The Newtown bee., 1894-02-16
In LitchfeldoCounty.
WATERFRONT.
AGA1NrHE SHOUT OF FIRE! FIRE!

-- AGAIN THE SHOUT OF FIRE! FIRE! r
 | Thursday evening .about. 9.45 the peo-
 pie were reminded thata fire was in our
 midst by d triple call of the gong of the,
 Heminway < Bartlett Silk,,Co. Soon the
 street was full of people. young and old, crying "Fire ' Fire. Where is the fire ?'
 Soon the question was answered, for red
 tongues of fire came jutting out, of the
 beautiful barn of Merritt Heminway.
 The fire was first discovered by Burt
 Hudson, who immediately gave the
 alarm. R. N. DeLand, who a flew min
 utes before, was at the Pythian Hall at tending to his lodge duties1cin Columbia lodge, had just returned and seated him. self'eomfortablys in the barn, and picked up one ofGthe, latest novels to while away the time until MT Heminway (who was absent from home would return. Mr Deland says he just began, reading the tltles page as he heard the cry of fire Dewn'went the. book and up went De Land, and as he got to the yard he at once discovered it was the woodhouse.
 As on previous occasions, the citizens
 were equal to the occasion and immedi-
 qately had the fire under control. The
 prompt and energetic work of those pres ent under the leadership of MI! De Land checked just in nptimer what would soon 1 been an awful ~confiagration. The thanks of Mr Henlin Way is heartily extended to
 everyone who so nobly assisted ito save llhi preperty from obstruction The or- | igin of the fire-is unknown but 'iti looked like the work of an incendiary..' l9"'o rosG ,6s .s7 -oG ,eaaffr fife l. nt
 TWO MORE, FIREsrONf FRIDAY EVENING. It is apparent to the people of this quis ct and beautiful town that there is now in theirimidst and busily engaged devil l in human form. Three fires inside of 24
 hours demonstrates the fact to even the
 most .sceptical. About 8 o'clock on. Fri day evening, Thomas Fitzpatrick was
 sitting. by the window facing toward Will | liam J. Munson's storehouse. He ,imag- | ined he saw a flash of fire, but, what to him seemed at first imagination was lre4 ality, for fire had started in the store house. Mr Fitzpatr trick rushed at once to I the fire, followed by, Thomas Breen. The
 two men flung the lfdoors open without Iceremony and found. aEbex parTiallysfili- ed with inflamable material and saturat- ed with kerosene had been lighted with l in! few minutes. The, box was einstant- Iyi thrown out and the fire was 3extin- guisfled without any damage. The floor
 was saturated with oiI A bottle. com taining some 4kerosensFwas found lying on the floor. .|This storefis on the extreme
 east end of Munson avenue, and as the wind was. blowing a good stiff breeze from the easts nothing could have saved the whole street. sBesidesthe earring and
 blacksmith shops of the Hudson Brothers were. only a few feet distant. When folks were getting settled down again and gathered into the stores and congre- gated around the corners of the streets, each one giving bis version of the fire land freely expressing his opinion in re- gard to the fire fendt and the kind of jus tiee to be meted out to him when appre- hended, 3 yell of Fire was again heard in the distance and again the Heminway
 6 Bartlett Silk Co.'s gong sounded out l the alarm, assisted by the bell of the M.. .Heminway ,& Sons silk company manufacforys Again the streets were Hull with And excited crowd I gathered from all parts of the town, young and old of both sexes. There was nc, need to inquire where the fire was this.tims, The night was dark but WatertownLwas clear, for the barn of Thomas Shields was en- veloped in flames, painting the fcllR3AlfdIs llR3AlfdI 3 beautiful crimson, which acted as 2 re- f1ectors lighting up the whole townai The demon in this case done his work effectu- fasllly. Yet hot So effectual as, it would l9haye been had it not been for the noble ! work of those who fought the fiamess It
 would fill tfescolumnsso of your spaper 9to give the names of every man, who So
 nnoobiy assisted not in Distinguishing the fire but in saving an adjacent barn and dwelling house only al few feet distant; Yet it seems that those who fought the ] flames and who appeared amosto promir
 nnent in the fight ought to have honorable mention. They were E. Bartlett, l Charles Palmer, E. N. Barton, M ,,, ,,s. SeppIrs ind Jam ynaihn. In this same x <,f sIr1E R1sIr sf hat iaaSY,a tlafa