Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-06
LOSS $250,0OO.
Portland Has One of Worst
Fires for Years.
MiiIiken-T omIinsOn's Fine Building
Nov but Mass Of Ruins.
lumber Yards and Hurnham Ice Co. Suffer
Heavily All will Rebuild.

Portland, Me-. Nov 5.-One Of the
most disastrous fires in Portland in re-
cent years broke out in the big whole
sal. grocery store Or Mnliken- Tomlin-
son CO., early this morning, ana for {,
tim" il seemed almost certain that q
large portion If the water front would
be destroyed. From the Millik-n- Tom
linsnn 60. building the flames spread 10
a number of small buildings on the ad-
joining lumber wharves and threatened
TO make clean sweep Of that entire
section. The situation became 50 Sc
rious. that although the whole Port
land fire department was on the scene
Chief Eldridge thought mis- force made
quate and calls for assistance We're dis
patched to Lewiston and Biddeford.
With the aid of the fire boat. however.
several engines which had been ordered
from the Milliken-Tomlinson Co. fire
succeeded in checking the blaze in the
big lumber yards and in another hour
tn flames We're under control. The en-
tire loss Will reach nearly $3.50 coo.
The fire started in few minutes be-
fore $50 in a small wooden shed in the
rear OF me Mlihk"h- IoiniinSon 60.
store. zen hrst seen BY driver fer
q locai lre company N" haines Mere
c"nilned I" this little structure nut be
fore the Department. had arrived in re-
sponsc ~ tn" alarm ~ turned In. the
ptaZ" hau hurSt through the windows
OF IN" hIS orlck store and th9 whole
tour ana + hali stories were mass Of
IN4i'iIT ''"--''9- i ItN minutes iGitr
IN" lIr" h"d "ol ked through tne roof
anl blazing .mbers Were settling down
oh N wooden building II al directions.
ihite alarms called "ut every piece
u ifP HshuhG apparatus IN IN" Guy,
anu lhlS combined force was hardly
more IMAM h"IHlAS rs own When anoth-
81 alarm WAS rung in ana llames Were
seen 10 Shoot INTO the ar IN the uiiec-
ton of the big plant Of the Berlin Mills
Lumber so. In the vicinity OF the sec
end fire there was an immense amount
of iniiammable material. cld wooden
buildings and great pile of lumber and
shawnee ,nd !, ,,.o +.,,.l ,,,.. ~.
r ~ '''''o '''I9
''''-'NA''iN ''AA AA4'l' ~ +'ltS
proportions than the first
Althol.pb avarv riaaa If a,,,,o,,.,-.
-, "Hi''I Us
diii tNetE man was needed ~ cope
with the FLAMES III the Nilliken- TCmIin-
"a, ,,I,,., -....,., .. -
"N''''i '''e7 'HV t''t ne
oodt "fie sent To the second IN" and
calls fOl aid were teleuhollcl 10 Eidlr-
ford ous Iauis+op
IL. III
Al litiS ilnle the ROOF of the Berlin
Mills Lumber shed was a0laze in three
nlacae n lar,, ebol 4 II 49,,
- n 'ilr mead M
Sok@ wharf was i'll flames ana sew
eral small structures within q radius nF
sovoro, br,,,r,,, -. -. -.
80. iia''e'' - a. Us Wfie on iirt. ~ :
'ef nafd ilght all Of these small fires
were extineuished hut III INA ,,,aap.;,,,
sro,l. ,a1 49,,
'',' -sili'eu s'iole owned ny
the burnham Ice Co. adjoining the
lumber shed and this with IL valuable
a,,,ol,. ,,,,,..,.. rs
~ ausnt morse was burned
Al inns point the flames were checked
and after wetting down all the won.Ie,
buil1;r,,, =, ~ ,.;,i... -,
u '"e Nn'ihlt'' the hremel r.
ufhed 70 IN" central scene just as tho
last wall Of the Milliken-Tonlinson store
foil ,ri,l, , ,,,.h 90, . ,.-,. -
wooden buildinrr an tbn narnar =. :, ~, I'm
ne nus rn,mnfe,inr NJ ,rori ,iet auJoin-
~ ,a,,,a W., ~ "oih oesuh y!
-ocai danar.ma was .ncn ."aiu ma 'nc
ling tha firn Nd 80 80 ~, III ct
snm, =, ri.,1a.,.S 1uiI'noi. wore was
s;staro 80 ~. "tu lev Iston mat as
10 frer,an Nh I'M ,i;,, ai,G a. 2 Giotk
hand ''''' '''' s'''h''o" wen W
The heaviest individua, Iosses were srs-
+,ina, h,- ~, MIMI, r. 1855 "S.e s'IS
the firm estimated respectively at $50 o6D
ana @S,Vn; with one possible exception
.ne ",Hei i97sos arc co'iiparatveiy small