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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, September 29, 1915 · page 4

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THE SOUTH NORWALK EV ”1&6 WEI.

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‘l‘hls morning rails arrived on the
hat Side for the construction work
on Fort street.

 

Ir. and Mrs. Allie Erickson and
Emily. of Van Zant street, are re-
moving to Winfield street.

 

Ir. and Mrs. Perry have removed:
from their summer home on Bell loo:
land to their residence at St. John'
mt.

 

Thirty-one voters were “made” by
the select-ant, Saturday.

 

J. H. Lapham and family of St.
John' a Place left. Saturday, for Texas.

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Miss Elinor ‘Kinscelle of Bridgeport.

 

Regular business was transacted,

last night, at the meeting of the Sun-

' day school board of East Avenue M.
2. church.

 

[Church street.
Ira. Joseph Crawford, who has been __
Wing a week with Mrs. C. N. Mrs. Herbert Knox and four children
Wood. of Osborn avenue, returned to sailed Saturday for Bermuda, where
m home in New Canaan, today. ltliey Will spend the winter.
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Miss Mabel Wood. of Osborne ave-l William Raymond is confined to his
line. and Miss Elsie Barrett, of wn,‘home with a severe case of malaria.
too, are taking a trip up the Hudson M" Raymond is 84 "a" 0“-
tlver,‘ and will spend a week at Corn-' '

"n l Mr. and Mrs. James Barraclough of

,East avenue entertained Mrs. Samuel

A daughter was born Sunday to Mr.l Crawford of Norwulk several day last

_. and Mrs. lra Rogers, of Belleport, week.
Long island. Mrs. Rogers, before her.

marriage, was Miss Ethel Selleck‘, of IMMN‘ William Tuttle and MT and
the East Side rs Wll ism Holt and son Hare d are

Ilspendlng several days with Mr. and
Mrs Charles Frank-of Norwalk,

 

 

 

The Woman's Auxiliary. of ChristI

church w‘” meet w1th Mrs. H 3 Mr. and Mrs. Loomls Scofield and
Bradley, of Edlie avenue, tomorrow niece Dorothy; Mrs Buttery: Mr and-
liternoon. and the members are anti- .Mrs. Sidney Chit-heater and a few
clowns a pleasant session iothen, left. Mnmiav for Washington
iwhero they will attend the Grand
.At 8 o'clock Friday night, in the‘Army's national encampment.

East Avenue M. E. church, the bi- -----—,———-—-t-'

‘ monthly rally of the Norwalk group
a Epworth Leagues will be held and mm ISABEL ""8

I socialrhour enjoyed in the church
(comm-a rum-Mom)

 

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Smelt are running one. Yesterday.
minding to reports, Jack ‘ Byrrlea
caught 8, William Benedict 25 and
(diaries Hendrick 14. All were of the
same size. Worms are used to advan-
tage, it. is said, in capturing these fish

Int this time.
»Drlvers report that on‘the south end
at Osborn avenue there is a danger-
' one break in the middle of the road.

WOT.

ed to the Stamford police.
Tells of Ship Sinking.

As spokesman for the party, Brown
said that they all heard a loud sound
as the label struck something. The
' water immediately began to till the
ship, he said, and three life boats
were launched. Theresa was choppyi
he told the Stanford police, and al-
1 though the 19 members of the crew
with Captain Rowland, Were able to
converse with each other for a short
time after leaving the ship, they soon
became separated. Within ten minutes
Mr. Brown told the police, the issbel
sunk.

He said that he saw a vessel com-

1nto'the excavation. would break its
1e: and suitor dther twee..mfmv
ter will be referred tot the street de-
pertinent.
James McGorry of Cottage street
has taken a position in New York
1 city. James is a popular young man of

 

a Fall River liner. He believed that

 

the East Side. the steamer picked up Captain ‘Row-
land and his crew, he said. Mr. Brown-
The annual meeting of the East and his five companions wont from.

Stamford to Norwaik‘to report to Goa.
F. Foote, superintendent for the Trans‘
prtation line.

Mate Tells True Story.

