Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-14
AT SOUTH WATERFORD.
teOntinued' from Page one.)


c. w. Smith & Son state they will
begin work al once in the rebuilding of
their mill ana several of the other
burned buildings are expected to be
replaced soon but many of the homes
lmay not be rebuilt before another year.
South WATERFORD, Me, July 13.-The
fire which destroyed this village and
which is now confined to the forest.
had died down tonight and there will
be no further danger from it unless
the wind should spring up In the rush
to escape from their doomed homes.
mary people We're left without an art
icle OF furniture ar any more wearing
apparel than they had on. Several
children who ran out barefoot are left
without shoes and stockings, A guam
tity of clothing was sent up by friends
from Portland today A detailed state
ment Of the losses shows the first es-
Inmates to have been remarkably ac-
| curate, the summary showing k1em to
| be $lo0500. Most of the property was
| Insured, the total being about 80 per
cent of the loss. II is not likely that
| there will be much, If any rebuilding.
| this summer.
| The fire was swept along before the
| wind and assumed the proportions OF
| a conflagration. Its width was esti-
mated at two or three miles and II ran
practically four lies toward Lyman
| and Goodwins Mills. Both of these viii
| lagos We're in grave danger late last
night but as usual with forest fires
at night when the wind slackened this
one died down and was thought to be
under control
1t was anticipated, however, that
the brisk breeze of the morning would
revive the fire and send il on its way
again. possibly 10 destroy farm build
ings as well as more of the valuable
cumberland The woods to the east of
here, the direction taken by the fire.
We're full of smoke this forenoon. The
damage to the young growth was par
ticularly heavy, but that on the grown |
timber will be decreased if II is felled |
at once and sawed into lumber. No ad- |
ditional buildings were burned.
A big crew was sent to the woods |
northeast of WATERFORD village to fight |
fire there. which, if it reaches a |
clearing of 200 acres from which the |
timber recently was removed, II VIII |
be carried to many buildings. Nothing |
but q heavy rain will stop these fires. |
South WATERFORD village will rise again |
from the ruin caused by Yesterdays fire, |
and right speedily. The first move will |
be TO rebuild the saw mill which gave
the principal employment to the towns |
people and work will begin at once. The |
general store will be replaced immedi- |
ately by a temporary building and plans |
are being made to rebuild the score or |
more of residences as well as the public |
There was little to be done here in the |
line of relief work, such as usually fol- |
lows confagraton. The majority OF
the 30 families rendered homeless by the |
fire went to the homes of relatives in |
different parts of the town of WATERFORD |
and TO the adjoining town of Lyman. 9th |
ers were given shelter and will be cared |
for at the homes of friends until their |
homes are rebuilt or other arrangements |
made
South WATERFORD spent a sleepless |
night. There was grave fear that the |
forest fire would return with possible |
shift of the wind and complete the de- |
struction by burning some of the AZ |
houses which were separated from the |
thickly settled portion of the village and |
were not burned yesterday. From all of
these the furniture was removed to the |
streets or fields or other places of tenn
porary safety and very little of it had
been replaced at noon today because of
the fear of the return of the fire. Much
furniture saved from the burned resi-
dences was ignited by the intense heat
during the height of the fire or by sparks
and burned
Every able-bodied man in the village,
as well as many from adjoining towns
and villages. was fighting the forest fire
and prepared to make determined stand
against the return of the fire fiend
Another threatening aspect at noon was
the possibility thai 100000 feet of saw
ed lumber. east of the railroad station.
which escaped yesterday, might take fire,
in which case dozen or more houses
would be burned; but up to that time the
fire had been beaten out and the ground
had been ploughed all around the board
piles so that il was thought this would
not take fire, The wind at noon contin-
ued Ia a favorable. direction, blowing the
| fire away from the town and I'm the di-
rection of Goodwinss Mills and Lyman.
| 1t was within four miles of the former
and three miles of the latter village. Both
places are small settlements, the houses
1 being widely separated The wind was
| light and the fire was not burning very
| fast. 1t was reported that number of
path. but the report had not been CON