Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Friday, March 8, 1912 · page 10

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Salts, Calomol and Cathartic Pills Are
Violent—They Act on Bo’wels as
Pepper Act: in Nostrila.

 

Take. a Cascaret tonight and thor-
oughly cleanse your Liver. Stomach
and Bow‘els,.and you will surely feet
“Brent by morning. You men and wom-
on who have headache, coated tongue.
can't sleep. are bliious, nervous and
upset, bothered with 11 sick, gassy,
disordered stomach, oi' hav backache
and feel all worn out. ‘

Are you keeping clean inside with
CastIaretsII-01I merely forcing it pass
ageway every few days with salts.

I cathartic pills or castor oil? This is
important.

(‘ascarels immediately cleanse and
M‘zllllilt’ the stomach. remove the sour.

undigested and i‘ei‘iticntliiu' food and,

foul gases: take the excess bile from
the. tier

ste matter and pot: on train the lil-
testines anti bowels.

llt"i’lli‘illll(Il‘. a (‘ascaret tonight will
sit Iaigtlien you out bi lllUllilll‘.’ .\ to
net box {10111 \(1111' di'uggl: t means a
clear head and (hcci'ltilncss for
months. Don't forget tlie'children.

 

EthllillEST RESIDENBE 0F
CONTRACTOR l. A.
lil’ELlllli' l8 BAMAG-

El] BY FLAMES

(t‘oniiiitied from First l‘agcy
Conipanv first a. 'iIiviils on" the scene.
resulted iii 1pr need woman being ink-1
on d3wn on a ladder.

Maid Missing.

The spectators who had gathered,
among whom was .\it' .\lclt‘lroy llllll
self, who had been l)l‘()ll‘..’.lll from the
center of N01walk by (oiitinttor liaii
lei F. Toomey in his automobile, w eie
startled when the owner of the house
suggested that his wit"es niaitl

- still in her rooms on the top floor.
Chief George B \iontgoiiterv raised a
laddei to this room anti accompanied
,by George Spivei entered throng. l1 uI
window. groping around in the ntnoktII'
filled room for the maid.
found, but appeared later on the
grounds, being tllSt‘Ol‘t’l‘t‘fl by 11 Seiiti
ncl reporter. who relieve-d .\liI \lcCll
roy's mind of its anxiety The maidI
had been out for the afternoon and had
returned upon lcaining ot the tire.

Firemen Arrive.

When the firemen reached the pi .1(I(I"

sntolte was 11011111111; trout the first tlooiII
windows anti item the attic tloiinei'
windows. The second floor seemed to
be free from smoke, which eons
Show that the fire had proceeded from
the has I.e1nent wlioie it started,
through the walls to the top floor.

Smoke Handicapped Firemen.
' At. the time of the dinitiIiiittIiit's ar-
rival there was 110 blaze perceptible at
any point. Smoke curled slowly about.
however, and gave evidence that down
in the basement there was 11 bit; blaze
Windows in the rear of the handsome
structure weie opened to clear the
house of smoke. 11111 the sli; ht breeze
which was blowing probably aided the'

flames and in an hour the blaze wasI

apparent. in many places. Much criti-
cism by those in the clear. pure air
was directed against the firemen for
having opened these windows, btit no-
body came forth with any other stig-
gestion as to another method or clear

ing the building of smoke which was

stittocatittg.I
Ex-Chief Milne Arrivcsi '

Although the firemen were willing
to fight and did not want for courage.
there was something lacking in their
movements which was supplied by the
antival afiex—ChiefIJohn D. Milne. At
that iime, the fire had broken out in
Ithe rear and in a short. time had swept
from the north gable to the south end

a of the building, and with a fair wind

‘blowing‘ it looked as though the build-
ing were doomed to utter destruction
Chief Milne, reaching the ground. fig-
ured just what was necessary in a
second and with a muttered sentence,
seized a hose from a. fireman and call-
ing for assistance started 11p Captain
‘ Prowitt’s ladder to the south gable.
IWlthoui: adequate protection in the
way of hat or rubber cont, he shoved
his hose right into the teeth of the
fire. and aided by a number of the
plucky boys eager and willing to fol-
low their old -,leader he forced his way
into the building and did excellent ex-
ecution
Fire Under Control.
in half an hour from the time of his
appearance the blaze had been doused
.and the house saved. This was not,
however, until the first floor and. the
attic ha‘dIbeen practically gutted and
the rout burned (1111111111111 many pla-
"beef It was a common word among
the crowd of spectators which gather-
91111110111 both ends of the town that his
appearance on the scene of action was
' timely.
' ‘ Quick Work.
4 At the time when the ex clilef'nnd
the, South Norwnlk chemical wagon
aim the roof was diliilila'z‘e on the
ride and the rear and smaller
ulnatvbclng eaten up by the

