Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-22
FIVE FIRES THURSDAY
 KEPT FlREMEN BUSY
Two Were Bell Alarms - Beqan in Early Mornins-Last Cali Was in Early Evening.

Five fires made Thursday a busy day for the members of the fire de- partment, from 12.45 o'clock in the morning, when an alarm was pulled in from box 24 for fire in the Cunning ham house on North Main street un- til shortly after in the evening when the department returned from a fight with flames in the four family house owned by Dennis Sullivan at No 361 West Main street, the latter being considerably the greatest blaze of the day. MT. Sullivan lived in one of the tenements in the house.
 The basement of the three e-Story Sullivan house is occupied by Wolf Blinderman Several small children were in room together and cries emanating from this room attracted the attention of other members of the family. The room was ablaze, accord ing to the story of the elder Binder mans. when they entered the door. The fire spread rapidly up the outside of the building. charring the woodWork k to the roof. When the department ar rived the basement was burning brisk ly and both water and chemical hose were carried into the building. The basement was pretty well gutted by the flames, which however. the fire men were able to keep from getting a start in the other floors. The lass will probably amount to several hundred dollars.
 It was impossible to learn the exact cause of the blaze. members of the Blinderman family giving no clear ex- planation as to it's origin. Chief Stan ton found a broken lamp in the room in which the fire started and there was evidence that the kerosene had been spilled about the room. A peculiar circumstance about the fire was the fact that although the flames originat- ed on the inside of the building the Ia do hc& JiI.Iy1N h< terior. The whole side of the build ing was burned over quickly, indicat- ing the presence of kerosene on the wood.
 Struck Box 33.
 Following the fire in the Cunning ham house. an account of which was given in Thursday mornings BuIIettn the next call for the department was to the house of Dr. J. H. Allen, No. 76 Church street. The auto chemical responded to a still alarm, but a call was rung in from box 33 for the bal ance of tn edepartment. The blaze originated in the chimney, but spread into a bedroom. one side of which was considerably damaged. The blaze was extinguished by use of chemical, about 70 gallons being poured on the fire. The furnishings and woodwork of the bedroom and the roof suffered dam age but no material loss resulted from the flames.
 Brush and Grass Fires.
 The auto chemical was called out for a brush fire on South Thames street at 10.40 in the forenoon. The blaze was easily subdued and there was no damage.
 Tn the afternoon at 1.15 the auto chemical had another call. this time for grass fire near the Laurel Hill SchoolhouSe. A stream of water was played on the fire. which was quickly eXtinguished.
 Making Record Year.
 Thursdays five fires brought the total for the year up to the present to the number of 143 since Jan. l. Last year there were 158 calls during the whole 12 months. With four months yet to go this year promises to be | record breaker in number of calls for the department, although there have been no big fires as yet to bring the