Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-19
SPELL BROKEN,
Augusta Firemen Get Two Calls, Sat.
urday, Within Few Hours.

The Augusta fire department had
two calls within a few hours of each
other. Saturday, and while the loss in
one was small in the first. and not
heavy in the second, the latter would
have proved serious one had il nor
been for the fact that the bows go,
around with their customary quick
ness. and killed the blaze before it had
hardly got a good start.
The frSt alarm was sounded at 344
in the afternoon, from Box 25. at the
corner OF oxford street and Northern
avenue. and was due to a chimney fire
at the residence of Hartwell Mosher on
Northern avenue. Hose Nos. l and .
and Hook and Ladder No l, made =
quick run and We're soon at the scene
of the trouble. The fire in the chim-
ney was a hot one, but was extin-
guished by the means of the chemicals.
without wetting any hose. The DAM
age to the house was small, and was
covered by insurance in Downing's
agency. The all out sounded at All.
\ little excitement was occasioned
in front of Wadleigh's store, when the
hoOl and ladder truck. after coming
down Bridge hill. made the turn to
go up Water street. A team owned
by Asa Townsend. was standing in
front Of the store above mentioned, and
as the truck made the turn the rear
wheels Slowed. striking Mr.. Townsends
wagon, and swinging it round, so that
FOR moment it looked as if there
would be trouble. but the horse at
tached to the wagon was Il steady one
and the shock did not jar him. The
axle of the wagon was sprung and the
vehicle received other minor injuries.
but nothing serious.
The second call came at 1O45 in the
evening. from Box 81. at the railroad
bridge. This time it was the two-story
wooden structure owned by the Bar
| bier heirs. on upper Water street. The
north half of the building where the
| fire was, is occupied by Geo. Daniels.
dealer in household utensils and Sec
| ond hand furniture. the lower story
| being used as Il store, and the second
for storing furniture. The south half
OF the building is occupied by A. S.
| Cyr, who conducts a bicycle and gem
eral repair shop on the lower floor, and
lives overhead.
| The fire was in rear room over
| Daniels store. and was confined to a
| corner where it had evidently started.
| 1t was first discovered by young wo-
| nan who was passing the building,
and saw the smoke. When the fire
| men arrived the place was filled with
smoke. but the torrents of water which
We're poured into the room where the
| fire was, soon killed it out, and the
| larger part of the loss which resulted
was due to water and smoke. The all
out sounded at midnight.
| The cause of the fire is as yet a myS-
| terry. The room in which it started,
like the others on that floor, was filled
| with furniture, bedding, etc. and the
| only possible cause for a blaze to be
seen in the room was a lamp in n
bracket on the wall A door near
where the lamp set in the bracket, was
burned. and several articles on the
floor, and the theory which was adj
vanced at the time of the fire, Satur-
day night was that perhaps some OF
the goods which were piled up agains,
the wall all around the room. might
| have extended from the lamp, and ig
hitting from it. dropped to the floor, and
| started the fire in that way.
| lie tOtdl loss may perhaps Inquire
up $500. The loss on the building will
be about 5000, and is covered by in
surance in the agencies of C. S. Down.
| ing & Son. and Macomber, Farr &
Written. Daniels loss is estimated at
$500, and is covered in Downing's
agency \. S. Cyr will have a small
less on stock. and that is also covered
| iii Downing'S agency.
r. G. Thibodeau, who operates hair
dressing rooms just north of the Dam
iels store. and lives overheard, moved
his goods to place of safety at the
time the fire was in progress. but his
apartments. with the exception of a
little water which worked it's way
in through the ceiling We're not dam
| aged.
Had it not been for the promptness
on the part of the firemen, it would
seem that the fire must have been
serious one. as the room where the fire
occurred, and the others adjoining.
| contained a large amount of intlam-
able material. including excelsior and
paper. and the only wonder is that the
| loss was not larger.
Chief Kicker was in charge and as