Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

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Two vrqrS ago roo1missioner Droner
psfesrad from ,be STATE library nroner
10 he s,fe IN his oejee nm tho Arst aoor
lb5 ,rieinl on, .,,ination., nrae,a,a,ion
in oai,in.i Of WESTINGHOUSE. ,,r.uo,I al
dress I'M. original ma,nscri,,s nj tho
STATE con.,ifYtion ard - or % # tho o,her
process ,p#nuscrlnts AZ we'll as all of tho
ya.bi35e.or roIic. rh,sa ,,,.o al 49,,
removed from the bui,dinr IN = ,1ace of
safety ,jnee he fire started
Commissioner Braprr said that most NJ
The manllscripts thar have benp lost u,r.
original documents and cannot he ra,I,c.a
1ae earl Dutch records uora Inst az
the boob. on IN. stat, lihr.rv .b.,,..
which can h. dpnIi,a,tad il, rho ono, ,,,..z
bet today such duplication gould cos, ac.
c9rtiing 10 Commissioner Drapor. 81 500 400
bui he says The value If the other books
and manuscripts lost because of their be-
ing raritips is priceless. commissioner
draper estimated rhat the loss of docp-
ments and equipment Of the state library
which could be replaced in the neiehbor-
hood OF s., zoe. eoe
lie has arranged to carry on the work
Of his department in the State Normal
School, (which is under his control and
notified has 800 employees to report for luty
at O'Clock this morning as usual.
Starting afresh in the northwest angle,
the fire got away from the aremen short
~ before 10 O'Clock. After several fire
lighters had been knocked unconscious by
falling debris the iiremen were cautious
about penetrating beneath the shattered
arches in the west wing.
a huge chimney which was considered
unsafe. also Kept then At bay and this
permitted The flames to gain renewed head
way. Great pillars of dense smoke curled
from the peaks of both The northwest and
southwest angles, and sFits OF BLUSH haze
Spoa'ed from the windows on the north
'4oe opening from The garnet.
tllenian Rcnnett was overcome in
tee southwest angie and removed in
enc of the many ambul&nces kent
ready for emergencies Governor Dix
MAS ON hand before 10 o'clock and took
personal charge of the salvage efforts
jim 'thc Offices still untouched. It WAS
Gycidcd 10 remove all the precious
hooks and. records in storage tbe fire.
not they could keep the blaze under
co3trol.
me Assembly chamber is a wreck.
STREAMS OF water are coursing over the
rlc'i ADMINISTER carpets while the desks
ana chairS are piled In confusion. VA
Yer tripping from the ceiling and eN-
err article IN the chamber. In the cen
teF "t IN" forum lies the lareh BRASS
chaEueiler' weighing many hundred
F'uEoS' IL is HopeleSSly smashed.
wreck, ruin aAd confusion abound
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debris. but returned to work aftcy hay-