Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-30

Long piles of cOal and lumber, with seemingly inexting uishable furnaces of flames within, have been for over A hours the object of the Norwich firemen's streams of water, on Central Wharf, but though by Monday noon all danger of spreading to adjoining property had been removed, and the recall was sent In at 11.52 o'clock, nearly twelve hours since the alarm was struck, the fire was this morning at 3 o'clock still burning brightly, and over the long wharf hung a dense cloud of smoke and steam. Creeping steadily downward to the water line, the fire damaged the wharves on both the east and west sides beyond repair, and in consequence these vii have to be rebuilt, as well as the buildings proper The glowing piles of coal with the yellow flames ever licking their way higher and higher, with the blue flames of the burning gases just pre- ceding them. made a pretty sight for hundreds of onlookers. Behind the mounds of burning anthracite stood the brick walls of the ruins adding picturesqueness to the scene. But en- veloped in the smoke and gas and steam, the hosemen were making a plucky fight with their lines. and con stantly tongues of flames went down to rise no more. It will take d week or more probably for the whole wharf and it's smouldering contents to burn 1 out completely.
 Will Probably Reach s175,ooo. Estimates that were made on Thurs day by the four companies whose prop erty was involved in the big conhagTa- tion placed the total figures of loss at ! S162, ,000. This was conservative, how l ever, and with the destruction that the 1 blaze wrought to the Wharves them 1 selves, Thursday. the damage will mount still higher. $175,000 will prob l ably not be too high a figure for the i eventual loss. A re deeming feature i of the fire was that the losses were well met by insurance. The Chappell ] Ely company, which holds the wharf and owned the buildings, and the Ed ward Chappell company suffered a l joint loss of $125,000. it is estimated on 1 Thursday, although consultation i that is to be held today may change ! the figuresc somewhat. Their insur- ance was given as S125000 John A. l Morgan & Son figured that their loss would approximate $S0,000 and their 1 insurance too, they believed would reach that figure. Stetson & Young l lost about s4,000 from the fire. with i S1,00O insurance protection; S3,000 GOV cred the loss of the Peck, McWilliams company, who were fully protected by i insurance.
 A Clean Sweep.
 With the exception of a few thou sand feet of lumber at the north end of the wharf and several bins of an thracite and soft coal at the same end of the wharf belonging to the Chap pell company. the entire place was swept by flames.
 Firemen Busy All Day.
 All day the fremen kept on pouring water into the blazing ruins, 1s streams being on at one time, while Chief stanton had all of the available hose, 11,000 feet, laid. Not q singie length burst during the day.
 Steamers Kept Going.
 The two steamers were brought down from the municipal wharf or the banks of the Yantic river above tn, railroad bridge to alongside the eas arm of the river just below the frs | West Side bridfe. where they wer, kept pumping until : o'clock in tn, evening, when the chief ordered then back to the central station ant Greeneville respectively. The Yanu steamer was allowed to return at SS a. m, after having rendered valuabl service at the fire.
 Chief Stepped on Nail.
 Early in the night Chief Stanton stepped on nail of the kind used il fastening down tar paper, about al inch in length and though he did no notice 1t until later 1t penetrate through his rubber boot and into hi leg, Later in the morning the chle
 began to feel a prickling sensation l
 his foot and he took his boot. off t get out the gravel which he suppose caused it. He pulled out the nail in
 stead, That was at nearly noon an , he was prevailed upon to go over { Dr Kimbalrs office to have the woun
 dressed, but with that exception he al not leave the fire until after [ ocIoc Thursday night.
 . Check from L. A. Gallup Go. 2 When he get home Chief Stanto 2 found check for S25 awaiting hil fro mthe l.. A, Gallup company as $ testimonial of the efficient work of tt q firemen in keeping their property frol geing up.
 Will Rebuild.
 a Arthur H. Brewer of the ChaRbe f company stated Thursday night thi f plans had not been made as to rt I building, but that the damage to u
 wharf along the vest side wiz nea