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_. L ' SOUTHNORWALKCONN,E.SA®RDAY; FEBRUARY 24', 1923.
Fire Protectlon
T?" 1 or :zrlg's disastrous fire
w x xu-nl llotcl emphasizes
"v ‘r'.
', 1'» mzmnm‘ Norwalk’s
i For iu‘lfl‘l‘ fire-fight-
. «if this size to go
liquulod and totally
is little
. -~:mln:li. Something
1 l ~ 4‘ an» in remedy this
=~mwihing MUST be
-. .wxipmt‘nt
g1?“ ‘v1?11"iilili(‘i)’. 'I
,. .- :w braver firemen in
4 ~‘ .7) the members of the
in, h mrtmcnt. They put
A -1, mm to halt the
. i'lnmt‘s. but the odds
: , 2 my against them. It
7}. ;- ll M-nnc shot that with
v.1..- ';.munt. the. property
1 l-an'v been negligible——
“' 11 "WW would have been
\- :1. would be such a
gmfi'h >l'.:fi’.f in property 1038,
'. ,rn importance would"
. 1 . «To saving in human
HM. s‘w Hotel Clifford fire
mm 7;? n Ler hour and escap-
w “m wril well under way,
might have been
rm u:
30f}l.,.!3:‘.
Let M 's fire be a lesson to
{11¢ au‘h’rmieH cost bk
"5011.1 {>2 . . x'ihflmdfgthggm‘f
is iir'v- iw! promptly. V
l w :mo-l doesn’t attempt to"
i ‘ much fire-fighting
. . needed, nor to indi—
~ 3 .m M ;u- would be bestl'fignit-
That is for 5.3",
' tlv’pnso,
' «I know that more and
‘ , nz’vmu-nt is needed, and‘
. “ ‘I there be no dilly-
l \ unnecessary delay in
W: M «Stablv action.
lx‘ 1;. ; rwgw‘r‘iy protect our citi-
i ""H‘ guests.
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KAPIIO’L
offline .
lxl' .nml-u w. FOBDNEY
l. ‘. illpr14‘llinliVe From um.“
I mun District.
“w 2: summer Sunday‘ evenlnl
an: . ‘
anlhls wife were a.t-'I
- 1"; 1‘5” g,
church window. the
v making considerable
‘ the choir—a very tine
~: Minn an anthem.
:rirul final notes of the
I :‘u'fly, the wife turned to
f .'.r.«i whispered:
., wasn't it wonderful!
""HH Ions!" i
AMI John, “and the most'
;A ,r‘ is that they do it all
" {Hid leggy
EX-Ambgassador
Tower Died Today
BY A~~In iflli‘li I'I'CSS. ,
wf’fmgyrmrnu. Feb. 24,—cxume-
“‘7 WWW. former U. 8. ambassa-i
“my
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. ”‘ '3‘ ‘mnny,
aw: {0.1“},
died in ahocpitll
from pneumonia.
susoxw DIRECTORY
-\ F“..‘~i communication 09 on"
w: m. . No, 108. F‘ “nd A” *M'7
.. w hvv: ul at, its rooms, Milan”
3r m. luv-Eddy evening, March 5-
v: . x
‘ iv »Y.. A. Degree.
.M.\.‘l!1‘l" Masons cordially invit-
: [1”!th .
indiffr
l“Paternally yours, ,
CI'IAS. A. PEARL.
,.. w. u
‘r!
V‘vrmino. But theses.“
.' at WEED!“
. no .fifimnfiéfi resc
voueixa
.,.
the hotel, andth'ebuildin
'the Clifford Pharmacy, the
ette’s, the Savoia Restaurant. and other p
broke out shortly after 1
at press time today.
a
k..,,,,__, . .
coon. consisting , r 3;:
a...
. .
. .'
I
,Flrcr Chief Albert .13.“ Winchester." on» .the h
{By anllam Farrell. onejby Patrolman '
. Robert Gainer. and a( guestV'at the
‘ bots: 'and one—4nd most spectacular.
headed by Fred Arlington'of Winni-
pan‘k. who scaled thev‘Elixabeth street
rear portion or the hotel..alded'by J.
M: Moellcr, by means of scaling lad—
ders. , ‘ ,
Chief Winchester made. his way up
MASONS 0F ST.
JOHNS LODGE
“The Alma" Matcrpof Your
Masonic Life,” Said ‘
Judgej'Wahle.
EVENTFU L OCCASION, .
IN 'LODGE?S HISTORY
Witty Speeches and Song
Add Lus're to Splen-
did Occasion. _
"Men of the class .of 1820. St John}.
