Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-16
DANIElSoN

pJuulpST TStuTAeQ nere at { 0 CLOCK OH
 Thursday morning from Putnam, where they had been fighting during the night the fire that practically de- stroyed the Chickering hotel.
 The local men had workered under the direction of Captain c. A. Ham ilton of the company and put in a hard night, working in zero weather.
 They were all cheerful. however, and glad to have had the chance to be of service to the sister town. Incident ally the fire gave the engine com
 pany men the first opportunity to give lthe big bumper real try out at a hard fire, and the machine worked to | perfection.
 The pumps was stationed at the canal, in Pomfret street and delivered a powerful stream through 1000 feet l of hose and an 1 1-2 inch nozzle, the
 local fretnen working on the roof of
 the hotel on the Front Street end 1 of the building. The indicator on the bumper was showing 200 pounds pres sulre while the machine was delivering
 water to fight the fire and was sending i the stream up steep Pomfret Street 1 hill. Underwriters who happened to l be in Putnam watched the Captain | Put Engine in action for a long time
 and were lavish in their praise of the
 manner in which the machine was working. One of the underwriters was not so pleased when a compara- lively new length of hose in the Dan 1 ielson line burst and fairly deluged him with water, pitching him over on
 his face and sending him sliding down
 the ice incline.
 TAIephene operators here rendered
 splendid service in getting messages 1 through to firefMen called to answer
 the request for aid from Mayor A. w Marcy of Putnam. In almost incred-
 ible time they were at the Central Fire 1 StAtion, the motor of their bumper purring and ready for the starts Or
 a request from Putnam they waited I fifteen minutes in order to meke cer- tain that their help really would be
 neded and finally, getting the word l dashed away. The run to Putnam Was made in about 25 minutes and without incident other than the loss of a tire chain. With the temperature register. | ing one degree below zero the ride tC Putnam was anything but a joyrids and the firemen suffered cruelty iron l the cold
 1 The men who made the trip were
 Captain c, A. Hamilton, Driver Win.
 throp. E. Short, Engineer F. O. Arm. I E. Withey J. Howard Burdick, Georg, |
 D. Withey.
 Though their nights fight was 1 hard one they enjoyed the experience l As indicating how cold it was whil, l they were fighting the fire Captain
 Hanilten said Thursday morning tha
 nozzle being. used by the Danielsol men fFoze almost instantly when tn
 water was temporarily shut off tn line at one time during the fire, ant ! rla S,7fA k<
 blaze in the hotel to thaw the lin
 out again.
 In the superior court for MiddIese
 county in Boston, Thursday, the de
 fendant's side was taken up in tn
 case of Gordon A. Johnstone of At
 ianta, Ga, formerly of Danielson, VI . J. Eugene Coehrane, of Boston an
 Dedham. Mir. Johnstone is suing | recover a commission of S12,500, whic he alleges is due him under an agree nent that he claims he had with M
 Cochrane for bringing about the sal of the Danielsonville Cotton compan, as it was then known, to the preser owners of the property, now know as the Danielson Cotton company, i this place.
 While the Cochrane interests wer : operating the plant Mir. Johnstone wa agent of the mill here. Several year : ago, having failed to collect the com ; mission he claims it was agreed h should receive it he brought aboutsth ] 1 sale Of the plant, MT. Johnston
 brought suit against the Danielsonviil ; Cotton company and the case wa . fried in the superior court at Putnam MT. JOhnStone lost the case, it bein
 he'd that he had brought suit agains l the wrong party; that he should hay ' sued Mir. Cochrane instead of the cor poration in which MT. Coehrane wa i. 1 interested.
 MT. Johnstene followed up this ae r ton with another one. brought il
 Middlesex county and directed agains
 Mr. Cochrane. In this effort MT. John , stone was non suited on motion of M . Cochrane's attorneys. who held ths there was no ground for the actio Eagainst their client and this view wa 3 concurred in by the judge hearing tf case. Mir. Johnstone appealed to tn ] supreme court of Massachusett
 which reversed the decision of the st 9 perior court and held that Mir. Johr stone did have ground for action. I'll 4 present trial is the result of the su 2 preme court decision. It is expeete r that the case will continue into th } coming week.
 e Among the witnesses who have tes 3 tified in the case is Judge Harry ] l Back of Danielson.
 On a telephone alarm that came about 11,45 Thursday forenoon tf
 Captain Pue Engine company wa called out to handle an incipient blaE . in the heater room of the Frankli ' and Crosby greenhouses on Academ ,, street. Small tanks of chemical wei ! l sufficient to bring the fire under cor o PnI nd If 0Iif { 1 ing any real damage. Smoke boi ! ed out of the greenhouse in such vo 1 uFne at the start of the fire as 1 give the impression, for a minute, ths Z | the situation was serious. ! THs evening in Pellett's hall mem
 bers of the Girls club have arranged 5 social event that has been terrne a New Years party, in honor of th
 newly elected officers and, committed
 of the club. Each member is privilee
 ed to invite a. friend.
 Miss Elizabeth Dunn and Miss Jer nie Williams are leaving today (Frl , day) for a visit in New York wit Miss Williams brother, Harold, form , erly of Moosup.
 Fl Miss Adea Parent, daughter of M . and Mrs Mitchell Parent, died at the r home here. Miss Parent, who had bee ill long time, was Is years of az [, At All HslIaws' church in MoesuI ! Thursday morning. Rev. J. E. McCaE thy was celebrant of requiem hig mass at the funeral of Aldege Cham { pagne. Burial was in the Sacred Heai cemetery at Wauregan. The bearer were Charles Mussier, Frank, Tavel i, nase, Aiphonse LaParle, Alfred Gas non, L. N. Pratt, Oniseme Mailho . Lewis B. Kennedy was the funeral d rector.
 The steady and hAaux nrA,lfh If fl