Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-17
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


An alarm rung in from Box 81 indi-
Gated a fire in George A. Whitney &
COS. hardware store. 235 Main street.
Lewiston. about 6 F. NJ. Wednesday.
The fire started in the cellar. near var
nish and tar barrels and did consider
able damage. destroying quantity of
lead. varnish. paints. etc. The water
damage was also very heavy. The loss
approximately will reach from $4,000 10
5000.
Patrick F. Gillin. freight conductor
on the b. d A. r. r., met with very
painful accident at Houlton, Wednes-
day afternoon. "A car became separated
from Mr.. Gillin's train which was at "A
standstill. and as the brake was off.
started down grade. AS it passed Mr..
Gillin. who was standing near the
track ne umped for the car platform in
order to put on the brake, but missed
his step and his foot went under the
car wheels. The foot was taken off as
far as the ankle.
George A. futile, who has been one
of the leading dry and fancy goods
merchants in Bath for the past % years.
passed away. early Friday morning. at
his home on Centre street. Although
he had been in failing health for sew
eral years ne continued about his bust
ness until a short time previous to his
death. He was born in Tewksbury.
Mass. He was aged IS years and was
a member of Newton, Mass, Lodge,
l. O. O. F. His mother. who resides in
Newton. and three children. DR.. Walter
Z. futile of Boston, Fred f. and Mrs.
John f. Millen of Bath. also one
brother. L. p. futile of Newton, and
one sister, Miss Emma F., of Bath, sur
vive him.
a big forest fire ragged, "Wednesday
afternoon and evening, at Cape Eliza
beth. The FIRE started near Judge SYM
onds summer home opposite Fort Will
liams. 1t burned along through the
swamp in the rear of Delano park and
extended through some 10 acres Of
woodland owned by the LOViett heirs
and others. The burned area extends
over a strip situated about midway be
tween the Shore road and Middle road.
so-called. Joseph w. Armstrong and
others turned out in force TO keep the
fire from extending to their property.
lncre are no houses III the pain pl INC
fire and it was allowed to burn through
the woods as it could not well he
stopped. Quite an amount of piled cord
wood was burned during the progress
of the fire.
Joseph WALLER and Alfred Soucier es-
capped from the Auburn Jail workshop.
yesterday morning. a little after Z
o'clock. WALLER now rests in the dog
hole" which means solitary confinc-
ment. 1t is safe to say that he won't
get away from the officers right away.
WALLER and Coucier made their escape
from the wash room in the workshop.
by pushing out decayed board in the
side of the building. After the board
was pushed out the boys crawled out
through the hole and dropped to the
ground. In the drop made. WALLER
sprained his ankle. 1T was about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon when G. $.
Stetson, the Auburn truckman capture
ed WALLER on Wood street Auburn.
WALLER was in his stocking feet. bear
headed and in his prison suit. He would
be taken for a convict half mile away.
Saucer was about Is years old and has
not been captured. 1t is not known
where he went-Lewiston Sun, May is.
One Of the principal places of attrac-
ton for the working people Of the Is
land city of Calais, this week. is the
Sea street sardine factory of the Sea-
Coast Packing Co. where a large crew
has been engaged since the first open
ing of the season, Monday. but since
that time not a large quantity OF her.
ring have been caught in the neighpor-
ing weirs Only five hogsheads arrived
Monday. Il came i'm. Tuesday. and OF
Wednesday there was only three hogs-
heads. which was only an hours WORK
for the hands Out of this small lot'
Wednesday, very few Of the cutters
to cut more than q box OF
fish for which they received ticket
valued at cents, which, considering
the time they had waited on the wharf
and the dirt they got on their clothes
was small enough. The packers, COM
posed of girls, came in for their small
share of the three hogsheads. each
hacking about a case Of 100 cans, for
which they received after they were
headed up, 10 cents. The above factory
is one of the largest on the Maine coast
and during the busy season more than
1000 cases Of sardines can be packed
there i'll a day.