Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-16
FIRES OF 1906.
WaterVilIe Had Total Of
Is Alarms.
Only Three Bad Fires in City
During Year.
A Plan To Make the Department
More Effective.

government which is to receive at
teAtion at the meeting of the boards
next Tuesday is the fire department;
ana the question that will come up for
consideration at that time Will be ad-
visibility of combining the offices of
chief engineer of the fire department.
building inspector and sanitary COM
missioner in one Office, the chief en-
gineer to reside at the central fire
station. This is in accordance with
the proposition submitted by Mayor
Bunker in his inaugural address. and
the plan finds favor with a great many.
The Waterville fire department has
oeen very fortunate with it's fires for
d number of years back BY far the
most dangerous and destructive fires
that has keen seen in Waterville for Il
number of years was the fire which
destroyed the Sawyer Publishing Cos
building January 80. The only other
large fires of the year was the Lock-
wood boarding house and the South
Grammar school building
The chiefs of the Waterville fire de-
partment m times past have, been men
very prompt in arriving on the scene
but it is believed that with the fire
chief in the Central Station at all
times, there would be no delay caused
by waiting for the chief" before
starting for a fire. and perhaps valua-
BILE time might be saved.
Below iS d list Of the fires that have
occurred III the city during the past
year, complied from the official report
of the chief engineer: There have been
% box alarms. the rest being still
alarms and steamer calls. making u
total OF 10 alarms.
Feb. 1. ,9O6. Box IS. so p. NJ. TEN
pie street. Owner d. p. Foster, Frank
Drummond's candy store.
Feb. 5. still alarm, $40 a. NJ, Tenn
pie court. Owned by b. F. Towne.
Cause, hnr chimney.
Feb. I, Box 81. Main street. Atherton
Furniture store.
Eox So, 80 Z. NJ, King street. York
house.
Fob, TO- still alarm. 3 80 P. NJ, $50
Silver street. Cause. hot chimney.
Feb. II, I<ox 50, 1885 "A. NJ, Main
street. Peoples Bank.
Feb. Il. still alarm, 7.3J A. NJ, -
Winter street. A. E. Purinton; cause,
hot chimney.
March 5, still alarm. A Western ave-
nue.. John Strong: hot chimney.
March G. still alarm, 40 p. NJ. "a
Front street. S. A. Dobson. fire
around fire place.
March 5. Fox c5. SO P Nj, Gold
street. Dwelling owned by Joseph
Matthew.
March .. still alarm. NJ. c. +. r.
station. Electric wires.
March .. still alarm. n. E. Tel. < Tel
Co, Main street Electric wires.
March ~. still alarm, South Gram
mar school building.
March 10. still alarm. 1885 4. NJ.
Allen road. Mrs. Roundy. Cause, hot
chimney
March u. still alarm, sj5 p. NJ. Al
,en road. Or. Toward house. Cause, hot
chimney.
March II. still alarm, 80 A. NJ.
sold street. Owned by Harvel D. Ea-
ton; cause. hot chimney.
Auril ). still alarm. 40 P. NJ, 164
Main street. Charles f. Miller store.
owner. W. T. Haines; no damage.
April 6. Box SO, 900 P. VI, Boarlin z
house. Edward Mulholland; owned BY
Charles Is. Mathews; insurance pail
sl60.
April s, still alarm. 9.55 p. NJ. Owned
by Charles x. Mathews; no damage.
April is, Rox 48. NJ. c. r. -' oil
house: loss not known.
April 20. still alarm. 5.45 P. NJ Grass
April 90, steamer call to Gardiner
1905 A. NJ. Loaded but did not go.
April "a. still alarm. 6.35 A. NJ. Cen
trail station and S. L. Berry house; nc
damage.
April %. still alarm, IL NJ. Joseph
Jobber; hot chimney; no damage.
April 2f. Box 49, FOG A. NJ. Mrs
Nellie Crowloy's: insurance paid $3.50.
May c, still alarm. $50 p. NJ. J. F
Pcrcival house: hot chimney; no dam
age.
MAY Q. still alarm. 1920 a. NJ. King
street court. House owned by II. l.
Wentworth.
May Is, Box 4S. 100 p. NJ. NJ. c. r
+. yard: trestlc and shed.
May Is. still alarm. los p. NJ. Grass;
back of Lincoln store.
Nav 30. steamer call, 2.15 p. NJ. fol
Madison. Loaded but did not go.
May 81, still alarm. $50 A. NJ. Water.
willie Trust Co; hot chimney.
June 4. still alarm. 11.50 y. NJ. Gil
man block: hot chimney.
July II, Box Al, 4 A. NJ. S. a. anc
A. b. Green coal shed: no damage.
July II. Box "A, SIS A. NJ. S. A. ant
A. b. Green coal shed; needless alarm
July Is. Box 60. 1918 P. NJ. Union
place. Dwelling owned by Mrs. Anna
Dow: caused by Mrs. Dow pouring
kerosene in stove. Mrs. Dow received
b,,rps from which she afterwards died
no damage to house.
August l, still alarm. 1915 A. NJ
Water street: block of DR.. j. L. For
tier; hot chimney.
August Il, Box SO. $50 A. NJ Middle
street: c. F. Gray estate; insurance
paid. s2S.s5.
August 10, still alarm. $50 A. NJ
Temple court. s. F. Towne house
not chimney: no damage.
Sept. u. still alarm. 4.2o P. NJ. Elk
| change hotel; no damage.
Sept. 81, Box As. 12.2S P. NJ. M {
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