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flwxonomw INSURANCE
on ALL KINDS,
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I‘Iord, pumpmg oil for a Standald Oi!
_ V‘lllttlll (Osteiio. of lile downtown
post othce, starts on a ten 1111s3s' 3111's-
tion next Monday.
1. 1-—J!.ong1allows of Bridgeportx
Lockwoods, Sunday, 3:30. Amusement
IIiPark.
Frank ivior, on No1l‘11 Main s11'=.11>1
, last night was struck and
Ihuli b) 1111 lulomoblle dlivcn by 1)
1311111, 01 1;? Academy slieet.1)1'. 1‘
M Wolfe rcndcled 111111111111 11111.
I The members of Pride of Court
‘Narruk, Companions of the Forest,
are Icholdin a lawn fete at 43 Osborn
. avenue this afternoon. The affair will
I:also be in progress this owning.
Papers are returnable, tomorrow, in
‘the cit; 1ourt concerning the suit l
of Mrs. Mary E. linnlts of ‘Westport
against Mrs. Grace Cuneo, for the re
covery or $113.23 for a flower bill.
—WONDERFUL BARGAINS
will be offered 'by the Krieger C'o. dur-
ing the next 10 days You can't at.
ford to miss it, You can dress from
head to foot, for the smallest outlay
of ready cash:
Yesterday there was considerable }
excitement about the stand of “Ali-3
lHot George" in Roton Point, when‘1
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An estimate 0! the deaths in the
vicinity of Galveston and Houston
was placed at 71 by a representativ9
of The Associated Press from Gaives
ton who last night arrived at Houston
after a thrilling trip.
ireports of 31 inch had not reached him.
According to apparentlv reliable in
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,other places, however, told of deaths,.I
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Idealh estimates were as follows: ‘
I Texas C113, 32 (26 soldiers and six 1
1ci3ilians) ‘ TELEPHONE 371
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Galveston, 14. SW
Virginia Point, 14.
Morgan‘s Point. 7.
Hitcthck, 7.
La Porto, 7.
Port Arthur, 4.
lionslon, :1
Lynchbm'g, 3.
Sea Brook, 3.
Sylvan Beach, 3.
Dickinson, 1.
Estimaics from some other sources
inlaccd tho numbor 111 Virginia Point
}111 :10 and olher ieporis said 11 were;
'Idcad at Morgan’ s i‘oint
l’lopclly loss-es arc known to run
inlo millions of dollars, but only rough
'1': limutcs wolc 113.111 1111c
11 loss of $111.
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‘11110,11011 or 1110r1~.a1'coilling lo the osli-
1111111111. Nearly hall 11 million 01‘ 1111"
loss was due to fircs, which broke 0111‘-
in lho height of thc storm 111111 burn ,
ed un1 hooked because of the 111111111113
fof 1ho firemen to tight the flames in
the terrific. gale and because the wa-
1111' 1.3 stem was not 0111 ofIc0111111isIsion..
Houston's loss was .cstimated 111‘
$12,000 H000
Wcitics where losses 11nd becn‘
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Port A1 thur.
Sa-‘ I
850000.
Texas (‘113', $100,000:
$2,00000; Son Brook, $100,000:
hin-1 l’ass. $100 000 Roman,
111101 mous losses
‘ed
.ilolds swept bv
tho most mcagro estimates of damage
in those sections were obtainable.
Galveston sea 31.1111 was not washed
out, according to The Associated;
_\1'111'1' lOl'Il from their
were varned by the. soldiers of re-
newcd tires. Al 10: 30 o'clock when
The Associated Press man left theI
cit), the tire was confining itself 10
the Pabst Realty Pompany, on Me-
111a111c stxect, the J. S Svl‘sheimcr &
1 111111)11113"s 'bniiding, {our stories high
‘1119 13111111 Notion to'mpa113, three stor-
‘111,.-' high, and Murdoch‘s building, all
1119111' the wharf, and lo the Swill 111111
Almom' packing; plants.