and tI111ItIv (iii the (ltIt-oiiiposcdl

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Site was not;

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ravenous flames. This was'at 3:35
1'clock and before 4 o'clock the great-
er number of the spectatms had left
assured that no further damage would
be done.

Ex-Chief Milne Nearly Oercomc.

Mr. Milne led the line. on his ladder
into the attic at the first moment and
being iii the flames and smoke for so
lonp.r a time. nearly collapsed. having
in his unprotected condition inhaled
much of the smoke. lie was seen to
stavzer slightly, though he never
thought of quitting his self—appointed
task, and be had to be practically forc-
cd to leave. lie declared that lie was
all Main. bill the more tlioiitzliti‘ul iiio
sisted that he go home and remove his
soaked clothing.

Harry Cahill on Deck.

Too ninth (,Iicdit cannot be given to
Harry t‘aiiiil, basketball player anti
itiIiiIal all around athlete. wl'io led a
llllt‘ of hose to the topmost poitit of
the blazina iIotii’. ilit'et ll\' in ”NI teeth
the thirties. lI‘or settial inouitnts
it‘altiil was hidden in tlitI lianies i‘llltl
but when the telling effects oi
iiil.\'.
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lit; litifit». tlttttltiu ll the linzitcs sllj:

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.15 S\‘tll tlllt‘.‘ .iil‘:
top runs, oi the ladder

bravely tin-iii I.
lilli blaze. He was assisted by .\lar-
’t'tt t‘i'tIacli and Michael iiowtl tlitI.‘

‘Ilat' .te tIA‘lL‘ll Iion l1tt (let being uscd.

i " Fighting Faced

i liaviug done all he could (ill the
'root when lllt‘ tirc broke into tlitI at-
‘ftit, t‘11liiil shut (ill the hose. 1! mbed

ttl1)\\li onto the 11111: on tor'iiitc and w illi
:i.\ Iorceti in the windows wititit
,ttiivc better access to the rapidly in-

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gt-icasiiic flames iii this northern porI'I
His work was‘

ition of the upper story.

ilike that of Mr. Milne and he, too.

'Htlilll entered 1111; house. with his l'cl '

l()‘1» ,fii'etncn behind itizti.

' “Pick" and Harrigan Work.

l Having \\'1'litllt‘(l the efforts of tlicI
firemen long tIiiouI-li and being unable

to stand the strain ltiiitsc'li of seeing.

l that at which lie is so apt without llli\’-'
inI a hand in it, James l’iclteilng. a,
tooli a bone,

..Sontli Norwalk liteuian,
;antl with Thomas llai'rigun. of the
llope llose Company clliiibcd a lati-
‘der to one (it the (hunter windows inl
' the llillt llere these two men buffet-I
ed ll_\ the. smoke and flames fought a'
.v .iliaut tight only at last to be driven
back. T-hey soon had tt,l:i(l(ltIr tip on
another place. liotvevei', and went at
it again, this time with more telling
,cft'cct.

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Furniture Saved.
j .‘llennwliilt-I. while all this fir-cell lil
ling was voinx on, itciIIlibors and 1111111
‘bei's oi the townspeople wItte bust 111.,
tilitImst-ives sz'ttitic. furniture and lllt‘
other (‘tillit 1115. File piaito was safe Ily
ii'eiiiotetl. toiellier with chairs. tables.
!('lllllit closets. sili'tIi'wtti't-I, bedding.
(Iliifl'onicrs hiti'tIa: s, pictures,
sliter vast-s 11111:; nificciit and t'ostl.I
, lilttt‘s it! cut :Iliiss, carpets, draperies.

hells,

‘fllltl in fact every inovablc thinr. that,
lliI'

could be found in the dense sin.ilic.

l Neighbors Do Good Work.

