大火扫荡班戈，我。

大火扫荡班戈，我。

Fire starling at 4 p. m. Sunday, April 30, on Broad and Union streets, close by the junction of the Penobscott river and Kenduskeag stream, which divides the city of Bangor, Me., swept northward, fanned by a stiff southerly breeze, wiping out practically all the business district and public buildings and had consumed the best residential district on the northern side before it could be subdued. the efforts of the fire department, under Chief W. S. Mason, from the time the fire started, were absolutely futile until midnight, when rain somewhat checked the progress of the flames. The fire swept north along Broad street, then jumped the Kenduskeag stream, running along on the western bank along Exchange street. Property valued at upward of $4,000,000 was destroyed and one hundred families were made homeless. One life is known to have been lost, an unknown man being killed by a falling wall after his clothing had taken fire. Mayor Mullen placed the city under martial rule. The back wind created by the fire itself fanned the flames toward the south, threatening the part of the town which at first seemed safe. Before 5 o’clock the Maine Central was obliged to vacate its depot, the retreating office crews seeing the building engulfed almost before they were out of danger. The city was soon in darkness and the greatest confusion prevailed, the entire population being in the streets. The fire was visible for 25 miles around and thousands of people swarmed in to an approachable distance from surrounding towns. In the pathway of the fire were banks, office buildings, the public library and other structures, all of which were reduced to ashes. The city was soon shut off from telephonic communication by the burning of the central office of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, and calls for aid from Portland, Lewiston and Augusta were sent out by the wire chief of the company, who climbed a pole and cut itt on a trunk line. Several alarms were sounded almost simultaneously. In addition to the fire at the corner of Broad and Exchange streets, the firemen found a blaze in a bicycle repair shop in the rear of the telephone offices. Both fires spread with such rapidity that the firemen were helpless. As the fire burned north, the path of danger grew wider, while sparks set innumerable fires, many of them a considerable distance from the main conflagration. An ineffectual attempt was made to stay the progress of the fire by dynamiting several blocks, including the Smith and Stryck land buildings, located in a triangle formed by Hammond and Central streets and the Kenduskeag stream, but the fire bridged the chasm and continued with unabated fury. Help from outside cities began to arrive soon after 9 o’clock. The Augusta firemen were the first to arrive, and to them was assigned the duty of saving the residential district, if possible. Among the buildings burned were the Hodgkins block, the Fiskc building, Fairbanks & Co., the Bangor Public Library, the telephone office, post office, office of the Bangor Daily News, the Morse-OUver block, a seven-story structure, in which were located the offices of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, the Windsor Hotel, seven churches and three school buildings. Failing to stop the fire by dynamiting the buildings at the junction of Hammond and Central streets, the firemen took their stand further to the north and preparations were made to blow up other buildings and make a wider breach. It has been definitely settled that a cigarette stub thrown into some hay caused the conflagration.

波特兰消防局的M. M. Eldridge酋长与Engine和Hose 3一起前往Bangor，他返回后说，这是他经历中最糟糕的大火。他认为，消防部门在下面工作的巨大困难是缺水，而短缺是由于燃烧这么多建筑物而在很大程度上造成的，这意味着数百个产量，其中一些产量他们2英寸的管道。他说：“在这种情况下，增加了发动机使用的大量水，没有泵可以争夺。”他补充说，在他将引擎置于火线上后，由于缺水短缺，他连续失去了几座建筑物，曾经被迫在放开房屋和可能失去引擎之间进行选择，当然，他命令了引擎更远。终于有更好的水供水，就他们而言，大火被停了下来，尽管他只能看到周围的大火，但他感到满意的是，在整个火线上，消防员都争夺了相同的困难，并且一旦他们得到良好的供水，他们就检查了大火。他说：“每座建筑物都丢失了，增加了产量的数量，并为消防员遇到的麻烦做出了巨大贡献。根据我的判断，班戈消防局的管理得很好，尽管与所有可能的劣势作斗争，但它确实拯救了这座城市。 I am also satisfied that from the first the fire was too strong to have been stopped under the circumstances.”