‘1
. home and valuables against thin dan-
.Iu mm.
' Mrs. James (lolden are, in .\'1111' llaven
g.
. “BURGLARIES‘ '
he very continua 1n and ”Wild this.
mainly. Would I: not be well to out:
u up on the 'pnone and protect your
1,1 Can of Each
Tomatoes,
Com
Peas
East IndiaTea' Co
T121371 125 Washington Street
'uor, by placing 11 Burglary policy
1111111 no um let us reimburse you for
Telephone 1380-
"‘ TAYLOR 81 GOLDEN
um Washington smut,
south NOMIIK. (tonn.
All kind» of insurance.
Public Btenograpner,
WE GIVE AND REDEEM PREMIUM STAMPS.
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i‘ lNSURANCE
Here is one of the many reasons for buvinL’. 111111' next Suit.
(‘0:11,lIreL-'s. etc... at a \Iollist .1 store“ the clothes you buy here
are lNSlI Illl1‘ I)
.-\‘.I a matter of l'fcl they are
I
llOl’ill.Y
.\IntIIIt'aetuI'cI's who make 0111'1lotl111s,.'av that you and 1'11111'
money are safe when you buy garments they make -—-whicl1 means
the 111':1 Si lil'l 1.11 t'heh cloth .\'. We 3111' more, for if you are net
11:11'111 tied in own wny1v11 will give 1011 back y'oui 1111111111' in:
slunter. You are the. indie: its 10111 money until you are thor-
oughly content.
So, whether you 'pay $2.3 01' any other price 'l‘rom ill: to Stillb—
you Mll'S’l‘ be satisfied; that's our business motto.
Suits So do 1111.
insured.
. Miss llillian Stewart.
'Daytona Beach Florida, is the guest oII
Miss Emily R11: Idle. 01' Elm stI't.ee
a few days.
Fayette of
im‘
Just as We insure. your satisfaction with our
99.92%»2233. 1... BE
give :1 recital “The Man l1‘rom liome,"‘
tn 1« 1 ' -. .« .. .
111111.. '1‘ hem" “'1“ “He 1““? “i 111.1111'11 it with evervthing else we sell-Skirls.l’11ttito.1ts“ulsts.
turned to their home in South .\‘or- Neck\"1c"11, llosiorv (ht (liens l.')111sses, Sweaters. 1111' ~~111ch'1'-
' . . . . thine; and when you see how 1e1'1 11,0011 our merchandise is 1111111
walk, all, 1' '1 “col .' vlsIl 1'1‘ 1'1:-
. C ‘ H \ ‘h ‘h be more than glad that run came here 101' thctn
ttves in llaubuz'y. 3
’uluiss {hly zenolfl )hq‘urvn “i‘ltg‘! M MOItaSCh & SO“
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at Ntitwalk (‘ongreg alloual Church, [.1
Friday evening, Oct. 17. Tickets 3.712;} 120 “WASHINGTON ST.
W _ i MAIN STORE—210 Atlantic Street, Stamford.
The lirst regular meeting of the'm
Hospital Whist Club will be held “immwaeaawmaam
the home oi Mrs. ldu S keep, .58 'i‘ 1: 1y]
street Friday after :101111,
o‘clock.
three.J
IDISASTIIUUS BLAZE VIS
ITS EAST NORWALK lili-
'1t
1 how
and we both laughed to think
fearful l was.
i knew it was near my place, and '
rushed down to find my house in
i
w llont 101 L11 the dome Red lion" .1'
Hall, 1.1 1:11 1111., t. l .
I.“ ‘ i 01 ‘ INB DAMAGE PLAGE“ flames. i had recently had the house
.. twired tor clcctrit'itv. My little girl‘s'
.\1, . i .\i 11'. ' '1 ‘ '
lullil titlmnourboatltlhtpcii‘iiiinklil :1; AT $100,000 watclII which i would not have lost'
. 1; . .
land’s patent \lr and Mrs E'duiu (Continued from first page.) 1111' the world, was burned 11p 111 the.
