Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-11-12
MIDNIGHT FIRE.
TWO STABLES AND CARRIAGE
SHOP DESTROYED.
LOSS 5000 - PARTIAL INSURANCE -
GOOD WORK ny FIRE DEPART
MENT - DAVIS TO RE-
BUILD.


A fire which broke out in Henry A..
Eppes' livery stable on Frsnklin street, at
los O'Clock last Friday morning. resulted
in the destruction OF three buildings, and
serious damage to fourth, entsiIing q
loss of 5000. The insurance aggregates
g, 500.
Following is q list OF the losses and
insurance as near as can DO calculated by
estimates from the losers:
Henry A. Eppes. livery stable, outfit,
carriages, harnesses, robes, blankets, etc.,
81 600, uninsured.
b. r. Gray, stable, city street sprinkler,
| wagon and other contests, u, 800. Iusur-
ance goo on stable, goo on contents.
Henry f. Davis, carriage manufsctory,
building and contents. 5000. Insurance
$500 on building; u 900 on contents.
Charles r. BurrilI and Z. L. Dodge,
livery stable, building 1850. Ins=-ance,
Dodge, $500; Burrill, 800.
John DUFFY, carriage, sleigh, etc, OUTFIT
| OF private team, $500. Insurance si50.
T. T.. Lee, outfit OF private team, s75.
No insurance.
Charles Il. Sinclair, damage to building.
$500. Insured.
$500.
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., damage
to lines.
PIERCE FIRE.
The tire was one OF the largest which
| occurred In Ellsworth for some time, and
but for the efficiency OF the fire depart
| ment. IL would surely have been much
| larger.
Fortunately, too, 1t was damp night,
aud there was no wind. Had the build
ings In the eastern section Of the city
been dry, or had there been heavy wind,
nothing could have saved the city from
disastrous coniiagration, as with the pre-
vsiling conditions, 1t was just within the
power OF the firemen to keep the fire from
spreading, and the eight streams OF water
used called nearly all the hose into play.
The fire IVES discovered shortly after
O'Clock by Eddie Robinson, or "Tommie"
rs he is familiarity called, WHO was Mr..
Eppes' hostler, and slept In the stable.
Tomnie is young man and must have
got excited for, instead of ringing the fire
siarm in tho engine house, two doors
from the stable, he ran down to Water
street W here he found Mig officer Hiram
Lord and told him that the stable was
on fire. The officer promptly rung In The
alarm.
A PROMPT RESPONSE.
The hremen responded promptly, and
soon had a stream OF water on the fire,
which had gained such Roadway that
their attention was given to surrounding
property.
Is. r. Gray's stable was abisze almost
before the firemen could get water on it,
aud their attention was given to {. E.
SlncisI's building, which was saved,
though with = badly damaged roof. On
the north side OF the burning stable was
the Ii. T.. Davis building, in which were
his blacksmith and woodworking shops.
This was so near the fire that 1t was Inn
possible to save 1t, even by the use of four
streams which were kept playing. 1t
was completely Quilted. Mr.. Davis ex-
poets to begin rebuilding next week.
In the burning stable were nine horses
which were all taken safely out by John
Duffy, Thomas L. Lee, Frank +. Gray
ana City-Marshal Donovan. The two
former rescued their own animals, which
were in the Eppes stable, and assisted
Marshal Donovan in getting the Eppes
horses out, while Mr.. Gray rescued the
two team horses from the Gray stable.
GOOD WORK DONE.
Chic. Engineer Brown has received
! many compliments for the able manner
In which the fire was handled, and he in
turn compliments the firemen for the
manner In which they obeyed orders, and
for the absence of con fusion, which was
noticeable In the work OF the department.
Evidently there are some very sound
sieepers In Ellsworth. One man, who
lives not far away, and who had an inter
est in some OF the property destroyed,
knew not hing OF the fire until he WAS
questioned regarding 1t about 10 80 O'Clock
the next morning.
An employee of Mr.. Davis, who lives on
an outside street, came down next morn
ing with his dinner-psil, aud his eyes
fairly bulged In amusement when he saw
the ruins.
This Is tho third big fire in Ellsworth 10
1902 The first was the fire OF Jan. 9 at
the corner OF Main aud Franklin streets;
the second was the June fire, when the
Ellsworth Lumber Co.'S mill was struck
by lightning and burned.