Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-07

Botslira Works Fire, Bath


1ottlina Works Fire, Bath
Shortly after IL Friday morning.
Carl Banks, baker, who was work
ing at the Arch street bakery at
Bath of Johnson's Bakery Co.. To-
Gated in the same building with the
Liberty Bottling Co., and the Bird
Cage dance hall. noticed faint odor
Of smoke and was also attracted by
strange noises seeming to come
from the Bath Bottling Co.'S estab-
lishment beneath the bakery. Then
he saw q wisp of smoke rise from
a crack In the floor. He ran out OF
the bakery and saw that the rear
OF the bottling factory was in flames
and at once rang in the alarm. Com
bination was the first apparatus ON
the scene and was soon playing q
strong stream on the blaze. which
was extinguished about 1.30. Dam-
age estimated at $500 was done and
the loss is not covered by insurance.
School Meet at U. Of M.
The 18th annual University Of
Maine Interscholastic Track and
Field meet will be held on Alumni
Field, Saturday, May 81. At re-
cent meeting of the Athletic Asso-
citation, Coach Howard w. F1ack,
coach of track, was authorized to
arrange for the meet. Track Man
ager Herbert w. Field, 20 and his
assistants are planning to send out
invitations to preparatory and high
schools throughout the State to
compete in the meet. The entry list
is expected to be ve,y large this
year and some very fast work on
the part of the prep school athletes
is expected.
Marrow Escape at Lincoln
A narrow escape from severe in
jury took place at the Maine Cen
trail station at Lincoln Thursday
forenoon, Feb. 8, about 9.49, when a
staging on which four men were
working gave way. letting three men
fall on the platform. The men were
in the process of shingling the sta
ton on the front side when the acct
dent occurred. One man being on
the roof when the staging gave away
did not fall to the platform but
hung by a few inches to the roof
The staging was made Of two-inch
planks and when it gave away these
plankS fell onto the men. The planks
and boards fell in all ways across the
railroad track. which is directly in
front of thefstation. At the time of
the accident passenger train number
81 was just coming into sight Men
on hand Immediately got busy and
succeeded in getting the planks and
boards off the track just as the train
pulled into the station.
Captains Wife Has Doubts
Some anxiety is felt in Portland
for the safety of Captain Willis b.
Wormwell and crew of the five
masted schooner Carroll A. Deering,
bound from Rio Janeiro to Norfolk
and reported as having been found in
derelict condition off Diamond
Shoal. According to the report the
vessel had been abandoned and was
In grave danger of being pounded to
pieces on the Diamond Shoal. 1t has
been reported that the derelict was
discovered by the Coast Guard cut
ter Seminole and was identified as
the Carroll A. Deering. Mrs. Worm
wen at her home. 81 Lawn avenue.
Portland, said Wednesday that she
was not inclined to accept the re-
port that this derelict reported by
thte Seminole was the Carroll A.
Deering. She believes hat had the
vessel been abandoned Capt. Worm
we'll and the crew would have been
heard from by this time as there are
lie saving coast guard crews all
along the Diamond Shoal. She is
anxiously awaiting some authentic
work from Capt. wormwell
To Banquet Judge Herrick
The Oxford County Bar Association
desiring to give some formal express
sion or their high personal esteem for
Judge Addison E. Herrick, and to at
test their appreciation of his honor
able services as Judge of Probate.
which office he -relinquished on Dec.
81 last after having served for 20
years with great credit, have arrang-
ed to tender him banquet on the
evening of the first day of the Feb
ruary term of court, which opens at
DONSA Oh 10 ACAI 4ueSQay, FeD. y.
The banquet will be held at the rooms
OF the Loyal Legion in Norway.
Oxford Poultry Raiser
Frank l. Bean, resident of Oxford
for the past IL years died at 1 O'clock
Friday morning at his home on
Pleasant street. Mr. Bean was born
in Albany. Me-, 81 years ago, the son
OF Amos G. and Angelina Bean. He
spent his early years in his native
town, attending the public schools
and later taking up farming. His
father was for many years on the
school board Of Albany and a brother
has served as town clerk. Fifteen
years ago Mr.. Bean married Inez
johnson of Albany, and upon coming
here IL years ago they engaged in
general farming and poultry raising.
Player Loses Watch
Clarence Cole of Cornish lost a
watch from his street clothes when
he was at Portland with the hockey
team last Saturday. and quiet efforts
to recover the timepiece have failed.