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| Destructive Fire
1841 |
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| On Tuesday noon last
the Mills in Monmouth, formerly known as
Chandler's Mills, were consumed by fire.
The fire took in the Shingle Mill
attached to the Sawmill, and in a few
moments the whole building was one sheet
of flame, the whole column of which
poured on to Dodd & Stanton's Tape
Factory which stood on the same dam a
few feet from the Sawmill, which, with
its contents, was wholly destroyed. The
saw mill was owned by a company, and we
do not know what amount of loss is
sustained by them. |
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| The loss of the Tape
Factory falls peculiarly heavy upon
Messers. Dodd & Stanton, who are
industrious and deserving young men, who
have lost all they had and are thrown
out of business. They had on hand a
large amount of tape which they were
intending to send off on opening of the
river, and had just laid in a large lot
of yarn for future operations. Their
looms, which were costly and of
difficult construction, were entirely
consumed. Their loss cannot be less than
$3000.--No insurance.--[Maine Farmer. |
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| Kennebec Journal,
April 24, 1841. |
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