Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-08
20 BUILDINGS
Swept Away by Saturdays
Fire at Lisbon Falls.
Loss Will Reach Nearly 100000,
With Insurance of One-HaIf.
Believed to Have Been Work Of lnccndiary
Perhaps Tramps.

most wiped out by fire which start
cd in Everett block on Main street
discovered about l o'clock Saturday
morning. as briefly told in Saturdays
Journal. Twenty-nine buildings were
destroyed. tie less being cstimat ID at
from $50 coo to $.Co,000. The insurance
| is in the vicinity of 100000.
1t is believed that the fire was of in
cendiary o, iSin. At 12.t5 o'clock q num-
| Der of members of the Order of Red
Men came in from FIccport where they
| had been on Il visit. Orc Of them, Geo.
T.. Foster has Il store in Everett block
and he and some of the other mom-
bcrs went there to talk and smoke.
| One of the number went to loor
| which led down stairs and saw that
| the basement was full of smoke. 1t is
stated by them that this door was not
| closed, and that there was every ap-
pearance Of sCme one having recently
been in the building.
1t is thought that three armed
| tramps. who were secreted in Il ooX
car in this town one day this week.
and detied an officer. may have had
something to do with it.
Although there had been a heavy
rain for several days and everything
was seemingly soaked with water, the
! flames spread with great rapidity.
Station Agent George Pettingill ar
| rived at the block at about 1.20 O'Clock.
He nj once saw the block was doomed
and knowing the fire facilities of the
| town were Inadequate. he at once call
..I.. Il, ..fy; nj
nounced the fire and said the town
would have to call upon Lewiston for
help. That city was notified ana a
| steam engine was sent with part OF
| the fire departments of Auburn ana
| Lewiston The engine arrived about 3.29
4 o'clock and did excellent service in
saving property. I.
Bath was also notified and steam
er was sent from that city, and also
aided in saving property
The fire spread to Perkins block. op-
| uosite the Everett building. and then
to Whites block on the same side OF
the street. The flames passed across
the street to the Cooperative block,
| and then the fire swiftly spread from
one building to s.another as though
| everything was tinder.. For protection
against fire the town only has one
hand engine, which availed little or
nothing against the fierce contagra-
/ tiCn.
| A steam pump in the Worumbo
wooden mill. which is opposite MAIN
street. was utilized, and three streams
of water were played by it. 1t was OF
the greatest help. The storehouses OF
the Worunibo.a aon the west side OF the
Maine Central Railroad track, were
wet down, and they, with their vaiiia-
ble contents were saved. Al no tiiie
was there any danger of the Worunpo
Imiu being burned as it has a fine Ire
protection of its own.
| Che citizens. men, women and chlldren
were awakened by the changing OF th'
church bells and the whistles CT the man
Iufacturing establishments, and every one
who was able assisted in the moving ol
goods Little was done in the way oi
Irving to save buildings. as it was useless
to make the effort. The fire ran throusi
| the Everett block like a race morse. am an,
| from that scarcely anything was Saw
| U'rom the other stores much Naiuapit
| Inroncrty was removed and taken to ! llte
| Of safety. ~. Nothing
couId save the business part OF the 70" II
| there was for a time the widest cNci.c
mcrt. but the people soon settled dowi
| to the work of doing all poSsipi" " 81 !
| the residences Whlcn Jnd auJoind iikn ,Cro-
oak streets, and they laborcd IKE ~
| Tho progrcss of the fire was stopped
at the waiting room OF tnc ~ w, Oai.
| prunsvick & Bath electric ROAD, on odnn
| strcnt on Main street the fire stoppe9
ror want of material TO burn. t,r
| The losses and the ihSrance. f'',,nws. :"
can be given at present, are as follow %" y, o,o
| Perkins block. $1,000, insurance Se Si",",,
NJ y iJollis. mil incry. 500: no insurance,
Flora McHuGh. dry goods, s3W' lnSur5"o s,5nro
s2eoo; George r. rogers; T s;,Itis piysician
sin0 insurance $500: II. T.. Coolidge. law
! yer. $500. no insurance: IL. Glnspui Ssii,oo
| Main street block, SD D. lnsurtnog ods and
| w. 80 St,1o insurance $500: Franz
| Risska. boots and shoes. $500. nshramr slnro
| SI2n H. GinSburg. another pioch' nd
| insl,rancc $500: L. Jack IL Co: ma a.
| ittlehsle. dwelling house. 5000, instiramoe ,o
| not I<nown: Jake Brewster. har1w i,c aaS naS
store ana stock. $l2.oo'. ,hsura;H ha,;n. SI51o
no insurance: d. Fesscnden Gruss'ss:' ::
stock. $500. insurance Sl9n; ad! Mrtit1, tIau I
Hoey. store. $500. insurance sioyu, n ssH1
f. G. Hammond. confectioner!, st, nfection
snrance $3.50: Harry Wright, coniec'r n.oo: "a
ery and cigars, $500. insurance sV'o, Goods.
operative Associa tion: o store ,arntt aeu block,
| ,1,rfd -
owned by Mildred Everett Of Camnrri,o5S nIri &
| Mass. $1,000. insurance $ll"o; inisto;I.
| t"night Hardward Company OF La,,,,n Lewin,o
sso"o ss insurance sl5" p. f. ssada, Cross'''tE; 81 o.
$500 on furniture. insurance >-jo. ios.,ranc9
| gTailey. variety store. S25W' ,sr, nis, and
n Conn ; 6s,rancn drgsS @!.iefc siooe: g
| fancy Son bcots and shoes. $3oo li.-
snranee $500 MeIaGfhiR n,l White nosto
szo"' ,,;Iding S3OOO insurance Slop: 20, ~,
White dwelling hoase: o,nrs ssG S"idngs, no @
.Irance.I >. r l., McInto Ii, candy. topss esoo
fruit ctinson stG5s f5l s"ek ssoo
s,ao +, Mcintosh, livery stable. 81: Si,. 70
sS%S; Insurance m Msn@H slsa citze"s Hal
no;.t;on nouse;; s2eN. insurance $SW; W.
Brimiohn. dwelling .!a hGuss E Beposit Sl,so: Com
ance $1,000; Lewiston ;S,,ace Sais "
p Most Sf ots the inTaranssi F":''nsi, was ana H. =
tnr3;i5Saa Of this town. There is some y,
It in The asspfiecT g q 1i,1,e F. 1 sn T'oE of Lew
| LeMi thout $1,000 is in mutual CONF