Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-08-18
$4,000 Blaze at Norway.
Andrews Sale Stable, Residence
Connected with 1t, and q. F.
Stones House Burned.
SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS TAKE FIRE
AND A CONFEDERATION AvERTED
ONLY BY HARD WORK.

| The sale stable and storehouse of Il
| F. & E. E. Andrews, the residence con
nected with it, occupied by Mrs. A. r
Andrews and daughter Miss Nellie An
drews, and Z. E. Andrews and family
and the house of G. F. Stone, on MAR
Street, Norway, were burned Saturday
A number of other buildings canght
fire, but were not extensively damaged
There was high wind blowing from the
northwest, and the citizens breatheG
easier when the fire was under control,
and it was assured that there would moi
be repetition Of the great fire of 1894
| The fire was discovered about ten min.
utes before twelve Saturday noon, when
the storehouse was found to be on fire
all over. This storebOuse, which stood
at the rear of the stable, contained some
eight or ten thousand pounds of wool,
besides carriages and other goods. E.
K. Andrews had bought some wool and
put it into the storshouse just about
twenty minutes earlier, when nothing
wrong was in evidence, but the fire had
got such Roadway that the building was
nearly solid mass of flames.
The Andrews buildings were in the
midst of thick group of large wooden
buildings, and powerful northwest
wind was blowing. When the threaten
ing nature of the fire was seen, not only
was the Norway fire department called
out and the Norway hand engine, "Ox-
ford Bear" called into play, but the
Sauth Paris fire department and the old
Pacific" engine from that place were
summoned and in few minutes were
doing good service.
The hydrant service, on the Norway
Water Co.'s plant, was somewhat Grip
pied, owing to the breaking of the intake
pipe. A temporary pipe had been got
into commission the night before, and
there was water in the reservoirs which
had been held in case of fire. The fire
was so threatening that the pump at the
shoe factory was started. With this sew
eral good hy6rant streams were obtained.
The fire was only short distance from
the Main Street bridge over the Tannery
Brook, and the engines were stationed
on the bridge and dropped their suction
hose directly into the stream.
Two streams from the engines, and
four or five hydrant streams, threw con-
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vent the fire spreading from the store
house to the Andrews sale stable, then
to the residence connected with it, occu-
pied by Mrs. A. F. Andrews and Miss
Nellie Andrews, and T. Z. Andrews and
family, and the house Of G. F. Stone,
next east of the Andrews place on Main
Street, which were all burned, practical
ly to total loss.
1t looked for some time as if the fire
might sweep over the lower end of the
village in spite of all that could be- done,
and it should be considered remarkably
good piece of work that the fire was
stopped where it was.
The house Of J. T. Rowe, next the
Stone house on Main Street, was consid-
erably scorched on the outside and dam
aged at the rear by water. The build
iugs of Lee NJ. Smith on Marston Street,
which stood quite near the storehoue
where the fire started, were also scorched
considerably at the rear. Fire also
caught on the l.. l. Gilbert store build
ing, on the house of George w. Locke
across Main Street, and on the Norway
High School building, but these were ex-
tiuguished without extensive damage.
The horses and hogs were saved from
the Andrews stable, and some OF the 9th
er contents, also most of the furniture
in the Andrews and Stone houses. The
furniture in some of the other endanger-
ed housesnear by was carried out and
somew hat damaged thereby.
The loss on the Andrews buildings
and contents is reckoned from from S.
600 to $4,000, with insurance of SO 800.
Mr.. Stones loss is about 50 900, with in
sunnce of 81 900 on the house.
Early in the fire, when it looked worst,
Chief Engineer Hathaway telephoned to
Lewiston for a steamer, but before they
could get car and get the engine loaded
the blaze was under control, and further
proceedings were stopped.