Stephens, at their new home, No 311111111111. .\ly Jewelry and over a hun-
witb the entire 11vtent oi fire an'ncd‘Idred dollars in money is gone.
t'etrllorv depleting 111111111 1' in its black
ruin, met the gaze of visitors todav
Woodhuty avenue.
and I wanted to 11,0 after them but
the firemen would not let me. What
shall i do, oh. what shall I do," subbed
Thi‘ ““1 “"11 not “Bi“‘ll' burned "'13 the poor woman to 11 Sentinel reporter
, 111‘“ “ill .\‘i‘filtfi‘ilily afternoon before”during, the progress of the blaze.
l'. n11igu 111111.1rd J i’etrstt of the local:
Silll'iiiilnl Armv Corps had started in
on the relief work to giie sticeor to llutro Peterson :1 painter emploved
this evening in Patriotic. Order of the' those 1111111.: [11111111111514 11nd destitute bv [ bv the (lorham & 1‘0n1pa111'Istated 10
ISO“ 0‘, America Hall The. degree the 111i: utlesn. flames tip to six o'ci01k' :1 reporter today that all his worldly
. . ‘ . llast night the ensign had secured a possessions 11 out up in the flames. “i
M“ M conferred 11:1 three. (‘mnmhlws'lsubscription of $30 and starting inlwas trim; 1111 tlu1 1',ouch not hnv'ing
‘hright and early again this Inorniugdteen feeling well. when the tire broken
11311111 added to the. growing list. it 11 311111 .\11 wile called to the that
sign l’orrelt makes an appeal for aid tire was sweeping toward our house
or given by Mrs Villlls ll Group in front the townspeople. (711111111111, f-‘nr and i got up. but helore '1 could get
honor of list sister. Miss .\l211'11111111l1l,l“““rl‘ and monev in any annuities 11111' of our silver or money the house
who fig :0 be married this fall. .will be acceptable, 11nd it may he le It 1 was 1111-111'1' and up had to flee forI
“M...” at the. Sulv atlon Army Hall at in) \\ .1 our li1's.11
The. Lady \‘i’ushiugton Social (‘iub, “‘r “mi“ South N0V““”\ “1" ‘0" 511111 “’53.
which was organized by Mrs. Jennie
Finch, on October 71h, will meet at the
home of Mrs. Edith Wilson, p'.':..1:1ident,
at 71) Woodward avenue, on ’l‘hut'sday‘
evening .11 8 o'clock. All 11111111l1et's are
Ptogrt ss Forum .\'0. l of the, Frater-z
nal lI‘ornm League. trill hold its regu-
lar weekly meeting, next Monduv eve-
ning. at 11 0 'clock, in t11c1b‘r111e11111l l: or
um League. Hall, Washington street.
South Norwalk Camp, No. 1023, \\ ood-
t'ncn oi the. World. will hold 11 1111-1111111:
Heller Work Begun.
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Peterson Family Loses All.
Mrs. George It. \'1111 Alsiyn'1 and
today attending a musicnlc and 5110.111.
and we had no it1~'ut'11..11nc l
‘ will be equally distributed 111110111: tltc1 he. concluded
worthy. Money may also be left at Mr, Cox Tells of L038.
.I'htt Sentinel otllooI and will be 1111'11 "said it Harold (“11v
1111 over to Ensign l’errett. l‘t'ean‘ut'er ’thnt those llreuteti
.
.
l '1 11111 tell vou.
‘the (uni dculot
' invited to be present. ‘ Albert Wilbur, l” ifuthlll‘s “Sh mar 301 the lhI'i- 11 departments worked well.
_--.-.. ”— 131111, will 1115.. h“ glad to WWW" money i want to thank the '1 11.11 : heartily for
Mrs. Horace 1". Stewart and 1i:111::l1-:1111' lhc until, the ellorts extended toward my propm
tor Elimbcth. of 'lluytouu llcach. Flor-'1I 'l‘he bulldiut: in which my oillce.
