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No record of any fires has been found for this year, but it would seem from the foregoing advertisement as though some parties had been kindling fires in the woods for purposes of mischief, and that the college students were the ones suspected.
[1827.] In the night of November 7, the stage tavern, kept by Charles M. Rogers, was burnt. Several travellers who were passing the night there had barely time to leave their beds and get out, unelad, into the deep, newly fallen snow.
On December 27, the house of Theodore S. Mclellan was burnt.
At some time this year, the exact date not known, the store of Colonel Jesse Pierce was partially destroyed by fire. After the flames were subdued a keg of powder was taken out of the building, the outside of which had been scorched by the fire.
[1829.] On July 26, the house of Stephen Sawyer was destroyed by fire, together with most of its contents. Loss about eight hundred dollars ; no insurance.
[1830.] On March 9, J. Nelson's cabinet shop was burnt.
[1833.] At midday on January 11, the store of John McKeen was burnt. The contents were mostly saved. The building was esti- mated to be worth between six and seven hundred dollars, on which there was an insurance of four hundred dollars.
[1834.] August 7, of this year, the lightning struck Captain Given's barn and burned it, together with three other barns and ten cattle.
On October 26, the old west meeting-house was burned by an incen- diary. In consequence, the town, at a meeting held November 15, appointed a committee to legally investigate the matter, in order that the incendiary might be punished, and voted a reward of one hundred dollars for the detection of the offender.
[1835.] The Dunning house, on the west side of Maine Street, on the hill. nearly opposite the meeting-house, was burned either this year or (possibly) in 1834. The building was two stories high.
[1836.] On February 17, at half past two o'clock, A. M., the college building known as Maine Hall was totally destroyed by fire.
On September 26, the drying-house, near and belonging to the factory, was burned.
On November 7, the new two-story building of Messrs. Stone & Morse, near the corner of Maine and Bow Streets, was burned. It was occupied by John L. Swift, tailor.
[1837.] This year Messrs. Stone & Morse were again sufferers from fire, their store being burned on May 11.
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[1838.] On May 3, a " factory and picking machine was burnt." The newspaper account does not state what factory it was.
[1841.] Angust 14, a portion of the McKeen woods was destroyed by fire. December 17, the toll-bridge burned. A't some time this year, date unknown, the grist-mill at the Lower Falls was burned.
[1843.] The house of Thomas Crowell, two miles from Bruns- wick Village, was burned on July 23 or 24.
[1845.] On March 27, a destructive fire occurred, at which property to the value of $7,000 was destroyed. No other particulars in regard to it have been ascertained.
On September 24, there was a slight fire at Humphrey's Dye House.
On October 3, at four r. M., the " Growse" house was burned. Loss, two hundred dollars. Fully insured.
On October 13, a two-story house at Mair Brook, owned by Mrs. Garcelon, William R. Field, and George Woodside, was destroyed. It was unoccupied. Loss, six hundred dollars. Fully insured.
On October 19 (Sunday), between twelve and one o'clock at night, the houses of Stephen Harris and Joseph Badger were burnt. They were insured for $2,450.
On December 26, a school-house on the Portland road was destroyed by fire.
[1846.] On February 12, Humphrey's Dye House was burnt. On February 18, Major Willett's house, near the factory, was partially destroyed. Partly insured. The fire was extinguished by the Force- Pump Water Works. The fire was the work of an incendiary.
In September, Nichols's store, No. 7 Hinkley Block, was slightly damaged by fire and the goods injured by water. Insured.
[1847.] On April 14, the woollen-mill of Whitten & Meder was partially destroyed. Loss, three hundred dollars. Insured.
On November 13, a saw-mill was burned.
[1849.] On May 3, the woollen factory of Whitten & Meder (owned at the time wholly by William Whitten) was again attacked by fire. The total loss was between $6,000 and $7,000. Insured for $4.200.
On December 2, three buildings on Maine Street, beginning at the northern corner of Pleasant Street, where Lemont Block is now, were destroyed by fire. John S. Cushing occupied the corner store, and lost everything. The second story of this building was occupied by the Odd Fellows, who saved nothing. In the second building was a tailor's shop ; and in the third, a shoe store. The second story of these buildings was occupied by different individuals for offices.
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[1851.] On March 12, the bookstore of Nathaniel Davis was burned at half past twelve o'clock in the night. July 30, a Mr. Cob- bett's house was destroyed by fire.
[1852.] On June 15, Mr. Larrabee's barn at New Meadows was burnt ; and at four o'clock in the morning of the twenty-sixth of the same month, a tannery was burnt.
