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As the library grew in size it also increased in popularity, and it soon became apparent that the public demanded more room for its accommodation, and in 1896 the town voted to remove the armory to new quarters and 'take the east store- room under Washington Hall for the use of the library. The necessary changes were made and the library took possession of its new quarters September 1, 1896. The room formerly used by the library was fitted up for the use of the town officers.
Already it is apparent that more roomy and convenient quarters must soon be provided for the use of this ever grow- ing institution. Some action having been taken by the town and the managers of the Greenfield Library Association look- ing toward the consolidation of the two libraries, it may be confidently expected that the time is approaching when the town will have a library building which will be in keeping with its reputation as a live and progressive municipality.
The trustees of the free library for 1903 are Matilda U.
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Abercrombie, Delia Nims, Baxter B. Noyes, Charlotte H. B. Twitchell, Henry F. Nash and John D. Reid.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GREENFIELD
By an act of the Legislature of the year 1821, approved January 29, 1822, by J. Brooks, Governor, " Jonathan Leavitt, Lyman Kendall, Eliel Gilbert, Sylvester Allen, Rufus Stratton, John Nevers, Franklin Ripley, Job Goodale and Thomas W. Ripley, their associates, successors and assigns," were " created a corporation by the name of The Franklin Bank, and shall so continue from the passing of this act until the first Monday of October which shall be in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty-one."
The first meeting of the corporation was held at the house of Eliel Gilbert, in Greenfield, on the thirteenth day of Feb- ruary, 1822, " at six o'clock in the evening." Jonathan Lea- vitt was chosen moderator and Franklin Ripley, clerk. The act of incorporation was read and accepted. Jonathan Leavitt, Lyman Kendall, Franklin Ripley, Rufus Saxton and Thaddeus Coleman were chosen directors and were " requested to make inquiry and report where a building, in their opinion, should be built, and the terms how different places can be obtained, and also to report a plan and estimates of the building, at the time to which this meeting shall be adjourned."
The first meeting of the directors was held on the 2d day of March, 1822, when it was voted that Franklin Ripley be cashier and that Jonathan Leavitt be president. At the second" meeting of the directors, April 10, 1822, it was voted " to ap- prove of Jerome Ripley and David Ripley as sureties on the bond of the cashier ; " that " the salary of Franklin Ripley be six hundred dollars a year, payable quarterly ; " and " to pur- chase the north part of the lot lately bought by the county of John J. Pierce, and to give therefor $371; the sum asked for it by the Court of Sessions." The land referred to in this vote was conveyed to the bank, in pursuance of an order of
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1822-1903]
the Court of Sessions, by Hooker Leavitt, treasurer of the county, by deed dated November 25, 1822. The deed con- tains the curious provision, " that the said Franklin Bank, their successors and assigns shall never use or improve the said land, or any building thereon, so as to endanger the Court House, or disturb the courts or offices therein." The bank subsequently, by deed from Lewis Merriam, dated October 21, 1850, acquired the land, between the above land and the old Court House, now the Gazette & Courier building, and the same is now occupied by the building of the First National Bank.
By an act approved February 28, 1831, the charter of the Franklin Bank was, in pursuance of the petition of the stock- holders, extended " until the first day of October which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one," and by subsequent acts the charter was still further extended. By an act approved March 17, 1831, it was en- acted " that the banking corporation created and established in Greenfield by an act passed on the 29th day of January, A. D. 1822, by the name of The Franklin Bank, shall, after the passage of this act, be known by the name of " The Presi- dent, Directors and Company of the Greenfield Bank." It did business under this name until 1864, when it surrendered its state charter, and was succeeded by "The First National Bank," organized under the National Banking Act, with a cap- ital of $200,000. This capital was increased, in March, 1865, to $300,000, at which amount it remained until March, 1879, when it was reduced to $200,000, the present capital. The bank has, in all stages of its history, been distinguished for its cautious, conservative and successful management, which has given it a high standing among the financial institutions of the State.
