Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-13

Dalhousie, n. B., July IA waste
| of smoking ruins extending for two
miles and more and seven isolated
buildings represented tonight the town
of Campbellton and the nearby village
Of Richardsville, which were over
whelmed yesterday by tongues of flame
and fire brands driven before a gale
Two lives were lost during the 10 hours
the fire ragged. DR.. Beverly Sproule,
while riding with his automobile in
rescuing women and children, was
burned to death by an explosion of
gasoline. An infant was suffocated in
the dense smoke.
| Five thousand residents of Camp
bellton and 400 of Richardsville are
homeless. One thousand buildings in
Campbellton and Is in the village were
destroyed. The combined loss of the
buildings and other property in both
| places was estimated tonight at 81
SOC, 700. The total insurance is $1,000
900.
| Tonight some semblance of order
had been established by the authorities
/ and relief work was begun. During
the day special trains brought tents
food and other supplies and all who
| could not be accommodated in Dali
housie and in farming districts We're
uuartered under canvas. Hundreds OF
persons lost all they possessed and 1t
| was a disconsolate band of people VINO
camped tonight on the banks of the
Restigouche.
| Campbellton was the largest cedar
| Single center in eastern America. All
the mills were destroyed, including the
big plants OF the ShiveS Lumber Co.,
! Richards Lumber Co., and the Moffat
| Mills. The properties of these three
concerns, in which American capltal
was interested, was valued at $300,OoO
This estimate includes mills and lum-
| ber -
| The fire started yesterday in the mills
| of the Richard Lumber Co. and, fanne'
| by southwesterly gale, spread TO al
parts of the town. The water mains FAN
| ed at a critical time and even with alf
sent from Newcastle, Bathurst and Dal
ho,lsie. the Campbellton tiremen were un
| able to make Roadway against the onrus'
of the flames The fire spread to tn'
| woods and underbrush and extended a.
far as Richardsvile. two miles from
| Campbellton.
The Ocean Limited Express. bound
| from Halifax for Montreal. and severa
other trains were held up this side o.
Canpbellton last night by the destruction
| of the bridge over Mill creek
| The fight of the population of the burn
l ing town was attended by many THRILLING
| scenes The death of DR.. Sproule, wh'
| gave up his life in saving others, wa
| the most pathetic. He had carried many
| women and children in his car to safety
| and had returned to a burning DWELLING
| when his gasoline tank exploded. Tht
| flames burned themselves out in Camp
| bellton and R3chardsvlle this morning,
| but the forest is still ablaZe at many
points.
Among the buildings in Campbelltof
| burned were the following: SiY
| churches, two Anglican, Roman
| Catholic. Methodist Baptist and Pres
| byterianN, the Roman Catholic con
vent hospital, opera house. grammar
| school building, federal government
building. two newspaper offices. doz-
en- mills, including those of the Shives
Lumber Co. Richards Lumber Co. and
the Moffat mills: Intercolonial Rail
| way station, round house, and machine
ships ana all Of the stores in the town.
Some of the business firms who lost
everything are:
A. f. Alexander, general merchant
Harouail Woodworking Co.; Campbell
ton Ginger Ale Works; Jones x Scno-
field. wholesale grOcers warehouse, NC
Leland. founder and machine works
F. T.. She pherd & Co, w. T. Grey. Nv
ery stable; McRae's shoe store, r. d
p. Norden, planning mill and dry KID
H. r. Henderson, dry goods; T. ELS
worth. rubber and steel merchant; D.
A. Mcleod, merchant tailor; W. n
wallace. contractor and builder; FRANK
Blair & Co, coal dealers; the AIRING
ton the Waverly, the Royal, the Stra-
tbcona. the Commercial ana the
Intercolonial hotels; the Bank OF ne"
brunswick and the new post onice'
Among the losses were the ioiio"
ing: Richards Lumber Cos. mills N
Campbellton and Richardsville' sao' ooo
Shives Lumber Cos. mills sizo'ov wv
Harouail Woodworking Co, H"Vvo'
hartford Conn, and Brooklyn ihsur
ance companies carried risks Vi up
wards of 100000. ,o,,,,
The Canadian government Is i.ea>
,oser through the destruction u III
tercolonial Railroad properly. ln'
|. government does not insure us p,ep
ertv Traffic on the railroad Mnlo'
wos interrupted for "a hours WAS
sumed tonight.