Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-16

The early Wednesday morning fire WAS the largest that ever occurred 1n the village of Pawcatuck and SC near the boundary line that burning paru- cIes dropped into the village of Wes- terIy. The burned district is near the west end of the Broad street bridge with frontage in West Broad street with the Pawcatalck river in the rear, the buildings on the edge or overhang- ing the river giving tremen with pres ene appliances no opportunity to con- bat the baaxe from the rear.
 The burned buildings included the three story frame structure owned by the Lorraine Manufacturing company and occupied by the Star theatre the Star bowling alleys, the Chase restau- rant and Q shoe repairing shop. This Seventh day mill and utilized in the woolen industry. The building for nneriy located on this site was burned Monday. Nov, 26. 1860. It was owned and occupied by Stillnaan Brothers and Company and utilized as machine shop and factory. Before this build ing was erected a small shop on the site was burned. So fire has swept this place three times and each time there were complete and total loss
 The next building in the burned dis trfct is of brick, four stories, and owned by Mrs Julia c. Walton. On the ground floor was the Campus Bar saloon of Walton and Neville. This building was formerly used as wool en mill and later as a storage by the H. B. Gavift company. The walls and tall chimney are all that remain of this building above the first floor.
 The other burned building is of frame construction and owned and now occupied by the Isaac Sherman company, new firm of building con- tractors, vino purchased the plant from Maxaon and company about two years ago. The building is burned beyond rePafr and the new machinery used in the piaxaing department rendered use less. While other property in the sec ton was threatened, the fire was kept confined within the district by the hercic work Of the firen1en, favored with a very light breeze from the southwest which Iessened ths danger fo etfaer water front property.
 N was q few minutes after two s'ezeeak, Wednesday morning, when Pa txoIrH7an Nicholas heard a report that sounded Ike the bursting of an au- mobile in the Chase restaurant He investigated and found the restaurant filed with smoke from 8 small blaze in the rear of the building He sent in the alarm from Box 46 in West Broad BfFee4, a short distance from the rcsta1Eant- PeaaE s. Barber Hose GoufSaany, Foreman Alexander Aiken, Kag7oEded fin quick time and made connection with the hydrant directly oppsslfs the fire Here there vas delay of asvezaa minutes as the water could nO3 be turned on with the regulation wrencE, but yielded to a. monkey wsench- By this time the Star theatre hs1izdfng was a7aza7e and practically &ooraed and the Pawcatuck hremen ecHnnsnesd battling with the big blaze with characteristic energy under the AHecffon of Chief Staaale, and with the fu11 capacity of the only fire corn- p@ny in the village
 lp the mseassxarae Chief CeA4refl of the Westerly fire department, was sta toned near inc te1epa2cne in the fire house ready to respond to 8 call for assistance HuEBes were in readiness to draw the fwO hose wagons, the hook and ladder truck and the Cyclone steam fire engine, with 8 good head of steam on the Latter and ready for busia2ess- FSAaIly the request for as- sistance came. the general aslaasm was sent fn and tho Westerly freaneA Ee-