Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-24
WILLIMANTIC'

t .- severe that buildings for. several blocks felt the effects and occupants of the nurses home at St. Joseph's hospital thought the boiler in the building had blown up. The pressure of gas in the conduits was high. as another manhole cover located in front of St. Mary's hall on Broad street was blown off at about the same time and the ground around the manho1e, was looSened considerably.
 Men employed by the telephone com pany were unable to explain the cause of the explosion, but persons claiming a knowledge of such things stated that all the vents in the system had been closed by the ice that had formed in l them during the past six weeks or mere, and a gas that continually forms | in these places was unable to escape.
 This, gas increased and when the | pressure became too great the man.
 hole covers at the two weakest points
 were blown off, thus allowing the | gases to escape.
 l People living in that neighborhood
 claim they have noticed an sodor of | gas in the air for several months and
 that the smell of gas was more notice
 able Monday night. so it seems that this explanation is as near the truth
 as any. One thing lucky about the ex- plosiuns is that thev3came at an early
 hour in the morning. Had the explo-
 sion occurred during the day 1t must
 have caused more damage than 1t did
 as this stretch of the street is heavily
 travelled.
 ] E. P. Chesbro, J. N. Berard, o. B
 Robinson and A. L. Weatherhead, del
 egates to the republican convention
 being held at New Haven, left this city
 Tuesday for that city in order to bt
 there at the opening of the conference
 when Senator Frank B. Brandegee ad
 dressedqstf.e meeting.
 After having been troubled by, pain,
 about his eyes for some time, lame.
 D. Healey, section foreman in the loca yard or the New Haven Railroad com. : pIny, went to a local doctor early thi.
 week andNafter an examination an op
 efd ton was performed and a piece O.
 stet4 three quarters of an inch lon, } ard one-eighth of an inch wide wa. removed from his face, just beneatl
 his left eye. MT. Healey has carried tnaf piece of steel in his cheek fol nearly four years and never knew 1 ,, Was there until recently. About fou 7 years ago. while hammering upol some steel rails. he was struck in tn, F cheek by a piece of steel. but as i F never caused him any trouble nothinj 2 had been suspected until the pain became too severe to stand.
 Archie Lessard again appeared be fore the police court Tuesday morn l ing after having his case continue, , from Monday. This time he was foun, ! guilty Of intoxication and received jail sentence Of Is days, on which , however, judgment was suspended an, , he was placed on probation for si. months. He was fined. g and costs r amounting to $S.75. In the testimon against the accused Chief Killoure, ) stated that he had received a. tele , phone call at 10 o'clock Sunday morn 3 ing from a woman who said that ther
 was a drunken man in front of tn store of 1sadore Heller on Main stree g MT. Heller in his testimony state that Lessard had been in his store an \ bought a drink of soda and a cigal l MT. Heller had noticed that Lessar g was acting strangely and that he ha f been talking loud when Chief Killou r rey arrived. LeSsard in his statemer S to the court claimed he had lost hi e pocketboek containing some $20 Sat r urday night and that he was neryou q on this account. He also claimed h : was subject to dizzy spells resultfn . from his being gassed while oversee : and that the bottle containing pepper
 mint found on his person was used 0 prevent these spells. He admitted |