Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-21
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Peter Chabot's barn. house, 22 head If cattle. tRo horses "a tractor, dsiryinE eauipnent. farming tocls, a corn crib ai1d,a quantity. of farming materials were destroyed Sunday at Wauregan in a Ire that caused a Joss estirna ted at. From s2e:Oee to 325,oe0. The loss is partly covereds,by Insurance.
 The fire brpke out. just after 11g30 a.. n, and in an hour the great barn had. been reduced -to-a roaring, flaming ms s of debris and the dwelling, across tres street Fas burning fercely and, beyond hope of saying.
 The 1sfoperay of John Eaton adjoining the chabot barn, was not damaged. the wind Eeing from a southerly direction and taking burning ennbers from the barn across the street to the Chabot house
 Lack of water pressure made it i'm possible for the Wauregan department to e0cctiyely fight the fire, though the rnieA did as well as was possible under t'ie circumstances After the barn hs ! iAei, pracitcally consumed call was sen. to ADanseIson for the big motor, bumper. winch was rushed down with a cre'N of Bremen. but little more could De; done on arrival of Chief A. P. Woodward aud the .puhlper and men of the Danielson department ttan to play streams on tte flames an whicl. had been the space be- meath the. tart
 It is rosSiple that the fire was caused bsA three 'ch..e~en. who were seen coming out cf the barn just before the fire was discovered Fercic effort was made by MT. Chabot and employees about the place to rescue forty cows and thor oughhred bull and horses, but the fire spread with such rapidity that the men Hvo 1%iv hU hefore half Of the livestock could be got ten out. a5l
 MT ,Ghabot had just returned from covering his milk route in Danielson anc had sat down to look over newspaper when enc of lis hired men, ' hc had beer a. passenger on a bus pc ssing> along tnt stat. read. rushed in and yelled that the barn was af1re. An alarm was sounded and he,, came rapidly. bit the fire fairi1 raced through the big barn and the heal became so intense that 1t was impossible for human being to continue in their ef forts to get out the cattle and horses and more thana sc0 of them had to be le: to perish,
 As thes fire progressed and began t break through the roof, flaming en1be-' began to float away on the wings of tn' wind and to light on the roofl of tn chabot home, an old time and impesin farm residence. It was manifest tha further destruction was in sight, for th water facilities available to fight tn ire were entirely inadequate.
 It was not possible to make any ade uuate fight against the Ire, So attention was devoted to keeping structures in u, vicinity. from becoming ignited. At on time after the Chabot house caught afiE and the roof started to blaze, the flame were extinguished, but they broke ou again and doomed the house.
 A great part Of the furniture of th house was saved, many willing worker assisting in. carrying out goods whfe were set down in nearby field an sventually carried away for storage.
 The barn destroyed was thehnest in thl section of the county, 2 structure hui Rbout five years ago following anothe IisaEtrous fire. The place owned by M Chabot Is familiarity known throughoi this section as the John Eaton farm. m the, value of the farm and building