Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-14

blaze was not accompanied by much smoke until after the jail was fired; ed in all directions. Three dwellings on the westerly side. in Hudson street were partly burned, and some others damaged
 !, Probable New Jail Will Be Built.
 The New England Chair company places it's loss at $135,000, with ample insurance, while the county will have Jail the county carried an insurance of s122, 1000. It is probable that a bill will go into the next legislature for a new jail, as this one is usually over crowded To arrange for meeting the expense of repairs, a meeting of the county finance committee will be called at once, and this committee may de- eide to have a county meeting called. Only the county meeting. which is made up of the county delegation to the last legislature, has the power to appropriate money and to lay a tax. Senator Blakeslee Is the chairman and the county committee Is made up of Senator Stoles of North Haven, Sem ator Shanley of this city and Repre- sentative Culver of Seymour.
 How Lieut.. Dohsrty Mot Death.
 Shugrue. when found, was lying and was the only man who could give an account of how the dead men met their death. In telling his story Shu- grue said that in an ordinary building it would have been easy for them to have made their escape through the windows, but the bars prevented their getting out. When they saw that they were hemmed in they went down into the cellar and searched for a place to get out, but there was none. They craw1ed upstairs to get on to the roof and Shugrue was the only one to get there Lieutenant Doherty was to follow him and he had taken hold of the 1ieutenant,s wrists, but was so weak that he was obliged to let go, and he dropped back into the flames. Shugrue made his way to the edge of roof and jumped to the ground. land ing at the base of the wall, where 4le was found.
 Prisoners Made No pisturbance.
 The coolest persons ar3ound the jail when the fire broke out were the pris- oners- They made no disturbance and were joking and laughing when taken out and put on the cars to be taken down into the city. The men were taken first and the women later on. Tonight they were brought back in large moving vans, the vans being sur rounded by details of the state militia. When the prisoners were taken from the jail there were 244, and when they were returned there were 254. Tho extra ten were sentenced in the police court this morning.
 Night Shift of Firemen on Duty.
 New Haven, April 13.-Tonight elec- trfc lights were strung around the jail and in the ruins of the burning build ing. which were still in flames. The hremen who had been on duty all day were relieved by shifts from other companies and the pouring of water upon the ruins was kept up without break When the prisoners had been returned and safely housed, all but a small portion Of the members of the companies of the Second regiment who had been on duty all day were sent back to the armory. The remainder were placed on guard duty around t1ae jail and will be kept there during the night.
 men.
 New Haven, April 13.-At a meeting of fire commissioners tonight, called by Mayor Rice, and which was at tended by Chief Fancher, the commits sion decided that they had the right to men S2,000 each. and a formal meeting will be held tomorrow for that pur- pose. Mayor Rice has started a. fund for the benefit of the families of the of the local theaters have offered to open their houses for benefit performances
 At midnight the crowd around the Jdli WdS alInOSI as great as 4I any time during the day. and the f1remen received the additional help of 100 la borers sent by Senator Blakeslee and a large part of the local street depart fnent
 Waited for the Father Who Would
 Never Return.
 Among the pathetic incidents con- nected with the fire was the waiting of the two little children of Hoseman Cullen at the engine house for his return. Mrs Cuiiem died a short time ago, and, as has been fhe custom of the children, they went to the engine house to wait for the return of their father. No one had the courage to tell them that their father would never re- turn and it was not until late tonight that they were taken care of by friends. nnlAnAlIAIN