The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Which For a Time
Was Very Dangerous.
STEAM PIPE FROZEN
And Spencer Steamer Was
Out Of Commission.

Spencer. Feb. 1.-THE present cold
snap has brought % Light one weakness
in the Spencer fire department, which
the citizens today are crying 70 have
rsmedisd- What go-9d IS z IRE depart
rnent with the steamer all frozen up2
IS the question asked By hundreds OF
people in Spencer.
This is not the ssss At the present.
time but for surely tv-enty four hours
past the fine, large Ia France steamer
was utterly useless as fr= destroyer.
II stood in its usual position, but that
was all The pipes were ali frozen up
and not nut, vhssI, crank or any
other part OF the engine could De
started Until heat vas appliad
The Spy man was told CT geod aa-
thogtty today that tie steamer was
frozsn Up as early as yesterday moan
Tue discovery that i gas frozen was
not made. however, until about S
O'Clock last night Steward George
Rich o the steamer company was the
first one % mako public tie danger
Gus stare % affairs By notifying So
lsctma1 Il Il. Capea. hr. Czpzn was
well aware o. the extreme danger II
which tie town vas placed with the
principal part Of It's Are apparatus Ut
terry useless, and Consequently notified
the IRE engineers They began a. once
70 make preparations for thz-tnZ
cut the engine. This vas Z long, slow
process. nevertheless. as ( frs could
nat be built IN the steamer on account
II the smoke Il would make IN the
building.
The steamer boys, II charge Ct Acting
Foreman Frank Aullzt- worked k$zt-
II throwing ont Ihs different pipes
until 1 O'Clock this morning. and even
At thz[ time were obliged 70 leave with
their work unfinished They were Zp
again bright and early This morning
and worked until nom before the big
engine vas finally put IN good working
order. In the course O. thawing out
the different pipes, o1s was broken,
but was repaired this morning Dy
Frank Sha1er, an expert plumber
Many q the fremen have placed the
blame On H P. Draper. who has charge
OF the heating Of the building. Tray
claim he has not heated the building
as warn as he could On investigation
Il was found that NJ. Draper stands
in no way % blame. but the whole
trouble les with tns heating sppaEs-
fEs. which under 10 circumstances can
heat sufficiently the large room in
which the engine Is kept when tbs thar
mometeE ranges bsiow zero. II thu
engine room are stationed only two
small radiators. which Wnsr a. taz5r
hottest cannot keep TIE Temperature
in the roorn above the freezing point
IN such c0ld weather az We have had
during the past two days Many citi-
zens think that this E-zte q affairs
should De- put Al end u. They say. IL
the heating apparatus Is nCE ample %
keep the steamer ron freezing, Why
II PIT IL q Few one Il Il Ear cheap
er 70 put in nsw heating apparatus
than 70 have half q Spencer destroyed
u H-s simply psesEzs ths st=susT IS
frozen Up
The clcsng =zt=-Zs1n1eaE ard dance
q TIE TWO nights hs1@zt, Th2-h Il
hssng hes6 un6ar the auspices * n.
Sp@nce- brass bzn5 zas giTaz IN t1el
town 2zI -cIz eTeltZg With Z large
ATTENDANCE LEe 1z<gz nu-laEr E-sEsz1r
tonight gave the band i21Cizs MICH en-
f11-zgeoeu-- Is t1srz w=-s hardy
e1oUga present. Il Ll= b@zser tzEE even
ing u pay express The eursr-ziu-nz-l-
given last night HszE very sgod- -cel
v
Pno-nIx Specially Company co11Fsoss1
q locsl talent beng especially az
5OTa1- Lr. Martin Ez-igz1 made Z nig
MT win hS Ee7T tezo- S13o entitled
-sns was happy II SIZE met You, and
Is'4s obliged ~ Eezpo1d % two eaco-zs
NJ SzzgSl poEsSsszz ( beautiful terorl
T1sce, Tezlca he Used n IFS solo last
evening wsrh nlost passing sEsct-
AnOrnsr feature q TIE entertainment
s1alch csD1Tzted tae nouse was rl1el
singing and 3sacing u G Goodness and
". J Esrsgsn- co.cre6 artists
Their dznc3nz vas q the first order
End aStsr RS pon6fng 70 tvTo ercorzn rney
we're obliged % refuse Z third The err
t@rtz.nEeDr r11z evening was gwen b..
Ds1-zsS AcCar-ny'E famous minstrel
troupe q North Bro0zGsld- The con-
Tsz1y made hrs- class Dzrktoss-l h,rl-
gsde, and their s=lScrious vera grsatlyE
appreciated by the avdisnce. Frank
Tres performed the duties Of irs1e-ioscu-
1or, while the funny men o1 TIE con-
pz1y were Ds1nis NcCzr1hy. tanbo.
and J. Do1oTs1, bon@s.
Ins Program vas carried out as fol-
lows: Song, He sleeps on Havana g
shore" J. Gazette; song, Il want to 70
back 70 NY home" Mrs. Kennedy;
Eongs ".sigger IN the noon Danflts
Mccarthy song, Sweet refraIn-'' C.
Myers song, Maggie CSConno-." lftss
eSszerte; song, Honey on my lips" J.
Donovan; song, Her love Is fHst the
same. 7. Kennedy grand finale. Gre
ole Sue," By the company. At the con-
clusson q The entertainment the hall
vTsLs cleared and dancing was in order
urstN u O'Clock Prouty's orchestra, 6
pieces furnished music. George Wood
bury performed the duties OF floor d.
rector, being aided by the osner eight
members Of the bzns.
The members Of the band did not be-
oo1ne r1cl cut Of ne tzro nights bene-
fl but they undoubtedly Tauch more
than cleared expenses.
The members os the band are Waiter
a Prouty. leader, Charles HAYNES and
AIsc Ws1ge, ccrus1S. Walter HAZE
hurst, william Trask and Joszpa
fSsugner, clzSlnetss Joseph Hzzelhurgt.
flute and psccolo; John II. Ratigan,