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Wiggins. Mr. Martin went to the 
toilet room at the top of the stairs and 
at once smelled smoke, which had evi- 
dently come from the back stairway 
over the boiler. 
Miss Annabelle WHaraden, chief 
operator in the telephone exchange, 
and Miss Alice Haraden, who were at 
the office in the absence of the reg- 
ular operator, Louis Manchester, 
smelled smoke at the same time and it is 
through the presence of mind of these 
young ladies that the alarm was given 
as soonas it was. The former young 
lady called the engine house and called 
for the chemical and then called the 
manager of the company in Beverly, 
saying the office was on fire. Mean- 
while, the smoke was coming so fast 
the room and halls were filled and the 
air was stiffling. Mr. Martin ran into 
the room and told Miss Haraden to 
ring the alarm and she rang in No. 33. 
It was with difficulty she got out of 
the building with Mr. Martin’s assist- 
ance, her sister having preceded her. 
At this time a great many of the 
firemen were at Odd Fellows’ hall, 
Eastman Kodaks 
and Brownies 
FOR NEW YEAR’S 
FRANK G. CHEEVER CO. 
Prescription Pharmacists, 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
Telephone 130. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
attending the installation. Somebody 
ran to the hall and called for Chief 
Hoare, who was quickly on the scene 
followed by well nigh the whole gath- 
ering. Even then the fire was well 
under way, the heavens being lighted 
up. The fire seemed to be in the rear 
ot the block, and flames soon burned 
through into the post office, the tele- 
phone exchange and into Tappan’s. 
The crowd took most of the goods and 
fixtures from the latter place to the 
garage nearby. 
As the firemen entered the building 
with the first line of hose, the flames 
were eating their way through the top 
of the stairs and it was almost impos- 
sible to stand the smoke, the boys 
being forced to retreat to the street 
several times. 
There were seven lines of hose on 
the building, besides that from the 
chemical, and toward 10 o’clock, an 
hour after it started, the fire appeared 
to be fairly under control. But the 
flames were eating their way along 
the woodwork between the ceilings 
and all at once broke out again. Even 
after that it appeared the front offices 
of the building —those occupied by 
the BREEZE, Cricket and Geo. E. Will- 
monton, might not suffer any damage. 
he fire, however, ate its way along 
the ceilings and before midnight the 
front of the building had succumbed 
to the ravages of the flames. 
It was after 2 o’clock before the de- 
partment had the flames under con- 
trol and even after that fire started up 
here and there and kept the boys left 
on for all night, on the jump till 
morning. 
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HGGS 
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SEM ONS & CAMPBELL’S 
BEACH STREET, MANCHESTER 
Manchester Garage 
Automobile Storage, Supplies and Repairs. 
and Auto Accessories. 
DEPOT SQUARE, 
W. E. A. LEGG 
CHESTER HS DENNLS: 
Proprietor. 
Supply of Gasoline, Oils 
Telephone Connection. 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
ROBERT ALLEN 
Begin the New Year Right by trading at Legg’s Market, where you get cour 
teous attention and good goods at a reasonable price. No need of going out of town for 
your Sunday Dinner. Just call around and we will guarantee you that you will be satisfied 
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we are truly yours, 
W. FE. A. LEGG & CO. 
UNION ST., MANCHESTER 
At one time about midnight the 
flames threatened adjoining buildings, 
including the residence of Dr. Geo. 
W. Blaisdell. 
The conditions were the best that 
could be hoped for to prevent aspread 
of fire. There was no wind and it 
was not cold enough to freeze the 
water. 
Crowds thronged the streets from 
the time the alarm was sounded until 
long after midnight, a number coming 
from Beverly and Beverly Farms. 
The building was one of the newest 
blocks in town and occupies a site on 
the corner of Beach and Union streets. 
It was the finest looking structure in 
town, being built in 1903 by James K. 
Pulsifer, and was valued at $40,000. 
Mr. Pulsifer carries an insurance ofa 
little over $30,000. The building was 
of two stories, of colonial design and 
very attractive, being finished in slap- 
dash. 
‘The loss to the telephone exchange, 
which is fully insured, will probably 
be $10,000. James Nazarro, the bar- 
ber, carries an insurance of $700, but 
the loss will not amount to that. Mr. 
Tappan’s stock and fixtures are valued 
at about $4000, insured for $350. 
Mr. Tappan was out of town and 
when he arrived on the 9 30 train, saw 
his store in ruins, he collapsed. Jos. 
Pink & Co., harness makers, were 
insured ; Semons & Campbell, at 
whose store the fire, crawling down 
the line of stores on Beach street, was 
stopped, will’ not be amcng the heavy 
losers. The Red Men’s club lose 
everything, including pool table, and 
fixtures worth about $500. Bullock 
Bros. suffered mostly from smoke and 
water. They carried $7000 insurance 
with G. E. Willmonton’s agency, and 
their loss wil] be in the vicinity of 
$5000. Only the day of the fire they 
put in about $1000 worth of goods, in- 
cluding half a car of sugar. The loss 
in the post office will be about $2500, 
covered. The fixtures were owned 
by Mr. Pulsifer. M. G. Revelas was 
the only dealer in the block that did 
not suffer any loss. 
Of the offices on the second floor, 
the NortH SHORE BREEZE loss will 
amount to about $150 in fixtures and 
files, fully covered; the Manchester 
Cricket about $100, uninsured, and 
Geo. E. Willmonton $500, also unin- 
sured. 
Bullock Bros. announce in another 
column that they will be open for 
business for the present in the Allen 
building on Washington street, at one 
time occupied by F. B. Rust, grocer. 
The telephone company is opening 
an. office in the Blaisdell block. 
Smith’s express are also moving into 
the Blaisdell block and the BREEEz 
will be in with them for the present. 
