Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-21

trouble resulting from snoW-laden branches breaking >and falling on the wires.
 : Nc Calls for Firemsp
 There were no calls for the fire depart ment Sunday. Handicapped by the swiftly drifting snow, the apparatus, had there been any calls, could have made but slow time at best Blizzard conditions, especially when the snow drifts to heights level with picket fences and stone walls, as was the case Sunday, make quick re- sponses to alarms impossible. for it is ex- tremely difficult for the heavy apparatus Go make headway through snow-choked streets.
 Too much care cannot be exercised along fire prevention lines, especially when the streets are obstructed with snow. Fire gains headway at an aston ishing rate within the space of a few minutes.
 In front of the Central fire station the snew drifted to g height of three or four feet, making it practically impossible for the apparatus to leave the station should there have been any calls
 The hremen put in a busy afternoon and evening keeping the station entrance and good part of Willow street clear of drifts so that the apparatus could get a start at least. A drag and one of the horses used on the aerial truck did ex- celient service in clearing the street Snow shoveIs Came Out. The storm of Sunday was the first real snow storm of the winter and for a time 1 1t looked as though it would duplicate the blizzard of 'SS. The old snow shovel that has had an easy winter of it was brought out and put to work by the more public spirited citizens early in the afternoon. The spirit of these people xaI exceeded their judgment for, as fast as they shoveled out. the wind would undo their work by piling in the snow Street Commissioner George k. Fellow 1 had employees of the street departmen | out with plough in the morning. Walk in the Baelzus hospital neighborhood wer i cleared by a horse-drawn plough from tn hospital:
 The storm prevented the gas and cleo trie department from doing, work that ha,
 pole on Main street near the Preston
 bridge. It was not necessary to turn of
 the electric power during the day as | would have been the case if the depart
 ments workmen had been busy on tn
 pole.
 The big snow storm had been pre- | dicted by the weather bureaL in it's Sal l urday forecast but had escaped the nc
 tice. of the weather sharps who make U
 the almanacs a year in advance. The l merely said it wA"'r " cold i1 Ne,
 England between the 18th and the
 Of February, with gaies III the soGt
 and high winds west of the Mississippi The attendance at the local theatre
 was small during, the evening and som of the churches announced at the morn ing session that there would be no eve
 lining services, The evening Lenten ger lvice at St. Patrick's church was given rI
 The local police put in a strenu
 GUS day and night patroling thei
 beats in the heavy snow At the polio
 station there were only small numbe
 of lodgers, the drifters apparently hay
 ing found shelter elsewhere earlier in lh
 day, but there will be at least eight lode
 CTS to help Janitor Joseph J. Fields
 some shoveling this (Monday) morning
 His squad will consist of one man eac } from Norwich, Canton, Mass, Pawtucke , Wnaski, Vt, Blackstone, Webster, Mass , and Plainfeld, Conn.