Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-10
PUTNAM

ne "olh VI clearing up the wreck
age of the big smash that occurred at
Pomfret proceeded rapidly during
"Wednesday, and trains will be running
by the scene on regular schedule to-
day. During Wednesday there were
many visitors to the vicinity of the
wreck, which was one of the worst so
far as property damage was concerned,
that has ever occurred III this vicinity.
People who closely inspected the
WreckaSe marveled at the complete
ness or the manner in which the tracks
were ripped up and the roadbed demoJ-
ished. For a stretch of 100 feet there
was not tie to be seen of either
track and the rails were curled I'D and
twisted out of shape and thrown about
IN all directions. There was one nest
OF trucks buried in the roadbed so
that only the very tips of the rims OF
the wheels could be seen.
The cars lay across the track in
sawtooth fashion. some of them seem
ingly just balancing on the edge of the
high embanSment down which some
of them slid for about their own
length.
This particular wreck, occurring as
it did in the middle of the afternoon,
was probably witnessed by more PEG
PIE lIdII USUALLY dIC eNeWlL1eSSeS TO
such catastroQheS. They say the sight
was an appalling, yet wonderful one to
behold.
The work Of salvaging as much as
was possible and profitable of the
goods in the cars proceeded apace
Wednesday when, it was evident the
loss of merchandise would be heavy.
All but two of the cars that figured
in the wreck were box cars, represent
ing a number of foreign roads, and
two were coal cars. One car of soft
coal was spilled out nicely. as in a
, dump beside the track. The other lot
was hard coal, and this was scattered
about in ali directions Railroad
workers shoveled this out TO one side,
and much of it slid down the big en-
bankment into the brook There'l1 be
fine picking for the provident along
! that embankment if the railroad com
pany doesn't object or fails to dispose
Of this scattered fuel to some eaker
buyer
In the train was a car of carboys of
acid Many of these burst open in the
wreck and the dangerous fluid flowed
! and made puddles into which many
| persons accidentally stepped This
will make business good fer the shoe
! dealers, if there are no worse results .
! The wreck was the third big one that
| Pomfret has seen within year and
Pomfret isn't hankering for any more
such experiences. Though three was
no loss of life in this wreck, the hap
pening Jared the nerves of many
| people living near where it occurred.
Announcement was made Wednesday
/ that Putnam lodge of Elks has voted
| to purchase the Hathaway block on
| Afni1 c.fr ,,f,i,
| located. Byron D. Bugbee is the
owner of the building, which IS one of
the best and most centrally located in
the city, three story brick structure
given over on the first floor to stores
on the second floor TO offices and on
the third floor to the Elks' lodge.
Members of the lodge stated Wed
nesday that the purchase price will be
S45, 900, and it is understood that the
lodges investment will yield a little
better than 6 per cent.
Putnan's Elks' lodge, grown rapidly
in membership during the past two
years, has been DESTROYS Of having 6
/ home for a number Of years, and If
the past there has been active consid
GRAFTON of building. Nothing ever came
Of these proposals, but now the organ
ization is in line to come into posses
sion of fine building that will always
De hrst class renting proposition out
side of such parts of it as the Elk:
desire to reserve for their own uses
1t is understood that the lodges pro.
posaf to buy the building must be rati,
fed by the grand lodge, but member.
say there is no doubt that their actor
in voting to purchase will be sane.
toned.
The following committees have beer
appointed to make arrangements fo
the fitting observance, May 10. OF III,
silver jubilee OF Rev. Charles F. Be
dard, pastor of st. Mary's parish
parish:
General Postmaster Al
exander Gilman, chairman; Dr. L. T
LaMarche, secretary; Alfred Bonne
tv!lle. treasurer; Edward W. Mullin