Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-26
Norwich Enlleiia. EIIllmahtic OGAea, sS C4sreh street. Eesepaaae 1e5. ..'-
Ehn. Is Going On Tonight

What Is Going On Tonight
 Af.erioAn Benefit Society, WiiliarantSc lodge No. 12e, meets at 7s2 Main Street. -
 United Order Golden Cross, Witlhnan- tic ConZnandery, No. 25 meet.
 Windham Enconlpnent, No. 10, | N 0. '. meets at SeT Main street.
 Fire starting about o'clock Tuesday morning, from causes unknown, pFaesic- siiy gutted the three story tsnemsnt house owned by John Kowac, of No, 40 Brook street, cEAing damage estimated to be close to $1J. J.0oo, and drove six fam Lies from their homes into the cold. It was the worst fire this city has experi- enced in recent years. Bitter cold and -AiEA winds made fire fighting extremely difficult, and many of the fireanen suffer ed from the cold Two alarms were sent in, one from Box Il on Chapman street and enc from Box 7S on Main street at the foot of Ash street. Every piece of fire apparatus responded. By the time the freu1en arrived the building waa wrapped in flames. The water Sroze al- most as soon .as< 1t left the nozzies of the hcee. and tie six degrees below zero temperature coated nearby buildings with solid sheets of ice. The quick work of the frenlen prevented the flames from spreading to adtoining utdings. Flying sparks were prevented from causing the fire to spread only by the ice coating on the buildings.
 The six families living in the house w9fe able to escape with only the cloth ing they weze able to throw over them sesves and they were taken into a neiSh- boring house. Practically everything was lost by the families occupying the upper sories. The recall was sounded about aH hour and . haM after the arrival of the Bremen, but the men stayed at the fire until 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning lee locked hose, and other bits of work made ainicult by the freezing temperature at The location of the fire lang after tho last spark had been put out. The exact cause of tho blaze is net known. hut tSo versions have been given. One story has t that one of the occupants of the heuse set fire to his bed while smoising,, the second story placed the cause as an everheated stove nipe.
 The S1o,0oe total loss Is partially csv- cred by insurance. Five thousand dol brS insurance on the building Is carried by local agancies. and the furniture own cd by John Stichko, & tenant, was in- sured for $500. The remaining amount is . total loss.
 The Alarm was sent in by George Gen- aas. a neighber, who went to Box Ii {: the eecond alarm Eas sent in by Pol fsh resident of thst section. The occu- paats of the house were Russians and Poles.
 The suffering or the firemen was aliev;- Rted to 8 great extent througr the kind ness of Misses Bridge and Nellie Dnne- hue, also Tobias Ging-as, who served bot coffee and lunches to the men. Pea- pie in general commended the firen1en for the find work they accomplished In pre- venting further destruction by the flames Tuesday as well as the buildings in the neighborhood of the fire the yadrs and stree: were coated thickly with ice.
 The AmerteAA Thread eoapany came to the aid Of the families Tuesday mern- ing and offered them the use of two of ths empty tmA1nehts of the eO7npaay.