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Description
The scene on the beach after the fire of August 15, 1907. House goods and furniture are scattered everywhere, and people meet to scour the beach. Several people seated are waiting to find help.
Twenty relief trains arrived on August 16th to come to the aid of between three and four thousand refugees who were driven from their homes by this fire, forcing them to camp on the beach according to the UP news service.
The Hotel Fiske, one of the finest on the beach, valued at $50,000, the Hotel Emerson, valued at $75,000 with its furnishings, the Hotel Alberta, the Aldine, the Lawrence house and half a dozen smaller hotels, together with about 50 cottages were destroyed within two hours, according to the UP news service.
About This Item
- Title: Old Orchard Beach after fire, Old Orchard Beach, 1907
- Creator: Robert H. Gay
- Creation Date: 1907
- Subject Date: 1907
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 12.9 cm
- Local Code: 0404D
- Collection: Robert H. Gay Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Beaches--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fires--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Foraging--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Hotels--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.)--Fires, 1907
- Searching--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Sewing machines--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Victims--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
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