The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-14
DAN ROCk WILL REBUILD
New Building Will Take the Place of the One Burned
 on Wednesday
Especial to the Farmer.)

Fairfield. July 14.-A few incidents | of the fire at the Rock building are | of interest The busiest man in the town at the time of the fire was J J. Brown of Browns garage whose wife | gave birth to a girl at 12:30. At 2:30 the alarm of fire came in and as Browns garage and his house were in the range of the fire he was kept l on the go between the two places. He has taken a much needed rest since. Buildings on the site of the one de- stroyed the day before yesterday have was in 1853 when grocery was burned. In 1874 a meat market was burned there and in 1878 Howard Jennings had just opened a store with
 a big stock of goods when it burned. | The corner seems to be ll-fated. The school board will meet next Monday night to transact business. The Savoy Club a Bridgeport or ganization presided over by Edward Flannery has leased the We've resi- dence opposite the Ash Creek Inn and will suse it as summer home. A | pool table was installed in the house yesterday and the place wiIl be fit l ted up in first class style. J. Mo Laughlin and family will occupy the the second floor and will have charge of the club.
 Miss Lillian McGarry is passing her vacation in Virginia.
 Yesterday afternoon the lawn at | the Sherman parsonage was the scene of a brilliant assembiage when the 1 Friends of the Fresh Air fund ap- peared and made their donations for | the continuance of the enterprise. | Hundreds of people visited the place during the afternoon and the result was gratifying to the promoters. Frederick Nanderauer, N26 years old was appointed to be special constable oy the selectmen on Wednesday. The new appointee will be on duty every | Sunday and will furnish his own mo- | or cycle. The appointee has been l ;, resident of. Fairfield for several Tears. The case of Charles Fox against | isaiah Terry to recover damages for l , dog killed by the defendent in his l motor car will be tried before Justice
 NcAlpine July IT. A lively defense | $ expected and the defendant prom
 ses to take the case ss far as money an carry it.
 | , Daniel Rock is now conducting his l ,1umbing and tipring business at | Frank Saum's store where George | lock has installed his books and tel | aphone Work on the several con | racts now under way by MT. Rock | nave not been delayed by the fire | which consumed his store and the ] york goes steadily on. MT. Saum | ,ourteously offered MT. Rock the use If his premises until he could rebuild. | The Insurance adjustors are at work | appraising the loss to-day. As soon | IS this formality is over MT. Rock l will immediately begin new build | ng to occupy the place of the one | burned. It will probably be more l elaborate than thA structure destroy | d.
 | William Carter whot was an em- l ,loyee of MT. Rock lost tools to the value of about $50 in this fire on 1 Wednesday.
 | William G. Walsh of Elizabeth, N.
 J., is visiting his aunt Mrs. Charles
 Fox. Eugene Godfrey has commenced I work on a cellar 30x40 for Thornton | Belden of Bridgeport who will erect | a bungalow on the property he pur-
 chased from George Meeker.
 Mrs. M. Driscolf is the guest ot | Mrs. w c. Kinsella.
 Two weeks ago w. c. Kinsella lost | a ring which he had worn for twen-
 ty years and which he prized highly l After the fire at his store yesterday | the ring was found in the debris in | the cellar having gone through the fire without injury.
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