Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22
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What came near being very
serious fire at Razorville was avertea
Friday morning by the prompt use OF the
telephone. and the timely ARRIVAL OF
Merle Sidelinger and Mr.. Mank. Mrs.
Fred Folsome discovered smoke and fire
around the chimney of her house ana
Quickly gave an alarm, and Mr.. Side
linser and Mr. Mank happened 70 be
coming up the road. put ladders on 'iie
house and kept it subdued until help ar
rived Mrs. Folsome went to the teie-
phone and soon large company came
and the blaze was soon eXtngulshed.
Mr.. Fulsome was away, and mad II not
been for the telephone the TWO men
probably could not have saved II. lie
has one of the best stands OF pu'!dlngs
in this part of the town, NICE ne" Darn
connected with the house by new ell
and had the house burned all would
have gone 1t had burned into several
rooms upstairs and under the floors.
The damage will probably be $500 at
least, with a small insurance.
Francis E. Harrington, former sub
master Of Rockland High school, mas re-
signed his position in Rcckland bank
to accept the principalship Of the Lisbon
Falls High school. He is a son Of Mayor
Charles NJ. Harrington.
Electric wires. it is claimed, were re-
sponsible for a fire in the tabernacle at
the Old Orchard campground Tuesday
afternoon which threatened the destruc-
ton Of the edifice where SO many denom-
nations have met during the past quar-
ter Of a century. About o'clock smoke
was seen issuing from the belfry and the
bell was rung to give the alarm Hun
dreds Of summer people ran to the scene.
The Portland District Methodist Camp
meeting is in session in the grove and
the members assisted in quellinS the
flames. The damage is slight.
DR.. c. P. Hooker, one of the leading
physicians Of Springfield. Mass. is seri-
ously ill at a hotel at Fortunes Rocks.
where he came for his vacation. He was
stricken July Z. week after he arrived
and his condition is such as to cause his
relatives much alarm.
A special meeting Of the Brunswick
Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday
evening and Isaiah r. Morrill,, Charles E.
Townsend. Gilbert Wheeler and Wilbur
F. Senter were appointed committee
to form a realty company for the pur-
pose Of building houses there.
The ruined hull Of the Standard Oil
Co.'S boat. Petrolia III, which was blown
up Monday at Rockland, with a loss Of
one life and injuring three others badly.
was raised Tuesday by the steam lighter
Sophia and beached in a neighboring
cove. The craft was originally built for
a yacht, and is said to have cost $4,000.
Atlantic wharf, where the boat lay at
the time Of the explosion. is found to
have been badly damaged. many of the
granite piers being broken or splintered.
The norther side of the wharf will have
to be rebuilt for Is feet. Capt. Mansfield
W. Toole and Engineer Milan Day Of the
Petrolia III have passed a fairly COM
Portable time at the Knox Hospital but
neither has passed the danger point.
The body Of Fred T. Abbott. the cook.
who was killed in the explosion, was
Tuesday taken to his home in Boothbav
Harbor. A real hero Of the occasion
proves to have been Lester Post, an en-
ployee Of the oil company, who, though
badly injured himself, turned off the oil
supply, and prevented the blowing IN
Of the gasoline station on Atlantic wharf.
Messrs. Mitchell johnson of Oakland
andf Contractor F. W. Carlton of Bath.
have, contracted to remove $500 wards