Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-09
NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO


 Steamboat disasters seemed to prevail in these parts fifty years ago, the pro peilor Metis sinking about a week ago with a great loss of life. and on Sunday, September l, 1872. the propellor Nevada burned, to the waters edge at New Lon don, at a loss of $75.000.
 Other happenings of the week con tained in the files of The Bulletin were in part as follows:
 Monday, September 2 1s72-A des- patch from New London to The Bulletin early this morning tells of the burning of the propeller Nevada in New London harbor early in the evening. The des- patch was as follows: The Philadelphia & Hartford Transportation companys s steamer. Nevada, from Philadelphia, August 18th, E. NJ Grumley, master. which put in here at o'clock Sunday ! morning being unable to cross the Say brook bar Saturday night, took fire about o'clock in the evening. while anchored off the Pequot house and was burned to the waters edge. The cargo comprised | rags, wool. merchandise, gasoline, etc, The vessel and cargo will prove a total | loss, and the captain and crew who made their escape in boats lost their belongings. The origin of the fire is unknown. but is supposed to have been caused. by spon- l taneous combustion of the wool, which produced an explosion of the gasoline. The loss will noteexceed s75.000. The Ne vada was formerly the gunboat. White l head. and was rebuilt in 1866 at a cost of ] s1S.OOo.
 The directors of the Huntington Home for aged and indigent females are slow | ly putting it in order for the reception of ! the few inmates that the income of the | fund will properly support. The sum of | sS5 900 which was given by Mir. Hunting ton has been carefully invested and will yield an annual income of nearly S2.5O0, 1, It is understood that the premises will be i put in order and be properly. arranged for the inmates by the first of October. 1 Nearly all local pulpits are now filed by regular pastors who have returned from their summer vacations.
 Tuesday, September 3, 1S72-The read l ing room is now in need of more book shelves. Several promised donations of books will soon be coming in; meanwhile
 whoever will match Mir. Starkweather' s 1 gift of book cases will meet a need that l the generous contribution of books by | the community has created. There has
 now been gathered togetbS. nucleus oi | what in time may become a valuable free library
 A handsomely framed set of Scion: pictures of Jerusalem similar to those recently presented to the reading room were hung in the Sabbath school room ot 1 the Second church during the past week The tide of travel today is away iron the beaches and hourly people are return ing home. Trains are crowded and are running with an extra l engine and coaches, and every available space on the boats has been bought LII
 by vacationists who are in a hurry tt
 get back to their homes.
 Wednesday, September 4. 1S72.-A
 tower for drying hose has been added t
 the equipment of the Delaney engini
 house at a cost of s2,000.
 James R. Mann and Maria Little wer
 married recently in Rhode Island eyi
 dently on the hypothesis that "Manl
 wants but Little her below"
 The day of the Metls disaster, Mis-
 Avery. the telegraph operator at Ston ington, sat at the instrument for sixteel
 hours without intermission, feat of en
 durance which nothing but the warmes sympathy for the unfortunate sufferer , and a wonderful pluckiness could hay ena bled her to do.
 l T,ncal baseball fans backing the Ath