Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-12
MIDNIGHT FIRE AT THE MARGUERITE
Gave Bremen Hard Fight For Hour and Haf-Started in Basement Kitchen North Main Street Side-General Alarm Rung-Famies Driven Into Zero Cold by the Smoke-Blaze Confined to One Section of the Building Possible Damages of $2. 500 to Building.

fled from the smoke filled building. He wrapped his overcoat around her so that she could walk to a place of shelter.
 Smoke was pouring in dense clouds from the cellar gratings in the side walk when the firemen arrived and the flames shot out in a bright blaze when the first two streams of water were sent in from lines attached to the hy- drant at the corner of Park and Main streets. Chief Stanton directed his men to flood out the fire in the eel lar and rang in the general alarm.
 Search was made through the tene- ments on that side of the building to see that everyone was out and Chief stanton. carried out two bulldogs, and Policeman Patrick Murphy another belonging to Mrs. Lawrence Riley who occupied the corner tenement.
 SMotorman Thomas McCue and Con ductor Walter Crapeau were on their way to the Greeneville barn in the trolley car that left Franklin square at 12.15. They stopped the car to see what help they could give. and half a dozen of the women and children who had come from the Marguerite were given temporary shelter in the grate- full warmth of the car
 Later Casper K Bailey had them come to his stable, across the street, where he provided warm blankets for
 
 Norwich lodge of Ell1s opened the ElHs' home close by to any who wish ed to take refuge thSre. and half a dozen lightly clad women and several men spent the night in the warm and comfortable rooms of the home.
 During the progress of the fire Chair man Thomas H. BecL1ley of the fire commissioners had warm coffee brought to be served to the thoroughly chilled and icicle frosted firemen.
 The auto-chemical, Chemical No. 1. and the aerial truck responded to the first alarm and the general alarm brought out the steamer, the Chemical companies from the West Side and the Halls stations and the Greeneville com panies.
 When these endorsements arrived. Chief Stanton soon had six streams of water fighting the stubborn blaze, which increased in fury in the cellar and crept up for a brief flash in the Davis apartments. Streams were sent into the cellar through two walk grat- ings and through a door at the north end of the basement floor of the build ing. and were also used through the windows on the main floor when the fire appeared there. The blaze also crept up studding onto the second floor in this section of the building, where the tenement. No. North Main street is and a line of hose was taken up a ladder and shot in through a window.
 The recall was struck at l. .45 o'clock but the ireInen were at work on the building until nearly 3. One estimate of the probable damage was $2.500 Sergeants Matthews and Kane, with Policemen Tom Murphy, Patrick Mur- phy, Morgan, Delaney and Maloney, were on hand to give aid. and big crowd braved the intense cold and watched the good work of the fire fighters.
 By an arrangement made with the Backus hospital about general alarms, the automobile ambulance responded, as did also Dr. Rush W. kimball, and reported at the central fire station to await orders. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
 The building Is located at the corner of North Main and Main streets and Is owned by J. R. Shannon. His son, Councilman J. Henry Shannon, was on the scene and thought at first that the fire might have started from around the steam heater; when he got into the building after the fire he found that the heater room was all right. Among the tenants most seriously affected by the fire were the families 1 of Mrs. Lawrence Riley. Mrs. Bert M. 1 Briggs, Mrs. Charles Davis. In one of the windows of an upper room, after the fire had been in pro gress some time. a man was seen to come to the window. light the gas and ! thereafter stick his head out, snok- 1 ing a cigar apparently unconcerned. | The crowd gave him a laugh. l The stores in the building are the i garage of w. R. Bogue, fruit store of | l.. Rinella, shoe repairing shop of T. | Malinvendo and barber shop Of LOT 1 enee Volkman. There is one empty store. None of the stores were affected 1 except by smoke.