Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIELSON

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 The impression gained ground here during Friday that the destruction of Judge Harry E. Backs summer home by fire at midnight Thursday and the attempted destruction. in, the same manner, of the big club house at Wild wood park, was part of the terrorist programme by which organized nal contents hoped to appaH the country on the first of May.
 The fire at the Back cottage was discovered just before midnight and no effective work coulds5be done to, check the. blaze. which started inside.
 the dwelling and swept 5up, bursting through the roof. The. building and Its contents were entirely consumed.
 Sometime later the big mansion house was found to be ablaze. but this build ing was saved by the members of
 Eaptain Putnam Engine cempany1 who ran the big auto bumper up from
 Danielson. The damage to the Man
 sion house is on the west end of the
 building, toward the lake, and is not heavy. fE
 Judge Back said Friday afternoon that the house, which he owned, was insured for $1500. and the furniture for $500. This will not cover his loss, though, as his summer place was very conveniently and comfortably fitted, with a fine hot and cold water system, baths and electric lights. Included in his loss are antiques of much tn- trinsic and great historic value. A | desk that was made of material heWed l from the woods of Union in TITO by | members of the Newell family, repre- | sentatives of which held the town 1 cerkship of Union for more than a | century, is among the valuable pieces 1 of furniture destroyed. In this desk
 the town records of Union. with which
 town Mir. Backs farn::y nave long been prominently identified, were kept for | upwards of 100 years. fss 1 Another valuable piece of antique furniture was a curly maple dining
 room table, originally the property l Of the Back family, and made IFS years ago. These and other such l valuable pieces make the loss by the 1 fire heavier than mere money values ] show
 The fire burned itself out at the Back
 cottage, and there is nothing left but E cellarhole filled with ashes out o1
 which rises a gaunt chimney.
 The other buildings on the property
 were saved. These gan be so ar ranged as to. provide a summer canlI
 for thSs year, dursng which Judge | Back will not rebuild, though he may do so at some future time.
 The Mansion house is leased to ths Shore Line Electric Railway company It was formerly the club house of the Quinebaug Country club, and original ly the Alexander homestead. It ha' ! been unoccupied for several years ant it's windows are boarded uu. Tht building was fired from the outside. In, ciito oI-ta fn O part Of Friday there was an inclina ion to put the blame TOT the fire ol the high tension lines of the trolle. company The ligfltsafor the building &ta tt figured in the fires come iron thisg t1 coo volt line. Judge Back point 3 cd out Friday afternoon. however, taa ] the current for the Iign3s for ah, buildings which are only q short dis
 tance apart, is stepped down tl1rousl . 6 transformer The transformer wa taken out last fall when the park Wa : closed for the season, so there was n : connection on Thursday night betUee /; the high tension line and the build ings in question.
 ], An Investigation of the fires a'o their causes iz expected to fa. ncfo i e t'ra state police sdenart,7~ d '''''f@7 ,, i,s ,zger. ca t-ne. ta- tiar 4 q = na )ple i' tow ~-lnea -.1t': t vtrs 1 c '--77v much aI.o-!s sae,ee Il D., "')1'l :. ~-'ich Fttla z~es said fhat ri!li 7el -. '"e :.onae residents WIG have @'oe ain ! nclshevism or <f other rabid cults This group. it is feit may know some thing about the fires.
 Y About one hundred were pre>en : at the assembly hall of Kfllinelv Hie e School Friday evert.t.- TOT the Jnio : n~oin, the fist function Of it's kin {. to be held in parielson. Invitations fo [. +''e affair were. isseqd by class mem o hers and i}.c oa~tN brought togethe : ss-0s q very happy one.
 l. The pretty h2Il was artistica1Iy dec . ora7eG blue and gold crepe paper = combining the class colors, palms an !. laurel being used 10 produce a fine ef
 feet. Music was b. the Goodyea
 Singing orchestra The march wa
 led by Miss Anna Butler and Lirdne
 Gallup, the Junior class president. On s oc the features of the evening was tn Y Junior waltz. Punch and ice creal d were served. The other officers of tl1 e class are Miss Dorothy Howard, vic A president: Miss Katherine Ay1swort
 secretary; Miss Clara Armstron e treasurer.
 Ths Brooklyn fire district (We: Ia Side broke just little better tha f even on it's finances during the fisci s ear jst closing, the reduction in del l. being s13.41. as shown b. the repo II Of the treasurer. F. C. Babson, who! d sunQn1ary is as follows:
 $, Stater7ent of the financial conditie ,r of the B~oklyn Fire District. as neal
 lv as can be ascertained May 9. 191! V. 1918
 le May l.
 To cash on hand ...s 47.73 II Received from taxes. 1.05o.22 ss ReceiTed bank stock
 tax ..... ......... 1900 l. Received Oil loans .. 75O % er ---S1 S62. Disbursements. ge Insurance ...... ....S 1864