Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-29

ings in several places, so intense was ] the heat. IL was practically impossi ble to stand on the bridge near the | Davenport building. Had that gotten to going well it would have required | the entire attention of the fremen 10 | have kept 1t from sweeping through | Water street. The temporary lull in | the fire as the first wooden building | back of the Stetson & Young shop | went up in flames, checked the heat 1 and by that time water was playing on the. threatened buildings Neritable furnaces were the Peck, McWilliams company building and the 1 J. A. Morgan x Son building as they burned, the falling walls and floors being heard for a long distance The : coal pockets at each end of the dock were the last to go.
 One Horse Brought Out.
 It was tho ht possible to cover the horses s si.us and bring them out the ma D driveway and this was done with one horse. James Sheridan leading the animal with another whipping it i along. They had gone to the wharf i from the steamboat wharf in launch. 1 They were loudly applauded
 Showers of Dangerous Sparks.
 The various kinds of lumber. and the hemlock in particular, sent up a mammoth shower of sparks from the ! Chappell yards. and the red-hot coals were falling in quantities as far over as Laurel Hill bridge and ShetucAeI street until the wind shifted, They, gave property owners a scare as they came down, many of them as big as marbles, on the roofs, but they caused no serious trOIikle.
 Auto Big Help.
 The automobile apparatus again demonstrated it's worth to the depart meut by it's use in getting out the lines of hose iTf>a far more expeditions man ner than has ever been done before | Time and again the automobile driven by Henry Taft ran up and down the street Teeling out the hose from the hydrants The water pressure from the hydrants was found to.be exceed ingly satisfactory
 Wires Didn't Bother.
 Fortunately, the fire did not inter fere with the electric light wires, al though trouble was threatened at one time, and the trolley company had it's line car out and city employees were iu readiness. On a pole at the corner of Main street and Falls avenue two
 
 tenants kept stream of water direct cd to the spot for quarter of an hour The wires continued to cmOke at a great rate and he was surprised to find that his water did n0ts take effect
 Police Bid Good Work.
 The work of the Norwich policemen i at the fire was of the first order. Af- , ter Officer Delaney had turned in the first alarm, followed shortly by the 7 general alarm that brought out all the f companies of the city and Greenevile 7 the policemen on all the sifrEoundinl ! beats We're on hand and did ehScien . work in keeping back the crowds gu I or danger. Fire lines were establish. ed on Main street and the mass ol I peapie We're kazt back Uf the ropes.
 Big Crowd Out.
 At 1920, when the fire apparatu. 1 reached the wharf, there were harIy 90 people on the street. Fifteen min i utes later thousand had turned ou ', and half an hour after that every available spot near by was occupied f ny onlookers. Washington square wa, iuu of people, along the east bank O
 Lne river there were crowds and at thu n New Haven freight station the plaC, !, was lined with people. There wer probably 5000 people scattered aroun, <, Tn the vicinity watching the big dis y play.
 o Still Burning Fiercely.
 The fire was still burning fiercelv a
 o'clock by which time the buiIdine. II were all down and the fire was con |, med to the piles of lumber and coa y It was still pouring out volumes o . smoke and flame, and it was eviden |. that for many hours there will con 10 tinue to be plenty for the fremen t
 do.
 Three Horses Overheard T Three horses were backed over f board, two being taken to the foot e i' Pege's lane and one to the Osgoo
 wharf where the sewer emptfes an II makes shoal water The otehrs wer = huddled at the southwest corner of th 9 wharf, and it seemed probable tn '7 fire would not reach them The Chel " sea Boat club float was taken to tn ," wharf where the horses are and it ma
 be possible to get them off in ths
 manner.
 II Mayor Murphy appealed to the Bloc l. Island officials to get its assistance K moving the horses, but it was withol ,,. avail