The following named persons have been officers of this bank :
Presidents : 1822, Jonathan Leavitt ; 1823, Lyman Ken-
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[1834-1903
dall; 1830, William Pomeroy; 1838, Henry W. Clapp ; 1855, Franklin Ripley ; 1858, William B. Washburn ; 1887, Henry F. Nash ; 1895, Joseph W. Stevens.
Cashiers : 1822, Franklin Ripley ; 1855, George Ripley ; 1857, Edmund W. Russell ; 1867, George W. Ballou ; 1870, W. I. Jenkins ; 1874, Joseph W. Stevens ; 1895, John E. Donovan.
The Franklin Savings Institution was incorporated April 2, 1834. Elijah Alvord, Horatio G. Newcomb and Thomas O. Sparhawk were named in the charter. The corporators met February 4, 1836, and chose Franklin Ripley, Daniel Wells, Sylvester Allen, Nathaniel E. Russell, Spencer Root, Richardson Hall, Henry Chapman, William Wilson, George T. Davis, Alanson Clark, Henry W. Clapp, Isaac Barton, 2d, and David Wait, 2d, as their associates, and adjourned to February IIth. Elijah Alvord, president ; T. O. Sparhawk, secretary ; Sylvester Allen, P. L. Cushman, H. G. New- comb, J. Blake, Jr., R. Hall, H. W. Clapp, Pliny Arms, Alanson Clark and Henry Chapman, trustees. The first deposit was made March 24, 1836, by Charles P. Stone (afterward general in the United States army). The deposits of the institution (January, 1903) amount to $5, 126,084. Guaranty fund and accrued profits, $266,681. During its whole existence the institution has had but three treasurers : Franklin Ripley, William H. Allen and Charles Allen. The present officers are : president, William H. Allen ; vice- president, F. G. Fessenden ; treasurer, Charles Allen ; sec- retary, Franklin R. Allen; trustees, W. H. Allen, Dana Malone, J. P. Logan, A. L. Tyler, F. R. Allen, J. W. Stevens, Joseph Griswold, F. G. Fessenden, H. F. Nash, Lucius Nims, C. P. Aldrich, W. N. Washburn, Albert E. Hawks, B. B. Noyes, Frederick E. Wells, Charles Allen, and Frederick Clapp.
The Franklin County Bank was organized in 1849. The first meeting of the directors was held May 29th of that year.
1849-1903]
THE FRANKLIN COUNTY NATIONAL BANK 619
The board proceeded to ballot for president, and after repeated balloting choice was made of Henry W. Cushman of Ber- nardston. It was voted that fifty per cent of the capital stock, which was to be $150,000, should be paid in on the 14th of the following August, and the remainder on the 6th of November.
A committee reported, on the IIth of June, that land for a banking building could be bought on either side of the old Court House (the present Gazette & Courier building) for $1,000, or the Court House itself could be purchased for $3,600. It was voted to make the latter purchase, provided the owner, L. Merriam, would guarantee that no other but a fireproof building should be erected on either side of said premises.
A. G. Hammond of Boston was elected the first cashier on a salary of $1,200.
The board of directors first met at the new banking house, September 1, 1849, at which time the commissioners ap- pointed by the governor to count the specie and administer the proper oath to the directors were present for that pur- pose. The bank commenced business on Monday, Septem- ber 3, 1849.
The first year's business must have been tolerably success- ful, for on the Ist of April, 1850, it was voted to pay a divi- dend of four per cent.
This institution organized under the national banking act of May 1, 1865, and all its bills issued as a state institution were called in and cancelled. On the 4th of February, 1870, the Phelps estate on Main street was purchased, and a fine bank- ing building was soon after erected, at an expense of about $ 50,000.
The following named persons have been officers of the state and national bank :
Presidents : H. W. Cushman, 1849 to 1863 ; Ira Aber- crombie, 1863 to 1870; William Keith, 1870 to 1884; John
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[1869-1903
Keith, 1884 to 1885 ; Henry K. Simons, 1885 to 1887; John H. Sanderson, 1887 to the present time.
Cashiers : A. G. Hammond, 1849 to 1853 ; Edwin May- nard, 1853 to 1855; Charles I. Fuller, 1855 to 1860 ; Rufus A. Packard, 1860 to 1873 ; Henry K. Simons, 1873 to 1885 ; Ambrose Thayer, 1885 to 1886; Herbert O. Edgerton, 1886 to 1895 ; Charles H. Keith, 1895 to the present time.
