Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
fleet that might essay an attack against them

fleet that might essay an attack against them.
 The laying of the great mine field vas completed one week before the signing of the armistice, Scores O. thousands of mines had been used, some of them laid near the bottom of the sea, some of them at middle depth and some of them near the surface and together they constituted fence of death, stretching across the North sea from the Scottish to the Norwe- gian coast, through which no U-boat had more than an outside chance of finding it's way in safety. and thous- ands upon thousands of chances of be- ing blown to the everlasting home of the Huns with all of it's pirate crew. The building of this undersea fence was miracle of mine laying. The development of an American mine sur passing in various of it's features any other similar device ever evolved made possible the carrying out of a propo- sition that had beer discussed for sev- eral years-almost from the beginning 1 of the war.
 Commander Jacobs vessel, the Housaton1c. had a capacity of 300 mines. Her little stunt, as was the rule for the other ships of the squad ren, was to run out into the position where she was to work and put them I overheard. each one exactly i'll it's al- 1 loted space-390 feet apart and at cer-
 tain indicated depths The mines
 were run cut through the stern tubes i to which they were brought on little
 railways and one of them was plump
 ed overheard, and anchored. every 1;
 seconds. Only four hours and hal were required for the Housatonic tt
 lay her whole cargo of 300 mines.
 Each mine contained 300 pounds O T. N. T.. one of the most deadly ant
 powerful explosives known. Thest babies" were hustled about at tol
 speed, however, by the expert crew
 Of the minelayers, who all Of the tim'
 were on tho lookout for attack by tn Germans. Twice these attacks came by submarines-wl4ile the Housatoni
 was at work, but they did not get hel
 She opened on them with her 3-incl
 guns and made a fight of it on her owl
 account until the conveying destroyer could get into action and add thei : scrappy propensities to the work c
 hasing the raiders out of the regior
 The use of depth charges, which tn
 fIousatonic also carried, figured i
 these encounters.
 I that the German subs. were sunk i ! these fights, but they were chased ou ! of the field of operations-and the ? the work went on as usual The wor 1 of laying the mine field continue | from June into November, and tn F ships and the men who figured in tn laying Of 1t had many dangerous an . thrilling experiences. The Housatoni and other ships in the squadron work ed out of Scottish ports, and thre f days were required for each of the . l trips-to the mine field and bac S again.
 V Following are the newly elected off
 eers of the Danielson Building an = Loan association: President. J. n Gardner, IT,, vice presidents, F.
 Cunneen, A. W. Williams. A. L. Rec = Harry Briefly: treasurer. Ernest = Warren: secretary, Clifford H. Starl S weather; assistant secretary, Clare
 Turner; board of management, Obe t diah Butler, Dr. George M. Rurrough | George H. Call, Clarence A. Potter, '
 Irving Bullard, N. Lorne GrCig, Ha j ry E. Back, E. l.. Darbie, Burdette U Hopkins, John A. Gilbert, L. F. Youn Il l.. A. Sullivan. D. E. Jette, Frank Preston, $. Raymond Kitchin. A di' " idend of , per cent. was declared o
 Of the earnings of the past year al
 it was voted to issue a seventh seri n Of shares, 25 of which already ha ,. been subscribed for. The associate i voted to make a loan rate of 1-2 p S cent, to stimulate builders. The a N sociation has accumulated a consi .a erable sum during the winter montf V and is anxious to encourage buildil operations during the coming spril
 and summer, for there is need st many more homes in Danie1son. = The people of Waureean came to e- full realization Wednesday mornil -o what it means to have the dead
 pneumonia of the present winter i m wade the household of one Of the be a known families of the village. of With her mother lying dead in o
 room, Mrs. Florence Milligan, daug 1e ter of MT. and Mrs. John A. Batc III and wife of Arthur Milligan, died { D. ter a few days illness. Mrs. Mil " gan's death shocked the people of [ E village. The death of Mrs. B lton, " 1 before her marriage was Miss Ju te Gallup of the town of Sterling, occI d. red Saturday, after an illness W U pneumonia. Funeral services for N a- Baton were held at her home " ednt
 , day afternoon, Rev. J. H. Cove oi r1 ciating. Burial was in Central V IT. lage.
 On all sides Wednesday eypressic h. of sympathy for MT. Baton and es Milligan were heard. Mrs. Baton | ng been in poor health for a number ile months and her powers of resistal st to disease had been materially To
 cred, but her daughter, Mrs. Millig e- was a robust young woman and O w.. few days ago was apparently in p
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