The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-01-21
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funeral Of q relative in GLASTONBURY
last Saturday. a
Bert Holt is able to be out again
but has not yet resumed his duties q
the Chicago grocery.
Edward f. Rohan of Mansfiel,
came before Deputy Judge Heald Sat
urday. charged with drunkenness. HI
was sent up for 90 days.
The first annual concert and ball o
Court oronoco, Foresters, will be helc
at the opera house Friday evening,
Feb. 5th. Music will be by Prof
Jordan's full orchestra and the pro
fessor will act as prompter. Flool
managers will be Z. f. Roberts, p. f
Bolieau and K. A. Kretchmar. Tht
committee of arrangements includes J,
Z. Hancock, p. f. Bolieau, X. A
Kretchmar, E. E. Roberts, F. Lynch.
Tickets, 75 cents.
The indications are that there will
be q large attendance at the concert
and masquerade ball of the Teutonir
association tomorrow evening. The
management has spared no pains in ar
ranging the event, and thoroughly en-
joyable time il assured all attendants.
w. The Imperial Stock Co. opens
a weeks engagement at the opera
house next Monday, presenting a series
Of plays at popular prices. The roper
toire includes THE Gates Of Justice, I"
1.-THE Power of the Gross, "a Legal
Wrong" 1.-THE Little Mother, - "A
Foxy Boy" and other we'll known
plays. It is said that new and special
scenery is carried for each production,
and high class specialties that have
played successful engagements in all
the finest vaudeville houses will APP
pear between the acts. Popular prices
will prevail during the company's en-
gagement.
A fire in the Rockwell block on
Main street made active business for
the iremen early Monday morning.
The fire started in the boarding house
of Mrs. Eliza Keefe, which occupied
the middle and upper stories of the
block. 1t burned rapidly and it was
a case of hurry for the inmates to get
the boarding mistress, ran in her bare
feet and scantily clad to the home of
her uncle, A. J. Squires. 1t was
zero weather and her feet were slight
ly FROST bitten, but she suffered no
other i'll effects from her experience.
As soon as the alarm was raised Mrs.
Keefe awakened Arthur Snow, and
these two aroused all the others in the
house who were not already awakened.
There were 13 boarders in the house
and q man named Michael Fitzpat-
rick. said to be of Monson, who was
visiting one of the boarders. All
escaped without difficulty except Fitz-
patrick. In some way he was left
behind, and had q narrow escape from
death. Flames were in his room
when he left = and made his way tol
tne tin roof over ire upper piazza.
He was II in in r1zisss EiaHs position,
as ct this time there were no ladders
available. 1t is estimated that he
was on the roof about 10 minutes,
when Owney Mack went to his as
sistance Mack climbed up post of
the piazza, and at much risk to him,
self got the man off. After his res
cue Fitzpatrick spent some time be-
fore he could find place to get shell
ter. He was clad only in his under
clothes. and his feet were so badly
burned that his blood stained tracks
were plainly visible on the sidewalk
wherever he went. He first went up
street and was taken in by VIM.
Wood, who bandaged his feet and did
what he could for him. Later he
went to the boarding house of Mrs.
Rawson. The injured man was at
tended by DR.. f. l.. Simth, who found
that his feet and hands were badly
burned The doctor took the man to
the Backus hospital in Norwich, and
thinks he has a fair chance of recov-
cry. Mrs. Keefe is the heaviest loser
by the fire. She saved nothing but
her sewing machine, q few chairs and
her wearing apparel. The other in
mates had time to get out most of
their things, and no large loss is re-
ported. The alarm rung about one
O'Clock. The fire department respond
ed promptly and did good work, first
with two streams from the hydrants
and later with the aid of the steamer,
combining the fire to the two upper
stories. The extreme cold made their
work more uncomfortable, and diff
cult. Water froze on the outside Of
the building even while the fre was
the hottest within, and the firemen
were encased in ice from the spray.
It was nearly two hours before the
IRE was under control, and, it. was
daylight before it was entirely ex-
tinguished. 1t was an extremely diff
ficufr freNto handler but-~the ,firemen
worked without complaint. The Con-
verse block Next east caught fire, but
it was quickly extinguished, and the
danger to adjoining property was not
serious at any time. The ground
floor was occupied by A. ]. Squires'
barber shop and pool room and Alfred
Bernarda's fruit store. Neither occu-
pant of the ground floor removed
much, if anything, from their places.
Both will lose heavily from smoke
and water. Mr.. Bernardo will also
lose much of his stock by freezing.
His loss is estimated at $1,000, and he
has 500 insurance in the Thuringia.
A. J. Squires has 1895 insurance in
the National of Hartford, but it is
doubtful if this amount will: cover
his loss. The loss to Mrs. Keefe will
be about $500, and she has not cent
of insurance. Mr.. Rockwell had
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