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Bangor Daily Whig & Courier
Tuesday, 9 January 1900

         Burned Hotel
         
         Presque Isle Has a Serious Fire Monday Morning
         
         Several Were Injured
         
         A Young Woman Jumps From a Second Story Window
         
         The Loss Will be Greatly Felt By the
           Traveling Public - Property Fully Insured.
           
         (Special to the Whig & Courier)
         
         Presque Isle, Me, Jan. 8.  This place was visited
       this morning by one of the worst fires it has seen
       for many years. 
         An alarm was rung in at 2:45 this morning for a
       fire in the ell part of the Presque Isle Hotel. It
       had gained great headway before being discovered
       and there were many narrow escapes. None of the
       regular boarders saved more than the clothes upon
       their backs. One woman was hurt seriously by jump-
       ing from a window of the second story.
         The fire department was on the scene promptly and
       did good work, and if the water supply had been ade-
       quate would undoubtedly have been able to save the
       main part of the house; but as it was, the stable
       was saved. The house was completely gutted and the
       4th story of the main part was completely burned
       off.
         The Caribou fire company was telephoned for and
       came over on a special, doing good work after get-
       ting here. but it was too late to save the building.
         MATTHIAS WARD and RICHARD GRAVES, Presque Isle
       fireman, were both injured, though not seriously.
       WARD will have a black eye for a while, while 
       GRAVES got a bad blow over the cheek and eybrow by
       falling timbers.
         REV. MR. HUDSON, who was assisting the firemen
       and doing great work, was knocked down and injured
       badly by falling walls.
         This property was bought recently by MRS. C. G.
       PERRY and was being conducted in a first-class man-
       ner by herself and her husband. It will be a great
       loss to Presque Isle and to the traveling public,
       as it was the largest and best located hotel in 
       town.
         The building was built 16 years ago after the
       great fire that swept away nearly all of Presque
       Isle, but had been remodelled and improved inside.
       The loss is about $9000; fully insured.
       
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