New Britain herald., 1926-03-29
MRS. BOWMAN DIES
 AT AGE OF 92
Descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker LiVen Here Many Years
Sl,OO0 FIRE AT BRASS PLANT
Lions Club Mccts-Ncw rranir Sig nal Installcd--Boy Sets Rla1c In Three Family llousc-Ncw Britain Men Arrested.

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 Men Arrested.
 Mrs A AIelue llill BowmaIh aged C., died a' her home on Houkcl Court Saturday afternoon in ,h, house which Was hui.t hy her grand. 'lthor Bryan Hooker, in 1NIl.
 Mrs, Bowman was born in South. lrEton, tho daughter of William and Nancy tuooher) Hill. When quite young her father died and about 64 years ago sre moved with her mother 10 Bristol, ln lS5i she was marrI"d 10 George Bowman Q! Brooklyn, N, r.. and rrmoyol to tha, riiy, h 1862 h,r husband died and she r,urncl to Bristol. where shc had since rcsidcl, having been con. med 10 her home for a great many years as uu invalid.
 Mrs. Bowman was q direct ,,rscru- dant oi Rev. Thomas Hooker. on, ot the founders Of the city of Hart ford. hor grani;ather being Bryan Hooker. whose first recorded pur. chase of land in I;ristol was in 17ql and who was town clerk in Bristol in 1896 and again from lSl1t lS9u. II" also established one Of the first Mno'"u industries in this state. the huillmg which he occupied heinz Los'royvd by fire in 1908.
 Tn" funeral ot Mrs. Bowman will be h"'d from her lato home tomor. row afternoon at o'clock. Rev. F.. l.. Wismcr. pastor of the First Con Er"gatioral church, will ofticiate and int"rment will be in the North crme- tery.
 Fire at Bristol Brass Plant
 1hre' companies of the local fire departments, squad A. Engine Co. No, l and Wclch First company, Wfro called out at 5;iS p. m, Satur- day 10 tho plant Of the Bristol Brass corporation on Broad street where q fire had started in the electrical de Nartmcnt. When tho department ar rived 1t found that a double roof had become ignitcd The outside of the roof was covered with metal roofing. which added to the difficulty Of tho ttTrm"M It was necessary to work from tho interior and after three hours tho fire was finally extinguish. "d by the US" of chemicals and water.
 President Alexander B. Harper of tho Bristol Brass torp. stated this morning that the damage would not exceed $l0oo.
 Five Small Fires
 Yesterday proved q husy day for thN fire department, live calls being received.
 At S:15 q. m. Squad A and En- zine company No. were called 10 the homo of Clarence Hall on Elm street for chimney fire.
 At 1l:%S q. m. Squad 4 and En- gin" company No. responded to q call for chimney fire at the homo Of Albert Balgernorth, l@ Myrtle street.
 Squad A and Company No. wcrc Calltl 10 the home of Mylas Culver at l%3 Church street at l9:55 p. m. for i chimney fire.
 The Walch Fire company was called out at 3:@j r. m. To eNtinguish q chimney fire at the house owned by Andrew GrlSho on Anderson ave nuo, Eorcstvillc
 The last named company was also called ont for a brush fire on An. dr"ws street, Forestvillc.
 The damage in all cases was slight,
 Resigns From Lamp Co.
 John T. ChidSey. who for the past two years has been vice-presilcht of the National Marine Lamp company of forestvillo, has resigned and Ar thur x, Manross Of Forcstville has hoon elected 10 succeed him.
 Tho personal Of thr present board of directors IS as follows Hjalmar Gcruldson. William r. Calder, Alex anicr Harper, William ]. Malone, George $. Reach, W. A. Hayes, X. \. ManrosS. Philip C. Eirlcy, Max II. Kot&cn, Charles +. Riley and John T. Chidscy.
 Tho officers, aside from Mir. Man ross, arc William Y. Calder. prcSi- don't, William j. Malone. secretary and II. ticruldSon. treasurer.
 New Traffic Signal
 lt Is expected that the work Of installing tho new traffic signal at th" coru'r Of Wes, and School streets will be completed today by the representatives Of the General Electric Company of Schenectady. x. T., and cmployos ot the department of public works.
 This is the third automatic sigma to he installed anl should greatly facilitate the movement 0, traffic at this point.