Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-15

Just before o'clock Saturday morning George Williams night superintendent of ! the pumping station at White Rock, mo- ticed a bright light in the store of Mi chael Mccarthy, and within few min l utes the two-story frame building in ] which the store is located was a mass of flame When MT. Williams first noticed the fire it was in the rear of the store. He called up the Westerly telephone ex- change and an alarm was sent in as from box Il, Canal and Pleasant streets, although the fire was not within the lim- | its of the fire district
 ! Fire Chief Egger and the apparatus | with full working crews made quick re-
 sponse and did effective work. There is 1 a fire hydrant near the pumping station and another not far distant, so the West 1 erly firemen were enabled to do good
 service The store building was burned
 beyond saving when the firemen arrived l and the roof of a nearby building, also owned by MT. Mccarthy, and occupied as a tenement by a Riley family, was ablaze.
 In short order two lines of hose were laid and the tenement building saved from to- tai loss.
 1 Mir. Mccarthy and his family reside in the building next beyond and as the ! sparks dropped on the roof they were quickly extinguished. The vicinity is known as Varietyyille, and but for the service of the Westerly fire department
 several buildings would have been de- stroyed, as strong wind prevailed. The firernen worked for three hours and did not leave the scene until fully satisfied
 that every spark of fire was completely extinguished.
 MT Mccarthy occupied the store build , ing conducting a grocery and genera store. All the goods in the store and , those in storage on the upper floor were
 burned with the building. MT. McCarthy's ) loss is estimated at $6,000 and is partially , covered by insura7c The cause of tht ? fire is not kr oSr.
 Lerenzo Dow Chase, 72. died suddenl! Thursday night at his home on the Pos
 road, the houes in which he was born. H, was farmer by occup:e ion, membe , of the First Baptist chulch of Westerly and a deacon of that church for man, . years. He was the son of Mir. and Mrs . Nathaniel J. L. Chase.
 Il Mir Chase is survived by his widow, o second marriage, and by a son, Edwar, :. Chase also by three brothers and sis = ter, Rouse Babcock Chase, Courtlan
 Moss Chase, Theophilus Hyde Chase an a Hannah Brown Chase. widow of Charle e W. Chase. Deacon Chase was named fo . a prominent Baptist preacher and schoc II teacher and his brothers and sister fo q prominent ISSlQeulS o1 USolSAiy.
 IS Charles Bailey will be before the gran Il jury of the superior court at Kingston tc d day (Monday) on the charge of murder
 | ing his brother, Edgar A Bailey. H d will undoubtedly be indicted and the y counsel will be assigned him by the stat' y It will also be determined whether h le will be tried at the November session g 70 Kingston or Westerly. It is said tha s- evidence as to his record which has nc :" been made public will be presented to tn ie grand jury by the attorney general, or
 | may be reserved for use at the trial b, n fore the court and jury.
 v The aged mother of the accused hs ie planned to leave Westerly and resit
 with relatives in Lynn, Mass.
 D., Rt Rev. William A. Hickey, coadjut' n bishop of the Catholic diocese of Prov st dence, heartily endorses the fourth annu ,f roll call of the Rod Cross. Bishop HickS
 declared the war and peace work of u