That Captain Rowland and fourteen
members of the crew were in life
boats some place on Long island
Sound or that they tied been picked
up by an east bound Fall River steam-
er was the opinion of the owners un-

, Worwelk Advent Christian Sunday
“mohaol was held last night. Regular
_ ' business was transacted, and reports
_ showing the school to be in a satis-
factory condition were read. onlcers
wereelected as follows: "Superinten-
«lent, Richard Bland; Assistant Super;
I S. W. Velsor; Secretary,
Alvin Thompson; Assistant Secretary,
William Cedergren; Treasurer. W.
Thompson; Librarian, Robert Thomp«
my Assistant Librarian, Gunner
".fledergren, and Superintendent of the
Crudlc Roll, Mrs. Harold Cunningham

'12 Ramona

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John ’J. Dagon, mate on the Isabel,
reported to Mr. .Foote at south Nor-
walk.

The mate said that Captain Row:
land and the members of the crew did
norm; into life boats, but remained
on the ship and that the vessel was in
ten+feot of water. He said the watsrl
only touched to the main deck and
that.;.the ship was only. aulghtiy same
w- '

 

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. crew Paula Stricken. . , ..
Work was started today on the wig. When the crash came, the mate-r.
filling, straightening and grading a: said, the six members of the crew be- ‘.
Mutton avenue, under the direction came panic stricken. and put off in a
u the gtrleet department The improve” life boath air account of seeing the

e that is much needed, “a ship sink in ten minutes, of see-
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lug up the sound that appeared to he .

til 1‘: 30 o'clock this morning when .

:said the isabel was now on

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lcate the isabel The members of the

' scene today, and the vessel be deat-

This morning Mr. Fume gave an .m-
ditional statement to The Sentinel lie
Cow’ 6
Beef on Shippsn Point He received
word of the accident by telephone
from the men “ho had landed-at Stam-
ford 0n reaching that place he figur!
ed that the steamer Cimbria would:
leave Greenwich around 10:30 o'clock, ,
and he got into communication with
the captain. and had the Cimbria lo

crew were taken by itney to South
Nor-walk, and later Were placed on
board the Cirubria, and preparations
were mde to transfer the cargo from
the isabel. The crew members remain.
ing on board had transferred the car-
go from the held to the upper deck, so
that the water could do no further
damage. I

it was exacted that wrecking tugs
and apparatus would arrive at the

 

ed as soon as possible.

Mr. Foote stated that the Steamboat tIl
Company was greatly indebted to May
or Brown, Chief of Police Brennan

.Iliar with the surroundings and he at tuted recently for the freighter Mar-

.Ind made for the light off Shippsu‘

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1915

 

“no; loo-.e oi the company, that'I m: 10 unwise to“;
last night when the lsahei was on theifid the isabei.
southern end of Cow Reef she struck The stranded steamer is 155 feet
an obstruction. He thought it mustllong, has a gross tonnage of 421, and
have been a submerged wreck. A hole is valued at about Mr 000. The dam-
was torn in the vessel, through which age to her was estimated today at
the water began to pour in such vfll- about $1. 000. The lsabel is a pas-
ume that it was apparent the leabeli seuger-(arrying steamer,v.i1h a capac
would go down in a few moments um ity of about 81‘)0.During the summer
less she could be beached. :she plies between New York and
Captain Rowland said he was fami~I Rockaway Beach. She was substi-

tlie taking on

once turned her nose toward shore ion. which is in drydock.

and ran his vessel aground on the .

reef. When the crash came and. ahsay wms'rgo rm: was pnoa.

hasty investigation showed the vocal ABLY SET.

sel’s danger, he said, Second Hui

gineer George Brown and 8'1 menu Business Block Burns to Ground—

ben of the crew took to a “'9th Fire Hm ignites and Patent

l Pavement Takes Fire.

