ize Hose Company
frisky cow is reputed to have
ed the Chicago Fire. Several
‘ t class blisters caused the for-
on of the flows) ton Hose Com-
’1'
t. was a score of years ago that
tlett’a Drug Store caught fire in
avian and was totally destroyed.
excitement that prevailed was
groundless. There was no ap.
tus in Rowayton. and the near-
hslp was miles away. The Nor-
is Fire Department was coming—
a special trolley car. Lest this
‘ - a hearty laugh. remember that
‘ 'was in the days before automo-
‘ . u‘t while the trolley was on .Jts
. the fire was going great guns.
as 2 o'clock in the morning. and
whole village was illuminated.
5. and still the trolley hadn't ar-
d. and the Vincent and Brundage
-ss were threatened. Mrs. Chas.
ider was busy on the telephone.
rying up the Norwalk volunteers.
lie the men of the village. in all
gel of undress. began to form a
-ket line.
The Bucks-teen.
rom hand to hand. the buckets
. and the water was splashed on
Vincent and Brundage homes——
as no use trying to save the drug
re. At last there came a clung of
rolley bell—a faint hurrah on the
e of the crowd as the Norwalk
_lunteers dashed up to relieve the
ateur firemen—and Rowayton
s saved.
it oday it all has a. serio-comlc as-
~t--to think of the firemen com-
on the trolley car. and the buck-
full of water being passed from
. d to hand.
.1 hen it was a serious business.
Hugh. and was recognised a such.
e next day many Rowayton men
ked at the palms of their hands.
ereon were blisters—painful ones.
'Darn the blisters," said one.
ese dawgone buckets were
.Vy."
‘If the Norwalk department had
y got here quicker we wouldn't
vs had to pass bucket such a long
e." said another.
‘Norwslk's a long way away." said
other. "If we didn't have to call
them there wouldn't be such a
lay. What we need here is a fire
psny of our own!"
grhcre was a. pause while the idea
.
k in. A fire company in ROW'ay-
?Why not?
I}. I“. DeKlyn offers hose.
The idea seemed feasible. and no
e had any real objection to it. B.
DeKlyn. one of the largest pro-
rty owners. thought it was a good
‘* l'li HANDS also THE
ll or ROWAYTON lo FORM
lllEIR ow FIRE DEPARTMENT
Was Over a Score of Years Ago When Bart-‘
Iett’s Drug Store Was Destroyed—Buckets
Brought Sore Hands But Homes Were
Saved—David Hsrford Helped to Organ-
"I'll give a Jumper and some hose
if you organize.” he said.
This settled the apparatus queg.
tion. The next thing to do was to
form a company. Few men knew
how to go about it. and so Dada
Harford. head of the Norwalk Fire
DOD-nment. was called in. This was
nenrly 28 years ago. but the mem-
bers of the liowayth Hose Company
still speak warmly of the Second
District Commissioner who helped
form the Rowayton Hose Co-
"Get everyone together, and talk it
over." he advised.
BoEdward Stevens of Rowayton
avenue sat. down and wrote out no-
tices. There were no funds for print.
ing. and so he wrote them all out by
hand. and put them in the stores and
on the street. The men of the vil-
lage. with blistered hands still in
mind. met in Crow's Hall over the
library. and Harford came to Row-
ayton and presided. He outlined the
formation of a. fire company. offer.
ed full cooperation from the Nor-
walk Department, and the plan was
carried. William A. Cusbman offer-
cd his carriage burn as a meeting
place for the company. Earl Thomas
volunteered the use of his barn near
the school house, and in the latter
place was soon installed DeKlyn's
gift of a Jumper with 600 foot of lin-
en of “stocking" hose.
First Officers.
The matter of officers was soon
settled—Hartord was unanimously
olectcd Chief. This. however. he re-
fused. He offered his cooperation in
every way. but suggested a local man
as head of the company. \The matter
was settled by appointing Harford ex
officio chief. and Edward Stevens
was elected as the first chief of the
Rowayiol‘. Fire department.
Much of the history of the early
days of the company over a score of
years ago is missing. as the first min.
ute book has been lost, but most of
the original members agree that
they met in the Cushman barn for
six months. After this time. the com-
pany had enough funds to look for
better quarters. and the men rented
the Charles Lowndes hoatliouse,
which is now known as the ltoway-
ton Yacht Club.
Here the company proudly
brought its apparatus. and the fire
company had its headquarters. The
next item to cause apprehension
was the lack of an alarm. How
would the members know of a. fire
it there was no way of calling. Some
arrangements were made with Mr.
Grant. the janitor of the old Bap-
tist church, but this was inconven-
ient.-- Finally the matter was set-
tied.