' This ituivcuiciit was startetll )) some
\'(lllll; 1111-,11 student: at lllc llal‘nll'tllll
piinn ailoiy .Ia-iiool lll l’i'ospt-(Il avenue,
and l‘coiee \\’. llilwortli. ltjtlwai'd liai
: tt'atn. .laclt llcatty and others. Exl‘ii'e
lt'liiet’ .l. ’l‘. Prowitt.-lltIiii',\' 'l‘. l’i'owitl,
l1eiii'1ind liayiiiond, William P llt‘ti's
Daniel lI‘. "loouiey 11nd otlici tit-Iigthis
;llll(l friends of tlic f1'tiiiilv assisted in
the work, all that was saved being tak-
(111 to the home of Mt Beers next door.
;'l‘li(I ions on the contents is compara-

(ii' those who atxtlie risk of life and
limb entered the burning structure to
carry otit the valuables.
' Mr. McEiroy Directs.
M
.work of the removal of the valuables

her ninld. All were calm and uppte-1I
ciated all that was being done for
them.

Valuable Jewelry Saved.

When Mrs. McEli'oy suddenly 1e-
membered that in the. garret reposed a
steamer trtink containing nearly $1, 000
worth of jeweliy and valuables a stir
went about the (Iiowd as the newsi
spread
with the news, and soon James Pick
ering and Harry Peters, members of
the South Norwalk department, had
entered the attic, which was then
blazing‘ fiercely, in search of the alias
ing trunk. Thice. trunks they brought}

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OVERNIGHT CURE FOR COLD IN
“' HEAD OR CHEST. '

It is Curing Thousands Daily, and
Saves Time and Money.

Get a bowl three quarters full of

boiling water, and a towel.

Pour into the water a scant tea-
spoonful of Hyomei (pronounce High—
o-me)

Put your head over the bowl and
cover head and bowl With towel.

Breathe the vapor that arises for a

as clear as a boil, and the tightness in
the chest is gone.
it's a pleasant cure.
breathing Hyomel. You‘ll feel at once
its soothing, healing and beneficial
,cffects as it passes over llle'lnflanlf
and irritable membrane. Fifty cents
a bottle, at druggists everywhere. Ask
Booth‘a iriyomei 00.. Buffalo, N. Y., for
extra bottle liyomel Inbnlent, '
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Lively small because of the good work'

1'. McIlIIliIOy was about directing tlte‘

anti he was assisted by.his wife and,

The firemen were acquaintedt

' at once directing first. the efforts of

few minutes, and presto! your head is,L

You'll enjoy.i

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lRilKlfS

Now in the Time to Get Rid of There
Ugly Spain.

The woman with tender skin dreads
March because it is sure to cover
her face with ugly freckles. No matter
how thick her vcil, the sun and winds
will surely make her freckle.

Fortunately for her peace of mind.
the. recent discovery of a new drug.
otliiiic~~doublc strength, makes it pos
sible for even those most susceptible
to faculties to keep the skin clear and
white. No matter how stubborn a
case of freckles you have, the double
strength otliiiie will, remove. them.
(let. an ounce package from F. ii. Ilax-
ter anti banish llic, freckles. Money
back ll‘ it falls.

 

 

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out to thtI ends of the roof,
,be told each time. that they lliitl not.
found the object of their search. 'l'li
‘totirili trunk proved to be the one that
'\\'11s wanted and upon taliiiip,

 

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I(-11I.tntitij.: the 111111 found that llll' jew

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tIl:I \‘.t'l't‘ utill iii poicz'i condition. l
\itletl by Joseph M. lizitlilwlll of lllf‘:
.t-‘oiith .\'orwallt (icptirtiiiciit, attd lIIIt- l

:\\lll'll liai'lraiit the it \vels were lower l
(-d to the Iziotind lil pillow (uses and
'ulvt-Iu to bits. .\li‘.IlI:li'I,o,\ who was joy l
itil at lllt‘ll' recovery.
Safety of Firemen Feared
It was Honored at one time, w hen.
the tire was racing at its highest ptiiiirjl
that a lit'cituiit was lost iii the litilltl~l
itij‘. .\l1tit_v volunteers entered the;
b1; llillll" in ware 11 (it the missing man.
but no one was found. (inc of the
-ht1'il‘tlli‘l‘:1 llltl, however, lliid a siiay
.kitieii that was (Iiying plainliVely, and“
he brought the little animal out till
(lOUi'ri it) safely. 1
Firemen injured.