In 1880 the capital stock was increased to $300,000, and was reduced to $200,000 in 1887.
THE GREENFIELD SAVINGS BANK
This institution was incorporated March 19, 1869. John Sanderson, William Keith and Chester C. Conant were named as incorporators. The bank was opened for deposits April I, 1869, and William G. Packard made the first deposit. It commenced business in the rooms of the Franklin County National Bank, and removed with it to its new building in 1 870.
In 1881 it dissolved its relations with that institution and took the rooms now occupied by it in the Mansion House block. Its deposits now (1903) amount to $3,386,925, and it has a guaranty fund of $200,010.
The following named persons have been officers of the institution : Presidents : John Sanderson, 1869 to 1882; Newell Snow, 1882 to 1888 ; Robert Abercrombie since 1888.
Treasurers : Rufus A. Packard, 1869 to 1873 ; Henry K. Simons, 1873 to 1881 ; Albert M. Gleason, 1881 to 1898; William G. Packard since 1898. Chester C. Conant was secretary for about twenty-five years.
THE PACKARD NATIONAL BANK OF GREENFIELD
This bank was organized May 17, 1875. Previous to this date R. A. Packard had conducted a private banking house. The capital stock of the National Bank was fixed at $100,000. W. N. Packard of Palmer was the first presi-
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1875 -- 1903]
dent and Rufus A. Packard cashier. W. N. Packard died November 3, 1878, and Nathan F. Henry, the vice-president, served as president until January, 1879, when he was elected to the office. He died November 6, 1884, and on the 10th of the same month Rufus A. Packard was elected to that of- fice. Mr. Packard died December 26, 1894, and his son William G. Packard was made president, and still retains that position. The cashiers have been Rufus A. Packard, Wil- liam G. Packard and Henry D. Packard, who is now the cashier .*
The Interstate Mortgage Trust Company with a capi- tal of $100,000, has since January 16, 1888, been suc- cessfully engaged in selling Kansas and Oklahoma mortgage loans. Walter N. Snow is the cashier of the eastern office.
*The Packard National Bank was placed in the hands of a receiver Oct. 1, 1903.
CHAPTER XLIV
FIRES IN GREENFIELD
S UCH fires as were reported as occurring in Greenfield previous to 1854 have beeen noticed in the general events happening in the town.
About 1850 a regular fire department was organized under the control of officers selected by the firemen, a fire district was incorporated, and a chapter is devoted to the record of fires occurring since 1854.
January 18, 1854. H. G. Woodward's house on the Col- rain road near the brickyard was badly damaged by fire.
March 22. A fire broke out in Colonel Phelps building (Sanborn's block). The row was occupied by Colonel Phelps (bookstore); A. P. Haskins (shoe shop); Josiah Day (jeweler). The building west owned by Willard heirs, by E. A. Clark (tailor), and the building east owned by H. W. Clapp by W. H. Sanborn (dry goods). All these stores were stripped of their goods and the fire subdued after a three hours' fight. . Mr. Clapp presented the firemen $100 for their gallant work. Insurance covered nearly all losses.
June 9, 1857. P. T. Sprague's building (Fellows's shoe- store) destroyed by fire. Losses, W. D. Judd (shoes), $1,200; P. T. Sprague (building), $1,600 ; John Pooley, $400; J. McFarland (restaurant in basement), $500; William Eliott (insurance office), $200. W. H. Sanborn's store adjoining was saved, and he presented the firemen $100.
January 5, 1858. House just below the depot belonging to A. E. Reed badly damaged by fire.
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August 16. J. Russell & Co., lose $1,000 by a fire at their shops. No insurance.
November 25, 1859. Three children of Patrick Fahey, locked up in the house by their mother while she went to the store on an errand, set the house on fire and were smothered in the ruins.
July 4, 1862. The Fire Department celebrate. Honora- ble Whiting Griswold, orator.
July 12. The barn and connecting sheds of Henry F. Bil- lings, on the "stage road," were destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000. Insurance $400.
