The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-22
TOOK WOMAN TWEL VIZ HOURS TO
 REPORT FIRE
Ooasting About Stratford Very Good-St. John 6
 Go. in New Store.
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Nergucni, who lives in the extreme | hours to get from her home to the I store of Mrs. J. Marcus on Honeyspot | road to report @ fire which burned a barn belonging to her to the ground during Tuesday night, and 8 result l when the. chemical got to the place from where the call was sent in no fire could be found. The fire, accord | ing to Information received, started about 10 o'clock Tuesday night and yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the local department was notified by tel ephone that the barn was Burning. Chief Allen Judson with other mem bers of the department responded to find that the fire had long since been out and only ashes remained Of what was once a barn. Other details of the fire could not be ascertained, although neighbors reported that they saw the building burning. The popular puzzle about town now is if it takes 12 hours to cover a distance of one mile and a half running to report a fire and the chemical got to the scene of the blaze in six minutes from the time the fire was reported how long did it take the barn to burn? The younger element of the town
 
 yesterday and last evening coasting on the various hills about town which were covered with an icy coating, making excellent coasting. The hill at Barnurn avenue from Franklin Hdll to the city line was the most popular hill for the sport, although the Cali fornia street hill from Booth street to Barnum avenue had it's share of the delighted youngsters coasting on it's I. 1i 11c all UGl1 patronized. The sport was not only enjoyable but the way the youngsters ! were taking advantage of it made it also very dangerous ard many close l calls from serious accidents were re- ported On the Barnum avenue hill which is one Of the main thorough fares through the town, trolley cars, automobiles and heavy trucks inter mingled with the delighted young sters. On the California street hill the children would slide out onto Bar mum avenue, never thinking of the danger from passing street cars and | automobiles That some of the young sters was not seriously injured is con- sidered miraculous.
 While returning from making de- 1 livery In the northern part of the | town yesterday morning, George Flint, driving the Ford truck belonging to H. c. Lowell & Co.,, had a very close l call in front of the postoffice when the machine skidded on the slippery trolley rails fetching up against a trolley pole and throwing the driver out of the side of the car, landing on his head. Witnesses who saw the &C., | cident claim that Flint turned a com l plete summersault in the air making ] a landing without a scratch. Aside from having the body of the truck l forced forward g. trif1e no other dam l age was done.
 William H. St. John & Go. have l about completed moving into their new store in the Lowell building. Mrs. Thomas B. Taylor of Warwick ave- nue has the honor of making the first purchase in the new store
 Evening Star Rebekah lodge held a regular meeting in odd Fellows hall last evening. At the next meeting of the lodge the degrees of the order will be conferred and & clam chowder sup per served
 Mrs. William Swan Is ill at her home on Main street
 Louis Policy who recently sold his King street residence, moved into the Lowell building yesterday.
 The interior of the Stratford Trust l Go. has been redecorated. Charles Graham, the local contractor, did the work.
 The funeral of Charles Snyder O.
 Main street was held last evening a
 o'clock from his late residence, be
 ing attended by many sorrowing rela
 tives and friends. Rev. R. c. White l head conducted the services. Mis- Norma Webber sang Nearer My Got to Thee,' and Lead, Kindly Light
 Interment took place today at Green l wood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 FOR SALE-7 room, 1-family house
 lot 100x10O; price, $4,S00. Appl
 Peter Gleason, Startford, Conn
 | CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbinl
 and heating; jobbing a speciality
 Corner Main and Hillside avenue
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