\Jl lllt.‘ ilrcincn who worked so tal-
llillll_\' have scratcsitc and cuts from,
IbiIokcn glass as a result of titeit la-
-l.1ors. As far as could lie. learned no
one was seriously hurt

Family Carcd For.

Until such tliiitI as repairs can he
made, (indifferent arrangements can
he made, the .\lclI:lroy family will he
cared for at lllf‘. home of Mr. and'hlrs
William P. livers .\ii'. 1\lclt‘ll'oy «\-
piIesscd his intention to 11 bystander!
.y-estt rday during 611-, fire, when it was}
sure that the sti'tt'Iturc would llttl be;
a total loss, to have repairs begun itt'

 

oiicc.
Water Pressure Poor. i

The c'i‘orts of the firemen” were
liaiiipcrctl iii 11 number of ways. 'l‘iitII

starcitv of men was their first two l
blc bitt the set (111d alarm brought null
11 s illll‘ it tit iii 11 short time. 3
Then, Tit-cans.» (if the height of llit‘
house on the lilil. the water pressiii‘cl
{was (Ixccctliiiuly poor. Lines of host l
'weri- st'IettIltcd from the main 111 iii
corner of Stevens street, and one. linei
was laid from the hydrant on lll("
twelve-inch main at lllO corner of" West
avt-iine and Stevens streets, about siztl
hundred yards 1t\v.It_'.t 'i‘lie cheiuicall
auto truck, with i..iI iicr Rooney zit the."
'wlicel had to be tltIspat 'licd lot moi'c‘
how (lining the mouse of the fire.
South Norwalk Water. ,
(in account of the poor water pres-g
sure the firemen worked continuously
for an hour and a halt without making
any headway toward getting control
of the blaze. it was? suggested that if
111 line of hose had been connected with‘i
ttiie South Norwalk water system. on’
the hydrant at the Hospital. that the
fire could have. been subdued much
I quicker.

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Students IWork.

John King, Frank Painter, Philip
.Swartz. Millet Jones, IIl-I‘t1ink (‘ oodyear,
lJack Matt and Joseph Otis were
lainong the Hai'sironi students who as-
isisted in the removal of the contents.
lWalker Storey, Jack McMahon wn.
tllfllil ’l‘ay,ior Alan M. Moses, William

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Furniture

LOVE R’S

“The Place"

 

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Spring Styles $3. 50 $4
Ladies White Nubuck
Shoes $3.50

TWO STORES
lNorwalk South Norwalk

 

Repaired

Good Work

Charges Reasonable

'ThcA.J.’Angevine

81 Son 2CO.

134 - 136 Washington Street

 

 

 

 

FOR A
Blickensdc rfer
Typewriter

Cost $65 1
AS GOOD AS NEW
Horace R. Nash

N Main 81 WestSts.
S.Norwalk~

$35.00 .

 

 

 

«Coley, Carlos Williams Professor Otto
EA. Keiiedv and George W llilwortli
iwere among the Norwnlk High school
students who assisted ’
Firemen Prominent in Work.
Among the firemen ‘who did good
work were Assistant Chief William F.
Rauc,h of the Hope Hose Company,

ni'einber, did some hard work. ‘

LeGrand Raymond' 5 Efforts.
LeGiItmd Raymond was everywhere

the firemen and then the removing oi
the contents of the apparently doomed
s.tructure Once in the early part 91'
the fire he clanibeietl tip a ladder to
the place where he knew the prized
trunk of jewels was, but because (if the
inferno which raged within he was un-
able to enter. ,
, A Beautiful. Home.

Contractor MoElroy and family have
only been ln-Norwalk about a year and
their new home was .barely settled.
The furnishings were magnificent and
the home an ideal one.

Contractor Mather Prelont,

The house was built by Contractor .
Harry W. Mather. of South N0rw',aik
tind he was on hand )esterday look~ ‘I
ing over the damage being done to the
results of his handiwork. it, was one .

