The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
Made Fast Time in the Trials and
Made an Excellent Appearance
in Parade Which Preceded
Them
BANQUET ENDS THE
DAYS FESTIVITIES
Many 0ut-of- Town Guests Were
Present and Congratulated
Clinton Fire Fighters on the
Excellent Work Done by Them
in the Afternoon


Clinton, Oct. 5.-The annual inspec
ton, muster and trials of the Clinton
fire department were held this after
noon, and brought out a large audi
ence. The afternoons program began
shortly after 1890 o'clock with an in
spection of the various companies al
their respective houses, and was fol
lowed by parade through the princi-
pal streets of the town.
The line of the parade was as fol
lows
Platoon of police, o. B. Bates, chief
Turner Brass Band, % pieces, Ar
thur Wahlrabe leader
Board of Fire Engineers, H. H. Lowe
chief.
Franklin Hook and Ladder Co., II
men, w. j, Cox captain.
Steamer Company, George w. Cairns
captain.
Hose Company, No. II, Thomas
Dougall captain.
Hose Company, No. ?, Peter Deva-
ney captain.
Hose Company No 3, Thomas q
Shaughnessy captain.
Hose Company, No, 4, Thomas M
Jennings captain.
Hose Company, No. 5, John H. Nc
QUAD captain.
Bigelow Carpet Co. Hose S. C. Ayers
captain.
Lancaster Mill Hose Co., Edgar NJ
Keyes captain.
The several invited guests and out
of-town firemen brought up the rear OF
the procession.
The parade over, the trials were held
The Franklin Hook and Ladder Com
pany started from the Central Fire
Station and ran through Church and
Hight Streets to a 40 foot wooden
stand erected in the eastern part of the
ball grounds on North High Street
raised 40 foot spliced ladder and a 81
foot Bangor ladder and placed two
men on platform in 4 minutes on the
first trial, and in Am. 49s at the second
attempt
The steamer hose ran from the juno
ton of High and Water Streets and at
tached $50 feet of hose to a hydrant
at the grounds in m. 1Ss.
The Cataract Hose running from
Brook Street performed the same feat
in / M SO LIS.
The Walton Goss Hose Co., No. 3,rar
the same distance in I'm. As 2-5s.
The trial of Hose 4 was started by
the sound of a pistol, the men running
$50 yards with apparatus, laying 15(
feet of hose, and placing man on the
roof in SO 2-5s.
The Germantown boys did the same
trick in i'm. las.
After the trials the parade was re-
formed and marched t othe Town Hal
where the line was dismissed. The ban
quet at o'clock in Bigelow Hall was
attended by fully 800 of the fire laddies
and several of the out of town guests
who did ample justice to the many goot
things heavily laden on the large ia.
bles Shortly after o'clock the gath.
ering was called to order by Chic
Lowe who comnlimented the severa
companies for their neat appearance il
the parade, and the good time made il
the trials.
Clerk Flagg of the Board of Fire En-.
gineers gave the official time of tht
trials. Addresses were made by DIR
Clarence H. Bowers. Chairman of the
Board of Selectmen, Ex-chief c. w
Garside of the Hudson Fire Depart
/ ment, Harry F. Hartwell, Robert NJ
Pratt and the captains of the loca
companies. Visiting firemen from Hud
son, Marlboro. Fitchburg and Leomin
! ster all appeared in uniforms.
Miss Bridget Manning a dementeC
woman was committed to the Worces
ter Insane Hospital, Saturday after al
examination by Drs. Goodwin and Nc
| Kay. Miss Manning is about 40 year,
! of age and believes she is to become al
/ heir to $1,200,00O from an estate in Der
! lin, which she says is her property Sh
! has visited the bank several times anC
( attempted to secure money.
Thomas Kelley of Worcester wa
! fined $25 in the district court Saturda,
morning for assaulting Officer Knigh
of the Boylston Police force. The as
sault was committed several weeks age
& but the officers were unable to locat
/ Kelleys whereabouts. He was repre-
scented by Attys. Meagher and Zaede
l of Worcester who took an appeal.