The Alarm Bell.
tower. with a base breech bell. The
origin seem lost book in history.
but whether originally as a cash
guard warning or as a signal. it
was at that time being used to an-
nounce the arrival of boats at no-
ton. This bell and tower was given
to the Rowayton Hose Co. No. l. by
Superintendent Wainwright of the
Connecticut Company. which owned
the Roton Point land.
The massive structure. with Its
8x8 wooden beams was taken down
and ra~erected in front of the boat-
llouse. Installed in these quarters
the company held the first of what
was to be a great number of suc-
cessful social events. On Thanks-
giving day. 1908. a banner was dis-
played on the firehouse. advertising
a “Grand Fair." ' The sign con-
tinued. “To be held in this bulld-
ing Friday and Saturday eve‘gs.
December 4th and 5th." "Come.
hortation.
Whether the “Grand Fair" was
a financial success is not now
of many such entertainments. The
equipment at that time. as shown
by a photograph. included the gift
jumper with its six foot high wheels
its heed reels. and its, bell. There
was also a light grocery wagon of
the horsedrawn type which had
been altered. The shafts were
taken off. and a single pull bar in-
stalled. .A chemical tank was set
in the back. and lanterns hung on
all four corners of. the wagon body.
Buckets were suspended fore and af-
ter. and along the side were a num-
ber of pegs on which the firemen's
helmets were hung. A little stream
lino paint work gave it a smart
look. and “Rowayton Hose Co."
was emblazoned on each side of the
body.
Purchase Present Site.
As the time passed. the company
began to accumulate a small fund.
and it was 1 1-: years aftenmovlng
into the boathouse. that the infant
organization began to think serious—
ly of building its own station. And
so in 1905 the present site was pur-
chased from Captain E. H. Smith at
a cost of 8860. Work was begun
on the present building. and soon
the Itowayton Hose Co. had its own
home.
The fire tower of varied existence‘
again came into use. The bell was
hoisted up into the tower of the
building. and is in use today. The
huge 8x8 timbers also played their
part. and were used as rafters in
the building. Edward Stevens. the
first chief of the company. was
head of the building committee
which gave the Hose company its
own home.
it was at. this point that the rival
company of the town began its ac-
tivities. The Reliance Hook and
Ladder Co. bought the land next to
the Hose company. Efforts were
first made to have a joint building.
but consolidation failed. and the
little oyster village soon had two
companies.
In the years that followed the
Hose Company became the center of
social activity in the village. Many
entertainments were held. and the
oyster suppers. managed by the
steward and his assistant. Mose Rack-
cit. and Herbert Arnold. became fa-
mOHS.
A heavy llorSe cart was acquired
for carrying the apparatus. This
was equipped with hose, crowbars.
axes and chemicals. and was painted
Rain or Shine." was the closing ex-‘
known. but it was the forerunner ~ '
”to.
M-.W..~_.“~m. .._......... c . .........
All the equipment of the Rowaytol Hose 00. drawn up in splendid
array. The photo was taken by Joseph I. Pennell. on mm Day.
November sets. 1908. The photo. new hanging in the lose House. was
presented to the company by E. 11. Stevens in 1008. .
was re-equipped.
A
I
‘ f‘ .
second-hand hose. and the company atrthe James Farrell estate took
p lace.
During the yurs there have been
This apparatus served until two nine chiefd of the no meat. The
years ago when the apparatus and first of these was Edward “um",
equipment was mounted on the 1311- who sreved five years. He was fol-
senl. Ford chassis.
is still in‘ use.
Sucmssi‘ul Company.
successfully conducted and became
Association.
takes care of injured men.
This work W“ lowed b th is. bra . -
done by the Standard Oil Company. (Arley. Willfam 'XACdfimf 251%,”
whcih also painted the truck. The 00“..” and Willis Mills. all of
old horse-drawn carriage was sold whom have “on. 4,“ also servedas
to a farmer out Cranbury way—and head of the '
department. Other
chiefs were: John Plunder, Pincus
Needle, Herbert H. Arnold and James
The company has always been A 51°“-
Last week and part of this week
affiliated with the state Flremen's MW Inoiher effort of the fire com-
Thls organization has natty—the carnival.
been of great help to the body and first tried last year. when the 990910
of Rowsyton entered into the spirit
Ono aceidcnt has marred the cx- 0' flm- and 31500 “'83 made” Orsthe
years ago. Charles Prince stumbled
fire at Tokeneke.
vehicle passed eyer him. causing a
cancer. and which finally took his
life. It was in this case that the
worth of the State Firemen's Associ-
alion was demonstrated.
ganisaiion took care of the injured
man up to his death.
was turned over to Neville Baylcy.
Point Volunteer Company. and saw
service at the recent Bell Island tire.
