Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-06
BELFAST.
A Grand Celebration on
The Fourth of July.
Plenty Of Sport and Fun for
Enormous Crowd
With Added Features OF Brisk Fire
and Terrific Shower

Belfast Me, July 5.-(SpeciaD July
Fourth was the hottest day Belfast
has seen for many years, the temper
Azure rising TO IS in the shade in the
coolest parts of the city and reaching
40 i'm the unsheltered places The
crowd was enormous and the big cell
ebration pleased everybody, althougH
somewhat interfered with by the in
tense heat and the terrific thunder
shower which passed over the city
about o'clock, striking in several
places Owing to the shower the bail
game between Belfast and Augusta
was called off and the races at the fair
grounds were not half finished. Fortu-
nately the storm did not arise until
after the big parade and concert by the
Consolidated Band, composed of Bel
fast Camden and Searsport musicians,
numbering some so players. The tug of
war was also held. umpired by Mid
shipman Cooper Of the u. 5. destroyer
: Preston The tug was between sailors
from the destroyers Iamson and Pres
ton and was won by the Preston BOYS.
The trophy, handsome silver cup
will be suitably engraved and forward
ed TO the ship at Provinceton, Mass,
for which port the ships sailed TINS
morning in company with three othet
ships which have been in Castine for
the holiday The five ships make up the
Seventh division and were very pref
" sight as they sailed down the East
ern bay, the Lamson, Commander j..
Nee Lubey, leading.
The parade was one of the best ever
given in Belfast and was practically
as follows:
Platoon of mounted police; mounted
aids, Harvey Stintson. o. J. Diekey.
Elijah Richie, Ray Dyer. Harold
Preston: officers and sailors from the
II. s. ships Lamson and Preston; BEL
fast troupe of Boy Scouts Sons of Vet
erars: knights of Pythias; Canton
Pallas: Tarratine Tribe Of Red Men,
all in full war paint and costume; Bei-
fast. Searsport and Camden Bands;
carriages containing officers from the
ships, the Belfast city government;
. the Belfast Board of Trade; floats as
follows: w, C. T. T., white boat NIL
ed with children. singing temperance
songs: Reade Garage and Machine Co.
a decorated automobile containing {.
F. Read and young son Carlton and
Miss Louise Read: Shire. decorated
auto: an auto driven by Horace Chem
cry containing Chief Engineer ). ,.
T.. Shute ex-Chief I. T. Clough and
Cant DARBY of the Belfast fire depart
ment: Seaside Grange had float ae-
yertising its dances: The Boot N Shoe
Workers Union was represented by
float containing II young ladies' IN
white with yellow crowns: the Daugh-
tiers Of Pocahontas were IN carriage
and wore Indian costumes; The Pas-
lures, Horace Chenery owner mad an
attractive float: the Herald office; Cy
Hubbard. public carriages: Dr Pease
and STANDARD Oil Co. cart; others We're
in line @@AgS
One of the features OF the parade
was the display of fire apparatus ana
the CITY teams. The fire apparatus
came first in which was the new gas
oline fire engine driven by the manu-
some new city horses. On the engine
was a placard. 1901" the date OF the
purchase of the engine. Then came
four or five trucks with apparatus ana
lastly the old handful bought in 1881.
IN this was mounted Peter WEIGH, the
veteran fireman of Belfast. He wore
the old-time uniform, red shirt, big
helmet and carried a silver trumpet.
The CITY street department also at
traeted considerable attention. The
old wooden roller was followed by the
new steam roller. and the improved
machinery, then came the old-tims
machinery, one piece hauled by pair
of oxen. The old machinery was as
crude as the new is improved. Pla-
cards bore the legends. old Belfast
Going Out" and New Belfast coming
In"
The parade halted on the school
common, where the refreshment com
mittee served fruit punch, Mrs. Arthur
Shales, Miss Leila Howard, Miss Mil
dred Darby, Miss Sara Seavey. Miss
Elizabeth Clements. Miss Caro- Hatch
and Mrs. ]. Lee Patterson served.
The exhibition by the Belfast nre
company was a feature much enjoyed
and the company had hardly disband-
ed at headquarters when fire broke
out In the Opera house block Will
liam Baker, who has a second hand
and general goods store. had put in a
stock of fire works for the holiday and
about l O'clock he lighted q big cracker
and attempted to throw it into the
street 1t struck the door casing and
bounced back into a window full of
fireworks. In less than a second there
was display of rockets. cannon
crackers and other fireworks such as
was never before seen in Belfast and
the crowd broke and ran Just before