July 16, 1865. Serious fire on Federal street. Stores of J. A. Clark & Co., Wm. M. Wise and stable of Martin Stetson destroyed.
January 22, 1866. Nash's mills totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $5,000. E. Q. Nash owned three fourths, Lyman A. Nash, one fourth. No insurance.
September 22, 1867. The barn of Reverend E. S. Potter, west Main street, was burned and the ell of the house badly damaged. Loss, $2,000. Insurance $1,175.
January 14, 1868. All the farm buildings of Joel Stearns, (Samuel Pierce place) burned by incendiary fire. Loss, $8,000. Insurance $3,000. Selectmen offer $500 reward for convic- tion of the guilty person.
July 13. Building next to the courthouse discovered on fire. Goods wet and building saved. George Hovey's loss $2,000, fully insured. L. N. Bailey loss $1,200, insured. H. M. Chase $700; insurance $ 500. Cephas Root's heirs, loss on building, $1,425 ; insured. Many of the records were re- moved from the courthouse.
July 17, 1868. The drop hammer shop, blacksmith shop and tempering shop of J. Russell & Co. were burned. Loss $ 10,000. Insurance $5,700.
October 25. Fire in the Pierce block (Strecker's). No se- rious damage.
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December 31. The Gunn & Amidon shops on Cherry Rum creek burned.
May 6, 1870. The house and barn of Alonzo Graves at Country Farms destroyed by fire. Loss $3,500; no insurance.
September 5. The barn of E. G. Woodard, Elm street, was totally destroyed by fire. No insurance.
September 1I, 1870. The factories at Nash's mills were destroyed by fire. F. M. Thompson, owner, insured $4,800 ; H. P. Hicks, occupant, $3,000.
October 16, 1870. A small house belonging to F. B. Rus- sell's heirs on fire, and received the first use of the Glen water from the street hydrants.
Great firemen's muster to celebrate the completion of the waterworks. Sixteen fire companies from abroad in attendance.
September 28, 1871. Dennis Kelliher's barn on Devens street was burned.
March 5, 1872. Walter A. Wilber's house on School street was burned. Loss $3,000.
November 27, 1872. Henry Yonk's house, near Russell's, burned.
The Simond's rake factory at Nash's mills burned. Loss $2,000.
December I. F. R. Chapman's barn burned. Insurance $550.
January 27, 1873. The old Geo. W. Mark place on Main street nearly destroyed by fire. Insurance $800.
July 4, 1873. Fire in Pond's and Hollister's blocks. Build- ings ruined.
Occupants.
Loss.
Insurance.
W. & S. B. Payne, Harnesses
$ 4,050
D. L. Sammis, Dry goods.
partial
17,000
J. C. Bangs, Millinery . partial
none
H. J. Davis, Photographer $ 2,000
1,600
L. N. Bailey, Clothing .
9,000
J. H. Hollister's stock and building ... 9,000
6,000
Mary Pond, Building. 1 2,000
9,500
Frank A. Pond, Clothing 7,000 .
7,000
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William Elliot and Alfred Wells lost furniture, books and papers.
October 11, 1873. The Patrick Butler place on the Colrain
road was burned. Loss $2,000. Insurance $900.
April 15, 1874. Margaret Corliss's barn on Hope street was burned.
June 8, 1874. The John Hamilton house on the west side of Green river was burned.
August 21, 1874. Fire in Taylor's block. Insurance $4,000 on F. E. Fields's crockery store, $3,000 on M. R. Pierce & Co., stoves, etc., and $4,000 on the building.
September 22, 1875. The old store at Factory village owned by Turners Falls Co. and occupied by Thomas Burke, burned. Loss $2,000. Insurance $700.
February 9, 1876. The large barns owned by D. S. Si- mons on the old Thayer farm in the meadows, were burned in the day time. A large amount of hay, tobacco and fodder was destroyed. Loss $3,200. Insurance $1,200.
April 15, 1876. The house of William Brennan, Russell street, was burned. Loss $2,500. Insurance $2,000.
September 30, 1876. Mary E. Woodard's house on Nash's mills road burned. Loss $2,000. Insurance $1,600.
