The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10

That Pawtucket has fire department
or which It's citizens have every reason TO
feel proud has been made apparent on
several occasions during the past year
but perhaps no greater evidence or the
character and discipline OF the force has
been shown than at the fire which oc-
Cured here last Friday morning. The
btildlng I'm which the blaze started was
surrounded on three sides by large and
valuable business blocks and their dis
tance from the burning structure In no
case was greater than 10 feet. In addi-
tion TO this the firemen We're working un-
der the handicap of intense cold which
caused the water from the hydrants To
| freeze almost as quickly as II fell.
The location OF the building was such
that il was very difficult 10 place the men
| advantageously and the structure being
all wood, burned like tinder In spite OF
| al, these drawbacks the department under
the command of Chief Lewis Butler made
winning fight and kept the blaze con-
| fined TO the building in which II started.
IL was a hard fight but the men worked
| srlenddly and they accomplished some
| thing which has given them the deserved
thanks OF every business man IN the city
This is not by any means the only in
stance OF excellent work on the part OF
the Pawtucket fire department during the
PAST year The fire at the Union Wadding
works last summer was bad one. When
the department arrived on the scene IL
seemed almost certain that the flames
Would communicate TO one or the other
of the large structures which surrounded
| the building I'm which the flomes were rag
Ing and N they had secured "A foothold IL
would have meant the destruction of one
OF the largest manufacturing plants in the
city. But "A fine water service combined
with a well disciplined department kept
the fire loss down to a minimum.
II was not long after that that there
| was a fire started I'm the factory Of the r.
Bliss Manufacturing company on Main
street The blaze was discovered late al
night and IL was only good work on the
part OF the fremen which prevented great
loss.
These are only three instances but any
number OF others might be recalled. The.
department is not a large one. In fact IL is
not as large as Il should be. Already there
are demands for an increase but with the
force at hand Chief Butler has produced
results which deserve the highest COM
mendation.
FREE FROM DEBT.
Announcement was made yesterday by
Rev. Louis j. Deady' pastor OF the
Church OF the Sacred Heart. that at the
present time the church was absolutely
free from all debt. Rev. FIR Deadly as
sumed the duties Of this parish In July,
1905. succeeding the late Rev. John Harty.
and at that time there was quite a heavy
debt on the church, The parish is a large
one and wen situated and the property
including the church building, the con-
vent and school and the rectory. are all
we'll located, and the property is valued
This parish was formed in 1872, at which
time the church. a wooden building, was
erected Immediately after this the other
buildings were erected.
Y. NJ. G.. A. MEMS MEETING
There was quite a large attendance at
the mems meeting, which was held in Y.
NJ G. a. hall yesterday afternoon. and
I'm view of the bad weather this was
rather surprising. The speaker was Rev.
James "A. Wicker, who is one of the most
prominent evangelists i'm the country, and
the meeting yesterday was the first OF
series Of four which this gentlemen will
address during the present month The
subject for the meeting was Great
Finds" and at the close Of the service IL
was announced that the subject for next
Sunday would be "Mililonaires Forever"
EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of Pawtucket
serie No. 796. Fraternal order OF Eagles.
which was held yesterday afternoon i'm
Eagle hall there was a very
large attendance OF the members. The
following officers were elected:
Worthy president. James ~ Murphy;
worthy vice president, James Flynn;
worthy chaplain, Thomas +. Golden
worthy treasurer, Michael +. OBrien.
worthy secretary, James l.. Birchall;
ney, NJ. D.; worthy inside guard VIII
liam Jarvis; worthy outside guard, Ed
ward p Kenneey; worthy :, trustees,
and James E. Mcmahon.
The several officers and standing
committees, made their annual reports
and from these it was evident that the
aerie is in the best possible condi-
ton.
IMPOSED HEAVY FINE.
John Ryan was befors the district court
yesterday morning charged with the lar
ceny OF several articles of clothing,
which it was claimed he had taken from
Cavanaugh's stable. According To the Of
fiCers Ryan was found In Providence
wearing some of the clothing, and when
brought before the court yesterday a fine
OF 500 and costs was imposed.
CASE AGAIN CONTINUED.
The case against John William Dunno.
which has been pending I'm the district
court for some time, was up again this
morning and once more there was post
pcnement till Dec. 20. Dunno was recent
ly i'm the employ OF the PawtuckCt Manu-
featuring company, where IL is said he
was performing the duties of a time
keeper. He was arrested two or three
weeks ago on a warrant charging simple
larceny and when the case came up for
trial the counsel for the prosecution asked
permission 10 have the warrant changed.
Lawyer John j. Fitzgerald objected TO
this and there was continuance or the
case till this morning. In the meantime
another warrant was sworn out under
different section of the statutes and on
this he was arraigned this morning This
warrant alleged that Dunno had made out
the time Of certain employe OF the Paw
tucket Manufacturing company, so that
he received about Sl.i0 more than should
have been paid to him and that Dunno
took 73 cents of this amount himself
The defendant entered a plea Of not
guilty and the case was set down for
hearing on Dec. 20.
FIRE IN A COTTAGE.
There was a fire in a cottage located at
g. Carpenter street Saturday night. II
was occupied by Mrs Catherine Bolger