9o wasnmorou St.
New dated 3 loss liy fire
Continued from ilrtit page.
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moat. adjoining the Hoadley building.
onItho Crown street side, are the
Tar at furniture houaes in the city.
age“ was to theI protection of these
firemenIgaVe. their attention.
And so it happened that for near
‘ upper stories of the iioadiey bulldlnlt.
lighting up the center of the city with
a glare which was reflected for miles.
When the Hottdley building was
pttt up 83 years ago. for commercial
purposes. it was considered a model
of artistic construction ntrtl was point
od out as the finest in the city. in iat-
or years. when the building above the
original plan was not changed and for
characteristics seldom seen.
[I The walls of the building were of
heavy brick and party walls made
three divisions luterlorly. the center
sectlo'h being a light shaft runurg from
the aemnd floor to the top. in this
space. also. was the elevator shaft of
open iron work. The top floor had a
hip root.
The fire started from an unknown
cause In the club roonr of the St
Aloysius society on the. top floor. The
first sign of it was noticed by a mo-
voral attending ailments.
I‘.
I
the door to investigate the trouble. The
inflow of air caused the tire to run all
it ' over the floor and before the firemen
i‘ arrived. the top of the building was
‘ blazing.
The first streams of water failed to
reach the fire, and as the wind was
blowing strong and there was danger
.. of brands being carried far. the hose
companies Ivere placed around the
block bounded by Church. Crown, ()r-
“so and Center streets. To mom.
and: of people it looked for a time as
if the fire had been left to itself for
high above the firemen' a heads it rag
When the flames reached the and
die section in the building anti crept
'. around the light shaft~ the fire most
‘ resembled a chimney burning out. The
hip roof made a pretty spectacle as the
ribs stood ottt in ilrcy outline. As the
reef timbers began to fall into the
ll‘ghtshaft, the building was seen to ire
doomed. Downward the fire crept tur-
ti three stories were all a mass of
flame.
The failing in of the roof ended the
ti user to surrounding property and
the firemen began to attack the Hoad
I lay building. The fire. however. was in
the heart of the structure anti water
froze on the outside of the building.
stiffened the hose and caused all marr-
ner of inconvenience. Water seemed
to have little effect except to carry to
the basement everything moveabie on
the lower floors which the fire did not
touch. '
‘ln three hours after the. entire fire
fighting force had been called to the
scene. the four walls stood like gt-
zlntic. icebergs, while way down be-
tween them where the second floor
once was placed was a seething cani-
dron of fire. This did not menace
other property; but it corritl not be
reached owing to the ice every-where
outside the zone of heat. About iii
olclocit there were several explosions
in the ruins. none of ‘great force. al-
though sufilhient to topple more mater-
ial into the flames. As a whole. the
fire was of unusual interest to the spec-
lators.
The building was owned by Miss
Hannah Bennett. arid was valued at
about 800.000. The other tenants
were: i). \‘i‘. (JOsgrove, boots and
shoes. loss 320.000; Adam Zergler,
saloon keeper. loss $15000: H, H. Hy-
man. clothing, loss 330.000: all on the
street floor: Talcott Powder (10.;
George C. Powning. newspaper atl-
vertising agent: C. C. Thompson. in
aurance: George Hoadley_ real estate.
West Shore Railroad office: S. Spoor.
lawyer; Prof. Chandler. music teach-
er; Philadelphia & Reading office; Rc-
publican town committee headquart-
ers; St. Aloysius. and several office
. holders.
' During the fire. Philip Flood. of
steamer No. 3. was struck by debris
and severely hurt.
.i-‘ire still smouldered for hours to-
day. and one engine company was at
work handling hose in an effort to
drown out the blaze, lce formed so
quickly during the night that it prov-
SELLING OUT. '
-Aa this will be our last month here.
[we are sacrificing and slaughtering
o’fiooda more than ever, as all the goods
‘ lettlaftor liebruary 10th will be ship-
ped to the Stamford Auction Rooms
had told at auction.
500 00;”th and twill Umbrellas at
”can!
-. “.00 Gloria Silk Umbrellas at 68c
ongoing secular price :2. 00.
. Silk Umbrellas. close roll silk
vet- filth Paragon frame. silk tassell,
if m and flatten rlnrer, natural
w aliyer tips only 98c
. m ”0&0. Some 36.00 um-
. left at I!
0,500 mm am 01.98 regular
“.00. 39.00 sets at 83. 98. All
i on-thin and shell glasses at 35:
in. Glasses 24c doa. Pepper and
. . sch at the cheapest store
. g: entrants
.11me 1'0
"”1 [J "HIGHER
‘
F. D LYON ti CO
are
SOLE AGENTS
for
W. LIDOUGLAS SHOES
$85.00 and $5.00.
tin the early stages of the fire the .
iy two hours the tire raged on the two .