Not all the existence of the com-
pany has been concerned with social
duties as. in many instances. the vol-
unteers did invaluable work in con-
trolling ilres in the district. Small
fires by the hundreds have been ex-
tihgulshcd in the 23 years of exist-
ence. One of the largest blnz'es was
the Stevens Oyster House. which was
consumed during one winter. when
the volunteers fought the fire in
\vt‘nlhor 10 degrees shove zero.
Another big fire was the one which
broke on the Haring place when. in‘
a high wind. two houses were de-
l
up and striped by Luther Wright.
Out at Roton Point was a big bell
Chic! Harry Parker purchased some
ofattbe
stroyed. In 1916 the memorable fire ‘
Very shortly we are going to "open up again at our old location. 50 So. Main street, with a new and up .
to date stock, and to do so we must dispose of the stock we now have on hand regardless of cork The“
biggest portion of our merchandise we have taken out of our warehouse and is absolutely new, and our
usual guarantee of satisfaction goes with every sale.
We. have a large stock of Bed Room, Living Room and Dining Room suites, Rugs, Linoleum, Refrigera-
tors, Complete Beds, Day Beds, Odd Dressers, and everything for the home at prices that are astounding. -‘
The sale continues every day from 8 a. m. to 8 p. to. until the entire stock is disposed .
COrner‘ .of Franklin and Madison Streets.“
BARGAINS GALORE 3
r0 Couvucs YOURSELF, we WOULD succrsr A VISIT
That 01': spite his plea that he had
Rev. James Phillips Hoyt.
ll#Jtor emeritus of the St Peiersburg.
the home of his son at W est New-
lng. He was born July 28. 18“.
istence of the company when. some company.
It was this success that has
while the apparatus was go ng to a prompled the volunteers to try again
The wheels of tile tilla method of raising money.
wound which later developed into Man Deported for
Crime in Stamford
NEW YORK. Aug. 6.——(AP). De-
served
a year in prison and was now being
banished for an attack upon a girl
Within recent years the Reliance 81- Stamford. Conn. who has re-
ilose Company went out of existence. "11¢”d "10 story GM
and the apparatus of the company convicted him. Theodore Kundig.
told which
twenty-six. was deported yesterday.
where it is still used by tho Roton under ‘3 immigration “W PWVld'
ing for the deportation of aliens
conxicted of crimes.
STAMFORD. Aug. 5.—Kundig is
not known to police here and al-
though lt was reported that he had
estate business
know
been in the real
here. local realtors do not
him.
CLERUYMAN DIES.
MILFORD. Aug. 5.——_Foliowing at
lincss of one week with pneumonia.
D. D.
s Congregational Church. died at
own. Mass. early yesterday morn-
\
This idea was.
Shoots Himself While
Cleaning Gun; Dies
‘Lrnngnm. Aug. s—ur). Jo-
seph A, Megrane. vice president
and assistant treasurer of the larg-
est department store in this city. so-
cidentaily shot hlmself in the bath-
reom of hisrhome here at midnight
Monday a died four hours later.
He was so ears old.
Members of the family said that
Magrans had been engaged in
cleanin a revolver in the bathroom
when t e weapon was discharged.
Hie Ithar-ln-law heard the report
and found Mmsne lying on the
floor mortally wounded.
Darrow Waive's
Expenses for Trial
» NEW YORK. August s.--(AP).
Clarence pal-row. chief defense
counsg in the Scopes' trial at Day-
ton. Tenn. has notified the Civil
Liberties Union. which financed the
trial. that he did not desire to be
reimbursed. for his expenses. "1
don't want you to think about my
expense." he wrote. "I could afford
it and I never got more for my
money.” Mr. Darrow. who served
without fee. expressed his belief
that the trial was of great educa-
tional value.
Sure Rellef
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12-14 No. Main St.
80. Norwalk
{is NOT on the Box, it is M
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coats.
“-
Smart Young Women .at School
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=Weer 4~ the New ~
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It's a mm model designed for youth. V
fillings such as are used bee
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Other For Coats to Interest
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A Few Things You Would Like to Know About
Furs
First—That all our furs are purchased
from furriers who use only fine fresh
pelts. The linings'fhey'use are such as
hre found in the most gorgeous and ex-
pensive coats. Brocaded silks. silk
‘crepes combined with novelty silks and
unusual finishes are features which im-
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Second—That every cost has a definite
autumn style note. Look for the new
snug shoulden. narrower upstanding
collar. long shawl and tuxedo collars.
new cuffs and sleeve finishes.
Third—The prices are much less now
than lger winter prices will be. in
several cases some of the finer furs
such as Jersey soil-kn! and Russian
squirrel are decidedly less than- they
were last yean Fashion and special
parchaing arrangements have made
these low prices ponible.
. golden dyed nutria and natural
‘ $225 to $375
woman who wants a striking coat. With black °
g and only--— .
$275
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