November 6. An incendiary fire destroyed the buildings on the " Pratt" place near the north line of the town, owned by D. O. Fisk.
December 14. Old machine shop on Green river, owned by Newell Snow and others, burned. Loss, buildings, $2,000. Insurance $500. Loss, Wells Bros. & Co., tenants, $ 1,000.
February 1, 1877. A small house west of Green river owned by James Newton burned. Loss $400. Insurance $200.
February 14. Potter & Nash's building, stable of Franklin House, A. A. Rankin's marble shop, W. H. Seaman's silver plating shop, L. H. Sawtell's restaurant, Samuel Hitch- 40
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cock's barber shop and Mrs. William Pierce's tenament, burned.
Losses.
Insurance.
Potter & Nash
$9,300
$5,000
M. P. Bascom.
1,000
600
R. R. Howison.
8,000
4,000
Henry Barnard
4,000 .
3,000
L. H. Sawtell
200.
none
H. R. Stratton.
250.
none
A. A. Rankin.
1,000
none
W. H. Seaman
1,500
1,000
LaChapelle & Belair
1,000
700
February 26. Barn of Mary B. Coombs burned. Loss $800. Insurance $300.
May 23. Quinn house, Devens street, burned. Loss $300.
June 4. Reuben Winn's house, Nash mill road, burned. Insurance $ 1,000.
July 26. A small fire in the ell of the Mansion House. Loss $200.
September 27. The extensive barns of John Thayer in the meadows all burned. Loss estimated at $10,000. Insurance $1,250.
November 6. Fire Department called out by the burning of the Keith paper mills at Turners Falls. Loss $400,000. Insurance $265,000.
November 15. R. M. Snow's greenhouse on High street burned. His loss $400. No insurance.
August 3, 1878. The barn on the S. B. Root place, Main street, was totally consumed by fire. There was an insurance of $400.
September II. A house belonging to Mary Corless, west of Green .river, was burned. Rev. J. Muller, the occupant, lost a valuable library valued at $1,500. Insurance $1,000 on building.
October 8. House belonging to George B. Sheldon at Cheapside burned. Insurance $900.
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February 7, 1879. Dr. C. C. Haskell's house on Davis street burned. Loss $5,000. Insurance $3,500.
February 25. John Osborn's house, Cheapside, burned. Loss $800. Insurance $ 500.
March 23, 1880. James Collins house, corner of Russell and Hope streets. Loss $4,000. Insurance $2, 100.
September 21, 1880. The high wooden bridge over the Deerfield at Cheapside, on the Connecticut River Railroad, was burned.
November 27, 1881. John Kennedy's barn on Elm street burned. Loss $1,200.
December 12. The barn on the old Wheeler place, owned by H. G. Woodard, burned. Loss $4,000. Insurance $1,400.
December 14. James Newton's barn burned. Loss $ 5,000. Insurance $2,338.
December 18. Serious fire at the Cutler shoe shop. Mr. Cutler's loss estimated at $ 12,000. Insurance $9,450. Settled for $6,109.44. H. W. Warner, owner of the building, claimed a loss of $3,200. Insurance $1,500. Settled for $1,440.
April 16, 1882. Two unoccupied buildings belonging to the Wiley & Russell Co. were burned ; one a wooden build- ing about 100 feet long and the other a brick building twenty- five by seventy-five. These set on fire the house of Mrs. Michael Doherty, which was occupied by three families, on the east side of the street, and then spread to the house of Louis Haiges, occupied by himself and a tenant, and to a house of P. M. Fitzgerald, in which lived three families. All the buildings were ruined. The Wiley & Russell Co. had $700 insurance, Haiges $2,300, on house and contents, and Fitz- gerald $ 500. The houses were over the line in Deerfield, but the Greenfield Fire Department was in attendance.
May 6, 1883. Fire in the Union Block, the building only being saved after a stubborn fight. Insurance was paid as follows : R. W. Thompson & Co., dry goods, $14,000 ; M.
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R. Pierce & Co., plumbers, $3,000 ; Taylor estate, owners of building, $5,000 ; Williams & Malone, attorneys, $1,150; Wm. C. Bryant, merchant tailor, $1,000.
