The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-01


Iy IN many places. A light rain was
BANGOR, Ne. April Property
valued at upwards of $4,000 900. was
destroyed. hundreds of people made
homeless and almost the entire bust
ness section OF the city devastated
during the first five hours OF con
flagration which at II o'clock tonight
was still raging uncontrolled. One
life is known TO have been lost. an
unknown man who was killed by a
falling wall.
Mayor Mullen called out the local
company Of the National Guard and
placed tho city under martial rule.
Portland, Lewiston. Augusta. Old
Town. Brewer and every other city
and town within reach were asked for
help and sent It.
Blow Up Buildings.
Already a score OF buildings have
been blown up in an effort TO check
tho flames and dynamite is still being
literally used.
The FIRE started in the hay shed OF
J. Frank Green on Broad street. and
in a short time was sweeping through
the city in a northwesterly direction.
BEFORE midnight both sides OF TX
change street. from York TO State.
both sides OF state street from Ken
duskeag stream 10 broadway. a con
siderable part OF Central and Frank
lin streets. nearly all of Park street
and NARROW street was in ruins. and
the flames had made inroads OF near
ly a mile into the best residential
section in broadway. Center and
French streets.
Wind Fans Flames.
Famed by a high wind. an insig-
nificant fire wiped ont practically all
the business houses and swept nm
controlled into the residential sec
tions. Half an hour after the first
alan had been sounded nearly a
dozen buildings were in flames and
the fire was eating IT'S way uortherly
mp Broad and Exchange streets In
its pathway We're hanhs, office build
ings. the public library and other
structures. all OF which were reduced
10 ashes
The city was soon shut on from
telephone communication by the
burning % the central Office OF the
New England Telephone 4 telegraph
Company. and calls for aid from
Portland. Lewiston and Augusta were
sent out BY the wire chief OF the com
panv who climbed pole and cut I'm
on trunk line The telegraph com
panies' offices we're both burned dur.
ing 'he early stages of the conhagra-
tion but later they established tenn
porarr offices outside the zone and
communication was resumed
Second Fire Discovered
Several alarms were sounded almost
simultaneously In addition 10 the
fire at the corner OF Hroad and Tx
change streets. the fremcn found %
blaze Zoo @ bicycle repair shop in rho
rear ~ the telephone office Roth
fires spread with such rapid'ty mat
Tho fremen We're helpless
One of the few buildings to escapc
destruction was the citv hall This
was IN the direct path o. ihc fire. hut
the flames leaned over it and 30 was
hardly scorchod The clfy hall
stands at the junction of Broad. state
md Hammond streets ~ This uo.nf
the flames crossed rho Kendussoac
and continued alonr both sides az rho
stream
conhasration Spreads.
SIS 10 burned north. fho path o..
destruction grew wider while spark s.
go Iunumerab'o fires. m1n- OF Thorn
considerable distance FROM tho
main corfagrafion
hn Intellectual aftomr' was made fr
r'i. f.n progress u fI. r.uoa Do.
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unr1 1rI Central streets auI Ken
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