Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-11
AT GREAT WORKS.
Burning of Saw Mill Operated
by Andrews 4 Company.
Mill and Contents Entire Loss, Esti-
mated at $4,000.
Fire Laddies Of Neighborina Towns
Give Aid.

VI i OWL, Me, -hty 1D.-lne SaWmill
st Great Works, owned by the Penob
scot thcrn. II Fibre co. and commonly
atcl by Andrews G Gouti, was burn ,d
TO the grouhd, ut . O'clock, Tuesday
the mill ana contents Loin.
IN entire loss. While no correct ce,i-
mat" Of the loss can bc asccrtnincd. IL
is tholGht that it will be In the vicinity
"f $3G.0D0.
The fire started In IN unoccuI.icl
Part IF tn" mill nearest tl.a river auI
which w.,s formerly used for The h::id
saw u, gore IL WAS carried away ~ the
Hood of two years agn. Tho nisht
Natchman VAS making mis- rounds Is
usual vn"n h" nutircd the blIZ., Th"
whistle was blown hnmc,nt'rlv. hut
hcf"r" th" sl"'i'y employ; al thr min
iIad :;att"n "ut 1" ascertain ll,. ,.itiS.
"f liz HltIr' the m.il ,as q m,t..' uf
tlIIl"s. The origin anu eau. ul Tho
'l.'Z'. Is CuniY.l"t" mystery
chief Engineer Rufus -. WadI~i-h.
Whn is g; the adjoining pulp mill. 4
iIrt d! tn" Iltnt Of III" ,nnb:r.ni
hcn.ir.il Fibre Co, rang in the lla.m III
and the pld TnWl FIRE cngin and T.
men I"~irnici Ia the ttll. nn thc ar
rival nC IL" engine ana hos cart the
hrcmcn under the direction al their
chief. who saw that il WA imros.,li Il.
to save the main i,lgt Of the mill. con-
irct their attention t. Tho two bulk
hcads. which mold the waters Gf the
river in che an prevent ihr Er..;tI
rnlI mill from bCin: inundated. Three
lines ot hos" were run from different
Joints of vantage 70 Il point rear tn,
outer hulkh':id ANA thic" streams rf
water were played on 10th during the
entire ruE Of the fire.
The iirrmrn ana the nil employees
worked valilntIy tn check the flames.
but on account of the .lriftNo0i and
heavE sawdust which MOO kcd :hr canal
whore the hos. were attached. but little
power could be Ohtliur'i. ana Chief
WadlcISh in talking q. the fire. Tues
day morning, said that if the whole
PcnChs;nt could have beer turned into
tho mill it was loubtful if the property
coui'l have been saved.
The fire started ut 2.10 A. NJ, and
when the frcmcn took their engine and
went back to the hose house at 6 o'clock
the mill site was marked only by n
rl1ss Of hlackcncd an1 smoking ruins,
but the hI."i:ht ais We're saved and for
this reason the pulp mill sustained no
damage ana was running the same as
usual Oh Tuesday.
Superintendent Wentworth Of the
T"nohscot Chemical Fiber CO.. Whcn in
t 'rV;rw"d in regard to the fire. Tues
day forenoon, said that an accurate
estimation of the amount of damage
Sustainrd was impossible on account
of the condition ot the mill property.
It was learned. however. that the Old
mill the property of William T. Pear
son * Co, was burned on June 3. 1881
aud was rebuilt during the winter of
'Sl-'S2. at Il cost OF about $4,000 Later,
in tn year 'S2, the shore privileges and
power were sold to the p. G. F. Co. and
the mill itself transferred to the COM
pany, on the death of Mr.. Pearson
some years later.
ON acquiring the mill property the p.
9. +. Co. used part of the property
for the extension Of its plant and for
| the erection of the new power house
recently completed. Two years ago
| the Hood which carried away the tol!
bridge 1T Bangor, also carried away Il
| part of this mill, that Immediately adj
| Joining the part where the fire started.
! Tuesday morning, and containing the
| smallest band saw which went with tho
Hood. Thus Only the middle of the mill
was left which covered a space about
| 100 by 200 feet. This was leased three
years ago by Noah Gould of Old Town.
who was superintendent of the mill
when II burned. Tuesday. and Frank
Andrews of Bangor. who have been OPP
| Grating the mill up to the present time.
In view of the fact that only party of
the original mill remained. and that its
value had dcpreCiated with age. per-
| baps $50 900 would cover the loss.
The mill employed about 80 men and
was running on Monday. one band saw
two single saws, lath saw and big
match planer.
The Old Town firemen deserve much
credit for their prompt appearance and
| If there mad been 4 telephone in the Old
Town hose house the apparatus would
have arrived l. minutes before it did.