Putnam patriot., 1914-02-27


the Bradley building, two story
brick block on Front street, scaused
loss of nearly $4,000. The fire caught
from chimney. The first fire broke
out at 3.15 Tuesday afternoon; the Sec
ond broke out twelve hours later at 3.l5
Wednesday morning. The tenants
suffered nearly total loss from fire,
smoke and water but most were well
insured. The building Is in the heart
of the business section and is adjoined
on the east by sthe Bradley theatre
building and on the west by two
story building occupied by h. ID. Bug
bees department store. The fire was
difficult one to handle as IL was all in
between partitions, fie ors and ceilings.
The cold weather added to the fire.
mems burdens and also the fact that /
hydrants were found TO be frozen.
The alarm for the first fire was given I
by Miss Antonette Barrie, who was in |
the rooms of the Direct Importing I
Company on the second floor. Her .
uncle, Felix Lizotte, manager for the /
company, had gone out. Miss Barrie /
saw smoke coming from the floor near
the chimney and little tongues of
flame licking through. She ran TO the
store of A. G. Luke where her uncle,
Fred Lizotte, is employed. He sent a
young nun to pull the alarm from Box
Al at Bugbee corner while he ran 10
ire headquarters. When the iiremen
arrived dense cloud OF black smoke
was issuing from the building. A
! hitch was made to the hydrant near
Luke's store. IL was frozen. Hitehes
were made at the nydrants on Livery
and Front streets aud back of F'lagg's
store. Soon several streams We're pour
! ing inside the building. The llremen
could not reach the flames which had
spread rapidly inside OF the walls and
partitions until holes had been chop.
ped through. The fire had spread
| through these interior passageways
throughout the building and II was
hard TO locate the worst points. The
crowd that gathered on the outside
could see no flame. All they could
see was dense clouds of black smoke
that grew larger and larger in volume,
reached the worst point, began TO fiuc'
tuate and then died down. When the
fire was considered out the entire inle-
rior of the building had been semi
Quilted and 1t was estimated by con-
tractor that the building had been
damaged to the extent of nearly SlO,-
600. The occupants of the building
and their losses from both fires were as
follows:
p. F. Brady, $1,000, insured for
81 200.
f. w. Woolworth IL Co., Five and
Ten Cent Store, $4,000 TO $40, 900. They
carry blanket policy on all their
stores.
Attorney r. &. Morse, $500, insured.
Direct importing Company, 5000,
no insurance.
Felix Lizolte, personal property, In
sured.
Dr. Pease, 500 TO 800.
Prudential Insurance Company,
about 500.
The subsequent fire caused further
loss to the building
In the Bradley theatre William
| Grew and his associate players had
just begun the first act OF The Spend
thrift. A boy rushed into the back OF
the house and said there was fire.The
fact that but a few nearby heard him
prevented panic. A young woman
heard the announcement and tainted.
She was taken out. Others began TO
| follow. Mr.. Grew stepped upon the
stage and assured the audience there
was absolutely no danger; that u small
| fire had started In nearby store and
that they had better leave. The exits
were thrown open and the house was
cleared in two minutes. The audience
! left in an orderly manner and Miss
Maude Simpson, house pianist, sat at
her instrument and played as the peo-
pie left the building. No water got
into the theatre proper but the lobby
! was somewhat damaged,
John B Byrne Of Hose lost valu-
able diamond insignia ring Of the order
4 Of Elks. II was presented TO him by
the local dodge. The ring was torn
from his finger while he was standing
on the back end OF the hose wagon let
ting out the first hose laid. A coup
I ling caught the ring and tore II from
his finger and II dropped in the snow
on Front street in front Of the building.
The second alarm rang from Box Al
at 3.15 Wednesday morning when fire
was discovered by Henry Burdick and
Clarence Myers, who had been left TO
watch the building. The whistle of a
locomotive aided in arou sing the tired
and sleeping firemen. There was a
short delay when the first men arrived