Itreet floor was tur‘ned into oincos, its 1
this reason the fire last night took on'
' \Iorst blaze they iInI e bet II (iiIIi‘ ti upon
the street to the room and kicked in.
I
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
ed an impossibility fer the firemen af-
ter they had deadened the die to pone
trate the structure, even at the street
floor. As late as sunrise a
fitful burst of flame wuuld ar-
ouse the firemen to renewed
efforts, although there was no danger
of a serious outbreak as the tire was
'bemmed ltr by the walls. in the sunlight
I'tlre ruins made a fine spectacle and
.Iirottsauds of New ilnveners braved
the biting cold to go down town to lake
u look. (lungs of men, after working
all night. t-Ietrretl (‘irurcir slrIItIl In front
.of the positiiilt‘t'. so that street car
‘ttatiic cotild be resumed Llrtttneu
tI-lettretl ore rlIIIuIl wires who it spanned
from pole to pole In frotrt of the build-
llng, these tttll poles with heavy cross
trees looking like inverted icicles. lu-
surance adjusters made an effort to
determine the loss of tenants of the
,lrtrllditrg. but this Wits it slow job [it‘-
bedded In ice. it Is thought by insur?
anee metr that the aggregate loss
will prove to be about $100,000, The
walls stand alone as all the upper floors
“'t'i‘l‘ burned away and the iIf'Iil'Ih’ is.
tnostlv ltr the basement. It i.~ thought
that a ptrrt of the present walls may be.
utilized for rebuilding lllltI itr this case
the loss (ill the building “111 be less
{than at present estimated 840.000. The.
firt-Intn consider that this was the
to tight owing to the unusual cold.
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY woN.
IGreat Victory Secured in Manchuria—
Troops Leave Port Arthur.
l-l’l‘. l’lIZTlIIRSlllillG. Jim. 10 There
is no truth in the statement cabled to
the (‘ologne (iazetie that a personal iti-
ierview between the t‘ztit‘ and the Jan-
ancse minister, Kurino. had been ar-
ranged. it would be most unusual for-
his majesty to give a personal audience
to It simple minister, and ii is author-
itutlveiy denied tlrrrl such l|
was ever contemplated.
it is confirmed frmn a Japanese
KUlll'i'tI tlirtt Russia. itr notifying Japan
of llt'l‘ recognition of treaty rights in
Mnuciruria. expressly excepted the
privileges of foreign settlements, and it .
is further said that the United States
had Ili'i'il informed that Japan was dis-
posed to contest this point. which It}
considered vital, in the exercise of'
trade pt'.ivlleges
.\11 inc IrtIII-spapers today published;
editorials on the mediation SllKFot-ltiolli
lllltI do I Illl‘t site b a sic p is unnetessury.
'l‘lrc prtss generallI admits With
some irritation that u great victory
liars bcII u won in American diplomat-I
in .\lnuchttria.
PORT
.\lt'l‘ili it. .ian. ill—~i-our
nrorrow bound northward. Otherwise.
city life is normal and there has been
no exodus of families. Applications
by IIot'rtIspoiitlctIts desiring to accom-
pany the forces have all been met wltit
it reply thttt hostilities are not expect-
ed and, therefore, it would be premaI
Irrro to issue permits. The nuthorlv
tit-II here state definitely tlrai Russia
iros_uo irriention or desire to interfere
itr Korea even should Japan continue
to land small bodies of troops there in
contravention of the existing treaties,
its the Russian assert the Japanese are
doing. under the pretext that they are
oIIiI tnilwar guards.
SUFFERING IN NEW YORK.
People Unconscious and yittg FrOrn
'Coid Taken to Holpitll.
.\‘iITW YORK. .ian. lit—Automob-
colIl Weather last night. anti today caus-
ed suffering all over the city among the
homeless and poor and the tempera-
ture below zero brought conditions of
extreme discomfort for all whose dtI~
tics called them into the open air. The
police were kept busy caring for no-
fortunates. several of whom were found
tinconseious,
The. temperature began to drop sud-
denlytlast evening. passing zero during
the night. and at ll It. m.. one below zero
was registered at the weather bureau.
much lower temperatures prevailing in
more exposed portions of the city.
An unidentified man. who was found
unconscious on Pearl street. with his
hands, feet anti part of his back froz-
en. will probably tile. Several others
were taken to the Hospital unconscious
or suffering severely from cold.