[1853.] The building on the corner of Maine and Mason Streets was destroyed by fire in February. Lorenzo Day and James Cary built one on the same spot that fall.
[1854.] On Saturday afternoon, January 14, one of the mills on Shad Island took fire. The fire had made considerable progress before it was discovered, but by the untiring exertions of the fire companies, assisted by the company from Topsham, the flames were soon subdued. The mill was owned by the Granite Bank Company of Exeter, New Hampshire, whose loss was estimated at $300. It was used by Mr. B. E. Parkhurst as a match-box manufactory. . His loss was about three hundred dollars, but was partially covered by insurance. The machinery in the mill was the property of Messrs. Byam & Pearsons, of Boston, was only partially injured, and was probably insured. July 6, the house of Christopher Mitchell, on the Portland road, was burned. No insurance.
[1855.] On March 7, a loaded freight car was burned near the depot. The loss was estimated at $3,000. April 19, there was a fire at Carleton's gum factory. Amount of damage not stated.
On June 25, the freight and engine houses of the Kennebec and Portland Railroad Company were destroyed by fire about nine o'clock P. M. The contents of the buildings were saved.
On July 1, an old stable on School Street, the house and stable belonging to the Misses Mclellan, and the Stoddard house, corner of Federal and School Streets, were destroyed by fire. The buildings on the " Stoddard lot" were owned by General R. T. Dunlap, and were not insured. The loss on them was about six hundred dollars. The MeLellan house was partially insured.
[1856.] On May 17, Miss Narcissa Stone's steam-inill on Pleasant Street was burned. It was uninsured, and the loss amounted to $1,600. This fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. In November the house of Isaac Varney, near the depot, was burned to the ground.
On December 10, the Washington Hall building and Parshley's store were destroyed by fire. The former was occupied by the barber shop of E. Eaton, by Johnson & Goddard's confectionery shop, and
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by four families ; and the hall was used by the Brunswick Light In- fantry as their armory. The building was owned by General R. T. Dunlap and S. Thompson. Dunlap's share was uninsured. Thomp- son was insured for five hundred dollars. Eaton's loss was some over fifty dollars. Johnson & Goddard were fully insured. The loss to the Infantry Company was about eight hundred dollars.
Parshley's store was occupied in the basement by Mr. H. A. Thomp- son, and in the second story by two families. Parshiley's loss was about five hundred dollars in excess of his insurance. The whole loss due to the fire was estimated at $3,000.
[1857.] In the spring of 1857 the town-house was burnt. It was the work of an incendiary. On September 29, the Kennebec and Portland Railroad depot burned down. A great many papers and considerable baggage were destroyed, though some of the baggage and freight was saved. John A. Cleaveland lost one hundred and twenty- five, William R. Field four hundred, and Doctor Haley twenty-five dollars. The loss to the company was about $7,000. They were un- insured. One trunk that was burned was said to contain jewelry to the value of three hundred dollars. This fire was thought to be the work of an incendiary.
On October 20. Darius Newman's shop, and on October 23, James Spollett's shop on Pleasant Street, were burned. October 30, Leon- ard Merrill's house, at the Landing, was partially destroyed. No- vember 22. Jotham Varney's building, occupied by W. J. Harmon & Co. as a billiard and refreshment saloon, was burnt. December 15, about four o'clock A. M., the Bourne mill, in the cove, was burnt. It belonged to R. T. Dunlap, C. J. Gilman, A. B. Thompson, and Ward Coburn.
[1858.] February 25, there was a fire in the picking-room of the factory.
[1850.] At one o'clock A. M., on July 15, the barn, shed. and back part of the house of the Misses T. and J. Hinkley, on Maine Street, which was formerly owned and occupied by Reverend John S. C. Abbot, were burned. The buildings were insured. The fire was supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
On July 20, four or five acres of swampy land, near Rocky Hill, were burned over.
In August there was a fire in the woods south of the McKeen Road, and also on the Plains.
[1860.] On September 16, the house, barn, shed, etc., of Mr. Hiram Campbell, on the Bath road, burned down.
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[1862.] June 27, the McKeen Store, occupied by D. B. Libby, and by Joseph McKeen, treasurer of Bowdoin College, was destroyed by fire. The more valuable books of the college were saved, though many papers were lost. Henry Bowker's house and H. A. Thomp- son's store were slightly damaged by this fire.
On August 5, Gideon Kincaid's house, barn, and shed were burnt.
[1863.] At eight o'clock P. M., on December 2, the stable attached to the dwelling of James Hall was destroyed by fire. Insured.
[1864.] July 27, the house and barn of Calvin Cooper, one mile from the village, on the Bath road, was burned, together with its contents.