The Marvlns Do Much. Iertv.
lda. “1'” MW been vlistlng M“ and 31112111111 .\II's. .l. Wallace llut'vin audi‘m-‘i “““W‘” M“ (”Md “5' ilr “1“"
Mrs. I" 3' l.,\'11u,11f “PM “PW" h“ :1 Miss ()1'11 Martin. in which family r11 i‘HL \l‘ "“” 1”“ ”ii“ "“1“" “‘1‘”
low days. it'll today lor New York, 1111111101 litre, 111:. will 111111 l1 $2.111111 .\o, lltati
posed the ownership of the
Iililll‘. III’ iht1 pt'opm'ty destroyed ltali‘
311111111 1'11111111'Itul11y hospitable and char~
3111111111 to Ihclr 11111111119...“ their 1'111-
will remain until Friday,
will return to the. South.
Where they
when they
no insnrnme My
1 11111111 quite a loss."
ed the 1111.111 upon
conlI too. will
The tiremen piny-
tho oillce snip as
.1\ntotnohile robes, plush rob .11. l _ . ll .. . 1
sweaters 'Ii. horse blankets dog ion: houses some of wltltlt were “13.111101: “" t " ”"“““‘ “0‘” ”Hm“ "l“
sweaII-I'~ 1111' all for comfort '11 1; Occupied at 11111 present, they lune cs- "ill”t'mi‘ iii") ll'ii’i‘ri' were kept. “““i’
w “'1,...”11” 7,-1 “loath \l'1ln SI iuhlix 111111 lentporutv quarters tor llItu‘” H i“ ““t thought ””‘L ”W 1111111.
I will c0111
he said, “but
made i
\1 “0.," |1:1I'111c1l.“\‘es. or courseI
1111111, women and Iliildrou
domlcllos and all that. was dear 10111111111111; ’“l-‘iliii‘H-‘i “"1‘1‘1”
7llIt-III \\’t‘l'i‘ dostt'oycd In tho (:(Iltllugl‘il-‘ whul arrangements "ii“
”I,” .11111111111 tell at this 1111111,"
' Hatner Propetty Not Insured
AllIIII ll llulner, proprietor oi Ilhc
.. ‘ slt'oyctl even to the foundation thletl
ill;<ill‘.‘ttli't'. Hm ”Hwy“ bate lost all to a reporter yesterday afternoon that
their I'lolhluu. what money iltcv had. he carried "U Insurance. "My ““333 Is
hitch" furniture, and 111 fact, only
South .\'111'11'alk.
'i‘iII' I'czzulnt' 111111111:th111‘ i'uctts ’i‘t'iln'. 1111
.\o, 21;, 1 1). It. .\I., was held 111111 even-
lun, (1111- candidate received the. third
degree. ()11 next .\londay there will
be a rehearsal ol' the (hotter Icutu In
pI't-put'ntimt for putting on the chicks
degree 1111' two warriors on the sac»
ILlitle Insurance C11 rried
1111111111121, I'vculn :.
' i t" 3:111:1111 stunt." he 1111111. “including 11
.1. ...—» "1 1.» . “ill“: ‘1 7t 1
1. . . . . . . 'pool table and 11 cash rI‘I'luii'Ifi Hilr
lilo .\lnut:lp.11 111.1..111- 11.1.1. 11.1.1.111-11 tmpt'Ovcmcnt Aenoalatton Assists. illllitlilli' 1111 IN“, 1i by ”D" Jnclmm,
an Invitation to he Itl‘i'ttt‘lll at. the
‘irloutlt Not'awlk t'nnnreunlllntnl (‘hnt'elt
til. liu' Hulpt't' :ét't'vlct', Hominy ttl‘lt-r
'aoon, 1'11 him, to itt'lil‘ the her. Mr.
