Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-03
Bad Fire Thursday Morning
in The Small Store
Loss Nearly $1,000; Partially
lnSured--A Near Fatality
Minor Town 0fficers..ForeIgn Mis-
sionary Meeting at N. E. Parsonage

The citizens of Madison for a sec
ond time within three weeks were
aroused by an alarm of fire at 345
o'clock Thursday morning. The blaze
was in the building occupied by Ly-
man P. Small on the south side of
Main street and just east of the Maine
Central track. 1t is a two-story wood
en- structure. The lower floor was oc-
cupied by Mr.. Small as a furniture
store, and he lived in the tenement
over the store. In the north end of
the building were two rooms occupied
by Byron Johnson, and attached to
the building was another small store,
occupied by j. Lynn Niles as a tobac-
co and confectionery store
The fire caught on the ground floor
near the room occupied by Mr.. Small
as an office and was first seen by Mrs
A. M. Young as she was busy getting
breakfast in the restaurant on the OPP
posite side of the street. Mr.. and Mrs
Small were awakened by dense
smoke but had time to secure their
clothing. Mr.. Small narrowly escaped
being suffocated when he went back
to get his trunks. The firemen re-
sponded promptly but were much
of the building by the iron roof The
"all-out" was blown at Go A. NJ.
The building was completely Quilted
by fire, smoke and water, and besides
his household furniture the stock in
the store below was practically ruin
ed. The building was valued at $500,
the damage estimated at $1,000. partial
| ly insured. On taking account of
stock last week Mr., Small found he
had a stock valued at little over
$4,000, with one-half insurance. The
damage to the stock in the Viles store
is estimated at 800; insured. Mr. John
son had furniture and tools to the
value of $500, a part being saved, but
! the loss will be covered by 5000 in
suranee. The building which is one
of the landmarks of the place. is own
ed by f. B. Rowell of East Madison.
The following minor officers have
been appointed by the Arson select
men: Constables, Willis Emery, H. B.
Hilton, Charles Bracket; member of
Board of Health, Thomas H. Spear;
surveyors of wood bark and lumber,
Frank Moulton, E. r. Walker A d.
Moore, T. 4. Manter: sealer of weights
! and measures, NJ. NJ. Spear.
An unusually interesting meeting of
! the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
] ciety of the Methodist church was held
/ Wednesday at ternoon at the parson-
+ age on Middle street The rooms were
very PRETTY decorated with purple
and white tissue paper festooning and
/ Easter bells. together with large bou-
duets of Easter lilies. First came a
! devotional service, after which there
was a short program on Japan and
+ China Next came the event of the af-
! ternoon, a talk on the work of the Pc
nobscnt Bay Bethel Mission by Mrs
j Annie Drummond of Southport. Mrs
I Drummond told of the needs and many
/ Interesting incidents connected with
/ the work. After this address came an
/ informal social hour. during which
/ sandwiches, cake. cocoa and home
made candy were served.
/ Mrs. A. NJ Holden and children went
+ Wednesday to Moores Siding for a
few days visit with Mrs. Holden's
/ brother.
Rev. ROYAL A. Rich left Thursday
for Fairfield, called to attend the fu-
neral of a former parishioner.
An illustrated stereopticon lecture
was given in the Methodist church
Wednesday evening by Rev. E. w.
Weber on "A Winter in the Sunny
| South"
The members of the Madison High
| School Dramatic Club went Thursday
to North Arson, where they presented
the play "Higbee of Harvard.