Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-19
FAIRFIELD
PAS Children of North Grammar
School Prove Utility of Fire
Drill When Building
Catches Fire
MARCH OUT IN PERFECT OR
DER TUESDAY FORENOON

grammar school marched out of the
building shortly before recess time
Tuesday forenoon quietly and III good
order. when fire was discovered in the
attic of the building. The lire drill was
used to good advantage, ana the Dullo-
ing was cleared Of the children with
in 30 seconds from the time that The
fire bell in the lower corridor was
rung.
A woman passing by the North
grammar school building about 1C.15 in
the forenoon, discovered smoke ,ssu-
ing from the roof near the chimney.
She entered the school building. Miss
Osborne, teacher of the sec md and
third grades was first notified and then
Miss Gilman of the sixth and seventh
grades was next told. Miss Gilman
went down stairs and lang the fire
bell. Then the fire drill was put INTO
USE The children of each loom form
ed into line without excitement and
marched without noise out doors. They
were first instructed to procure their
hats and coats in the cloak rooms.
! 1t was attempted to ring in an alarm
frcm Box No 81, corner " Western
Avenue and Ne Nhall street but the
dnol of the box had been stuck, being
frozen by drippings from the pole, and
So the janitor sent d boy Town tie
street where an alarm was rung in
| from Box No. %, corner oe Main sire Ct
and Lawrence avenue. The fire de-
partment responded quickly. 1t was
found that the fire had started around
| the pipes in the attic. At the place
where the fire started the pipe follows
the ridge pole for fully six feet, lying
close to it. 1t was quite evident that
the SCOT in the chimney had settled,
and becoming over-heate,1 had caused
the rafters to catch fire. Tho fiIemCn
| cut a .lo!e through t, the roof, and
the blaze was soon extinsuishe:i.
| The creates; amount CT damage was
due to the water soaking down through
the ceiling in the grades six ard sew
en- room. The water also ran down he
| tween the partitions and soaked
through the ceiling in :he room where
Miss Osborne teaches. AS the CHM
ney must be defective to cause such
| a blaze the furnace could not he
/ started III time to heat the building
and thus permit school in the other Two
rooms 1t was finally decided to sus-
pend school for the remainder of tie
day. The teachers will be at the build
ing Wednesday morning, in or.1e~ that
school might be resumed. The children
| in grade one, conducted by Miss viii.
liams. in the smell. ~ buiil:n:; near Tho
North grammar school were dislr: SEQ
for the reminder of the session, hu.
school was resumed in the afternoon
as usual. There was practically no
smoke in the building. The damage was
! estimated at about $3.50.
| j. l.. Leary has returned from a
few days visit at Bangor with friends.
Mr.. Leary plans to leave soon for the
South where he will pass the winter
Mrs. Florence Clifford is confined to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Parker at West Benton by illness.
Howard Flood is confined to his
home on High street by illness.
Mrs. Flora Sinclair of Pittsfield is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Fred O.
Savage.
Miss Laura Burke, Miss Rose Fluery.
Miss Alice Blair and Miss Laura
Packard have returned from Augusta.
friends and relatives.
A number of the supporters of the
Lawrence High school bows basket
ball team went to Oakland on Tues
day evening where they witnessed the
Lawrence-Oakland High games. A
large number of those interested in the
girls basketball team of the Lawrence
| High school were at Clinton to witness
the return game between the Lawrence
and the Clinton girls.
One of the most pleasing occasions
in lodge circles took place Tuesday
evening at the STAR theatre when
the Joint installation Of the E. P. Pratt
Corps, w. r. c.. and the Emery Kinds
Camp. S. of ", was held. Those pres
ent included the families Of the mem
pers of the Relief Corps. and the fam
lies of the members Of the Sons of
veterans. Mrs. Elizabeth Savage of
Bangor department president of the
Maine Women's Relief Corps, with
her conductress did the work of in
stalllng the officers of the E. p. Fratt
corps. The officers installed by Mrs.
Savage were: President, Mrs. May
Varney; senior vice president, Mrs
| Ora Waldron: junior vice president,
Mrs. katherine LaPlant; chaplain.
Mrs. Olive Savage; treasurer, Mrs.
Rose P. Holt; conductor, Mrs. Caro-
line Crosby; guard, Mrs. Katherine
Johnson: secretary. Mrs. Marie F'ogg;
color bearer No. I, Mrs. Ella Rose;
color bearer No. 2, Mrs. leila Thayer;
color bearer No. 3, Mrs. Ella Spencer;
color bearer No. 4. Mrs. Mary Barney;
musician, Mrs. Bessie Chaplain; press
correspondent, Mrs. Abbie Ladd; pa
triotic instructor, Mrs. Lizzie Craw-
ford; assistant guard, Mrs. Eva
Blackstone; assistant conductor, Mrs.
| Maude Williamson. The work Of in
Sailing the officers of Emerx.Hi