Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-10

cred by insurance. We have been in
such situations before, stated Mr..
Hughes, and this will not discourage
us. We shall be doing business just
as soon as possible. In Waterbury we
were entirely burned out in the big
fire there.
In Chelsea Bank Building.
The fire made clean sweep through
the offices of the Attawaugan COM
pany Totokett Mills Co., Falls and
Shetucket companies, burned out the
room formerly occupied by Jerome
Williams and the floor Of that with the
other debris fell into the office of B.
P. Learned & co. These offices were
reached from the Shannon building
stairway. a fire door being between
the buildings. In the Chelsea bank the
damage is only from water. The Of
fees have taken temporary quarters
elsewhere and the Chelsea bank is do
ing business at the Norwich Savings
society building.
In the Shannon building. J. F. Park
er's loss will be about $500, which
is covered by insurance. Most of the
valuable papers are in the safe, which
is now in the cellar. Many papers.
however, were destroyed. Charles P.
COgswell and Gilbert l. Hewitt had
desk room there and they lost their
furniture and papers.
Appreciated Their Work.
Having called on the firemen several
times to throw a stream onto the Vau-
regan house when the cornice was al
most ablaze and blistering, Manager
Davenport was pleased at the occasion
al attention which could be given to
the building and which prevented it
catching fire, and during the day sent
to Chief Stanton the following letter
and a check for S100
Enclosed please find our check for
one hundred dollars (S100), which you
will please accept as present from US
to the fire department as a token of
our appreciation Of the excellent work
done by them in handling the fire this
morning.
Stairs Were Redhot.
The heat was so intense that the
marble stairway at the Shetucket
street entrance was redhot and the
windows in the store Of John Moran
and in the Wauregan house were
cracked by the heat. 1t was impossible
to hold ones hand on the windows in
the house of Frank Plummer, corner
of Laurel Hill avenue and Summer
street so hot was the glass. and the
shower Of sparks kept the household
ers busy on that side Of the river
watching their roofs. On one there
were four men.
The grass near the railroad bridge
caught fire and burned. while sparks
hoated into Poquetanuck.
After the electric light and electric
car currents had been shut Off for
safety, Superintendent Bogue Of the
gas and electric plant had men dig
down to the gas main and shut that
off in Main street fearing that the
water IN the cellar would rise to a
height sufficient to run into the pipe
and food the main.
The large telegraph pole at the cor
ner Of Main and Shetucket streets was
given much attention. This pole held
the wires which control the entire fire
alarm system. as they run from that
in oil directions. BY occasionally play
ing upon that pole. despite the fierce
heat, 1t was possible to save It and
the wires unintured and the fire alarm
is in perfect order and the electric
light on II working as usual.
Only One Injury.
A remarkable fact in connection
with the fire was that no one was in
1ured seriously. The only accident OF
any consequence occurred to Captain
Cornell OF Chemical company No. l.
He was coming down a ladder when a
lineman with spurS Z OllOWed him