Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-29
..tspectai to The Bu1letin.l

Putnam, Nov. 2S.-Fire completely con- l sumed the Pomfret Manor inn at Pomfret l street during the early hours of Tuesday | morning, and the blazing mansion lighted ]
 the country in, all directions for marry l miles around. E.
 Eight members of the household. in
 dluding Mir. and Mrs. James F. Lucey, !
 their children and the employees, barely
 escaped with their lives, losing everything
 but the scanty amount of ciothing they
 were able to gather before being driven
 out into the cold. Not a speck Of the valuable furnishings were saved and
 when the fire had stopped raging, there
 being no available means of fighting it. nothing remained but three .gauut chirn- neys and a section of patchwork at what ] had been fireplace location. The great cellar with its brick partitions and arched openings was bed of glowing coals.
 MT. Lucey, formerly proprietor of the l Chickering hotel in this city, said that | Mrs. ,Lucey was the first member of the household to be awakened through be-
 coming distressed and forced to coughing 1 as the result of inha.ing smoke that was f pouring through the rooms on the second
 floor She alarmed the other. members of
 the household. all being forced to the
 greatest hurry in order, to gather some ! 10 OSCAp0 DelOIS lIlC III Q cut them of. This was ust.before a. m.
 ,All;were helpless to combat the flames,
 which soon, attracted attention as they laaped lp4through the fine structure and Ebegzn to break through the roof, the To- cation of the mansion on an. eminence
 allowing of tl1es blaze being seen for many miles around by early risers. A
 few aof the residents at Pomfret street , and farmers from nearby county came to ] offer. aid, but as no water. was available the .Bhiverang group was forced into. in
 action and to watching: the disneartening spectacle of the, destruction of one of the } finest places in eastern Connecticut
 . ~ ,Pon1ret Manor inn formerly was the R. H. Bradley mansion,so sone of. the splen.
 did estates developed in beautiful Pom fret when a colony or zltra-wealthy fam . flies selected that locality for their sum- : naer homes and lavtshed unlimited sums }. in their efforts to have these places rank with other, Snow places, throughout. the , faahfonsbie resorts. of theseastFn states For years tie, Bradley estato was famous The mansion that is now no more crown :. ed high ground position. and the, lawnl
 and gardens about 1t covered more than 2 {. ecors 9 acres The approaches were } through tree-bordered' drives. The gar / dens contained wonderful and rare speci < meas of trees, flowers and shrubs anL t even ag late as the past summer patrons
 of the Inn revel1ed in the beauty of thu : place which, exterioriy, had lost little O 5 its grandeur. 5 It truly was InilfIOnaire's estate. bu
 through the death of MT. and Mrs. Brad Q icy, and the loss of interest in 1t by thei ; kin. it came into the ma3ket about thre T years ago; following an1auction sale a which such of the furnishings as were no = desired. and all of the beautiful silver . ware, cut glass, paintings. draperies; etc 1 weSe, disposed Of at auction, the sale at ' tracting buyers from many parts of Ney :, England. The house had been closed fo ]. several years prior to this sale, afte