Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-05

And Several Injured at
Berlin, n. H., Fire.
;hree Blocks, Opera House.
Tenements and Hotel Gone.
Several Obliged to Jump and Many
Narrow Escapes.

Berlin. y. H.. Jan. "a fire that was
fought from 81 O'Clock. last night. uu
III o'clock, this morning. destroyed
thu Clement Opera House block. the
two Ga:.non blocks, the Thorndike no.
tel. Brooks drug store. three store
HoilStS and a stable aud thr..a tened the
entire business section of In" city. Tho
total loss is conservativ"y placed at
>I50.06n. against which there is an in
sIrance Of about half that amount.
During he fire many l"GEers l"ap"l
from the fourth story Of the Oi-ra
House block sustaining In several
Instances broken limbs and other scri-
Gus Injuries. Mrs. Frank Wright. one
nf thnsr who jumped. vas picked NJ in
sensible ana renewed TO the hospital IL
!, dangerous rcnci,ion. ii Was NJ iii i
believed 4 ST" could no; ike, but ia'",
III. pLy@iclans said th"r,. Was 4 ,han"c
OF n"r rrrp'rrr. Sh" missed tn nt.'
which .:ad been ulac.'t bv The iir'n"l
nn,; s'ru,< on the frozen grnunl with
frichtfui f.r"r. N"r mH*; serious III
jIrirs ne iI.l,, :ltl. F'ir,' n.-:iou:: III III
sustain :. Il .!., ruu5 injuries. Tn" ~
iUrrd:
ell
Mrs. Frank Wright, his Wiz, r'nd;-
,ion critical.
4. y. l'!;inn'y, leg tr"k'l"
Jnnn I.i,idrr. hri;- bruised. lot daIi-
:, !. IL.
j-rl:,r:,: ..h;ld. thr..,@n from window
aud Cad4Ht il net ny ..!c., en. MI re-
g. v..
T:i. il" originate: i! ;.' Opera E''u-.
l.Inrl- :''Din - r;ni<no"-l ,si"s'' ''hi nal
i:,t a C,d stat h-fpr>. il a dsc''-
cred.
'ri.. ..I.tir.. l.p:irt,n, y. vas prov i.
Ii, iI.l,.4 II staying IT, ,'t' rr""s "f tn
rai,,cs ard engines e. IL the int"ri.L-
tinnll paper COS. nIll' N''r" Sumnl''t-
". T,,s. WY. r.inforcc.; by hundreds
s,olunt", =. r.a,iy II t. fire II" 'l"c-
:lr n2at wires 'v-..' tr"acu '-"r i.-
lean in:: the ,itx IL IL; .<:.+--S S+tT' J !.
lhc fitiree :lni :AiiHs2 !" ''.'' +" ~ I,-i.
4 complrt. ara detailed ,s;iAoai" n
the loss was not oh,ninable to"i,;h'
The heaviest losers arc:
james l.. Tolman. Gloucester. Mass.
owner of the opera house block.
$ih 400.
f.. n
iuniturc. S35.o4o.
Eerlin Dry Gonls co.. $4,000.
The fire WAS under control at mid
night but continued to burn two h0ul
later.
The night wrs bitter cold with tho
THERMOMETERS beloW Zt'o. To adt 20 the
work of t;,. iiremen th" round hous+
of the EoStun & Main" Railroad at inc
uppor end of the city. caught fire ani
was burned.
When several ~ the lodgeIS on the
fourth floor Of the Opera house building
Jumped from the windows. several per
sons We're reported killed. in the eX-
,itclurnt. but later Investigations
eho Ned that only five pcrSuGs sustained
scvioIH injuries
II yle al ,lo,k. this evening. that
,h.. Clement O,"rl hosis" block was dis
i. Il, reL ~ b. on fir. The alar:n vas
quickly sounded. but win the temper
aturc lar below zero. i 6.cep Sn0W on
II. ., ound. ana high ind blowing. il
VAS SOM, time b,.for. lnc 'ity FIR" a.
,a~tn"n reached II" 50 ne AZ tha;
time il vas not bell yea tnat ms ire
would ,,rovn serious
Tho. who lived in IL" immediate VI
ciuity burst into In "ntrinC" ci inc
Onrra hcus, and tri."l I" ar''St IN"
,,nante an ~, uup,i- t'nnr. but the IRE
.roI,. he life EaV"",s back
The, n,anaged, however. To awaken
those i'll the threatened ~ :nS ann soon
;h. windows ,,crc fall Of IfpiorilS nl''
and women. ThoS.. III the street Sh"u'-
ed not to jump. an ih"r, was q -u''
fo,. nets and mattress :.
III confusion the department aifl'e''
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