About midnight of August 12, the house of Washington Stanwood, near Mair Brook, was consumed by fire, together with the out-build- ings and contents. It was occupied by Emery Hersey. Buildings insured for five hundred dollars.
At ten o'clock P. M., on October 14, one of Humphrey's steam- mills (the most southerly one) was consumed by fire. The loss was estimated at $5,000. Partially insured. Lumber valued at $1,000 and not insured was also destroyed by this fire.
October 20, Captain Nathaniel Badger's barn was burned, together with his horse and carriages.
[1865.] On the tenth of April the barn of the poorhouse was fired by an insane person. The loss was about seven hundred dollars. Insured for two hundred dollars.
At eleven o'clock P. M., on May 3, the grocery store of R. Crockett & Co. was entirely burned. Partially insured.
On September 26, the picking-room in the cotton factory took fire, but the flames were soon subdued and but little damage was done.
[1866.] At half past eleven P. M., on March 7, a loaded freight car was burned on the track near the depot.
In the night of June 23, a car loaded with hay took fire near the depot.
At three o'clock A. M., on December 22, Forsaith & Dunning's house and out-buildings, and the house and stable occupied by G. B. Tenney, were burned. The loss of Messrs. Dunning & Forsaith was estimated to be $2,000 over and above the insurance to each. Tenney's loss was estimated at about five hundred dollars more than the insur- ance, and the house occupied by him was valued at seven hundred dollars more than its insurance. This fire was supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
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[1867.] On April 16, the stable of W. A. Campbell, including four horses, three top-buggies, and one open buggy, one Concord wagon, four single sleighs, one double sleigh, six single harnesses, one double and one team harness, fifteen robes, an express wagon, and a hearse ; also the barn of J. Lufkin and that of the double house belonging to Albert C. Otis and Mrs. M. G. Merryman, were all destroyed by fire. Campbell's property, exclusive of building, was estimated at $3.250. He was insured for $2,000. The stable was worth five hundred dollars, and was insured for two hundred. The other parties were all fully insured.
At half past five o'clock A. M .. on November 2, Jotham Varney's building, containing Haley's apothecary store and York's barber shop, was burned. No insurance.
[1868.] On February 15, the woodshed of the poorhouse was consumed by fire. Estimated value, one hundred and fifty dollars. Uninsured.
At half past nine o'clock P. M., on June 29, an engine-house of the Androscoggin Railroad Company was burnt.
About midnight of September 2, the barn and a portion of the house of Waitstill Merryman was burned. It was occupied by D. S. Perkins. Merryman was insured, but Perkins was not.
On November 26, the house of Harvey Stetson was partially con- sumed by fire. The loss was estimated at eight hundred dollars. No insurance.
On December 4, a house below Mair Brook was slightly injured by fire.
December 5, the house, barn, shed, and several cords of wood, belonging to Captain Jesse Coolidge, on the river road to Rocky Hill, about one and a half miles from the village, were burnt. The loss amounted to $2,200. Insured for $1,000.
[1869.] At four o'clock A. M., January 21, Mr. Robert Bowker's house was partially burned. Fully insured.
At seven o'clock P. M., on January 29, Charles Cobb's tool shop, on Cushing Street, was destroyed by fire. The loss was about four hundred dollars. No insurance.
At ten P. M., on May 9, Moses Freeman's house and shed, on the Bath road, were burnt. Everything was lost, even to the clothing of the inmates. House insured. At twelve o'clock r. M., John Snow's house, a mile and a half from the village, was burned.
[1870.] On the evening of July 19th, a farm-house on the estate of Captain Larrabee at New Meadows was burned.
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[1871.] At six and a half o'clock A. M., on February 17th, there was an extensive conflagration at the cove, with the following loss :-
Colby & Co.'s sash and blind, saw, shingle, and clapboard mill, two
planers, etc., estimated at .
$10,000
Wing's grist-mill, estimated at
2,000
Coburn's saw-mill, estimated at . 1,000
400
Edward Stone's sash and blind mill, .
4,000
William Whitten's mill, carding-machines, etc.
4,000
Sundry others
2,000
Total loss
$35,400
The shore-string of the toll-bridge was burnt, and one span and one abutment spoiled.
On the morning of May 20th, Samuel Gummer's house at Maquoit was injured by fire ; loss estimated at two hundred dollars.
[1872.] At two o'clock A. M., on April 3d, the Portland and Ken- nebec Railroad bridge across the Androscoggin took fire and was entirely destroyed.
[1873.] On March 16th the farm-house of Horace Philbrook, with its contents, was entirely consumed by fire.
