1859                Market Square, Portland, Maine.

1859 December 30.  Zion’s Advocate.  (Portland, Maine.)  December 30, 1859, Vol. XXXII, No. 52, P. 3.

Fire.—At about 2 o’clock, Wednesday morning, a fire broke out in store No. 13 Market Square, occupied on the lower floor by Mr. Virgil Griswold, and on the second, by J. Davis & Co. The fire extended to the next store, and both were burnt out.  Among the sufferers were J. Davis, Fancy Goods, Virgil Griswold, Whips and Cigars, T. S. Files, Boots and Shoes, W. C. Osborne, Groceries, M. F. King, Photographs; the Brush Manufactory of D. White, and the Livery Stable of Mr. Gilson in the rear, were saved only by great exertion, both of which were cleared of their contents.