Exeter, New Hampshire
Goodwin Block
Fire
January 1, 1899
BIG FIRE IN EXETER
Goodwin Block on Front Street Entirely
Destroyed.
The Loss to Owners and Tenants Will Reach
$29,000.
Exeter, N. H. Jan. 1 --The
Goodwin block
on Front street was visited by fire early this
morning. Loss $28,000 to block and tenants. The
occupants of the upper floor barely escaped with
their lives, being unable to save anything. The
block was owned by
Goodwin Bros, who lose $8,000;
Dr. A. S. Wetherell
$15,000; Mrs. Jennie
Bennett, restaurant, $1,000;
Goodwin Bros.,
grocers, $1,500; other tenants $1,500. All
insured.
Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH 2 Jan
1899
Transcribed by Helen
Coughlin. Thank you, Helen!
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