’i‘en largo steamers, it is estimated,
mowing and
were blown over Galveston Bay. Sev-
en of them are aground. The. names
01‘ lhese were 1101 learned. All were
1111 in water not more than tour or
filo i‘cct dotp, and somo were blown
111111 lineo lo olghl milcs inland by
1111c force of the llulricnllc and \3'.1111
1111131111 l‘ishc1 has doclinod to issue
:1 11111 fox outside 1111i, saving the city
was nhlc .to bundle illc' tullllllOn, 11nd
1111 needy persons lhcre would be
’1'11'cd for.
The most pressing need of the city.
according to reports brought by ref-
‘ugces. was drinking water. How an
adequate supplv would be reestablish-
ed for the city was still unansvlered
early today
Measures for relief are under way
Between 400 and 500 women and Galveston Bay during ill? storm “dill [s madq went into eflect 88 soon as
also were sum: Icpndrpn from Tex“, (~11. wm b9 11111-5“ 11191! aboard according to 0- “0‘ iGovernor Holcomb signed it on May
in the farming regions and oiilon to Houston as soon as arrango- terlage, Jr., “1 employo 01“” North Ill the Highway department can real-
the storm and 01")" meals for transportation can be mnd(.I..\1nsrlcan Dredging ”mph” “‘1‘” has 1y be charged Will! all maintainancs
The refugees are wives and relatives
of soldiers, who had been making
their home near the camp.
The loss of life. was largely caused
11 small fire broke out among some 11“.... 10131'eseniiilth‘,WholellGfll\:9B-Ib5' the collapse or the Thompson
wooden boxes in his booth. There
were a large number of willing vol 1
trainers, who with the aid of land and
. extinguishers, assisted 'George' till
I, putting the fire out. ‘
. also be 1op1'oducedI Ion postal mrus.
. Plnkham‘s Compound
. —Auto segvice from your home toi
1%9Idcpoi, :1 specialty. Sch‘aub’s Phone
j‘AtI tho rcunst of Manager Neville:
Barley, a plmtographer, 39sterday.i
tools valious pictures of different sec-
tibiae oi Rotoil-tl’oint pn1'k,lho clon'ds
, 11111.11 bothers, 0119 or the interesting
51.115119..- snapped was, that of Lifeguard
' Benedict “saving" a youpg girl swim-
1139121011- scenes will be :11 intell 111 :1
i1 cl advertising 11.11.1811,..1111 will
"—NEW HOTEL MAHACKEMO.
Ladies' Grill and gentleman's lunch
f‘oom open until u: 30 p to. Popular
prices. Table d'Ihote lunch fifty cents,
Ill-‘00 to a p. m Table d’hIote dlnIaIer,
‘ ”I nary-111's cents, 5:80 pm. to 8 p
’. Served in 113111111 dining room
1011 111 10 11. n1 yesterday This infor-
malion was borne out by a statement
sent from Galveston signed by Mayor‘
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citizens.
The causeway, connecting Gulves-l
1011 with the 111111111a11(l,w11s washed.
‘out from both the cast and west cads,;
according to Tho Associated Press‘
man, who brought the 111st authentic
account of tho disaster to lloustonu
110 said the drnwln'illge was not in-
jurod. 'l‘ho bouicvaul along the Gal-
3eston sou wuii washed out for mnnyl
hlIdcks. ' I
I‘ires hogan to brcuk out :11 the
111-113111 of the storm At 8 o’cloclt‘l
Monday 1111011, 11 fire alarm was sound-
cd item the 0 K Laundry. A s‘ixtv
two mile an hour gale was blowing“
when the fire department responded
to the call Tho frightened horses re-
fused to pull the equipment after 110--
ion 11 i‘ost'locks and the firemen car-1,
riod the hose half a mile on their
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shoulders ‘0 ”if? burnmg build"‘11-("iiIsocintimn who arrived here last night Hayden. 3‘
iillt’ll arrival thov found the outer sup-
‘1") cut Off 111111 ”10.8 510011 b)” “hlleibile, said the gr realest property dam-
“ "age is onthe beach.
the fire burned 11111111” 0111..
