The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-01
Bangor Is Laid Il.
Ashes by Sunday
Conflag Ion.
PROPERTY L OSsSy,isss
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Bullo1ng considerabIyfto h slsE III
- g Is sSclaimed by the ssSssS
nonsor. are.tMPs. All sizes 5ss I
valued ut nprisa e5 us z ~ NJ
destroyed. hun, s54 M IS Il
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during conhnsratton,,ysS tsss 81
night Tonight wnst bellev n to- bssSs s
practically under control, 5nlthougIlS Il tSa
fire wns stu burning In mnn y; pIaces.9
= light rnin fell. which helped N to
check the fire. One life Is known 10
hive been lost. nm unknown man ~ hos
WINS killed by n falling wniI.. a
Mayor Mullen called ont the SIocnIst
company of the National Guard d md nd |
pinccd the city under mar tia1 4 rule.
Portland, Lewiston. Augusta Oidtown,
Hrewer md every other pluec Within j
reach WINS asked for help md sent HI
Already n score Of buildings 4 hnye 4
been blown UP In an effort to check
the flames, md dynamite Is still being 4
literally used. 4 x 4 s sS$3
The fire started In the hny shed & OF y
j.. Frank Green on Broad Street, md a
in short time was sweeping throp.li Z,
the city In n northwestern dir eetson.N
Beforc midnight both sides OF SEX33ss
change Street, from York to statc,s
both sides of state Street, from X en- :fsl
dnsIScnSue Stream to nronI W n j, s a B
considerable nsl able S pnrt Of Central 81 anu
franklin Streets, nearly ali 4 OF sPnrISs
Street mud Msylov-r7Gt1css,--- No re Il essp
ruins md the flames hal nude i6Si Saj
OF nearly mile into the hest Sress-S,
dcntinl section in Broadway, HI Centre
and French Streets. iSsi nv "a SS
The burned nren follows iii / X i chs
durkenEuc Stream for ncnri,.; z iva rs !.
miles north OF the starting point and q \
spreads out to within a Ividtii WHY
Ing from onc-eishth to n n 4 gun + fer "a Il
n mile nj different poInt t.. " F.sS
Spend Might In Streets. ${. sftssS
Thousands of persons spent tfieeSS
night in the streets; some from choiceS 81
but many because their homes y Wei 81
either burned or were In DANGER
Outside the danger zone x they 81 tn 7yz$
cred about fires built In the Streets 1
and there camped for the night getGsSs
ting what little sleep they 81 could 81;
curled M In Quilts and blankets that "a
they had gathered IN in their has y55js
flight. SFsssS
The fire Is considered by Insurance. Il
people the worst that Maine II bas 5
known since the Portland IRE in II ssS:9||
when a large part OF the business SO ass
ton of that city was destroyed, with
a loss of $4,000 900 81 e !! "a 81 Is
Bangor has population II ne Il, ariySl
| $4,000 by the 1910 census, & and istha4iss
latest st figures show real real III
alton of sl6s9s, as7 = 50 g
At least Z quarteESf the city has !,
been laid waste-~.-,I 4i e iisg
Most of he hest residential sections
OF the city was swept away. When
the fire left the business section its
spread out like a hugo fan, with 7ftaz
widest part among the homes of hsS
/ people. .tS
AZ midnight Mayor Charles w. NJ ii A
len. in reply to a prefer of aid from
Mayor Fitzgerald. of BOSTON,, wirsdY
that he believed the fire to be under
control. To the Associated press She
said: $9 lyt ~ ~
The city has suffered terrible
blow. but have every condolences athatl
Bangor will come back" IA eigsj
High Wind Fans Flames tf25 saiSSS%
Famed by high wind. the insigIisJSss.
icant fire. which started near; the oorsS
ner OF Eroad and Union Streets, so,it ihaiS
OF the City Hall, a bout 5o'clockitRfs4!
evening. wiped out practically ail3f3S4s
business section of the city and : S Wop5tyS
uncontrolled into the Observation-Disclosures s
tons Half an raur after the fifst isS
buildings were In flames. and the Il "a !.
was eating It's way northerl.N Jun Eroe ds
and Exchange Streets on Meg sid ~,
of ienduskeague stream, - ~ SlrSs
way were banks. office built ssxssss33,j q = y
public library and other strucfHTSis Asaiis
OF which were reduced TO a seefes = "A
The city was soon cutoff from teIo III,
phonic communication by x hes BURNING q
OF the central office OF the New I'm 2 n,
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, and calls for aid from PortIand d. ~
Lewiston and Augusta were sent outs5
By the wire CHIEF OF the company who;a
climbed pole and cut In on; a trunkss
line. The telegraph company o fficss II
stages of the conhagration. hut tfieytss
later established a temporary u officaSs
out the zone and comrnurica Il lon ISYn nESii
resumed. etii5 t5
There were varying reports assto6thsg;
exact spot where the FIRE originated.sss
Several alarms were sounded Il almosEas
simultaneously. In sddttion to /. tn eySss:
fire at the corner OF Broad Sand Ex$S
change Streets the fkemSA !. fQpnd SeS Ms