Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-06
Ear|ySunday Morning from
DeStruCtiVeS Fires
Edwards Mills and Cushnoc
Paper Mil the Scenes
Firemen Also Have Busy Time Satur.
day Answering still Alarms

busy time of IL for the entire day Sat
urday and in the early hours of Sun
day morning when it responded to
three still alarms and two box alarms,
one coming at 1.50 A. M. Sunday from
private box 81 at the Edwards Manu-
featuring Cos. mills, due to a blaze
in the slasher- room on the top floor
of the old No. 2 mill, and the other
from private box 49, at the Cushnoc
Paper Co.'S. mill for fire in the boil
err room, the cause Of which is I'M
known but which resulted in q $1,000
loss.
The Edwards Fire
1t was exactly 150 when the call
from Box 81 for the fire in the slasher
room at the Edwards mills was sent
in The department made an excep-
tionally quick run to the scene. Hose
No. laid three lines of hose but they
were not needed. The fire was dis
covered to be on the top floor of the
No. mill. but origin of the fire is un-
known. The night Waterman had just
made the rounds but saw nothing out
of the way. Suddenly smoke was seen
issuing from the building and imme-
diately he pulled in the alarm. BY the
sprinklers which are located all over
the plant were working to perfection.
The mill hose was brought into use
but the three lines laid by Hose l
were not wet. The fire started in one
Of the slasher machines and although
the less is not known the water from
the sprinklers flooded the lower floors
to the extent that the damage VIII be
considerable. The damage on account
of the fire was not heavy. The COM
pany carries insurance on It's mil
property in a factory mutual concern.
The about sounded at 24S.
The Cushnoc Paper Mill Fire
The boys of the fire department
were allowed but a few hours rest
when they were again called out, this
time at $50 by an alarm from Box
az. at the mill of the Cushnoc Paper
Co. at the east end of the Kennebec
dam. which was due to the discovery
of a brisk blaze in the boiler house at
the mill The fire caught on the shaw
ings conveyor which carries the fuel
from the wood room to the boilers and
was discovered by Herbert Larrabee,
fireman at the mill. who promptly gave
the alarm. LIE CAUSE VI inc nv 40
unknown.
Alongside the boilers is the coal shed
and IT was here that the greater part
of the damage was done. The under
side of the roof was charred badly,
also the doors, and the belts of the
conveyor were burned. and the fremen
had a hard hours work before the
blaze was effectually killed out. The
boilers suffered no damage and the OPP
Grafton of the mill was not interfered
with. The estimated damage on ac-
count of the fire is about $1,000 and is
covered by insurance in the Macon
Der, Farr & Whitten agency. The all
out was sounded at $40.
In addition to the two above fires
the firemen had busy day of 1t Sat
urday answering still alarms. At 4.3o
p. NJ. q call was sent III from the
CONGREGATIONAL church but it was dis
covered on the arrival of the depart
ment that the smoke seen was coming
from the furnace and therefore the
services of the department were not
needed.
At $50 p. NJ a call was sent in for
grass fire at the Driving park, near
the grandstand. The fire had gained
considerable Roadway and required
number of chemicals to extingulsn the
blaze. Again at $50 P. NJ. the depart
ment responded to a still alarm at
Britts gully, due to another grass ire.
Chemicals and pyrene were used TO
kill it out