July 14th, two miles of woods at New Meadows were burned. The fire caught from a locomotive.
At fifteen minutes past eight o'clock A. M., of August 8th, fire was discovered in the stable of the Weld house on Federal Street. The fire was chiefly confined to the stable and woodshed, which were a total loss. The L attached to the main house was slightly damaged by fire and water. A portion of the library of Reverend Doctor Woods was burned and many valuable historical documents were destroyed. The loss on the buildings was about $2,200, on which there was an insur- ance of $1,300. The loss to the library was estimated at $1,000, but this was a low estimate. There was no insurance on the library.
At nine o'clock A. M., on October 31st, fire broke out in a house on Bow Street, occupied by a French family. It was speedily extin- guished and but slight damage was done.
[1874.] At half past five P. M., on May 15th, Benjamin Dunning's house was partially burnt. It was insured.
At three o'clock A. M., on July 19th, the High School-House was damaged by fire to the amount of $1,500. It was supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
In the night of November 28th the soap factory of Levi F.
5,000
Blethen, Booker & Given, tools, machinery, etc.
David Dennison, plug-borers, etc.
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Andrews, in East Brunswick, was destroyed by fire. The loss was eight hundred dollars ; no insurance.
In the forenoon of November 30, the house and barn, with their con- tents, of Martin Eaton was consumed by fire. There was no insurance, and the family was left destitute.
[1875.] In the night of March 3d the old Hunt house on the Maquoit road was burned, together with the adjoining barn.
In the morning of August 6, the house of Charles J. Noyes, occu- pied by Miss Estabrook and Mrs. Cutler, was somewhat injured by fire, but not consumed ; insured.
[1876.] On April 27, a large fire occurred on the Commons, near the Harpswell road.
September 15, at one o'clock A. M., the Bradford Cobb house on Pleasant Street was totally destroyed. Loss, $2,000; insurance, $1.500.
November 6, at one o'clock A. M., the barn and L of the Melcher house on Noble Street were burned. Two horses were burned to death.
On December 5, Stephen Walker's house on the River road was destroyed. Loss, six hundred and twenty-five dollars ; insured.
The following is a résumé of the list given above : -
There have been, during the time from 1671 to 1877, at least one hundred and twenty occurrences of fire in town. This would make an average of a little over one fire every two years. Probably a cor- rect average would be about one fire a year.
Of the one hundred and nine fires in which the season is stated, twenty-six occurred in the winter time, twenty-seven occurred in the spring, twenty-five occurred in the summer, and thirty-one occurred in the autumn.
Of the forty-three fires in which the time of day is stated, thirteen occurred between 6 A. M. and 6 p. M., and thirty between 6 P. M. and 6 A. M. The largest number of fires occurred in the month of Decem- ber (12), and the least in January (6) .
LIST OF FIRES .IN TOPSHAM.
Though the town of Topsham has suffered from no very extensive conflagration, it has had the usual experience in fires of other manu- facturing and ship-building towns of its size. The only accounts of such occurrences before the present century are of the burning by the Indians of the houses of Gyles, Thomas, and York, and the tradi-
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tional account of the house of Robert Patten having been twice destroyed by fire. The dates of all the above fires are unknown.
[1801.] In March or April of this year Captain Robert Patten's house was destroyed by fire.
[1810.] On Saturday, July 21, a large building, occupied by Messrs. Coombs and Hodgdon, the office of Benjamin Orr, Esquire, and three stables (probably misprint for stores in the newspaper account) , belong- ing to H. Purinton, N. Green, and Messrs. T. & N. Sandford, were consumed by fire.
[1826.] Saturday, January 14, " Sager's house in Topsham was burnt about three o'clock."
On Sunday, January 15, between three and six o'clock A. M., the large three-story building owned by George F. Richardson, and a shop owned by Daniel Dennett, were burned. The upper stories of the house were occupied by the families of Messrs. Richardson, Oliver Conant, and Eliphalet Bryant. The inmates escaped, but saved noth- ing. The lower story was occupied by Major Nahum Perkins and Samuel R. Jackson as a grocery store. Richardson's loss was estimated at $4,000, Perkins & Jackson's about $4,000, and S. & N. Perkins, in notes and accounts, about $7,000, together with all their account- books. Mr. Gillet lost his shop and stock, about $1,000. There was no insurance. It rained hard and there was snow on the roofs, or the greater part of the village would have been destroyed.
Saturday, July 8, P. Dinsmore's tavern, owned by Captain Samuel Perkins, with the barns and out-houses, was destroyed by fire. The Brunswick people had to lay planks across the stringers of the bridge (which was being repaired), to get their engine across.
