Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-13
AFTERNOON CONTESTS.
$500 in Prizes Offered-interestins
Tests and Novel Stunts.

The afternoon was given over to the
various contests for which $500 in
prizes were offered. The square and
all the business section of the city&as
damned with people when the first OF
these contests, between nook ana lad
der companies. was put on at o'clock.
There We're two entries, Putnam and
Southbridge. Putnam not competing for
prize. The conditions of the con-
test, which was Spectacular. called for
q run with the truck from the Congre
sationaI church to the Union block 200
yards, raising a ladder and putting a
man on the roof Of the building. Put
Dam tried first and put asman on the
roof in 81 1-5 seconds, Southbridge do
ing it few minutes later in IS 40
seconds. The f5oUthbridge horses made
the run faster than Putnam's this be-
ing accountable for the win. Eddie
Gorno. who climbed the ladder for Put
nam, had it on the Southbridge man
who did a similar stunt for his com
pany, running up the rounds with the
agility of q cat The Southbridge
company took first prize, $50
Summary Of Events.
All other contests of the afternoon
were held on School street. near Brad
ways store, about $500 people wit
Messing the events. the summary of
which is as follows:
Hand hose contest, run 100 yards,
lay ztU I0Sl VI nose anu get SITeduI Oh
target, Putnam companies not COM
peting fer prizes: First prize. $50, to
Hose No. /, Southbridge time So is
seconds; Mansfield Hose No. 8 Put
second, Sc ,3-5 seconds.
No Prizes Awarded.
Horse hose contest, run 200 wards,
lay 200 feet hose and get stream to
target: No prizes awarded in this class
as the only out of town contestant
NJ in IA io1e r. II not ifx
because of failure to make nozzle con-
nection after having made the fastest
drive of any of the three teams en-
tered.
Mansfield No. 3, Putnam. made best
time in this class, 45 As seconds
hftch), So As seconds.
Two Winners.
Steamer contests 200 yard run to
hydrant boilers showing two gauge
Of water at Is degrees T. First test,
steam gauges to indicate Is pounds of
steam. 4 points. Second test, getting
water through 200 feet hose and noz-
zle, 8 points. Hitting target 100 feet
from nozzle, 2 points. Throwing hort
zontal stream, lay out distance of pipe,
l point. Steamers were given Is min
utes each for contest.
There were two entries. Danielson
and Seuthbridge. Each won 5 points
ana an equal DIVISION OF the prize mon
ey, $65, was agreed upon.
Contest Officials.
The same judges who viewed the
parade acted at the contests, with NJ.
f. Joy and G. Allen Hawkins, both of
Putnam as timers. G.. Harold Gilpat-
ric. Putnam, was clerk.
All the contests We're exceedingly in
teresting and kept the big crowd on
tiptoe until they We're completed,
shortly after O'Clock.
Evening Pleasures.
Dances and other entertainments in
the evening rounded out a day that
was a delight. and everybody went
home happy. Visitors in the city. espe-
cially the firemen, were unstinted in
their praise of the local fire ladies
entertainment and courtesy.
No Accident Of Moment.
No accident of consequence marred
the day, there was no trouble or diff
Guilty of any kind. Altoeether the fire
men and all the people of Putnam were
pleased that so much success had
marked the carrying out of the biggest
public event here in a dozen years.
The nearest approach to an accident
occurred at Bugbees corner, while the
parade was forming in the morning, a
big Webster touring car, driven by a
mere boy. knocking down a woman,
who was injured but slightly.