The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-01
Martial Law Has Been De
clared, Soldiers Patrollina
the City-Three Men Are
Claimed by Flames.
LOSS FIVE MILLIONS
Dynamite Was Freely Used
but Fire Was Not Checked
Until It Began to Rain
Late in the Night.
lAmerican News Service,

NSAmcTICNN NEWS SerVlCeJ
Bangor. Maine, May 1.-An appeal
for immediate relief for thousand
destitute citizens was sent out by
Mayor Mullen today. AS result OF
the big fire the food problem is seri-
GUS. The fire loss is fully five million
dollars and possibly will reach ten NIL
lions. Rain after midnight checked
the spread Of the flames and aided the
firemen in bringing 1t under control.
Bangor. ..the Queen City OF the
East as It Is known throughout New
England presented today the most ter
rible scene of devastation In this
state since the great Portland fire u
1866.
1000 Ars Homeless.
More than one.third of the city II
in ruins as result of the conflagra-
tion which started on Broad street &c
5 o'clock yesterday evening ana was
not under control until after midnight
The greater part OF the business dis
trict was swept away. Two hundred
residences, among them many Of the
finest in the city. are ii ruins and 3.
600 persons are homeless.
Three men are known to have per-
ished In the flames. while most con-
servatiye estimates place the pecu-
mary loss at at least $5,00O.OOO. II
may be double that. In the business
district alone losses are rated at more
than $1,000 900.
Only heaps OF smouldering ruins to-
day marked the spots where some Of
the finest buildings OF the city former
" stood. There. buildings were either
wrecked by fire or shattered by dyna-
mite which was used to check the path
Of the flames. The fire is still burn
ing in some sections but is slowly dy-
ing out on account OF the heavy rain
fall. Martial law has been declared
| and what Is left or the stricken city is
being guarded by soldiers OF the
Maine National Guard. Company M.
of the second regiment. with loaded
rifles is on guard over the safety de-
posit vaults Of the various banks burn-
| ed In the conflagration. Aiding the
national guard in the prevention or
loOting is the cadet battalion OF the
University Of Maine under command
of Lieutenant Colonel varnum, Sixth
U. s. Cavalry.
Will Rebuild City.
While the damage done By the
flames was not yet definitely deter
mined, plans were already under way
to restore the burned section. These
are in the charge of business men led
| by Mayor Charles w. Mullen. In re-
sponse to a Droffer OF aid from Mayor
Fitzgerald Of Boston, he telegraphed
that the fire was under control.
The city has suffered q terrible
blow" he said. but have confidence
that Bangor can come back
+ The most spectacular part OF the big
fire came after the shift OF wind had
checked the fire as it was sweeping
northward towards Kenduskeag. de-
| stroying everything before It. The
great Morse saw mills caught fire, the
blaze lighting up the sky 30 that the
flames were seen for q distance Of
nearly fifty miles.
| Despite help sent on special trains
from Augusta. Waterville, Lewiston.
Bucks Pool. and Old Town. the fire
men would have been powerless to
check the flames, even with the aid
Of their dynamite, had It not been for
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