December 24, about 12.30 at night, the store owned by General Samuel Veazie, and occupied by Abel Merrill, Junior, was burned. The goods, valued at $1,900, were all consumed, together with three hundred and fifty dollars in cash. The building was not insured, but the goods were insured for $1,500.
[1828.] On January 27, General Veazie's house, situated where Mr. Woodbury B. Purinton now lives, was partially burned.
[1842.] July 25, a fine new ship of about four hundred tons, on the stocks, and nearly completed, was destroyed by fire at the yard of John Godfrey. The heat was so intense that the house of Mr. F. T. Purinton, a few rods distant (near the junction of Main and Green Streets), took fire several times, but was saved by the exertions of the firemen. A stable and chaise-house near, belonging to Mr. Pur- inton, were consumed, and a dwelling-house, occupied by Mr. Small, was much damaged by fire and water.
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The vessel was valued, as she stood, at $15,000. She was owned by Mr. Godfrey, and Messrs. Frost, Haskell, Perkins, and Mallet, the greater part of the loss falling, however, upon Mr. Godfrey. No insurance. The whole loss, including buildings, etc., was estimated at not less than $20,000.
[1843.] The woods in the eastern part of the town were burned. Probably what was known as the " undivided."
[1844.] March 25, the house of Mr. Leiden Cook was destroyed by fire.
[1845.] May 12, woods burned.
[1850.] December 23, Mr. Rufus Rogers's mill, at the upper dam. was destroyed by fire.
December 29, Mr. Charles Thompson's store, occupied by F. T. Littlefield, tailor, and C. A. Berry, harness-maker, was totally con- sumed. The contents were saved.
[1851.] January 20, Ephraim Griffin's stable was partially burned. [1854.] Railroad bridge was partially burned this year.
[1857.] December 3, at a quarter before two o'clock in the morn- ing, Mr. Alfred White's store was destroyed by fire.
On the 9th, about eleven and a half o'clock in the forenoon, the old Court House (Academy) was burned. It was owned at the time by Charles Thompson, Joshua Haskell, W. B. Purinton, William Dennett, and Warren Johnson.
On the 17th, John Flagg's house was totally consumed.
[1858.] January 11, the Walker house suffered slightly from fire. It was supposed to have been set on fire by an incendiary.
[1859.] In August some woods were burned.
[1860.] February 18, the old store of F. T. & W. B. Purinton, on Main Street, was burnt. Dunlap's paint-shop, also, at the same time. It was thought to be the work of an incendiary.
April 23, at one o'clock in the night, the house, barn, and sheds, with their contents, of Mr. F. W. Dearborn caught fire, and were consumed. The house was unoccupied at the time. Loss $1,800. Partially insured.
May 30, John F. Blondell's house, four miles from the village. with barn, sheds, etc., and from forty to fifty cords of wood belonging to Messrs. William and Charles T. Patten, was destroyed by fire.
[1862.] April 2, John Preston's house, barn, and sheds on the mill road, together with eight cords of wood, one half ton of hay, and two fowl, were consumed by fire. Insured partially.
[1863.] August 25, at one o'clock at night, Maxwell & Jameson's
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blacksmith shop was burnt. Supposed to be the work of an incen- diary. Loss, four hundred dollars. No insurance.
[1864.] April 23, the house owned by Miss Hannah "Thompson and her sister, and occupied by Miss Thompson and Mrs. Merris, was burned. No insurance. July 17, the woods north of the fair grounds were burned. Considerable damage done.
[1865.] October 7, an old dwelling, belonging to Mr. Rufus Rog- ers, was totally consumed by fire. October 12, Wildes P. Walker's barn was set on fire, but was extinguished with but slight damage.
[1868.] April 21, at three o'clock in the morning, the barn and shed of W. D. Haskell and the barn and shed of H. P. Mallett were consumed by fire. Both were insured.
July 3, at ten o'clock in the evening, Perkins's saw-mill on the west side of the Topsham end of the toll-bridge was burned. It was the work of an incendiary. Loss $1,500. No insurance.
[1871.] May 24, in the night, a blacksmith's shop near Mr. Rufus Rogers's mill was burned.
[1873.] April 14 (to 19), Cornelius Gleason's house on the old Bowdoinham road was destroyed by fire. No insurance.
April 19, the old " Fuller" Haley house was burned. It had been unoccupied for a long time, and the fire was undoubtedly incen- diary.
[1874.] June 11, the barn and hay of Charles E. White, and lum- ber worth $1,000, were destroyed by fire. No insurance.
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