Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
PUTNAM
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minutes notice should the fire become beyond control. Pouches were also strung along the carriers sections that the mail matter there might be taken out in a hurry. The lock box and call box sections were unlocked so as to be detached in sections and everything made ready for & quick clearing out of the office. Had a re- moval been necessary as at one time seemed imminent, it is believed that would have been practically negligible so thorough was Postmaster Letters arrangements for it's protec- ton and so active and efficient the work of his helpers of the office force. The only damage that actually result ed was the smoking of mail matter in a way to discolor the wrappings. en- velopes and other covers
 Escaped Serious Damage.
 Miss Lauretta AIlard's millinery parlors on the Main and Union streets corner of the building escaped any damage of importance, though some smoke filtered in therA.a
 Third Fire For Newspaper.
 Or the second floor tile Putnam Patr.ct has a considerable amoa o; damage due to smoke sluch uf theIr stock of paper for getting ou- r!.e editions of the paper Is more ar less damaged as is other raper stoc< of fine grades. Quantities cf the type are messed W tn smoke ans soct This is the third fire The Patriot has been through in buildings on the site of the present Union block, the paper hay ing been burned out in the fires of 1877 and 1882, in the last of these on the night of the day in May that the paper passed into the hands of its present owners, this being the worst misfortune that has befallen them as a firm during the many years they have been engage din business in Put nam.
 Hon. G. A. Hammond, F. M. Barney. F. w Seward, with MT. Hammond, and Dr. A. H. Straha1 have offices on the second floor. All of these offices were filled with smoke. On the third floor, given over entirely to Union hall what damage there is is by smoke.
 Loss on Building $3.ooo. .-
 The building itself is not seriously damaged and one builder who looked it over Saturday morning gave roughly made estimate that s3.OOO would be sufficient to meet the cost of structional repairs. There will be additional expense for redecorating the interior as the result of the smoke damage.
 Cans of Gunpowdder Taken Out.
 An incident of the fire, that gave a line on the SIQII the fuIldIn llTceili are made of was when Assistant En- gineers Dr. Harry Sharpe and AL phonse Bourcier with John Daigle en- tered the Chandler and Morse store through a window at the height of the fire to make a search for two cans of gun powder that it was feared would explode and cause serious damage. They took the risk without hesitation. grouping about until they found the cans containing about 40 pounds of the explosive, and brought them out
 Adiusters are expected here early this week to arrange for the settle ment of tn losses by the insurance companies.
 Slippery Rails Cause Rear-End Col Iision.
 About 10.50 Saturday night two south bound cars on the Putnam di- vision of the Shore Line Electric com pany were in a rear-end collision when below the fair ground. The rear car ran into the first car which had stop ped to let off passengers. the accident being due to slippery rails The fly ing glass from the vestibule windows cut Mrs. Lucy Partello on one eyelid She had just left the car. The pas- sengers on both cars were considerr- ably shaken up, but no injuries were reorted. The cars were slightly dam- aged