People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — BATH SWEPT BY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

BATH SWEPT BY FIRE.

Business Part of the Maine Town Lie* in Ituius. Bath, Me., Jan. 30.—A large portion of the business section of the city was laid in ruins by tire on Sunday. The waterworks system proved useless, there having been a big break in the main pipe Saturday night, and without water the fire department was powerless to cheek the spread of the flames. As a result the Sagadahoc house, two national banks, a savings bank and a dozen stores were destroyed. The total loss is estimated at between $500,000 and $750,000, an which there is insurance of one-half.