Evening journal., 1911-05-01
GREAT FIRE
AT BANGOR
Loss More Than Ten Millions
and 1900 People Render
ed Homeless
THREE PERSONS PERISHED
AND 50 OTHERS HURT

BANGOR, Maine. May with the
Gre which practically wiped out the
business section and much OF the best
residential portion of this city under
control, but still burning fiercely to-
dav. the State and city officials set on
foot a movement TO relieve distress
and secure shelter for the homeless.
Already offers of aid outside are pour
Ing in, and it is announced all the
burned portions of the city will be re-
built. The fire destroyed nearly all
the important business structures In
the city with total loss Of more than
s1O.OO0.O00, and rendered 1900 per-
sons homeless. Today the city is
under martial law, while soldiers with
loaded rifles are guarding the vaults
of all banks and trust companies In
the burned zone to prevent looting.
It is known that three persons lost
their lives while fifty others were in
jured in fighting the fire. The fact
that any of the city was saved is due
TO the rushing in of experienced fire
men from every city in railroad COM
munication with Bangor. These fresh
men relieved the worn-out Bangor
firemen and by o'clock had the fire
controlled.
Many Buildings Burned.
Following is a partial list of the
important buildings destroyed;
Following is a list of the principal
buildings destroyed:
Morse Oliver; Stevens; Postoffice;
Norombega; Windsor Hotel; Bangor
High School; First Baptist Church;
First Universalist Church; ST. Johns
Episcopal Church; Jewish Synagogue; {;
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph; Western Union Telegraph
ONCE: Postal Telegraph office; Smith
Strickland block (dynamited) Haynes
hnd Chalmers; Hodgkins block; Fiske;
Fairbanks and Coos; Public Library;
Bangor Daily News; Robinson drug
store; Finnegan Brothers undertaking
rooms; c. J. Lynch's market; Univer-
sity of Maine law school; Exchange ;
East Side Pharmacy; Scott tea store;
Bangor Manufacturing Co; Benoit-
Latneau Clothing Company; Farrar
Furniture Company; Lupleins candy
factory; c. H. Glass printing office;
Kane's restaurant and Brown and
Whites carriage repository.
Big Lumber Yard Burning.
III duultlOns muAhhGA vi NAA' hAt
lumber yards along the river from
caught fire and are still burning
Their contents, mostly dressed lum
Der, Of the most expensive kind, vii
be total loss.
The fire started at 4 o'clock yes
terdsy afternoon at Broad and UnioI
streets q short distance from tn
junci OF the Kenduskeag and Pc
nohs> ivers, which divide the city
FannC by strong wind, it swep
north d devastating the bushes
section and then sweeping on into tn
north end where are most of the bes
residences.
AS the flames communicated fror
building to building. an immens
shower of sparks and burning ember
we're carried far ahead, landing on tn
unprotected shingled roofs of struc
tures far removed from the immedi
ate fire zone It was this that cause
the FIRE to get away from the lOca
department. and soon appeals for hel
were being sent to outside cities
There was prompt response, an
soon men and fire apparatus from Au
gusta, Portland, Lewiston, Old Tow
and Brewer were on the way.
AS the fire burned on, the city High
planti b went out of commission, an
throughout the night, the fighting wa
done in darkness. which increased tn
enormousness Of the task.