Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-17
DANIELSON


HsR a hundred guests and employees
e the AtaRwaugan hotel were driven
euts $1st after s O'Clock Thursday morn
tn4,s b Ore that started in a heap Of
excslsiur in g. clHEooard under a stair
wy In the basement of this house.
Within i've 1air-utes OF the discovery
q Gbe IRE the entire hotel, even to the
Esarth door, was SO flied with = dense,
eSSck smoke thas, EuestS say. the glow
20 eeotrio lights On tAe Railways was OBJ
'tkefatsd and + wss necessary to grope
ahcnG 20 the stairwayN. :
e, No one vas injU-ed In the nre, which
Vas Gclekfy extinsuishec by the fire de-
s'Artnent, the loss viii be well under
$500, covered by insurance.
c. A.. Hamilton. an enEploye Of the no.
tHi. aasO cEOtain % tho Captain Put En-
slBe company, discovered the FIRE when
hns descended to ths basement to dis
charge some detail Of hts morning du-
ties. Tho-orCr,v familiar with the hotel
AMI a good fireman as wet, O. e..
Hamilton corsseetati III; 9. length OF gar
dan hose. that hsrQened to be IN the
basement With a nearby faucet and
without 6ouOt would have been able to
extinguish the fire unasslsted but water
failed 10 flow through the hose on ac-
count Of some obstruction, so he was
goroed 20 pull in an alarm, which was
sounded from BOX 90. at SIS.
In ths meantime cries of fire had
aroused such guests as were not engaged
with early breakfasts or about the lob
by or IN their rooms. These piled hur-
yledly out through the snol1e-filled halls
and Stairways and made their way to
the street floor. Two employees Of tina
house-Miss Abby Crotty and Miss Ka-
thsrine O'Brien, who had not left their
rooms in the second story of the annex
at the rear Of the building, in which the
nrs was then raging, were taken down
A ladder to the ground Fireman John
Gordon assisting them In making the
descent.
Working under the direction OF Chief
A P. Woodward, the frenen made short
WORK OF the fire. which threatened the
extreme Of danger to the big frame
structure and those within, as we'll as
90 other frame business blocks in the i'm
mediate vicinity. From the basement
the flames fairly raced w a back stair
way into the kitchen and upwards into
that part OF the rear OF the house re
served as sleeping quarters for employees
Smoke was pouring out Of every window
On each Of the four floors of the house
when the water wss turned on and t.
criooaers T. seemed < though the hotn
ras doomed. This sight was Illusion
a-y. however, and the fremen had {
much better chance Of making a sue
cessfDl fight than seemed possible to the
big crowd that gathered to watch.
The fremen worked so effectively an,
carefully that the damage rs surprising
II slight. william 5. Brown, owner
and operator of the motel. oHnressed hi
rtncsreSt appreciation of the good worl
- the derz-tmen.. As q. substantial e.
iaen>e of how he feels over the goo
1,or,i accomplished, Mir. Brown said dur
.1s the morning that he Will give din
Ter 70 The fire department in the neal
future.
ANY fire IN any Of the buildings in tn
v.clnEy of where the Attawaugan houst
IS located always startles firemen anc
citizens generally because Of the posi-
bilities OF such q fire getting out Of con
troll and sweeping down half the build
tugs in that section. This is a specia
reason why the splendid work of thu
Gresnen is 50 generally appreciated.
Guests amused themselves after tn
FIRE IN recount!rg tales Of their hurried