NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
BLYNMAN TOTAL LOSS. 
Well Known North'Shore Hotel Burned to the 
Ground Last Friday. Unoccupied for 
Several Seasons. 
It is thought that the fire at the Blyn- 
man hotel, Magnolia, last Friday after- 
noon, was of an incendiary origin. As 
reported in our issue of last week the 
fire was discovered about 1.45 and 
though the firemen of Manchester and 
Magnolia put up a good fight, the large 
structure was doomed and within an 
hour it was flat on the ground. 
Fred Staples, a driver for Gorham 
Davis, was the first to discovor the fire. 
He was on his way to Magnolia village 
from the 1.35 train. At that time the 
fire seemed to have gained a good foot- 
hold in the building for the upper 
portion was enveloped in flames and 
smoke was coming out the windows and 
through the cupola on the roof. As 
soon as he saw the fire Mr. Staples 
whipped up his horses and made all haste 
to the Magnolia engine house, where he 
notified the men there of the fire, and 
they in turn notified the Manchester fire 
department by telephone. 
When the Manchester department 
arrived on the scene Chief Hoare knew 
the hotel was doomed and the attention 
of the firemen, together with the appa- 
ratus from Magnolia, which answered 
the call for help, was turned to saving 
the cottages and other buildings near the 
hotel. In this they were successful. 
The Blynman hotel was erected about 
40 years ago by the late Allen Knowl- 
ton and for atime after his death was 
conducted by Warren Knowlton, a son. 
Three winters ago extensive improve- 
ments were made and an_ addition 
erected, costing, it is said, in the vicinity 
of $20,000. Mr. Knowlton had some 
financial difficulties and before things 
were finally straightened out L. M. 
Clark and W. H. Coolidge, who have 
spent their summers at Magnolia for 
several years, bought the property, it 
being their stated intention at the time to 
have the hotel structure torn down, and 
summer cottages erected for their own 
use. 
‘There was no furniture in the hotel at 
the time, and it is not known that there 
was anybody in the building. It had 
been unoccupied for two summers. 
The building was worth about $40,000. 
No insurance was carried on it. 
In its balmy days as a summer hotel 
the place was patronized by some of the 
best known people of the country, many 
of whom now have summer cottages 
along the North Shore. After Magnolia 
Point was developed, however, and the 
Oceanside and other hotels were built, 
the Blynman lost some of its patrons. 
Occupying a knoll overlooking Crescent 
Beach and the ocean, it was a delight- 
ful location for a resort of this sort. 
The building was a total loss. 
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The § “‘ Pilgrim Wanderers’? meet 
with the colony at Beverly Farms to- 
nizht. Going? 
Philip Sherman and family of Malden 
have moved into the tenement on Elm 
street owned by Miss Mahoney. Mr. 
Sherman works for Smith’s Express Co. 
Roy W: Myers of Yarmouth, N. S., 
was a guest for a few days the first of 
this week of Mr. and Mrs. Levi 
B. Harvie. Miss Muriel Nunn of 
Boston has been spending the week with 
her sister, Mrs. Harvie, and family, also. 
A large number from here attended 
the Salem oratorio at Salem “Tuesday 
evening. Emil Mollenhauer, the direc- 
tor of the oratorio, so much admired by 
music lovers hereabouts, will direct the 
ten Sunday afternoon band concerts on 
the Boston common the coming summer, 
with three bands combined, for which he 
is to receive the handsome fee of $500. 
Manchester was visited by another fire 
Monday afternoon. Shortly before 2 
o’ clock an alarm from Box 31 was rung 
in for a brush fire on the hill adjoining 
Spy Rock, or Wetherbee’s Hill. As to 
the cause of the fire it is believed by 
some that sparks from the engine on the 
1.30 train set the dry grass afre. Others 
lay it to the moth suppression gang. 
Owing to the high wind that was_ blow- 
ing, the fire spread rapidly up over the 
hill and into the pine trees and brush be- 
yond. The flames leaped some 30 or 
40 feet in the air. The fire engine 
quickly arrived on the scene and put in 
some good work. The all out sounded 
in about an hour. But for the excellent 
work of the fire department and the efh- 
cient management of Chief Hoare the 
flames would have spread on to the houses 
on Summer street and on the hill. 
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Announces to his former patrons 
that he has started in _ business 
again and that he will call to 
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