Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-31
WATERVILLE FIRE.
Blaze in Drummond Block
About $500 Damage.
Avery Boarding House and LangIois
Blrber Shop Heavy Losers.
lass Partially Covered by Insurance. In.
Cause Not Certainly Known.

WatcfA1lle. Me. July so-,srsc,,n
a fire alailp was rung in from box No
81. at so fast evening. for h,av. -
the oidsIpckwood hotel block This
building sals6 known as the Drum
mond block and is one of tie o,des,
on Main skea
When thu bell sounded. the smoke
was pouring a clouds from the roof
and. few minutes later. the flames
appeared abs1e fhe ridge pole. II was
straight duNirfiIl run for Hc.sa No
and the Hook and Ladder and >yooa
time was made Lines of hose wore
run both in the rear and front Of m.
Juilding and Carried to the roof WHERE
most of the IRE was. Two lines were
run up on the inside and one up the
big ladder ontQ the roof.
The amountsof water poured into the
building soon Drowned the flames. The
damage, however, from the water will
be considerable. as it soaked down
through from the third story to the
basement.
The cause of the fire is not exactly
""o"h' ~ut IL started IN sleeping
room on the third floor Peter Bou
lier. who rooms in the building. was
one of the first to discover the fire. He
was going up to his room and when he
opened the door the smoke and flame
poured our. He Immediately gave the
alarm. 1t is probable that the fire
started from matches in the clothing
IN the room. The fire spread rapidly
from the room up into the attic and
thence to the roof. 1t was bad fire
to hght. on account of the difficulty in
getting at the blaze and from the fact
that it went into the walls and roof
The whole of the northern part of
the building is occupied by the Athcr-
ton Furniture Go. The remainder Of
the first floor is occupied by Langlois'
barber shop and Mayo's grocery store
with the exception of small store
which is unoccupied. The upper floors.
which are not occupied by the Ather-
ton Furniture Co. are occupied by the
Avery boarding house. The boarding
house and barber shop suffered most
from the water. A brick partition
runs up through about the middle of
the block and this saved the Atherton
Co. and the grocery store from serious
damage. a little water worked its
way into the latter but the former was
untouched. The boarding house and
| barber shop We're flooded.
1t was difficult. last evening. to esti-
mate the damage. as the figures given
varied considerably. The total dam
age, however. will probably be in the
| neighborhood of $500. The furniture
| of the boarding house is badly dam
| aged The block itself also suffered
| severely. A big hole was made in the
| roof and much of the plastering to the
| three stories of the south end will have
| to be replaced. The block is owned by
| j. Q. Drummond and is insured for
| about $4,000 The furniture of the
| boarding house is also insured. The
| Atherton Furniture Co. is thoroughly
| covered but it is believed there Will be
| no loss there. 1t is understood that
neither Mr.. Langlois nor Mr.. Mayo
have any insurance. Mr.. Mayos dam
| age will probably be slight. That on
| the barber shop will be comparatively
| heavy. The fire was subdued in about
40 minutes, although at one time 1t
| looked very serious.