Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-08
COLBYS FIRE LOSS.
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work by Lemuel Dunbar in the year of
the first commencement of the college
and the coming of President Chaplin. az
ter whom ii was named some 80 years
later The building has been much rs
paired since then. Its intrinsic value may
not have been very great but it served
its purpose well ana it will cost much
more than the old building was worth TO
replace it with one that will do the same
work
Rev. G. f. owen, the financial secro.
tary Of the college. estimates the loss On
the building Itself at about $1,000. Bat
the greatest loss will fall on the students
rooming there. AS already stated. most
of them lost practically all they mad ~
their rooms. TO some this Will he I
money. room furnishings and everything
went UP in smoke or down into the mass
of ruins There were &c quartered in the
building and DR.. Bailey stated al tht
Board Of Trade meeting that from me
estimates that had been handed to him
on his request totalied $1,000. But there
We're some losses not included in this es-
innate as ii was made for the purpose
of seeing how much would Ice needed 10
reimburse the losers. and those who arr
able to bear their own loss did not put
in estimates. But calling the loss TO the
stuuents themselves $3.50 and the loss on
the building Itself $l3,00 the total is SlS.-
600. which makes pretty costly hre. fhis
estimate is considered TOO small by some
and too large by others; some good
ii was actually worth, place the loss ol
that at 5000
Ihe total loss may be in the neighbor-
hood of $zO.G0G The only insurance was a
poncy for $500 carried in the Home IN
surance Co through the Boothby agency
None of the students carried any insul-
ance on their effects.
TIE building was occupied as follows:
South d:visiun-Room No. J. joy and Gil
man: No. >. ianitor's room; No. 8, attn
letic storage room No. !. trunk room
No. ;. Field and Could; No. 8, BoWdoir
and Frye: No. :, Cox and Emery; No. $
vacant; No. 9. GiJver and Knapp: No. H.
Keen and Hamilton: No. II, vacant; No
L. Knowles and Chipman; No. u. vacant
No. II. vacant; No. 10, Cotton; No. Is,
Bartlett. North division-No. Il. Vail ana
Couch; No. IS, Jewell and Whittemoret
No. 10. II. r. Kcene and Coomhs; No. p,
| vacant; No. u. Watkins and Mcclellan
Atchely and cry: No a. Staples ard
Thomas; No. 2j, Flood; No. 26 MaXfield
and Starkey: NO. - trunk room; No. Is
Clark and Purinton; Nos. y, 30 and II,
vacant: No. -. Spencer
In the athletic room was stored nearly
all Of the baseball ana football suits and
para pheInalia. which means a heavy bur
den for the athletic ASSOCIATION. Some
OF this stuff was scattered through the
rooms but only a small part of il was
saved The coming spring is the one tuT
the purchase of new baseball suits any
way. but the loss OF the old ones viii
mean an extra and heavy expense.
The most unfortunate thing in connec-
ton with the fire is the fact mat maIy
Of the boys who lost their all are not ~
all able TO stand the damage. When q
young man is working his way through
COLLEGE the loss OF all his clothes, and all
his money is Il serious obstacle 10 him.
and some Of those in this condition on
account of the fire were thinking SCI
riously. Saturday. Of leaving college until
they could earn money enough to make
another start. But prompt measures
were taken to aid them both by the fac
ulty and by the Board of Trade As the
representative of the city that ali viii
doubtless be cared for within few days.