Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-05
THREE JAIL HILL HOUSES BURNED
Home of Jeremiah Shea Happy Street Totally Destroyed I've Adjoining Buildings Badly Damaged Probable Less of $S,0o0-Eight Alarms Answered During the Fourth.

weak stream ts be of any effective service.
 The men had about as hot job as they often get at fire and they were put in manfully. Some of them got pretty well filled up with smoke and one man was hauled gasping out of window. but soon recovered.
 Called fer Grass Fire. At 3.05 o'clock there was a tele- phone call to the Central station to which the autochemical responded for grass fire on the East Side about where the Norwich and Westerly car tracks turn off Main street. It was threatening a barn. The neighbors had 1t nearly all out by the time the auto chemical arrived.
 In John E. Tanning Property. The third call of the day came at 4.45, and was a bell alarm from box 225, at the corner of Franklin and Willow streets. turned in by Super numerary Ralph Diveto for a fire in the upper rear story of the old Harvey property on Franklin street. now own ed by John E. Tanning. The bell alarm had been preceded by a tele- phone alarm sent in from a place on Franklin street by Albert w. Ziegel- mayer, who had noticed the window frames of this rear part of the build ing. Two streams of water were turned on and quickly but the fire out The loss was small. The shed addi- tion where the fire was was unoccu- pied.
 Supernumerary Diveto cut his finger in turning in the alarm.
 Behind the Armory.
 The first fire call of the evening came at S05. when the autochemical responded to call for a blaze in a lot of rubbish down the bank in the rear of Huntington place and behind the arnory. It was quickly put out
 At 47 Thames Street.
 At 9.10 o'clock there was a telephone call for a fire in the frame dwelling house at AT Thames street which is owned by Joseph O'Callahan and oc- cupied on the top floor by Mrs. James Leary The West Side company, the autochemical and the steamer re- sponded. The fire was put out by the use of chemical
 Skyrocket Started This.
 Another fire happened while the au tochemical was on the way and was rounding the corner into Than es street. A group of men celebrating or excited that they let off a lot of sky rockets all at once, some shooting across the street and knocking out a pane of glass in the saloon window across the street in TcaZuk & OwSiak S place. A number of circus posters were set on fire, but a dash of chem ical put them out when Chief Stanton sent the men back to look out for it. Someone rang in a bell alarm for this little blaze from box 14 while the auto chemical was looking after the fire far ther down the street.
 Fire in a Barn.
 Charles Neff, who is employed by Joseph D. Pfeiffer, was watering one of Mir. Pfeiffer's horses when he discov- cred a bright blaze in the barn on West Main street. about opposite For est street. in the rear of the building owned by Markoff & Shereshevsky. He sized up the situation in a minute and ran for the West Side fire station, which responded at once and had the blaze out in short order. It had a brisk start and it was a lucky thing that MT, Nen had his eyes in the right place when he went to water the horses. as the place would have been a bad one for a fire. The autochemical answered the call but was not needed The steamer answered the previous bell alarm.
 The Last Call.
 The last call for the night was at $40, when the West Side company was just returning from the first just men toned. The autochemical got the call, which was another summons to AT Thames street, where there was a fire on another part of the roof from that where it had been before. This was a little longer job and considerable chemical was used