Staph-ion on “i‘olnh: of l'I'IIInlnt- 111 1111- ”I” 1,, the him have III...“ filled with
311"“ '” ”1” Ni‘“ ”ii?" Th“ "“"li'ilt‘ l'uiinbin 1' olh'lnv and were bout. to
city 111111151111: will aim I111 pt't'scltl. lschottl In 1111111 for the 1111.1' :1 session in 1 “' A: '3‘“ ““0" Writing their hands :11:
' 111111) 111111 ilt‘li the Ixt'eodv tire eat up
‘ttItIt-Ii inst lumen Matty ot‘ 1hr.1 I‘anIliiesI
11111-1. 111111-11 111:. mm- 11111111 bv lrlcuanu'"h "”“iii‘ii‘tl'm‘i Mil“1 i‘miey bunk-
keeper in 1le market,
1111111 in 111111111 instances, roiutlten [)1th
thin. 1:111 1111 only lentpot'arv 1'1) the "MW" in ""“mml‘i‘ M”
1r11llt11 work must Ito oil unabated ill lis
11111111111 ,
'll111 tulIool I'IIIIInIlliI-t1 of the. blast 1Iltt'
«111 wall. 1111111'11111111111111.111111111111011 has:
tinned iiiil and done Ilitflil work, All
the itt'iltltli childden or parents burned
mar i\l‘i”iii”.
Mr. and Mrs. JackaOn Affected.
\ihilc lili'll‘ home their
ATTORNEYS CAN PRACT$CE
AGAIN
SICAT‘i‘lJ'}. \i':t:1l1.. (iridium-1 Super»
lor Judi!» iohu l'..llutnpl11'e.1':~'. has 2'1-
yoked his ordeI “forever dinbot't'lutt'
AttorueI a Illcnzt I1}. Hoover 11.111 liulet.
M. Wells, because of their connection,
with 11 recent defiance. by SociallstsI
of the Iourt's anti-street speaking in- Iit'il are particularly pitiful. No1 one last all their [illpmlimionfl also.
junction. lioovet was disbarred be can he 111111111111 out 11:1 worse than an 3 It was reported at the the that 1111::
cause as counsel he. objected to n 111111.11 other in 1111 fttl results. Mrs. .IosephI.
tlon asked of a prisoner charged withIllubbnrtlI 11 hard working colored wo31'ash in their home which burned with
contempt of court, and Wells 11111111111111 1111111 111111 11 widow owned her own lit- Ithoir other possessions, but. this could
he had signed a resolution defying tie home In First street. She was not be verified.
Judge Humphrey's to enforce his ln~ working at the home 1.1 Mrs Daniel One Family Insured $500.
iuokson.
to see.
Many Sorrowtut Stories. 11112111111 Mrs. 11 A. Saunders were.
junction. Wells was 11811111111191. candi L’Ilomtnodieu's in ltowun 11119111. when Mr and Mrs. Johan Kocalscsak of
data tor mayoWhe lust the alarm want l11."I said to Mrs. 13 New street. who lost till their post:
' ' election." ' "r " *‘IL‘Hommadicu, 'can that be my house?’ sessions: Were” fortunate in 111mm!
112.115. mum. 11111311111111 ’
Iand the father is a butter.
3 for 256“ ,
When i saw the smoke'
1110.‘
My insurance papers were in there.{
the '
All my summers savin' 'si
tI'ibutiousI both money and materials, I sated onlv the clothes I now have on.‘ 1
Ili“11|)1‘li\’,:
11111111111111.1111”: insured for $501).
There. are eight children in the family
This was
the onlyinmlly in all New street
which had the furnishings insured.
Other Losing Families.
Mrs. Nathan, tit-widow. with three
children, living in an apartment in
New street, lost everything.
It‘red Green, of 4 First street, saved
1111 overcoat, but that”’wua the only
thing, .
Mrs. 'Schnwl, another widow, lost 1111
her goods} 111111111 11 1111111 11an 1‘11111
‘by the fire
’lhc family of Louis P: Anderson, at.
I} New s111,1111.t also is destitute as '11 re-.
Will of till it' complete, loss. The. fam-
illv of John Rechardt with three chil-
(11111:, saved nothinjr from tilolt home i
Oyster Scow Destroyed.
A house boat In which oysterlngi
utensils were stored, with vul‘icusv
other boating and fishing eoullmiimi I
111111 (‘Otnpietcly destroyed bv the
flames which swept down New street. '
The. structure was Owned by Fred
Loveloy, of Second street, captain for.
