By October 7th reports of forest fires in Well, Bowdoin and Portland began pouring in to the forest service, and by the 16th, it's reported that 20 separate fires were called in including Shapleigh and Waterboro where both communities were completely destroyed
The pier was so much longer than 600 feet when construction was completed in 1898. It was built with steel and was once the longest steel pier in the world measuring at 1,825 feet