Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02

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her few needy sufferers and that the
city's business men will rehabilitate
/, their properties in a short time. For
SO extensive fire--about one-third
| of the business and considerable
portion of the residential district were
| Observation-Disclosures We're several unique
| features Suffering was absent al
| most entirely, not more than a dozen
| families of the poorer class being
| burned out There was no disorder.
and the militia, which included sev-
eral companies, among them COM
4 panies from Waterville and Orono had
no break in their round of patrols.
Only two lives were lost. A flaming
| torch. as he wandered aimlessly be-
meath the walls of the towering Morse
| Oliver building. the greatest in the
| city. John n. Scribner an aged cob
| bier of Brewer evaded would-be res
| cuers and was crushed to death when
| the great walls of that building top
| pied down upon him in view of thou
sands. A volunteer fireman, George
| Abbott, also of Brewer, was the sec
ond victim of the fire, being caught
| beneath Debris from a topping CHM
| ney when it collapsed it's length
| across a street. He died 10 minutes
later at the hospital Injuries, too.
We're scarce, only two cases being
| treated at the hospital, both minor.
| The city was never under martial
| Law. Mayor Mullen has been at all
times in control, the presence and CO.
operation Of the militia giving a mar
| tial character TO the enforcement of
| law and order. To facilitate the
| preservation of peace, all saloons were
| ordered closed.
There was little to be seen today
| on the scene of the fires devastating
sweep. Occasionally the thousands of
persons who thronged the city from
| nearby towns heard a dull thud as
dynamite was exploded beneath a wall
regarded as menacing safety.
Occasionally, too, hose wagon was
called from one place to another to
quench blaze threatening to fan into
new life. But generally the wasted
places We're without life, only the
ruins of what had been
kilograms expressing sympathy
and offering aid poured in upon Mayor
Mullen last night and today, Mayor
ing the assistance of Boston twice. But
to him, as to the others. Mayor Mul-
len, backed by the citizens of the city.
extended thanks for the offer. with
word that Bangor was in a position to
cope with its situation.
Mayor Mullen made the following
statement today:
Bangor will get its breath and
courage and then we win go right at
building up again. We are going to find
out first how many there are in the
city who are without homes and then
We will begin to clean up and open the
streets.
Il have received offers of help from
Boston. Portland. Rockland and other
cities, but l believe that we are going
to be able to take care of our own I'M
fortunate ones without their aid We
shall not accept any aid until we find
that ii is absolutely necessary
The mayor estimates the loss on real
property at less than $4,000, 600
re- summarization of the princi-
pal buildings destroyed, the value of
which is estimated at about SO, DOC, 600
and stock and furnishings about ST.
100000 more, includes, besides six
churches. the business blocks on Ex-
change street from York street to East
Market square and on State street
from the Merrill Trust co. building and
I. Whites to Broadway, Park street.
its entire length and a large section of
Central and Franklin streets; the res
ldential portion of the city on the west
side of Broadway between State street
and South Park; between the same
limits on French street and from Har-
low street to the east side of Broad
way between State and South Park.
The residences destroyed include the
following:
On Broadway, the homes of George
w. Maxfield. George L. Garman, John
Ross. Frank j. Cole. p. II. Coombs,
city engineer, and Thomas White; on
French street, the homes of Woodman
G. Pittman. DIR. Henry NJ Chapman,
DIR. Eugene Is. Singer, President John
r. Graham of the Bangor Railway and
Electric Co.. DR.. A. c. Hamlin. Mrs. III.
H. Fogg, where a valuable collection
of china was destroyed. Capt. Edward
Cummings and F. D. Norton.
Bangor Me-, MAY 1,-Homeless, hun
CRY and exhausted by their long fight
against the flames which had destroy
ed practically a third of the city OF
Bangor last night, hundreds of per-
sons who had spent the night in the
open air, protected only by a meagre
| supply of blankets, today faced the
| problem of. providing themselves with
food shelter and clothing, while city
and State authorities began the con-
sderation of plans for the rebuilding
o. the city.
When dawn broke over the stricken
city today. thousands of men. women
ard children. most of them stunned
| by the disaster which had befallen The
city, could be seen huddled around