117. ’l‘, Iiedford, of Groups Farms.
Jumper Hose House Burns. 3
There 11 as a little hose jum'por in a
small building in New street anti this
went with the. other structures 011 the_
west. side of the, thortmghi'are. “01111111
my" 'l‘nylot'I who had seen the fire
from Hufncr‘s second store, rushed 11p
and got out the jumper. laying the.
first line of hose with which the. fire'
was fought. i
Fire Brands 00 Some Damage.
Practically all of the houses on the.
east side of New street were. allre atI
odd times, but prompt and efficient.
work Saved each and every one-flout
ham & (‘omptuIy‘s three-story struc-
ture was saved only by prompt and till .
luent work for it was on fire two or.
three separate times.
Fire Started In Boat ShOp.
Joseph 117, l1"owler. the ship chandler,
M '11ho octnpled the buildint.r adjacent to
the. blast .\'111'1v1111111'a: ht club and own
1111 by that clan when interviewed re-
garding the starting of the fire. said
that he. had been working in his place
and was just lenviuu when he noticed
Ivolutnes of smoke pouring out of the
IIlOOI' of Leslie Ilamble‘s otllce. “in an
incredibly short space of time." he
maid, “the flames begun to spread all
over the wharf. To 11111 it appeared
that 1h:1 fire started in the rear of,
le‘I tiamble‘s other. What the cause‘
lwas I haven't the slightest idea."
Several EprOSIons Heard.
A gasoline. tank of good site was on
ithe edge of the dock near the street
,to which place the. fire was sweeping.
i'ihe firemen until apprised of that fact
Iwore ignorant of its location. When
t‘ltoy did learn of its place 11 line of
base was brought to it, and a stream
1111‘ water directed upon it until thor-
oughly cooled 011‘. By that time the"
fire had eaten its way to the south of
the. tank and a danger of an explosion
averted. Several small cans filled
with go'sollne exploded and caused the1
rapid spread of fire.
Tires Lost and Saved. . .
The Connecticut Stiles Company.
dealers in nutonudtile tiresI hud stored
some two or three thousand of them.
They were 11 total loss. llarry Sheb
,dou, driver for (‘avunagh's express,
‘ was on his way to the. shop with $301)
worth of tires, but the tire luckily
prevented delivery.
Much Hoae Was Laid.
’l‘housnnds of feet of hose, were. used
to tight the flames and because of the
rapidity with which the. fire.
headway many hundreds of feet were
lost by burning. General havoc was
wrought to the trolley, electric iii-titt-
ing and telephone companies by the
cutting of wires and the burning of
poles. ’I'ht' Ilremcn were in constant.
danger :11 11111111111: 1:: contact with the
li111 wires, and the current was shut
1111‘. As soon as the tire burned itself
out, squads ol' linemen and rebalt'tucn
of the eonIpanlca were on hand, and
.lnttnedhttely the task of re-
I-‘ill'll‘liillii the-\vilw. A11 :1 result 111'
the wires being; cut. telephone. service
to 11211111. .\'oru'nlk was entirely severed.
The trolley servlct. was sioppcd til-110.3
Water Prcsaure Low. I
The many lines of hose used, nerv‘
’etl 111 1111: reuse the watt-1' pI'cHitliro to
an alarming 1111111111 and III mam' lu-
Itltlllt‘i‘H there was little or no stream
with 11111151. to ththl the lire.
‘ Firemen Have Narrow EacapeI
'l‘lIe. boat mirage. which was oltmu'v-
iii‘S-{llll
sltowlnt.r the enormous heat of tho
11111111111. '1‘ be waves of heat were cur- i
111111 by the strong wind at 11 rapldI
an unusual pleturosnuo sight The
11 born II 111111 feared would Ito 11111111112 Ilet'teness of llln wind can be partly} markets bttt unoccupied
Ithrounh her grioi,whicl1 was terrlbio‘ realized by tin- fat'i. that it blew (Nor was the. key to the situation,
In little house which was helm; 0011'
stllllntl by the. unmet: Several firemen,
111g timbers Intormittently the wind
rection caused many to think that the
flames would spread to the east. of
the: dock and not. fire to the houses
“it“. ”W. "51111111311111:
‘ iiy, of 4 New street, were. cieauol out I gest anything yo“ 9‘“ and overcome it
'or what you out 110:; like a lump of
‘or intestinal griping.