March 5, 1885. S. L. Wiley's private greenhouse burned.
April 6, 1885. The extensive dry goods store of R. W. Thompson & Co., in the Taylor block, lost all its stock by fire and water. In May, 1883, the same store was burned out, at which time the building was completely gutted. This time the store building was not badly damaged. Thompson & Co. had $ 1 5,000 insurance.
June 25, 1885. Alexander W. Green's furniture store burned out. He received $1,700 insurance, and Geo. A. Arms, for damage to building, $825.
September 2. The barn of James Butler on the old Colonel Samuel Wells place burned. Insurance $2,000.
December 29, 1885. The shop of C. M. Boutwell, Davis street, burned. Loss $1,500. Insurance $1,200.
February 6, 1887. The house of Mary Kinnevan on Elm street was wholly consumed by fire. She had $900 insurance on the house and $200 on her furniture.
February 27. A fire in James Collins's barn burned a ton of hay and two pigs.
March 24, 1887. The old Tool Factory, two hundred feet by twenty-five, was totally destroyed by fire. It was owned by the H. D. Watson Publishing Co. and occupied by Gor- ham D. Williams as a cutlery and plane factory. Mr. Watson estimates the loss on the buildings at $13,000. Insured for $7,000 on shop and $1,050 on machinery.
February 28, 1888. The engine house and the wooden portion of the old Tool Company buildings were destroyed by fire. Kelly & Donovan, manufacturing cutlery, lost all they had, with no insurance. H. D. Watson & Co., owners of the buildings, recovered $10,800, and T. Morey & Son, printers, $1,300, from the insurance companies.
November 2, 1888. All the buildings upon the Deacon
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Stickney place in the meadows, excepting the tobacco barn, were burned. James Doyle, the owner, loses $4,500. In- sured $2,800.
June 22, 1889. The house of Charles J. Osgood, at the four corners, was burned. Insurance, $800.
July 7. Fort Stocking burned. It was owned by H. H. Fletcher.
August 28, 1889. The sheds at Manley McClure's brick- yard burned. Loss $750.
November 6. A barn on the south Shelburne road, in which Sarah White lived, and belonging to James Newton, was burned.
March 23, 1890. The tobacco barn of P. D. Martindale burned. Insurance $1,200.
February 6, 1891. The old George W. Mark house oc- cupied by Hersey & Co. as a tin and plumber's shop was burned. Insurance on building $1,500, and on stock the same.
March 30, 1892. The house of A. W. Powling near the Bernardston line was burned. Insured $500.
April 12, 1892. A small house on the Bernardston road, belonging to Damon L. Fay was burned.
January 27, 1893. A fire at the Dudley box shop.
February 6, 1893. House of Dennis Whellehan burned. Anne, his daughter seven years old, was smothered in the build- ing.
March 7, 1893. W. S. Clark's store in American House block burned out. Damage mostly caused by smoke, and was settled as follows : White Bros., dry goods, $2,600 ; W. S. Clark, hardware, $650; American House, $480 ; Harry Richardson, jewelry, $250 ; Van Doorn & Co., crockery, $200.
July 11, 1893. Fire in Mrs. Joel Wilson's building, Main street, occupied by A. G. Miner. Insurance paid $300.
February 25, 1894. The house of Mrs. John Sheehan near Russell's factory was burned. She was insured.
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June 8, 1894. A portable sawmill standing on land of F. S. Kelly burned. Loss, $900.
July 3, 1894. J. P. Felton's slaughter house burned. In- cendiary.
August 19, 1894. House of Albert Eggleston, High street burned. Insured $ 1,400.
February 13, 1895. The building standing where the Ma- sonic building now does, was nearly destroyed by fire. The building was old and was moved to that lot when Dr. A. C. Deane built his home. O. A. Blaisdell, baker, was insured $1,000, and settled on private terms. The owners of the block, F. R. Allen, J. W. Stevens and E. A. Hall, had $6,000 insurance and received $1,700; W. L. Daniels a tenant ; insured $175.
April 12, 1895. The house of Michael Morin, James and Russell streets, burned. Damage $ 500.
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