Firemen were greatly bandit-upped
in their work today by the intense cold
and bursting of hone.
GIFT FOR STRATFORD.
Public Library to Receive $2,000 From
the Olney Estate.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 19.—Ahigal
Bradley Olney. widow of Prof. Charles
P. Olney. died yesterday. her seventy~
fourth birthday, of heart failure.
Prof. Olney died six months ago.
Mrs. Olney watt a native of Burling-
ton, Conn. the daughter of Selah Brad-
ley. By the will of her late husband.
which it is believed has not been
changed. the Olney art gallery, one of
the finest small art collections in the
country, is bequeathed to Oberlin Col-
lege. with 810.000 for its maintenance:
Other bequests are 325.000 and a lot
to Pilgrim Congregational church.
Cleveland; 82.0001to the Stratford, Ct..
Public library, and 31.000 to the Con-
gutional church. at Burlington.
SIXTY PERSONS DROWNID.
BwEIFON'I‘ElN, Orange River
Colony. Jan. lO.—-lt is now estimated
that sixty persons were drowned as the
result Of the bursting of a reacfloir
here Sunday. which alao destroyed 178
houses and three hotels. There wait a
public funeral and interment this
morning of twenty-three of the battles
already recovered. The ceremonies
were attention by all tho-local oldala
and 1.000 of the inhabitants. The
shops are closed and the town in in
IIIIIrsI- everything not burnt-Ii was em-l
Htousitrrtl troops are to leave here ltr"
HARTPOID WINDO “Mai-ill. i
HARTFORD. Jan. 10.—Hu|h J. flur-
ray. who was arrested last n ht on~
suspicion that he is the man at 0 has
recnily smashed several plate glass
windows In the bliaineaa section of the
city. was arraigned in court todpy, and
was remanded in default of bonds of
8300 pending an investigation as to
his sanity. Statements made by Mur-
ray are regarded as indicating that be
Is mentally unsound. ilo sniti itc had
threatened to smash every wintiow In
town because two detectives had been
annoying him. and that It lawyer whom
be consulted about it. had told him to
go ahead and break the windows, and
be (the lawyer) would nettle the bill.
'i’ayaou. used till. dooithand on
“GKHAND FILL OVIRIOARD.
NEW LONDON. Jan. lit-Nathaniel
the
barge South America, which is dis-
charging soft coal here. is auppoaod to
have. fallctr ovorboard last night in at-
tempting to act on board the
Tire ladder was fountl In the water this
morning itird be. In missing. Cries
were heard about ii: in o'clock near the
wharf. anti men from the tug (iertrutle
made a search with lanterns but could
find no one l’uyaon was born lit Sal-
cnr. Mass” and has relatives there. itr
Iris yotillltct' ti ys. lie was welliorlo
and i'iil’llllltfllliit'i? square I-igiteti ships.
BOY'S SUITS AT
“sate
Continues.
Our store was crowded Saturday
vantage of lire great inventory i‘IItltrI lions. Our 3 witt‘t'ipls are trII-It‘s line
t‘aslrtncrc stills til the unheard of pr it‘l' of
1 $5.98.
Still
with buyers eager to lake :III
: $1.25.
aoV's OVERCOATS, ALI. vvoor. srzcs a T0 15.
$1.98.
lie: lt'i
grades til lliitt'itl attotdirritiy
D. Gottlieb,
11 NORTH MAIN STREET.
SOUTH NORWAL,K. CONN.
War 011 Shoes
At Olsen’s.
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Men 5 pat. horse little blockers.
Men 5 pat. colt sitt'n dress foes (him 5 3.50 5/1 7:51
ton.
m..“... Big Cut In High Priced Shoes.
Mm' 5 mt. horse hide buf-
$2.48.
Men '3 box call, heavy hand st wed shoes.
hea‘by sole dress shoes.
shoes. Men's lung. calf walls.
$3.00 shoes)
Men's old kid,
MeI's patent leather. dull top dress
mcdram for» (WEN 3.7.50 and
$1.98.
soles, lace shoes.
and 33.00 shoes)
Ladics' line kid well dress sbo's. Ladies' palm! colt. heavy
Ladies' box calf heavy soles (were 32. 5 0
$1.98.-
Men '5 kid Everett slippers. I300
pair at 39 eta.
Ladies' felt for trimmed jalicfs.
s poclai
Ladlcs' [elf lob slippers,
35 etc.
'n‘k'kfi‘k‘k‘k:
The adoanfaue is mutual.