Point. I l WINSTED, Sept. 29.——-A four story
The reminder of the crew and, brick business and tenement block on

31.1po officers remained on m, N Main street, owned by William Nunan

after the isabel had been beached set 0’ Sprlllsfle‘d. Mm» W“ burned Y”

to work piling up the cargo on the

terday and the roofs of houses on each
upper decks to protect it from dam- L

 

 

side of it were damaged. The cause
of the fire is not known, as the build-

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

and other members of the Stamford “I! by "ten When. this was done
Police Department for services render- early Why. the crew came ashore in
ed, as they did everything possible for the small boots, but several of the
the men who rowed ashore and made oflcers, including the captain, remain
efforts to get into communication with Ied on board. The steamer is lying in
the steamer. ' about ten feet of water. The sea is
STAMFORD, Conn, sept '29.—-W11h|calm. and it was believed that the
her valuable cargo of general mer- Vessel was in little danger unless con
thandisc piled on hex upper decks to dltious changed l
escape damage by water, the steamer! Captain Rowland remained ashore
Isabel, oi the Norwallr Steamboat only a short time and then returned
Line, was hard aground on Cow Reef, Ito his ship.
today, about half a mile or a little When Second Engineer Brown and
less off Shippan Point. She was his party ruched shore, they told a
beached during the night by her cap- story of having left the vessel only
tain. George H. Rowland, to prevent about ten minutes before she went;

ter she had struck an obstruction off some under water object. Brown was
the south end of the reef while bound of the opinion that the captain and
from New York to Norwalk. rest of file crew had also taken to

The tug Addie V. of Norwalk. went the boats, but he could not tell any-f '

out to the stranded vessel this fore- thing more about them Later whenl
noon to assist in the transfer of the it was found that Brown was laboring
cargo to the Cimbrla, of the same under a misapprehension of the con-
line. it is believed that after the ditlona, President Annlué ‘J. Smith of
cargo has been removed the label the company said he lnlioved that the
will be taken on, unless a storm story told by firm was glue ”in
comes up. excitement under which they had
Captain Rowland, who came ashore been laboring.
today for a short time. told Manager President Sm‘ith went to New York

 

 

 

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THAT the Brasilian Goveernment destroyed part of
' its coffee product because the supply exceeded
1 the demand? j
, ‘ THE MEANING of trade marks on porcela
x THAT Brazil produces ao’oI times more cI
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ing was ablaze from cellar to roof

 

when’ the firemen reached it. The
loss is estimated at 88, 000, with small,
insurance.

The building was the scene of a
dozen fires I
since 1900 and the authorities believe";
chsterday‘s tire was set. l

The roof of a dwelling on one side
of the building, owned by Mrs. Mary,
T. Canty, was burned off. and on the;
other side the root of Mrs. Henrietta
Roy's house was badly damaged. ‘

The fire was so hot that lines of
hose ignited and burst, hampering the
firemen, and a section of roadway laid

took fire. \I

 

AMERICAN MECHANICS HOLD
CONVENTION lN MIDDLETOWN.
MlDDLE'l‘OWN, Sept. 29. -— The
twenty~flrst annual state convention of
the Connecticut Junior Order of Am
erlean Mechanics was held here yester-
day with about 100 delegates present.

ports of officers and the transaction

other business occupied the morn-
ing session. in the afternoon officers
were elected.

 

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STAMFORD

Some of the oldest
arts are the most useful
and universal. All that
civilization has done
for them is to make
them less burdensome.

Cooking is one of
these, and modern
cooking is at its best on
at Stamford range. You
should have a Stam-
ford, for in cooking the
. best is none too good.

 

For! SALE av
HORACE R. NASH
Cor. North Main and West Sts.

 

Late models in fine condition
taken in exchange for larger cars.

Delivery on R E O S
Stars September 25th

Dodge Cars

73 NORTH MAIN
SOUTH NORW.

IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY ON

8.! . BENEDICT

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that the road in question was badly in
need of repairs and they wished to

'5. to Weston to 3“ in Just What have the selectmen of the town put in
Shape la the Thoroughfare ““99

Complain“ of. The first selectmcn of Weston, who

County Commissioners John Bro- was one of the defendants in the mat-
phy, Henry F. Crawford and Frank E. ter. said at the hearing that the road
Ballard went to Weston yesterday to did not need repairs, but it was not in
look over a mile of road which a half any worse shape than other roads in
d0!” Weston citizens petitioned 10 the town. The commissioners decided
have repaired. A hearing on the peti. to take a trip to Weston and don little

ED ‘BAD' ROAD.

"tion _ was held before. the commission. investigating as to the condition of tho

ers some days ago and it was testl- road before rendering their decision.

 

 

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