoan cw.nt Only
th, excellent work. dome nv ana fir. "a
partment and III. good bead nj ,y.tar
obtained from, tho hvdrantc or..x,,.,,,,.a
the total destruction Of the tyvo clocks
The Cou,a black ,yb;a,, hac h.ar i'm
Tho p.esass;op nj Ar Could toe, ,b,n
,,,roa p.,.s.l. r.,s o,,,,,,r,oa h,. y ~
C.oos,;ch ~, ,,r,c,r ma 6.,n,o-,, W..
ro,,,, H. hnrnocc dn.i.r ~ 80
,bo nr;,c;n,I ,oso,e tn. TWO rcr,,s i,
+ho ,rno, .,or, wore -nri,,na.aIv "
oo,.a i.s. ,ro.,, r,ho o,ro,,na roor ne
-, ,,...,,,,., ,,,|,,, s,'.-,,r;.,, ~,
L.no,..itan 3, ,,h.,,,nsor loo TO-. i, s,.,,;.
80 .o,,roa.;.,,".1,.,, o,1 MI. r-ronoc..
- ,,,;,,;,a, ,rh.- eo.o,,a CIV, 20,
-, 81, p, N,,,,.,,as ,,,[, ,,,.t.,,.
t.,,a,. az. .atn,,o ana .1s;. 1,,,,r,
ard Stor,. r,o,r1 TIL, fire was confined
,,,.;,,o,,,aI,, -, Tho NVaynou,b stor, Tho
n,i,I;rarv stnrc of Mics Lord the Soc
o,,., r,o,y .rd r.or nortions of tho
ro,,,1 l,laoI-
: M. o.ba,. s,ac;.s x,-o,,, co,,n,ctn,v
60, -. -, t,a,.,,o,,,a frc,,,
~, -, III ,,o,-. r,,.,
IN .'.,. r.-,,,t, s,.-,,,N
- o''' va Wv ~, c. 60,
-, -, 49,, ~ ~ :. 80 ind.a., ),
gu ',''.' - -, ,,1s,., -, 10.
i.'-s, M, ,,..r,,.-r' -
-. ,.,,,.. -, o,,ti,a,,, ,,,,.xr
80 ~ NJ 80 t,,o Voc, h.s fol-
an q ia, rs, M So, ,,,l.a,. o1.ho,,oh
zen III ,i.;, ~ ,..'a;raa NJ
nauis sas, 49,. h,a,.i, from, Tho
t. ou' - 10, ;n,a,t;onc of h,,iI,inf
g, ,t,,oo Co., ,Ioct aav,,o feet
-, ,,ot o,+aront to renair his
anu VIZ. - .s.,,,,t','o,.; III ri. ,nc.
pfopei.y $50 TIL
% MS o"' IN -. r.as s-n1o
ir, pa.u - ,I,asa ILonrs &c nc GOOD
ne sosa." ,,,;,.,;nsc an t,s street On
d. u "'s ~ .i;It,,r,, ran h,oct and
o'ie 80 - ,,,s ph;,hr;c,, bIoc, both
o.i w ,hroa-s,or,, hricle s,r,c-
. .s.
'' n.,o, &, Now n, douht b,t that Mr..
4:,, -, 1.orL on his block.
oa,.,v in III, snrin.. Goodrich, the gro
80 ~. ora IF the largest and best
cer' ker' ",e ~ .nd his ,oss ;s es-
stocNn KS; :" .ne All nc Goods in his
pee,a"s 800 ar. to,a, loss and his
s.;,a stocis is practically ruined.
e em;a os III. FIRE Department w. c.
s sa"age o. was receiving many congratu-
,a1;ons FRIDAY. on the able manner in