' for
‘vtakes hold of your food and digests it'
Ithis morning which speaks for final
‘A piece of stationery, lifted into
1' kins avenue;
. utre1tI
gained, .
i Hil‘lli'liml.
Illilllllli lllSI’lPlll.
‘ BIS IlII llIIlllllSlIlllI:
Papa’s Diapapsin Settles Sour
Upsct'Slomachs in Five
Minutes
W...
'l‘imo it! Pnpe's Diapepsin will di-
sour, gussy or out-of-order stomach
surely within five minutes.
if your meals don‘t llt comfortably,
lead in your stomach, or if you have
heartburn, that is 11 sign of
ion.
(lot from your pharmacist 11.
cent e: Inc or i’ape’s
lil'tv'
will be no sour rlslttps no belching of‘
undigested food mixed with acid,“
stonmch gas or heartburn, fullness
or heavy feeling in the stomach, nah 1
sea, debilitating headaches, (Ii/.zlneasl
This will all 1:0,",
and, besides, there. will he no souri
food left over in the stomach to poison
your breath with nauseous odors, i
l’apo‘s Illapepsin is :1 certain cure:
out oforder stomachs he: utuse it1
just. the same. as stomach
wasn’t there.
Relief in five minutes: from all stom-
Iach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store.
l‘hescl large. fifty—cent eases contain f
enough “l-‘ape‘s Diapepnin" to keep};
the entire family free from stomach}
disorders and indigestion for many]:
months. it belongs in your home. , '
by the Goodrich Sand & Gravel Com-
it‘. your
.panyI which had been docked in the
morningI was saved, although many.
times it was thought that it would be
desttoyed by fire. ()nly valiant cf-
l‘oI't.s on the part of the crew as
bucket brigade. saved the. barge.
Many People Visit Fire.
'l‘housands of people could see
clouds of smoke whirling skyward
the news quickly spread that id
walk was in the throes of 11 conflngra-i
tion bringin:v multitudes of persons toI
the scene.
Wind Was Terrific.
As an evidence of the ferocity
the gale there was a little
111111
the
air by the fiamesI burned on tile edges
from the. otllce of the ConnecticutI ble (’"glne 1930119:
Auto Sales Company, was found this,
indiacs- ‘
Dlapupb‘in and take 1
11. done, just as soon as con can. There-1‘
$1.01) l1‘owncs' Gloves .
500 Silk l'loso
1301: Fancy Feathers
50c Wings
Shapes at.
Special Suits at .
$5 Trimmed Hats
SPECIAL VALUES for
Wednesday
The l1‘lanuole1te. (towns
Shapes at .......... . .........
$14.00 Sport Coats. .....
11......n... ....... 11
50c
........... unu-povn.-cn...--.111-1....1
When you keep your Automobile In this
W. [‘1. HANFORD
Modern Garage
-it is under the eyes of constant
caretakers, and it is in a. plum:
specially for the, care of cars.
Every facility for PliOPiClt
washing and polishing is at
hand—401' making thorough re-
Ipnlrswand you are always sure
of excellent supplies at closest
prices.
Our rates for
such that it. will
ask us about them.
storage
11.1 1' you
are
to
ed by (‘aptain Albert A. Geib and (lap
lain Mattavius Dee'kex. and were used
for storage purposes and had previous
Ily been occupied in the oyster open
111:: industry
Many Boats Were Burned.
But one speed boat of those owned
and by members of the East .\orwalk
m3II\1.,I..\'111'_1ht Club was saved and that the
”Cyclone. 11."
'11; Grill,
owned by Horace Key-
Danlel Keyworth and several
iotber young men got the. craft away
morning near Blackstone Cottage, thei
home or Judge John J. Walsh,
(Ircaory Boulevard three quarters of a
tulle from the southerl1 11nd of the fire
Fire Carries Some Distance.