 

 

 

E. H. Mathew-on
John H. Knapp
Christian Swartz

30nd 911.1.th l

 

 

CityNatiofialBank

ramsncrs A GENERAL BANKING

BUSINESS AND OFFERS EVERY
FACILITY CONSISTENT

 

and Joseph Cahiil. Thomas Harrlgan. leHNK'sSgND

of the Hope Hose Company, also work- A ‘ .

ed energetically throughout the often Capital surplug and Profit:
noon. William Cahlll, though not a 31001000100 “171000-00"

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Safe Deposit Boxes 33 and $5 per ynt

EDWIN H1 MATl-lEWSON, Pros.
JOHN H. KNAPP, 1st Vlce- Pres.
FRPEDBERICK H. ROWAN, 2nd Vlco

WILFRED BODWELL. Guhlol‘

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DIREOTORS

J. Wallace Mam

John H. Light

Fred. H. Rowan

Samuel Grumman Lewli R. Hurlbutt
Henry 8. Lockwood

 

 
 
 
 

. Examiner Ill
U13". Potent one“
101610 1883
Offices. mutton Street.
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,‘ Kitchen Outfit 980

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town and of the latest architectural
design.
Owner a Good Citizen.

.. Contractor McElroy is the successful

bidder on Norwulk's paving proposi-

. tion and anticipates starting the work

in the spring. He has“ identified him-
self with many moves of progress in
Norwalk and has become associated
with the Norwalk Board of Wade. He
distinguished himself among the pro-
gressives in the City of Norwalk when
he appeared before the board of.cstl-
mate and taxation requesting that an
appropriation be Set. aside for the.
spraying of our beautiful trees. In
fact he is a citizen of which Norwalk

is proud and to whom much sympathy,

is extended in his trouble.
Taps.

The firemen returned to their res-
pective quarters and the bell pro-
claimed the fire out about 5:20 o'clock

Some of the Fire Fighters.
‘ William {‘12, Cahlii qualified as a fire-
flglttcr‘yesterduy, wlien'he entered the
rear of the. building below stairs and
attacked the. fire at its start with a
line of hose. His efforts were unavail-

in; because of the .good start before
‘- .1! arrival, but nevertheless be show-

 

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Charles L. Page, Officer Charles F.
Page and Special Officer Edward Clone
and George Wey ei'hauser were among
those who rammed great quantities of
the second floor contents. George
Otbame and Ralph L. Verllti, of
fire department, did good work along
with Edward Nadia, of the South Nor-
walk department, on the hose with ex-
Chief .Milne.

Loss About $7.000.

The total loss on the structure will
probably reach over $7,000, fully cov-
ered by insurance. with the firm of H.
E, Dann & Son. The insurance is dis-
triuted among five different compan-
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it developed during the fire vesten

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ting the chemical ti'tick out, cranking
the machine for Substitute Driver
Rooney, who wasc turning in the
alarm.

 

'LILLIAN SHERWOOD-NEWKIRK'S
sUccsss.

Lillian Sliein-Iood-Newkirk, the well.
known soprano and voice teacher,
sang ,with brilliant success on Febru-
ary 27 at St. Paul‘s Chapel, Columbia
University, New York. Her'singlng
was olsiitth beauty that many. present
remained to express their pleasure. At.
the clone Ol‘thle concert Madame New-
kirk was approached by two members
of the music committee of a well-
known church in New York and ten-
dered the solo position for the coming
year, but she had already signed again.
with the church with which site had

 

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day that the lack of water in one of! been associated for the. past teii years.
the lines 01 hose was caused by thc' Her pupils are very successful, sixteen
hydrant being but half turned on. Ihavlitg accepted positions iii churches
Clerk of the Water Conimi'zisionert-il for the coming yepi «N Y Musical
discovered this Cour-lei.
trouble and remedied it. -_..._.. -1. ~———_—
Although Daniel .i Ctiicm an driver Some day there is sure to be a rent
of the Hope Hose Company is only buying Opportunity to!“ Iiou in one or
just able to get around after his accl- Itde Sentinel "For Sale” nds.w Every
dent in which his leg was broken. its' day they are interesting. Every day
was in the fire house yesterday when‘ more and more people turn to than).
the alarm came in that assisted in x’et- with "an eye to business",

 

 

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