Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-04
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on the ground floor by John r. Phil
brick, jeweler. On the second floor is
the club room of the Knights of
Pythias and the dental office of DR..
c. H. WILDER. On the third floor is the
lodge room of the Knights of Pythias
Skowhegan Lodge, No. 70, and is also
occupied by Oosoola Co of the Uni
form Rank of the local lodge of the
Naccabees. All of these. tenants moved
out with more or less damage, al
hough the building did not burn.
The next building to this is the
llredDstory frame block owned by
Hen. Forrest Goodwin On the street
floor it is occupied by Green Brothers,
dealers in five and 10-cent goods, and
Reynolds & Thorndike, BARRIERS. On
the second floor is the law Office of
Mr. Goodwin. The rest of the building
is unaccupied. Mr.. Goodwin moved
out as did the BARRIERS, and While the
building was on fire several times it
did not burn.
Next to this was a two-story frame
building owned by c. a. Ross. The
street floor was occupied by Arnold &
Currier, retail grocers overhead We're
the manicure parlors Of Mrs. Fred Tur-
nar and the rooms occupied by Laney
& Deaiey clothes cleaners. Then came
a small frame building owned by Mr.
Ross and occupied by Albert Lewis as
shoe store. The stock of goods was
moved out but the building did not
catch on fire.
Then came the three-story brick
building owned by Mr.. Ross. On the
street floor it was occupied by Mr.
Ross. dealer in crockery, and by the
Bowman Hardware Co. Both moved
their goods with considerable damage
to the same. ON the second floor were
two tenements occupied by Mrs. Henry
RiWlcs and another family. Both
moved out. There was no fire in this
building
The two buildings on Water street
which were burned We're the Hotel OK
ford and the Mlburn block On the
ground floor of the oxford were the
confectionery store of f. X. Delano,
the WilGes-Judkins Dry Goods Co and
Frank w. Bucknam, druggist The ho-
tel was run by J. A. Goodrich. On the
second floor was also the dental parlors
OF Dr. +. o. Sawyer. He saved the
greater part of his furnishings, but his
was owned by Hon. S w. Gould who
also owned the furniture of the hotel
His loss is $4,000 on the building alone
with an insurance of $4,000 The
Wildes-Judkins Co. lose $4,000 with
$4,000 insurance
Then came the Milburn block This
was owned by Morrison & Mcclellan
The front was Of brick and the rest
wood. 1t was three STORIES high, of
fimsv construction and burned like
finder On the street floor were four
stores. These We're the City Drug store,
John Clark proprietor; Ned Lambert,
dealer in confectionery and ice cream;
George Weymouth, harness maker, and
Walter F. Robbins, jeweler All saved
part of their goods. The second floor
was devoted to offices. Those burned
out were Harold Phillips, lawyer; DAN
lei Lewis, lawyer; Jefferson Savage.
real estate, John r. Mcclellan, real
estate and investments, and c. r. |
Jones, insurance agent. The second |
floor was occupied by two halls, used |
for concerts and dances
So far as the street was concerned |
the fire was STOPPED at the building |
o"HH" ny the SecoHu NdtIoIlal BANK. |
The street floor was occupied by the |
Second National Bank and the Skowhe- !
gan Savings Bank. On the second floor
were a number of offices, only one of |
which was occupied, that by DR.. c. V. |
Richards, dentist. On the third floor
were the rooms of the Milburn Club.
leading social organiza-
ton. All were badly damaged by
smoke and water and the roof was |
burned off. 1t was only by heroic work
that the building was saved.
In the rear of the burned buildings.
from the railroad tracks to
the banks of the north channel of the
Kennebec river, We're frame DWELLING
houses and storehouses. On the hank /,