Lodge N6. 6 it the Alm’ bitter of
must you-apply Masonic principlg’p :64!
your daily life." asidvludgo Advocate
CharlesO. F. Wahlo in his speech at
the Nannie-dinner given by the; Clans;
of ”so just an memberaa‘nd guests
' Jain” Inn-last «oping,
Wm
and it prom the key note or an.-.“
the nonvonloyable social eyents
’ ; 129.. , ~ , '
ain’the'blg dining, rumor
fin _' t .a more inn:
f GI ,
than when the bi}!
it’d» . _
Wuhlp’odpsotflve
ransom"
“(to ‘,
andsix‘a‘
AF.\_ HA I‘O‘VNDER
Sec'y.
Pug: ' V
n.4,: flower. No. as. a. A. It.
. " - . aaonlc'l‘
in}, the emple. South M1,!!!
u!‘
U“ mrmth at 3 o'clock. July
c m: exceNed.
Wdiully and irate
2nd and m; Tuoodm 0 mm
in
a.
«entm‘ hammer-3g. J"
‘ Mining!“ years 0.1: -.
s
Med-1m;»enmnce . 7‘ I
your Masonic life. Fromlgertea’chingn ,
FAnother—‘View. Of Hotel Rm. ’
' raiding by
i {f of theihotel.“ ‘ "
through the clock tower of the hotel
‘ to the roof. while Farrell made his.
lway up through Music nan block to
groof of the hotel. adjoining. They got
Higgins just as he collapsed from the
smoke that he had inhaled.
The two men. helped Higgins down
the flight ofstalrsfrom the roof to the
fourth floor. where they, too. were in
*dang'eriog collapse from the smoke.
Then made .their_ way to the ground
flor'offth'e hotel. fighting flame and
smoke on every door. . ' .
' » maiden Keep Back .
Thesattcmpted' respde'Iby Arlington
and‘ Moelle'r. was one
cheers“ frorn the crOwd‘ that _thrdnged
Elizabeth street. Higgins several.
jump from the roof. and the crowd
. roared~ out encouragement to him‘ to
remain where he was ,for a few
minutes longer. ;. r
.' When he finally disappeared it
was thought that he‘had fallen back
, into the flames; ‘but' it was then seen
that he was being led away from his
dangerous postuon‘ by, two men.
Arlington and. Mbcller had almost
reached the top. but returned to the
ground. ,
.0111“ rescued made were those of
; I-Mrs. Lilliang'locke, an aged‘ woman.
bed ridden. and who
‘ was on the thirdlloor. She was taken
fromthe bullding:by her‘nurse. Miss
Stltus. and sewerAa‘l‘ ilrengen.
' T'almnb’ym. purl-once j = V
Mrs. " J . W Studjvoll,”who '.occupied
apanfiiénts‘onfitho‘ ‘ second floor was
quickly, removed .‘ from; the ' burning
ifta'.chea"of' the hotel and
Dr. 81 D. SLa'wrencg. whose home and
3 odioes' are directli‘opposite the'hotel.
Her jewelry; which ‘ is ‘ Quite, valuaplo,
milder,
Drhwrence and
‘ who' is practically
Fred gnaw. boll boy
um. Btudwclba'Mra'Loclze and Miss
' ‘ “ - , Lvuwrence's
co. to? D1:
'Gutted by the most disastrous fire that Norw
of years, the Cliiford Hotel, South. Main and Elizabeth streets, is today a
mass of smouldering ruins, While some ,t h i r ty transient and permanent
guests have been rendered homeless. The monetary
over $125,000, this includin
Local firemen were rendered
. Stamford, While‘ivonefof the moot, urn
madeofStephen Higgins, janitor‘of t
f, urthilgoi‘. andivhogtrapped by.- flames;
that brought;-
timesappeared' as if he were‘about to
mmvodtrom‘” 3the hotel by -
Apparatus.
g
Clifford barber shop, 3.
o’clock this ‘
I
assistance by a
wofiner tonight; - Sunday
cloudy and warmer: fresh to
A south {and southwest windl. The m:
cm 11083.01 high pressure now on; '
tends along the Atlantic coast. ‘ . ’
guests’personal belongings,
oss.‘ This does not, include the
laces of business there.
fig? rescua'eyer seen in A
”e hotel, whose, room . Was on the
and smoke.
_ The‘Woather' 0:
For mum and vicinity: sum
PRICE ‘THREE CENTS "
.MOSt Spectacular BlaZe .
' ' Norwalk as Seen. for
« A ~Bil-21113.7 Years ' ‘ ,,
Firemen Work” ‘HemicallY-ibut Arc Ham-é
peredSadly by La Ck O f VPl'Oper _ _
f
alk has had in a number
loss is figured at well
furnishings of
damage done to
tailor shop, Mme. J can-
The fire
mormng, and was still smouldering
engine from
pumping , .
this City was
made his way .to the H
"J
g QA; , .. {3%. 1" . . A ,. A . ..
