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Area Fires and the Fire Departmentkeep the building wet. The ladder used to climb to the roofwas engulfed in flames before they came down.While Hotel Cushing burned, the night clerk, JosephDaley of Lawrence, and William McKee, rushed back intothe building to check if Miss Mildred Allen had gotten outsafely. She had been ill and was not able to make it out onher own. When they reached her room, they found she hadbeen taken out. By this time, the smoke had become so thickit was difficult to find their way out. Spectators believedthem to have perished, but they were able to reach safetyjust as the middle section of the hotel caved in.Louis Blanchard of Amesbury was forced to jump from asecond story window, severely injuring his back. He wasimmediately taken to the Homeopathic Hospital in Newburyport.William Fowler, owner of many area cottages, tried tosave the furnishings at the “Castle Mona’’ but was overcomeby smoke. He had to be removed from the building and wastreated by Dr. Donahue of Haverhill.At one cottage, a Mrs. George Morse of Haverhill had tobe carried to safety by Ernest Brodeau, also of Haverhill.The occupants of the cottage were outside watching the firewhen one of them remembered the sixty-year old lady wasstill inside. Brodeau rushed in to get her.Just before dusk a crew from the Salisbury Beach LifeSaving Station, with Captain Charles, came with a largehook. They tore apart the small buildings to help stop thefire. The heat from the fire was so intense the firemen had adifficult time keeping the hoses from melting. Several hundredfeet of hose had already been burned.Approximately 125 buildings were destroyed by the fire.The Cushing Hotel, Atlantic House, the Anchorage, CastleMona, the Hotel Comet, the Dance Hall, the Cable House,71