An hour later a fire alarm was 1111'11-
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OUR REGU LAR PRICES.
koiy‘nos' Paste 191:
ed 111 from the Direct Navigation Com-
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building. Two hundred and flttv per-;
sons had taken refuge in me struc-l
tore previous to its collapse, the Ina-l
Fisher and a number of prohlinwi.‘ jorlty having left before the accidenti
occurred. -
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. l9~Evcry
effort today was being‘ made to tea ch
Marsh island, nbout .150 miles soulu-;
west of her,c where more than 100
persons are beliov ed either to be 11111-_
rooned or" lost persons on 1219 1111111111
1smo 113' um fishermen. but se3eral parts
of campers were known to 111139 been
there when the. hurt 11.100 and accent
panylng tidal wme reached 111111 \1-
1111in Monthly night and ’lucsday. Tho
1sca was still too rough for the smnll'.
c.r111‘t at the nearest points to makeé
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the trip
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 ~llous-,
.1011s death list stood at the early to-
llav. The bodies of two white women
two white inch, and 11 no
1011110.
Dr. Vernon l’owcll, ofiicinl represen-
tative of the ("113081011 Commercial As-
‘t‘rom Galveston by boat and 1111101110,
"Practically 1111 tho houses east of
20111 and near the boulevard were de'
Swan 3 Down Face Powder ... . .15c‘Ipnny’s office on the wharf front. The‘ 11110) cd, " he said. "A strip about one-
OOGbUFY‘s‘ Face Powder ..-.....19c 3111111 by this time was blowing 72I 111111 to two blocks wide to Fortieth
Dblin’s Kidney Pills 391: miles an hour across the wharf front, street is damaged. All these houses
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All patent medicines at reduced
prices.
Stillson-Powell Corporation l
'P-RESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. ‘
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101111111 1110 business section. Panics
wore prclulcnt among the thousands?
ness section, but the blaze burned it-
self out .
Early Wednesday morning residents
‘L 1‘2,
113.
f thieves take bonds, no
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a YFar up. You own
Tomorrow they may
proteét them—today
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Will Yolirs be 111
This year’s Haul?
Millions are lost every year when fire and
tificates, deeds, wills, heirlooms, silver plate, gems
could just as 'vveli be’ in a safe deposit vault.
The South Norwalk Savings Bank maintains a
fine, modern vault with individual boxes _from $4
Open Monday evenings from 6 to 8.
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tes, agreements, stock cer-
cies are seldom used. They
such valuables as these.
be loot or ashes. Let us
Savings 11.111
' Fisher
are small and of flimsy construction.
”The wharrcs were damaged but
lwho had taken refuge in the bust- slightly. Piers 109110 21 sullered the
most "
When the storm. approached live
‘thoustind persons sought refuge in the
depot, according to Dr. Powell. Five
hundred people were housed in the
Scottish .Rite‘ Cathedral.
All saloons in Galveston were closed
Tuesday morning by order of Mayor
A story of a thrilling u‘tght
battle with death when the causeway
Hotel, at Virginia Point, crashed down
into the swirling waters ‘with sixty
persons within its walls, was brought
here last night by Rev. '1‘. J. Sloan, 01
Houston Heights, and Sheriff 0. D.
Kemp, ot Wharton. Between 14 and
20 of those in the building, according
to these men, probably lost their lives
Sloan and Kemp were about: anym-
terurban train which becdine stalled
011' the causewsy= amid Ia furious gate
and sea.
. IForty-elght passengers were aboard
. Iai‘id all sought refuge in the hotel, a
twostory frame structure. The motor-
inan refused to' leave his car. The
arty entered the hotel about 7
p'olock Monday night. '.
11"At' 2' 50 o'clock Tuesday morning
‘- . the hotel 11111111111"; been 19‘ separate
11111. 1'. mar." cold Kemp.
" 2A moment 1.1.1- it 111111 divided into
several parts, and (lipid id‘slde ware
struggling in the surging waters.
Twenty. members of the party noni-
East ‘lndia Tea Co.
425 WASHlNGTCH STREET.
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Were accounted for, although some of
them may have escaped deuth.‘
Subsequent news reached here toI
the etfcct that fifteen persons who hauI
escaped before 1111' hotel collapse-dd
sought refuge in a small power house.
'ien tool of water surrounded the.
plans 'lhev were without food, but
the storm brought thom sustenance
"1‘\\o lilo pigs, borne along 011 thth
turbulent water‘s r1 athed the maroon
ed party '1 U1 sdav
of coffee and 11 barrel of beer.