COLEBURN
front-lt‘k'k‘h‘ft‘kfi
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
There is nofhtnq more appreciated.
than
A GIFT'FROM rm: thztsasf
We emphasise the advantage in a Sfltt‘llon from the two largest
most complete and up-to—dalc stocks in the Nomalkr.
By buying for n» stem and for cash.
‘lw offer you lower price: “than elsewhere
THE JEWELERS.
N0. 96 WASHINGTON sr.. soars Murmur.
STORE OPEN
attractive. beautiful and lasting
8: LAUDER.
N0. 3 MAIN ST" NORWALK.
EVENINGS.
YOU MUST
Would you Sap: $1. 00
To Make Money
INVEST '1'.
DO YOU SAVE?
per month and upward.
if vour Prina’pal and Interest ivemil’mperlv sc-
cured though
THE PROPOSITIO.‘I
Investigate this matter.
AGENT S—GIAS.
mourning.
EESII
The South Norwalit Trust Co
IS NOT speculalr‘bc.
It Will interest YOU.”
FOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS
CURTIS, Norton“.- Conn.
ha. 2 No. no. 559 so Norwallr, a.
w. A—iv-rw “our.
barge. .
TRISTRAM&HYATT
Annual January Cloak Sale
"IIE LEADING DRY GOODS STORE.
sale very attractivc.w
to $15.00. All sizes one price.
Prior to Stock Takino.
Our annual January Cloak Sale begins on Saturday. januar'y 9th.
we have included every Garment in our stock in either Ladies.‘ Misses or Chil
dren‘ 5. All high grade goods made up in the very best manner in this season' 5 most attractive styles
This Is an opportunity that any one in need of a good Winter Garment cannot afiord to miss.
$10.00 Garments for . .
$15.00 Garments for $10.00 $18.00 Garments for $12.50
. $25.00 Garments tor $18.00
Misscs' and Children's Garments from 4 to 14 years, from $3.75 to Show; Itil'mCl' price $5,.IIII
$7 50
$12.00 Garments for
Kitchen Department.
Twenty per cent. discount on all lt‘ancy China. Lamps. Vases. Toilet Sets, Nickel Tc: -in'I
Col'icc Pots. jardinicrcs and Umbrella Stands. for one week only. -
TRISTRAM & HYATT, Norwalk,00nn.
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDING.
’liIII gas cI:Impttt\ Iriwrrvs hires
mun with It good imagination to ItIsIl‘
rl.~ L'as filli'ilN.
CLOSING OUT SAL E.
Sirutes, Slf‘ilb and Winter flames.
.\. ll. h‘rpIrltliutz‘I‘ Athletic tlnotts.
Skates :tiid ('Illii'i‘} (lrvtttirti,
llurc your .\utonminI or iii.
cycle pill Ilr tIltltr no“ .Iirtl I
will be reatiI for It I- \iIi u iIIl'
IIerttlIcr permits.
We are \\'\'II1"llllllli'l'.H!I'Ii"'"l
ptittti in tin tin “Ink lIlItl to; l'
Iirittct-s trrII ren- nu .lIII
H. Ii. BillKliY
52 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
SO. NORWALK.
, Good coal saves trouble.
time and temper. starts you
of! In cheerful mood for the
day. and welcomes you
home at night wltir- in gen-
Ial warmth and comfort.
Our coal is sold on If;
merits. and ovary
makes another friend for
us.
" FOLLOW THE FLAG "
Glover’s the Place
You Must
Wear Shoes
that is sure.
whit not wear the sort
that lit uour fool.
pour liaise and llOlll
idea of attractiveness.
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Inn stint i‘lrat Flt
I'l .
ton ,
Minoan
. )AV.
l
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l
1
Specialty
w. R. Thump-on.
Manufacturers of All Kind: of
SPECflL MACHINERY
AND '
EXPERIMENTAL WORK
7! - WAIT!!! STREET.
acorn soamuu
2.9-3i
West Washington St
IIII'IIIFIIISII Ii 111.
Mark- Down Sale
CLOTI'IING I
Overcoatso and Salts
Men and Youth.
Come in and look as over. We
have a good assortment of BELT
OVERCOATS in Fancy English
Mixtures. to be sold regardless of
former selling price.
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OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN
is open to you. Select whatever
merchandise you need. and pay
for them in weekly payments.
We do not charge you anything
for the accommodation. Our
prices are as low and in most in-
stances lower than elsewhere.
Are you in need of a good
TIME PIECE? We have a good
selection of WATCHES; a guar-
autcc with every one sold.
$1.00 Per Week.
Mfg. Co.
Elmer I. CI».
7! Washington St.
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III order to make this
we Will
Bond You.
Taylor GIGold/en.
Norwalk Chronicler