Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-05

1 they will not soon forget and left a pretty thoroughly Jagged lot of men and horses when they retired for the night. The eight calls fer the twen- l ty-feur hours establishes record. l Three of them were bell alarms Chief l Stanton considers that all the fires were the result of Fourth of July eel 1 ebrating.
 The one serious less of the day was l at the first fire when one house on 1 Happy street on Jail hill was burned to the ground another was left with | the shell standing and a third had 1 one side of it burned off and was thor oughly wet down all through. The 1 total loss might be estimated at $7,000 with only Q small proportion covered i by insurance.
 The two story frame dwelling house, No. 35 Happy street. on which the fire l started, owned and occupied by Jere- miah Shea, was totally destroyed the house behind 1t, also owned by MT. Shea but occupied by Mrs. Ida Petrore and family as tenants, was gutted and the four family frame dwelling house. Mo- 37 Happy street, owned by Benja- min Burton and occupied by himself and three tenants. had the east side of 1t burned off and the roof burned off The interior of the house was also thoroughly soaked with water. The fire on the Shea house was dis covered on the roof by Jerome Shea, boy in the family, who was playing in the yard and rushed into the house to tell his mother that the house was on fire and then dashed off to Box 32 at Cedar street above the jail from which the alarm was rung in. Just before this telephone cali had been received at the central station and the autochemical was about to start Peo- pie on the West Side state that they saw the fire on the roof five minutes before the alarm was rung but dld nothing as they supposed 1t had been discovered.
 Went Up John Street.
 On the way to the fire both the au- tochenical and the West Side Chemical company lost track of the directions for fires on Jail Hill, and instead of getting there by going up to Broad street and back along Cedar, which is the only way for the apparatus to get to this highest point of the city, they followed the chiefs wagon and got up into School street from Washington q street, and then got stuck when they tried to make John street hill leading directly up to where the fire was. All this time the fire was getting a great start, and when Chief Stanton saw they were stalled he got down there and took the hose out of the apparatus and then ordered them to go around the other way. The hose was carried by hand to the hydrant at Fountain and Happy streets about 5O0 feet from the fire and down hill. Here the water pressure was only 29 pounds, and when 1t reached the fire the water only car ried about 20 feet from the nozzle With that supply it was impossible to do anything but think of saving the adjoining house of John H. CorcOran at No. 31 Happy street, and the nPsk water secured was used for that pur- pose. A stream was also led over cross lots from Greene avenue by the Falls company, which had answered to this call and had come by that way.
 The fire spread with great rapidity through the Shea house, and when 1t was seen that there was danger of the tenement house in the rear volunteers in the crowd pitched in and got nearly all the furniture out Of the Petrons tenement. for which the Petrone family felt very grateful, as those who gave this help were entire strangers to them.
 spread to the upper part of the Burton house next door, into the tenement into which Mrs. Peter Riley had lately moved. Some of the furniture was de- stroyed ard some was taken out, as was also the case in the tenement of Benjamin Burton who lived under the Riley tenement
 Steamer Sent Three Streams.
 The steamer was sent up to hy drant on Cedar street near Greene ave- nue, where there was 20 pounds pres sure and a line of hose $50 feet long laid from there to he scene of the fire The autochemical assisted the steamer up by giving 1t a tow part of the way.
 The steamer raised the pressure at the hydrant to 1S0 pounds, with a sin gle stream, and then sent two streams at a pressure of 40 to 150 pounds. One of these was split into two about 250 feet from the fire. When these three stheams were in operation the ire soon took on a different aspect, and it was seen that it would be held in check. Four men were sent to the roof Of the Burton building, where they had all they could do to hold their footing on to direct.
 The other tenants in the Burton house succeeded in getting all their furniture moved out. They were H. D Simpson on the upper floor and Mrs. Lizzie Sweet on the lower floor.
 In the house occupied by Austin Fur long at No. Al Happy street, next west erly from the Burton house, all the furnitnure was also moved out. in fear that the fire might spread there. Most of the furniture taken out was stack ed up in the yards immediately around the premises.
 Other Places Caught Fire.
 The Corcoran house caught fire sev- eral times, but was put out and the roof of the building occupied by the Connecticut Popcorn company, in the rear of the Shea houses, also caught four times, but was put out by 1remen who kept watch of the roof with chem ical. A number of trees made pro- tecting blanket which helped to save the popcorn property.
 Live sparks from the roof carried over towards the north and threatened houses that way. Some landed on the shingle roof of Patrick Hallahan'S house, at No. 110 Cedar street, close to where the steamer and autochem1cal were stationed. A hole two feet square was burned in the roof but tank of chemical from the Falls company wag- on put out the fire.
 During the fire hot coffee and also ce cold grape juice for the firemen was brought from the homes of Thomas Brownin, Maxton Holns and H. Fl. Gallup on Greene avenue, and greatly appreciated by the firemen.
 The recall was sounded about noon. MT. Shea had insurance on his houses, and Mir Burton had $1,500 on his house, but none on his furniture. Mrs. Riley had insurance on her furniture, but had not had it transferred to this location, as she had recently moved. The other tenants, it Is believed, had no insurance. One estimate or the probable total loss was $s.00O.
 Water Pressure Too Low.
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