W , .. - are» ~ , A »
V ~ . ‘ ,W‘ 7 _ , .fi-t, A'i‘hejdraft up through the 1:an
The entire. tsustseét aide: in and the elevator 3mm sent the flames
. dragged, {m j "paragon,
which. mounted? tb‘ih‘éf abc‘k towe'r.
The tower 'becamo: a nami’ jng' torch
_wliich lighted up' the Aheavens for
miles around. . p '
The ‘old clock which,” formerly
in the South Norwalk Railroad station
when it was in Rain-bad Square. and
whichrhajs. been in the hotel since it
was erected, _ln '1900.‘ stowed at 6
minutes to 3 exactly; as it was at that
dime that the, gigantic spring snapped
with a named roar. . _
. The heavy weights that drove the
’clock fellnbout' 4:30fl'o'clock. plunging
down through the ooring as far as
the second floor.
’ The corner of the hotel at Elizabeth
street :96. South Main street was soon
a manic! flamik the Me eating down
from the clock’idvor through to the
fourth floor. thence to‘ the third and
finally to the second. ;
" ,Xlght Clerk Discovers'Blame
"gr‘Wlthln‘ a very ' few minutes after
'the’flre had been discovered by Clerk
Baker, clouds of smoke" were seen
pouring from opened' hall windows.
and then came the glareof flames.
Several alanine were sent“: sum-
moning the Central Station appara-
we. the uptown'apparatus and tin-
ally the East Nor-wall: apparatus. An'
appeal was finally sent to Stamford.
either for the aerial tower there or
for a pumper. , '
sNorwalk is without. a pumping en-
gine. andlhisa added" to 1-56? water
pressure. poor hose. and the extreme
cold, hampered the firemen so that
the time: got beyond their control.
Fifteen minutes after the alarm
had been sentin. and the firemen,
-were on the scene. flames were burst-
ing out in rooms adjoining the ele-
vator shaft on practically every
floor, and thick" clouds of granite.
choked those, ill-omen whoivfidld ' not
have smoke masks. A, ‘
Bliss Emessy Runes Guests _.
One of the uh?r.nlnes —» nether blaze
was Margaret Harmony-one of: the
maids at the hotel. sue... smelled
.moye. notified, Higgl ‘ . janitor.
who did not rouse at‘ ’and then
darted for Suite JOB. wgroAa number
_ .frhe telephone.xncn. aided by
guests on the.#901‘..‘?h9 were v.35"-
of the télephdzie ,_ '2-.- find ,ihell: ’
' ., A7 ivalldzsfiwho has, carried ’out. 193]: :I‘ 'V
Monti” pf valuable Jewelry in: not
roaring upwards and the dry wood;
iwork ignited like tinder.
' The flames also ate between the
floors, and soon spread to fax-ion;
parts of the hotel_ going in the direc;
tion of the clock tower. through
which a draft was racing. -
m.” Seen for Miles
When the tower ignited. it resom, -
bled flaw: torch. “rho clock
spring ‘ gave way and the glass
faces of the clock followed. Then
the cornices of metal began to melt
and tal llnto the street, endangetmz
the firemen who, were fighting the
blaze from South Main Street. from
Elizabeth Street, and from the rear
of the hotel. . "
Finally part of the brick tower .
gave wan the debris plunging down-
the interior of the tower. About in
hour later more of it gave way aid.
fell inwards. the flying bricks falling"
to some extent into the street.
By this time the fire had crept all
along the top ' floor. the two west.
Wings being gutted both front and
rear. The wing‘ nearest the Music
filial! block way also badly damage' (1.
but not to .the extent that the other
wing: were.
Boo! Caves In ‘
* The‘roof- caved in in several meat
allowing a further draft to roses-cos:
per floors resembled nothing so' In“ ' ‘
as a roaring furnace. The elecfiiéy
lights throughput the building were: ’
extinguished soon _ after the on
started. and .the firemen had tom
their way through smoky halls. $5;
the aid of the names and or electric:
torches. ' , . . -.
Plaster and “door beams'kept Jail-v
his as the flames. prose-ed. ud‘thc
flooring in several. roomé gave «ray.
freclpitatingadebrls on‘thefin‘exnen ho- *
ow. ’ ‘ ‘ . ' .
Guests Lose Effects
The guests in the hotel lost prac-
tically all of their belongings. several
of .theipermanent guests at the Soto!
valuing their slotlung. room «turntané
lugs and. ‘ nonal property into» an.
hundred-of dollars. ; , 'u ;.~
Mrs. ‘Hlllaniocke. one of the fin;
rooma. together with all of her cloth-
ing. ‘ Most of magnate escaped. with
who:
my .‘ ' who were. ten-g
iwhfle other-wanton .
flames up through so that the-fig '
fi
‘
clothingthey were able to .
-., were eaten in” .
Norwalk Chronicler