Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-24
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company the. other occupants of the building, fwhich include the Thread City Cyclers. Knights of Pythias. oth- CT organizations which used the rooms and Clara Lincoln. Mary Colbert and Margaret Moorehead. The last three rented rooms on the top floor of the building and their loss will probably reach several hundred dollars. Fryer the tailor. suffered loss of nearly $500 while the loss to the Knights of Pythias will reach $2,000. The Cy- clers stand to lose nearly $1.o0o by the fire.
 The willimant.c Trust company, was not dapKged by the fire to any great extsnt< but the water managed to get in and soak things. Although not reached by the fire, the company's loss Yfll be several hundred dollars.
 Picture Theatre Burned. The wooden building in which the fire is thought to have started was occupied by as moving picture thea tre. Everything in this building out in tn ecellar was completely destroyed either by fire or water. Although a wooden building the building was not burned to the ground but the walls, which are standing in the pulging po- sition. may give way at any moment
 Faulty Alarms.
 Officer Cronin, who was on the Main street beat Wednesday night and Thursday morning, smelled smoke >he could find no fire. Shortly after this he saw a small flame in the up- per story of the wooden building. Lieutenant Daniel Kiylourey was com ing down Main street at this time and he accompanied by Officer Cronin ran fn iS 10 n building, to give the alarm. This was shortly after 2 o'clock. After pulling the alarm from this box the fire bell gave three slow strokes and stopped. Officer Cron!n then went to the box on Bank street, in front of the fire house, and this box did not ring the bell at all. Fire Chief Foley arrived about this time and he sent someone to the Bank street fire house to ring in the alarm by hand. The bell was sounded for box 43. Some are under the impression that i4 was an hour before the bell could be sounded to get the men out. During this time the fire had gained great headway.
 Owner distinguished Small Blaze
 William Jordan had been called by a 8telephone message in the mean time and he was at the store, before the fire had come through from the picture theatre. Soon after his arri-
 
 second floor of his building and he with some other men went to this floor and extinguished it on trying to get to the third floor they were halted by the dense smoke that was pouring down the stairs. The fire on this floor had by this time got such start that it was impossible to stop it.
 Harrington Building Saved.
 Shortly after the arrival of the fire men there were eight streams of wa ter on the fire in the wooden build ing. The fire here was quickly smoth- cred and then the attention of the men was directed to the wooden building next to the theatre occupied by George NJ. Harrington. This build ing the firemen managed to save and very little damage was done to the interior of it.
 Explosions Cause Excitement.
 The flames in the Jordan building seemed at first to be confined eo the east side and the rear but they quick iy spread to the rest of the sbuifding. Most of the ammunition that was on tHe first floor WAS taken out of the