Burning embers Were. carried to
the homes or Mrs. lsabella Bell, 36
(love street;
(love street:
street; William C, TwomblyI
.l. illpson, 9 Seaside place.
of .I S. Morgan was also atlre.
.sated by energetic work These pine-3'
1115 me :1 quarter of a tulle from
scene of th:1 fire. Judge John .I.
Mrs, Anna Reynolds, i-l‘
Augustus Ritch, '54 Covo
2 Haw-1
11nd the burn 11 Henry?
The shot“
I)“: boats totally destroyed,
on‘
r
from her moorings and set her adrift
of L guiding the motor craft with ours to a
incident point, below in the harbor where it
f. was deemed safe
Among the boats which were total-
l_v destroyedI save perhaps for a possi-
11 ere the following:
Launch of Clifford P. HavesI
Launch of Albert W. Nichols.
Launch 0! Edward E. Gotham.
“(‘ycloue l“, H. B. West.
“Greyhound ll", St. John and Key-
‘ ser.
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Walsh’s wood pile, way down on Greg-f
cry Boulevard was also on lire.
One House Saved By Work.
Constant and relentless work wast
Mrs, William First
within thirty
«troycd Jackson property.
Limberner, in
Mrs, Lim-
burner,
hose 111111 with bucket. brigades from 11
Well. kept the west side of the. house.
cool, despite the. terrific heat, and al-
thontzh the paint was badly blistered
thou trutturo was on live but one o and
that on the roof. Had this house 1401115
tail that saved the home of Mr. and1
feet of the (let
with the aid of firemen with 113
“lion", Commodore. P, H. Fielding.
"liurrier", F. C; Lewis.
“Xpdnc”. Francis 0. Tanner.
“Arrow’f, 117, 'l‘. Sipperly.
“Bumble Bee“, Leslie Gamble.
“Set Snug. .Ir,“. (i. A. Giles
There were several other small
Antony those saved by quick work
the were. the following:
“Ajax“ , Leslie Gamble,
"l‘lorryn", Mrs. Emma l.. Golden.
"Cyclone ll", Horace Koywortlt.
“'Sea11p"—«sailboat, R. W, .l. Kiln-tan.
“CoIIIet",v-snllboat, .iohn McMahon.
"lltItclIess"~—AttxlliaryI G. A, Jenn-
lugs.
The “Swap". "Comet," and "Duch-
esu" lost their rigging and spurs, The.
deck of the "Comet" was stovo in. All
were bllsiered by tho intense heat.
The damage to the boats in estimat-
ed at $251100, considered a most con-
servative figure. as several of the
boats destroyed were particularly val-
' unblc.
the one next door, where. John ()‘Sullt‘
van, proprietor of the llorlon
I'esidcs, must have. followed. A 11111111
Iof workers includiuu the. families of
these. houses, tore up'carpeta and re.-
moved every article. of value to 1111
'udjncent vacant lot, prepared for lit“
worst.
~Aged Woman In Danger.
.\ll“. Harriet. Van Kurt-11. MINI
'I'Iuhty-nine years of like, mother of
Mrs. 1.111111111'11111',
until it was practically agreed that
House ‘
I
stayed in flu1 homo‘
Sending In the Alarms,
There was some little tliflleulty
about sending in the fire alarm In East
Norwulk. Two or three attempts were
made but for some renSon the whistle
would not respond. lt‘lnally‘ Howard
Mead. day 1111111 at the1 blast .\‘orwnik;
.11lt1t'lt'lc atnllonI culled Mrs, Robert 1'»).
South Norwalk Department.
.\lrs, Josephine Brown, of Seaview
avenue, mother of Dr. Franklyn G,
Brown called The Sentinel office and
asked that an alarm be sent to the
South .\‘orwalk department. The Sun-
tinel called the South Norwalk Elec-
tric Works and the Washington street.
bridge number was given from there.
the department responding on the
jump.
Mayor Burnell on Scene.
