Berlin, New Hampshire Fire
January 4 & 5, 1905
BERLIN’S GREAT FIRE.
New Hampshire Town Stricken, With Thermometer
Below Zero.
Berlin, N. H., Jan. 5.--A fire that was
fought from 9:15 o’clock last night until after
2 o’clock this morning destroyed
Clement’s Opera
House block, the two
Gagnon blocks, the
Thorndike
hotel, Brooks
drug store, three storehouses and a stable and
threatened the entire business section of the
city. The total loss is placed at $150,000.
During the fire many lodgers leaped from the
fourth story of the Opera House block,
sustaining in several instances broken limbs and
other serious injuries.
Mrs. Frank Wright, one of those who
jumped, was picked up insensible and is in a
dangerous condition, with a chance of her
recovery. She missed the net which had been
placed by the firemen and struck on the frozen
ground. Her husband,
Frank Wright, is perhaps fatally
hurt.
The fire originated in the Opera House block
from an unknown cause and had a good start
before it was discovered. Early in the fire the
electric light wires were broken down, leaving
the city in darkness save for the flames and
adding to the confusion. The night was bitter
cold, with the thermometer below zero.
The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, MA 5
Jan 1905
Transcribed by Helen
Coughlin. Thank you, Helen!
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