Vi 0rd \1 as reccilcd herc earlv today
that the lifesaving station at Surg
Side, sev'emi miles northeast or Free
port, was entirely 111-111olished. Cap-
tain lohn i’.Sleinh11rt .1111] his helpe'.
per.- the 111111' 51""11.11301>.I.\11s. Stun
hurt, meioticrs 01' the crow and some
visilors, said to numbtw 111 111 all,nr-1
reported lost, not re-« 1101:. are worn
ing to 101 ate them
(‘uptain Sleinhart is said to have
made an heroic short to sale 111-- mic
and had her clutched in his arms 1111111
holding fast to a post when 11 gignntlt
311130 torc her from his grasp. the 1.'
year old daughter 01’ 1111- captain 1s re-
ported to have perished.
1‘
dredge Sam Housion 331111 down it:
just arrived at Virgmlu 901111, 011 the
tug 1101111.}
Captain James .‘111. Trahun, or the,
'Bowcrs‘ Southem' Dredging Company.‘
who reached Beaumont early today on
his way from 61131151011 to Port Ar-
1thu1', in search bible family, declared
on or the Houston,,
Elle.” bopn picked 03;:
that the only sur
several in Inumbfi
when he “left 3 1011 at noon ye9-“.
‘gtcrday. Captain rahli‘n also stated’
that the Bowers“ dredge San Jacinto.‘
with a crew of titty. had the company' s
‘ nothing of their rate.
Thirty persons who boarded
Isteamer 111 Port
\ionday night. are believed to
a
1111 moorings 11nd drifted o3er into the
Gulf, according i0"m"i“"5 “ho lerz‘county not Wrom the Pamperary
Port Bolivar Tuesday afternoon and
arrived here last night.
AN ANTONIA, 'i‘ex., Aug 19. —-Tl1s
total number of “we lost in Texas
and 411 sea along the Texas coast as n
‘ircsult of the tropical storm may reach
1
ngad beenl four hundred, according to information 51116 change; no state highway crossing
iroccived hole today.
i This information was brought to Saul
Antonio this morning by Charles S.
aft correspondent of the
Light. 13110 returned today trout H0111?-
sent to Galveston Monday night, and‘
was in the first boat to reach the
stricken tity from the mainland.
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TODAY IN WALL STREET.
new noun, A‘fug, ‘19 (Wall Street,
10:30 a. nus-irregular price changes
attended , today‘s. initial dealings.
Gains and losses were almost equally;
divided, but only-in a few instances
were the variations more than free.
iional. Bethlehem Steel lost a full
point and Canadian Pacific was heavy.
following Londons lower level 1.11.111
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“EM-“103T Texas, A118 1‘1“” lder the supervision of his department.‘
10 ug No 11, were missing, but he knewItween the two counties 11 was no
Bolivar Lighthouse;
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been lost when the vessel broke from'atonic river from Newtonn in this
1011 and Gallcstou Mr. Hayden was.‘bcen ruined by the trolley cars and'
.structing these new bridges
‘one- third by the trolley company and
‘Fnirfield and New Haven
C. V. SIMW GARAGE
Agent for TRUMBULL CAR
CARS FOR HIRE
11 Hanford Flue, Tel. 394.9
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Peaches
If you are looking for espec-
ially fine fruit
COME HERE
FREE DELIVERY
Ghiotto 811 Kuban
Telephone 1345. 44 So. Main St.
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‘lng the future maintainance of those
bridges. He has also directed some
1oueslion to Attorney General George
E. Hiaman.
These communications were for-
worded in accordance with the discus
sion which took place belween lllo
Fairlleld and \‘ew Haven county
commissioners at the last conference
Secretary Cruw'ford 9 letter was of
.lhe date of Aug. 111. The qucslioni
was asked whether or no all bridges:
between the two counties 011 lrunki
line highways would not
the control of the counties to that, ofj
the State highway department.
Under State SuperviIIOn.
Commissioner Bennett answered
back on August 17. He said that 11;
was his understanding that all trunk}
line highway bridges connecting the;
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Itrom that date
IIISterliug ’s
“P'Fluuiturge Sale
20 TO 40 PER CENT SAVING
, FurnitureilugsJieds ,Bedding&Ranges
Ask Us about our Club Plan
On 0111' Extraordinary
MATTRESS SALE
Sterling F umitureICo.