One of the first to reach the scene
was mayor Francis 1. Burnell, With—
out ltesitancy, for he realized that the
fire threatened to be the worst the
town has ever known Mayor Burnell
lumped into an automobile and Issued.
to a telephone, where be notified Nor-
walk to send down all the. equipment.
that could be spared.
Cutbill Assists Firemen.
Clifford Cntblll, with his automobile
truckI hooked onto the. Mayflower ap-
paratus meantime and made speed to
the blaze.
Johnson A Great He'p,
James Johnson, with the (int-ham d1:
Company‘s Ford carI rushed hither
and you rendering aid where he could.
lie was instrumental in getting hose
from the various storage places in the
district.
Three Chiefs Work Together,
Before the tire was under control
three. department chiefs were working:
in unison in lighting the flames.
:eorge \l’. ltogardus, of South Nor-
walk, Frederick M. WheelerI of East
Norwalk, and George II. Montgomery
of .\iorwalk, combined their efforts in
directing the work of the two hundred
tIrI-mcn in attacking the. flames at tho
most vital points. There was little
waste effort for the rennin: that tht
trained men were ordering the work.
Committeeman Riordan On Job.
(.‘ouncllmun Michael J. lllordan, re-
cently elected chairman of the tire
committee. was on the grounds
tl11'1.1ntzhout the afternoon, giving ad-
vice and taking note of the, work and
equipment.
Steamer Invaluable Aid,
The .\‘orwalk department's steamer
front the. Phoenix Engine Company,
was hurried to the ilt't1 111 the orders:
from olllclals. lII'lch' Arthur Slttuson
lost 111) time in 1111111111: down and us-
Morrlson, who lives next door to the tubllshinzz the tilt'lilllt‘l' \l‘llt'l‘t' it would
.\lnyllo'.\'t1r llook 11nd Ladder Company, do the. most 11111111 111 chief's tllt‘ct'lltmfi.
by telephone.
the, llt'ehonso and turned 111 the alarm
lwltlel: blew the whistle,
this 11111111. follow 111 the general do»‘
A rally on the. part of the
workers saved the house when the
3.I111'l1'111111 11111111111 were most H111 '111'11, but
and their market were being eonsutu- 1111 be the thousands who witnessed the Mrs, V1111 Karen elut1hhn; her Hill“),
1111 111 the furious 11111111111 Mr and 111's 111111111111 11111: of 11 tI'mnentioutt 1111,1111in oI valuables, was escorted toiho homo
of 11 111111111 by two local young men.
Key to the Fire
‘ 'llto little building at the (enter 01'
did luvfllunblo rule out to 111111111111 their flit'hl madc‘lt‘lrst and New streetIIt where John
Ison 11nd initiirolx formerly conducted
yesterday.
accord
lug to the statement of Chief George
W. llognrdus last evening "iluti that
All the 11111111111 tho tlctlnts have to I111111111111 in the .illciiiitm house and they working at thin house had :1 narrow building gone the (lorhum building
luscape from being struck by the. hum-:3
must surely have followed. We direct-
ed 11 force of men to keep this build
Jackson had a vast sum of money in Ishlftod from tho. northeast to the north i log intact if possible, and this 3111 on
land when blowing from the latter tli-l 3
the heat from crossing the street at
this point to a great advantage. "
OynterI 811mm Butt-eyed.
When the tire extended down New
which were but a little distance way. street the sparks fell on two his
:11 Barge Wu Saved.
oyster snows located on the shore ot
Ahar'ge 11111111111 with sand 31111111111111 oytiier taillidl Point. 11111 were own»
1
I
Mrs. Mot't'lsou ran to’Itjnalneet'(1111111111 S, Aiken worked hard
(Continued on lwalltlt 11:11:11..)
STAMFORD
B Irgaius alw. 13's sound :11—
traclivc, but staple artitlcs
that (lont go out of fashion
in six months 1111: not found
on bargain counters.
When you buy a range
you buy Something to last a
long time, and you will find
nothing better than the
Stamford.
It is sold at a just. price
and gives reliable service.
r09. SALE 11111
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