The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-05-01

10 OBTAIN IOOu, many IeStdui oute hoN"s
been burned. together'with one.large and
several small hotels.
The fire is visible for twenty-five miles
around and thousands Of people are
swarming in from surrounding towns.
Men. women andchildren early'began to
Ace before the fire. Many triedto carry
thei. household effects out OF tn" fire
zone but it was impossible TO get wagons
for that purpose. so wheelberrows and
even baby carriages were pressed into
eetvico.
Into these we're hastily packed what
veluables could be grabbed quickly On
every hand we're people making their way
into the open country to safety
The City Hall had escaped the flames
up 10 midnight but there seems to be
little hone for it. for the fire is blazing
on I'll sides
Thousands Of homeless and destitute
people who have lost everything they
had are walking the streets with no place
TO find shelter
Whom the s. l.. Crosby Company
sporting goods store in EXGhenge street
burned there was a series of violent ex-
plosions that tore the walls as,nder and
scattered blazing debris in all directions.
The Crosby complny cirriei a large
stock Of powder and other explosives.
After the big explosions there was
continuous rattle as the fire re lched the
stock Of cartridges So far "a known
no one was hit by the flying bullets and
charges Of shot
Soon after the fire got under way the
Postal and Western Union telegraph
Offices which were near together. were
burned out Both established temporary
Offices al point beyond what then seemed
the probable fire limit. Within an hour
the flames had surrounded the new
Offices and the operators had 10 leave their
keys.
At ~ clock both companies had re-
estf ished their Offices and were working
with little danger Of the fire Ggain over
taking them.
The city is in dcrknes- except for the
glow" of the ha.fes The electric light
and power plant burned .-rlv and street
ca tr..ffic cer-ed The telephone build
ing was destroyed ~ O'Clock 1t CON
tarcd ell the company offices end The
exch 'nGe.
PANGoR. MAY AT / 4. VI tho fire is
still uncontrolled In. the residential
section the e'dynamiting is still going on
The fire has made Il clean sweep along
kead diskeag Stream on the east side
to the northward Historic Norumbag a
Hell. which ives built long before civil
war days, is gone
J. e. Carleton. a University of Maine
stu, ent. is at the Eastern Maine General
Hospital badly cut about the head. An
unidentified man is buried under a wall
Of the Universalist church.
Many are being reported TO the police
Is missing. but reports that some OF them
are safe are coming in momentarily
Mayor Mullen has arranged to have coffee
served 70 the homeless.
The fire is now eading to northeast. The
Morse mills have been saved by the change
Of wind, The flames are nearing the out.
skirts of the city. making a clean sweep
through its centre.
Ecngor. next to Chicago, is the chiei
lumber depot in the United States. The
CITY is on the Penobscot River, which taps
the forests OF Maine and brings down grea,
quantities of pulp wood and logs. which
were used in the extensive sawmlls
planning mills and pulp and paper mill
of the city.
Bangor is sixty miles from the mouth
of the Penobscot. at the head Of naviga
ton There is deep water communica
tion with the sea, and many ships cleal
annually for foreign ports and in thu
coastwise trade Many of these shipi
are American built and American
manned. Half of them are steamers.
Besides the numbering and shipping
industry, Bangor had furniture factories
machine shops. large boot and sho'
factories and foundries.
The Kenduskeag Stream, so called
empties into the Penobscot at Bangor
dividing the city. the sections OF whicl
are connected by bridges. The Kendus
keag and the Penobscot. which is damme,
Immediately above the city. furnish read
water power for the factories and mills
Bangor is connected with Brewer. OF
the other side OF the Penobscot by bridg
1850 feet long. In the city are I he Bango
Theological Seminary. a Congregations
institution: the Eastern Maine Genera
Hospital and the Eastern Maine lnsan
Hospital. Bangor has also fine custor
house NJ granite. and its public librar
contains 1900 volumes.
The first permanent settlement at Bar
gor was made in 1850. The place wa
known as Kenduskeag Plantation unit
1857. and then for four years it was calle
Sunbury. when the name was change
to Bangor. II was chartered as q city i
1854, and It is still governed under il
original charter. The locality is give
e one Of the most probable locations {
the mythical city Norumbega. nam
which appears on many early maps bl
which has never definitely been pinne
TO any one place. Bangors preser
population is given as 24.s0O.
WAITER GONE WITH TWO GIRLS