The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-31
Fairfield County News
Losses By Fire.

A double fce~houge owned py A1ho- thy Loughlin, on the Glenville road was totally destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. s.
 Fire Sunday night inflicted damage of s1,500 on property of B. L.. Marsh at Stamford. The fire is supposed 70 have resulted from men smoking In one of the upper rooms Of the three story house. built over the bakery.
 Farmers and others owning proper tv bordering on the Danbury- -Norwalk Railroad> line between Wilton and So. Wilton report heavy losses by ire during the dry spell. Everywhere along the line sparks from passing locomotives have set the woods ana fields on fire and in some instances destroyed large tracts of the stanolng grass. Among the losers are Mrs. n. F. Chichester who lost a field of valuable standing grass and upon whose place a tree was killed by the f!amesa At one time recently the flames came within twenty-five feet of R. E. Fitch's home. szE
 Fire did $2, 500 damage to the resi- cencs of Charles. w. Perrin on the North Eoscob road, Saturday.. It Is understood that the insurance had just run out. Mrs. Perrin, with a lighted candle in her hand, went into the attic. She placed the candle on a table. The wind blew a window curtain so as to cause the flame from the candle to ignite with it. In moment the window lasing was ablaze. The entire upper story will have to be rebuilt. Mr. Judd, a friend of the family, who occupied room in the attic, lost nearly all of his furniture and wardrobe, besides some other articles of value.
 A tenement-house, owned by Frank Maxi at Greenwich, occupied by five Italian families, burned to the ground Thursday morning. When discovered. the fire had gained such headway that some of those living on the two upper floors had barely time to es- cape with their. lives. The total loss is estimated at about $4,000.
 Fell From Scaffold.
 While on a scaffolding at the Cos cob power plant, Saturday, Thomas M Pell. 299, of East Port Chester. fell to the ground. He died from a fractured skull, half an hour later.
 Will Dispute Ends
 The appeal of Anita Louise Me Guinness from the probate of the will of Grace Fl. c. Cammann, of Green wich, has been withdrawn by Mrs. McGuiness, The stipulation for with drawal, was accompanied by a let ter addressed to the attorneys for MT. Cammann, containing the following statement: Our investigation of this matter fully convinces us that Mrs. McGuiness was mistaken as to her percentage, and we are entirely Satis- fled from all of the evidence produc- ed that Mrs. Cammann was not the mother of Mrs. McGuiness.
 Buales in Knee
 Alone in tta woods, over a mile from the nearest house, with a bull let in his knee, sent by his revolver which he had accidentally dropped on the ground. Lieutenant John B. Green, of Danbury, unassigned, of the Coast Artillery corps, dragged him self to d farm house. where, almost exhausted from pain, and loss of blood, he was cared for while the injury was very painful, and the great loss Of blood made Lieutenant Green very weak, 1t is unlikely that the ac- cident will have results of serious nature, S no unforeseen eomplica- tions arise.
 Danbury Antoists Fined
 Danbury autoists find travelling ex- pensive in Norwalk. It cost two prominent men from the hating town $54.42 for their appearance on Nor walk streets Sunday. Each man was fined for violating traffic ordinances; one was fined for not having a driver license and the other for not having
 
 Car. T. Harrison Judd was the first victim; the second was Arthur R. Etaffer.
 Stabbed on Byram Bridge
 Stanley Wazlick, Peter Pystik and CwArles -Ginosky are in the Port Chester police station, and seem des- tined to spend a greater part of the summer there unless the Greenwich authorities and Port Chester police agree as to which state is liable for the prosecution of the men for stab ping Leonard AovinZ. The man was stabbed on Byram bridge, and part ot his body when lay in Connecticut and part in New York State. There was also a pool of blood in each State Greenwich refuses to take the three men and prosecute the case, Port Chester assumes a like, attitude, and the latter will hold the three men un- til the matter is settled. The stab- bed man. is in a critical condition.
 Auto Accidents
 A car belonging to w. Samuel Raymond was in collision with an au- to owned by Mrs. Verrick, recently Mfr. Raymond's car was being driven by his~son Carl. Mrs. Verfgck was driving a Chalmers-Detroit car. Ray mond claims that he was on the right hand side of the road when hit His --iAdshiald was smashed and Carl had