127429-13! Washington St.
‘ SOUTH NORWALK.
Phone 105.
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Final Clearing Sale ‘
Of Women’ s and Misses’ Slimmer
less of cost. Suits, Wearin
Afi‘
g Apparel regard-
. Skirts, Waists, Corsets
and Hats. Nothm cacti
Everytln WW“ mgst. ed over into next season.
Clocks; E
Millinery
THE PARIS
33 SOUTH MAIN 81‘. SOUTH NORWALK
Attorney General Hinlnlm has not
yet forwarded his advice regarding
the law More specific information
is requestedr fTaYn him.
Under the old law Falrlleid Iand
New Havenspountibs looked after; Ihe
,four bridges connecting the two 11-
tlcal division» through the commis-
s'ltmers of botlIr counties acting as a
joint board All the expense of
maintaining these bridges of repairs
and upkeep Was divided equally be-
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‘small item in dealing with Washington
and Shelton bridges.
Bennett's Bridge.
Bennett's bridge, crasslng the Hous
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county to Southbury in New Haven
river, is the third crossing effected.
this bridge being part of the Water-
bury trunk line highway. Zoar bridge
between \‘ewtown and Oxford, near
the Eight mile river, is the fourth
crossing, but that is not involved in
The expense of caring for these
trunk line highway bridges has been
considerable to both counties. Shcl- '
ton and Washington bridges have both 1
“AAAAAAAA-
new bridges must soon be construct-
ed. Here is where both counties will;
make the greatest gain. Both the pre‘
‘sent bridges were constructed at a
cost divided between the two coun-
ties.
Division of Expense.
Under the new law the cost of can-
wili be
charged one-third against the state,
one-third by the two counties. To
illustrate. it a bridge costing $300 0001
is placed at the Washington. crossing
‘ counties
Company fell over 2 points on unfa-
vorable advices fiom Texas. Later
York Air Brake, American Steel
Foundries, Crucible Steel and Ameri-
can Can, advancedl to 3 points, be-
fore moderate advances in other spec-
inlties. United States Steel opened
with a sale of 3,500 shares unchanged
from yesterday‘s close.
noon—The market became more
r'eactionaiy later, some ‘ specialties
adding mated-ally to opening declines.
Bethlehem Steel fell 7 1—2 with re-
verses of two to six points in the 1110-
101' group. Steel was the“ central fea-
ture, however, its feve'rish fluctua-
tions‘ denoting professional. pressure.
Sales of 1,000 to 3,000.shares were
fretment, the price fluctuating from
its early high of 77 3-8 to 75 1-2, a
block of 5,000 shares being offered at.
the latter price. Reading was s‘noth-
er speculative favorite to move in or-
ratic fashion, advancing 9. Mint. but
soon losing more than Ilia 88in Ponds
were lower.
some of. the W111 shares, notably Newt
your w—‘Amt don't 981?an on it-
would pay $100, 000, the state $100,000
and the two counties $50, 000 each,
which means a saving of $100, 000 -to
each county.
The same division 01! charges will
apply to any reconstruction of an old
bridge, where it is used by a trolley
company. When not used by a trolley
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company, each county reimburses the
state to the extent of onequarter of
the cost.
In the matter or maintaiaance of '
the county is relieved entirely of ex-
pense. The state pays the entire bill.
unless a trolley company uses the
bridge, in which case the trolley com
October 15 onethird or the cost of
malntoinance.
The ultimate eltect of this law will
be to make a big saving to Fairneld
and Nowfiaven counties. It will also
relieve the commissioners of consid-
arable work in supervising and main
taming these bridges. .
‘ ~Aocopt :11 the luck but 1mm
oominglflyon wantoiobmslqp-
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“ DcIiCiou‘s Crearncry- Butter . . . . . . . . . ..
III I III 30¢‘lb:
BesthamiiijIlflur, aI'lf‘E‘I. ..... . . . . 95¢
II Autocrat Coffee, I301: can cut to .......... ". 26¢
. Old Dutch Cleanser, 2 cans . 15¢
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