Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25

Danielson at least, in the way Of pressure from the Crystal Water com pany's fire hydrant service. There is no means of knowing just what the pressure was at each of the hydrantS, but that it was wholly inadequate by itself to meet the needs of a dang erous situation was patent even to the most casual obseryer. Bremen working on the roof at< the front of the house were directing a stream that was pitifully weak and of no more than incidenta! use in check ing such d fire as was raging through the parsonage.
 Once it became clear that the fire could not be controlled by streams depending solely on pressure deriv- ed directly from the hydrants, Chief 1 A. P. Woodward ordered the new au- to-pumper into action and it was connected up with the hydraGt at the ! corner Of Broad and Reynolds streets. There after q real fire fighting steam ! of water was poured into the burning structure and the fire quickly brought under control. The recall vas sound 1 ed at 2:27.
 Approximate estimates of the l damage to the parsonage and it's 1 contents were as high as 2,000. The upper part of the house Is badly ] damaged.
 ] Rev. Albert Jepson, the rector, was at Goodyea conducting funeral service at the time the fire started Mrs, Jepson discovered the ire which was running up the side Of the building when she first saw it.
 and it is believed that it was caused by sparks from bonfire that had been burning near the parsonage earlier in the day.
 Much of the furniture in the house ] was taken out uninjured, except for i d wetting and damage to its polsh.
 In this work, Mrs. F. o. Armnigton was of very great assistance. She
 entered the blazing building and calmly worked while the fire ragged
 in the attic above her. Men carried out the furniture.
 T Discussing the water pressure late Monday afternoon, Chief A. F. Woodward said it was as good as could be expected under the circum-
 stances, as two of the three lines of
 hose in use were run long distances to the fire, one from the corner of Broad and Reynolds, another from
 made at these hydrants. so far as Nlr. Woodward knows, these being
 made several years ago, the pressure was respectively 45 and fl pounds Rev and Mrs. Jepson are staying | with Warden and Mrs F. E. Gun neen until the rectory can be restored. 1 The Girls club members are to have a meeting at their rooms this evening.
 i Frank J. G. Bailey has purchased from Mrs. Ellen M Burroughs two apatment house on Reynolds streets, this dwelling now occupied by Mrs. - Harry Mckee and NJ .Hyman. MT.
 and Mrs. Bailey are to occupy the apartment that is now the home of
 Mrs. Mckee.
 The great part played by the mine
 laying fleets of the Allied forces is
 now being set forth in official com
 munications of the British admiralty
 and also through official naval chan
 nels in America. It is now known to
 be a well authenticated fact that the , war was lost to the Germans, as they
 view the situation, through the fail- ure of their murderous submarine ,, warfare and they charge it's failure to the planting in the North Sea of the greatest mine area in the world $ whole history. This was known as the northern mine barrage and Dan- ielson will be proud of the fact that Commander Walter F. Jacobs, U. S. N.,, in charge of the mine layer Housatonic, was for months engaged in the exciting and highly hazardous work of putting down these mines, in the meantime facing aids by the Ger man Sub-sea terrors, fighting them off-but always going on with the
 work that was such a decisive factor In the winning of the war for the Al lea