Clinton, Maine
Croquet Factory Fire
April
28, 1880
Croquet Factory Burned in Clinton - Loss
$25,000.
Waterville, April 28. The
Croquet factory at Clinton, rented and occupied
by L. Hunter
& Co., was burned to the ground this morning.
Loss on the building $25,000; insured $2,250.
Loss on stock $6,000; insured $2,000. The
fire originated in the furnace room.
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor,
ME 29 Apr 1880
On the morning of April 28, 1880, the most disastrous fire that had ever visited
Clinton occurred. The croquet factory, operated by
Z. Hunter & Company was
completely destroyed, thus throwing out of employment 32 hands and destroying
the best business in the village. Two thousand eighty two sets of croquet
ready to ship were burned. At the time of the fire 150 sets of croquet
were being turned out daily. The factory was established in 1872 by
Henry
Hanson, and was valued at $15,000. The owners at the time of the fire were
Dodge & Jaquith, G.A. Spearin & Co., Decker, E.G. Hodgdon and others.
The Clinton and Benton Register, 1904, pages 17-18
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