Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-04
$4,000 LOSS.
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garments and damage to goods by rain


! Insured.
| Arnold 4 Currier. grocers. DAMAGE
h. water and by moving stock. Los
$780, insured. Their cellar was noo1A
and all goods stored there are n tu:.
less. This building is owned nv T T
Merrill and was more or less DANA rn,
~ smoke ana water. The second foo
was occupied by the central office o
the Farmers Telephone Co., which wa
little if any damaged. The other occu
part was James Flemming. whose los
on household goods will not exceed 81
Miss J.. NJ. Withee. mllner. Dam
red Nv smoke and water. Loss M
known. Insured. This building was AIS,
owned bv Mr. Merrill and was hadI,
damaged.
c. A. Drake, ci'c:r manufacturer Mr.
Drake carried stock of goods vaIuct
a $500 and an insurance of $1,000 TIL,
other part Of til" building was occ,l.
pied by Arthur II. Elwood. barber. Mr.
Elwood placed his loss at $50 with ar
insurance of $3.50 The second story OF
this store was occupied by Miss Emma
Tobey as dressmaking parlor. TIL,
building was owned by Mr.. Merrill an(
is practically ruined.
J. p Merrill & Son, boots and shoes
This building was burned fiat. IT was
ov ned by Mr. Merrill They carried =
stock valued at from $4,000 to 81. JGC
and but very It'll" of the goods were
saved The second floor was occupi.f
by Miss Mabel Withaln. millincr. Her
loss ana amount of Insurance could
not r. asccrtained.
Griffin g. Sampson, owners Of Tho
corner store. loss on building which
was burned fat. $4,000, insurance $4,000
This building was occupied on The
street floor by Sampson & Avorc. drug
rists The value Of the stock would be
ct least $1,000 with an insurance o!
$4,000 They We're able to save quite &
quantity of goods.
The second floor was occupied by DR.
G. II. Nil.e. dentist. His loss is s1oNf
with an inslrAnc" of $1,000. The other
tenant was DR. w. s. Stinchfiold. Ht
saved his hooks and few Instruments
but practically his loss was total. Tht
amount of Insurance carried could not
he asccrtained Tuesday morning.
Frank Ponlcr. cohbler. and Reynolds
6. Thorndillc. harhers. occupied tha
small store on Madison avenue, also
owned Ivy Mr.. Merrill Their loss is by
water and smoke. The latter carried an
insurance Of 800. The second story of
this building was pulled down by thu
fremcn.
TIL" next building to this on Madison
nvenHc was the Fairgrieves restaurant
where I'll" flames were fought to a
s;anGrtill. bEt not until the building
was ruined. The front is standing but
the interior Of the second and third
floors are so badly Quilted that they
VIII have "a y" entirely rebuilt The
stock. fixtures and decorations of the
restaurant proper on the ground floor
ar" badly damaged by smoke and Wa
ter. All of the household goods on
tho second floor were burned and but
few stored in the hall which occupied
the third noor will be Of any use This;
sight Of any Of those damaged, but
left standing. Many of the things de-
StrONCd cannot be replaced.
The next building to this. owned hy
f. n. Merrill and occupied Iv the Dyer
Dry Goods Co, was but slightly dam
aged a large part of the steel; wa. -
ln""cd and this of course was dalnle;. Il
by til" rain and in handling Mr.. Dyer
s. inattl his loss at $500.
While it viii be several days before
the loss can be accurately reached Il
conservative estimate at this writing
would place it at between $50, 900 and
10000. The heaviest Individual loser
Will ho j. p. Merrill His was the most
stock of merchandise and bur
little Of it was saved. He also 6wned
three Of the buildings burned and two
others owned by him We're also more
or les damaged. 1t was not his policy
I" insure himself So the loss will be TO-
tai. y rough estimate places ii at $25, 600
or $3O, eco.
There is no doubt but what all the
will he rebuilt and probably
with brick. Tho fire attracted q large
crowd of people who watched it from
points of vantage Notwithstanding the
rain. The spectacular part of the fire
can'r when .hc flames reached the fir,,
works which were stored in some part
1T III" corner drug store. The crowd
beat 4 retreat when these began TO eX-
,,'n.."
IT vas also reported that the soda
'anE IN tine drug store was soon to eX-
pl"l". Int il proved a falsn alarm The
gas tank in the dental office caused a
I'd II. but it was of Il few moments
duration only. No one was injured.