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

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had hcep located
Stat. Architect Ware announced that
III. lass at a rongh estimat. would ne
81 ooo o0o exclusive of tho valuable
records in the state library. which can
never he. ,culaecd The fremen con-
siderej tho Senate and Assembly
chambers practically intact, with the
..,:C"ptinn of slight fire and water dam
age. but Mr.. Ware advised against
;heir use until they had been tested
II WAS decided that Adntant Cen
era N-rbeek AMI Police Chief Hyatt
ShCuid have charge of the policing ar
arrangements, and that No on" should be
adEiitted withou; i PASS ISSUED lay AG-
iut;gnt General Nerbeck az .lohn y. Ma
son, secretary to the Gov .Hor.
Inc building was placed under ina
tial law aud the notes Of bugles sounl-
Ell through the corridor. So lately block. |
ed by smoke ami swept by flames
Electricians about the Capitol SCOUT
the d. that defective wiring had
started ia" biaze They blamed i, ON
4 "alt-iessly thrown cigarette and !! |
"aS asserted that the desk Il clerk |
and thc book case near il We're OBJ
served to be on fire when the HAMS
We're first discovered.
So far is CAN he ascertained there l. |
ito Insurance on The Caption OF its CON
tents. There has been for year 0!
two, an nsuinnoe of 100000 on the
executive Hlarsion in which fire re-
ceit!y occurred.
1t IS said to be the states policy |
not TO insure II, property. Thought
there have been several incipient bla.esl
IN the capitol during the last few years.
the most serious one occurred fouri
years ago In the basement of the south !
west angie Til" Office of the STATE
iunacy ,eominission was Hooded at that
time and a gas pipe was melted, re-
suitins IN several firenen being over
come by eseapine gas.
When the smoke cleared from the
west corrlcor there was revealed th2t
ruined grand staircase with its bss-rt
Hers and seulptured masterpieces black |
ened hacked and Clipped into UNI
recognizable condition.
The steps and floors were strcHn
ankle deep with the powdered or
mishapen remnants of thu walls AMI
ceilings. while works of art that had |
aroused the admiration OF thousands |
were reduced to mere junk. The mas
siva chandeliers lay sbouN the halls III |
fractured angles and gaunt girLefs |
started forth from the thinning haz
in mute testimony of the deyastatiue,
power that had swept over them.
Featlfcs of noted soldiers, scientists,
artists. f,,octs scholars and statesme, |
We're batter.c into smoke stai,ea ,,,,n,
The fire made it 1eces sary for tha
Legislature. to hold it's sessjonk y, Tho
City hall a concurrent resolution was
adopted designating the CITY hal in
Albany Temporarily as the Canitol az
the state fnr Legislative. buSi,,ss Sav