The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-05

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vent the patriotic exuberanee from pro-
ceedng too far Some say the night
before the Fourth was even more order
" than that of last year and the year
preceding.
Only Two Fire Calls.
AT $3.50 o'clock Thursday night, a gen.
eral alarm was sounded from box Al,
near the corner of South Main and Aver
streets. 4 lamp explosion in the house
at 33 Aver street, owned by the Boyce
estate, and occupied by the families Of
Alex Ironside and Frank Wilcox, was
responsible for the alarm and all the
apparatus at the fire station was hur-
riedly despatched to No. 33. Before
the tiremen arrived however, the lamp.
which had its explosion on the second
floor. had been kicked to the hall below,
thence into the street. 1t was blazing
up quite brightly when the regulars
reached the house, but the danger OF a
fire had passed Frank Wilcox, who
seized the burning lamp and hurled it
downstairs. was burned about the right
hand, although a physician who exam
ined his burns said they were not Sc
rious.
Early this morning telephone alarm
sent in from the north end of the city
brought the American-La France auto
truck racing down the street to the
Smith, Whitcomb & Cook plant Just
south of the Blackwell street crossing
on North Main street. A pile of rail-
road ties living midway between the
S. w. & c. plant and the Boutwell,,
Milne g. Varnum Office, had become ig
nited in some manner and was blazing
up brightly when the fremen attacked
IL with hand extinguishers. The blaze
had already communicated with the
grass and promised to spread with ra-
pidity when the regulars began to smoth- |
er it with sand. Five minutes sufliced |
to extinguish all signs of fire. 1t is be- !
lieyed that frecrackers were responsible |
for the outbreak.
Proved To Be Lively "Dying Man"
Excessive heat was probably respon-
sible in a measure for the condition in |
which a stranger was found on upper |
Maple avenue yesterday afternoon. Pas /
sersby saw a man lying as though dead |
in a nearby clump of bushes and when /
they attempted to revive him they found |
themselves facing hard task. Two
were summoned to the spot |
and afterwards the Perry & Noonan am
bulance was called. A large crowd quick
Iv gathered and the word went around
that the man was about to die. Appar-
emily something that the doctors gave
the man brought about return to con
5ciousness, for he presently awoke from
his stupor and evinced desire to wage
war with the onlookers. He performed
with such amazing confidence that the
crowd fell back and the proposal to
transfer the patient to the hospital was
luickly abandoned. He wss last seen
out of the east end of the
avenue.
Rocket Struck Team.
Two women and horse figured in an
accident in front of city hall last even
ng, after the band concert, when sky
.ocket which someone inserted in the
ar rail down the street came whizzing
ip the street Just in time to strike the
horse. Both women hastily aliahted
rom the carriage and bystanders ran
o hold the horse in tow. Little dam
.ge was done to the vehicle. and the
lnimal was soon quieted One of the
women, in leaving the carriage. suffered
! HllIpI spidlus bhb' olio lNNONtitu SUM q
iently to return home without assist
lnce.
The City hospital did not have a single !
ase yesterday arising from unwise cele-
ration of the day.
Aimed Sxyrocket Too Low.
Careless celebrators touched off sky
oeket on Main street last night without
-iNinr n sufficient eleNatinn and the | O