Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-16

Fire in the bakery of Smard & Sons.
Lisbon street. Lewiston, Sunday, did
heavy damage, Simard estimating MS
loss at 5000: insurance, $1,000.
A single petition in bankruptcy was
entered on the district court records at
Portland. Monday. The petitioner is Ar
thur G. TOwle of Skowhesan. a weaver.
whose liabilities amount to $3.50. and his
assets consist of $1i worth of household
goods. which are exempt under the bank
ruptcy law.
While a plumber was engaged in thaw-
ing out water pipes at the home Of Mrs
Mary L. Whiiehouse. Fourth avenue, Au-
burn, Saturday forenoon, the house
caught fire from a gasoline burner ana
was burned to the ground, total loss.
The loss will probably be about $1,000 and
is partially covered by insurance.
The surveyors who have been taking
soundings of the Kennebec river at Bath
for the purpose of finding a suitable 10
cation for the new steel bridge to be built
by the Maine Central Railroad. have dis
continued work for the winter. The large
amount of drift ice has made work we'll
nigh impossible. but it will probably be
again taken up in the spring.
Byron Rockwell was seriously injured
by an explosion of dynamite, Monday. at
Steep Falls. He was employed in the
blacksmith shop on the site of the new
White Mountain Paper Cos. proposed
mill. and where the foundation is now
being placed in position. Finding Kettle
of ice with a stick of dynamite thrown
into it. he attempted to get it out. A loud
explosion followed and Rockwell was
| badly injured as result. His body was
badly scorched and his face in particular
was mass of burns. 1t is feared he may
lose the sight of his eyes He was taken
| to the Maine General hospital.
Sheriff Fogg of York county, announces
| a partial list of his deputies, as follows;
Thomas r. Rankin, jailer Alfred; James
| II. Miles. Saco; Edwin I. Littletield. Ken
nebunk: Fred A. Spencer. Berwick; Leon
ard Palmer, Hollis; John NJ. Davis. Wells
Bodwell j. Grant. Acton; John F. Gold
thwaite, Biddeford; Jefferson T. Lewis.
Kittery: James c. Aver. Cornish; Charlie;
S. Durgin, South Berwick: William H.
| Sawyer, Limingtcn: frank J. Leavitt.
Buxton; l.. J. Renouf, Biddeford; II. b.
North Berwick; Simon S. Andrews. Bid
deford Daniel f. Garland, Parsonfed;
George o. Athoine, Eliot.
| About l O'Clock. Sunday morning. Depu-
| ties Firth and Chenery and Inspector
Henderson arrested three young men al
GA Free street, Portland. for being con-
nected with a break made at Gorhan,
| late Friday night The break was maze
Corner and quantity of cigars and to-
baeco underclothing. rubber boots, nit
tens. gloves. coats. shoes, pocket knives
and a number of other things stolen
They gave their names as Frank n. Ste
vens Ralph +. Bolton and Preston Jones
The latter proved that he had no connec-
| ton with the affair and was released
YESTERDAY the other two implicated an
other young man named Charles II. TODD
who lives in Gorhsm. All of the stolen
goods with the exception of a few cigars
have been recovered
| Most peculiar was the accidental burn,
| ing suffered, Thursday night. by John
| Penney. the son of Charles Penney OF
Mechanic Falls. During the bitter cold
Of the past few night. Mr.. Penney orig
| mated the idea of pushing one of the
small incandescent electric lights down
| into the clothes of the bed to warm the
chilly surfaces. On Thursday night. by
some means not understood, a live wire
became exposed in the cord. When MIR
| Penney woke at 5 A. NJ. he discovered
| that the bed clothes and the feather bed
were smouldering. In his night shirt had
| holes also been burned and along his
right side was chain of small burns
and blisters. His hands were quite pain
| fully burned as well. He was obliged t.
| null the tick from the bed and stamp Out
| the smouldering fire. Had draft found
| its way into the bed while Mr.. Pennes
! was asleep the results would have beer
vastly more serious