New Britain herald., 1927-12-09
NEW BRITAIN ROAD CAR SKATING RINK Autos Skid and Turn Over as
 Ice Covers Highway UNKNOWN FIRE FIGHTER
Man distinguishes Blaze and De- parts-Court Frees Driver Said 10 Have "Cut Around" ConstabIc- "f' Ready For Season-Bricfs.

HaVe Gut Around" Constable "f' Ready For Season-Bricfs. The New Britain -Plainville road ; Just west of the spur railroad track
 at the Connecticut Quarries Co, be-
 came q virtual skating pond for au i tomobiles early this morning as car l after car turned over or was ditched 1 after skiddilg on the ice which 1 formed across the highway at that I polht. Two automobiles were over l turned, three others careened into the ditch beside the road, and nu-
 merous others did intricate convo-
 lu'lons on the slippery coating form 1 od by the freezing of water which
 flowed across the road, but damage
 to the cars was slight and no per
 sons were injured.
 At the point in question the wa
 ter pours down from the cliffs and covers the road after every rain
 storm Of any size. The rainfall of | "Wednesday night and yesterday
 morning being especially heavy, an
 unusually large amount of water
 came down the cliff, making quite q
 gully. and spread across the road
 ms froze when the temperature , dropped last night. and this morn-
 Ing the road rescmbled a skating pond.
 The car Of F. W. Millerick of | Irumbull avenue shot onto the slip : pery portion, sliddod, and turned
 upside down. smashing the glass n
 the windshield. The wrecker from ! the lshcr-Williams garage was
 called 10 right it and tow it in for | repairs. Another machine suffered q like fate. Three more were ditch cd but proceeded under their own , power after being pulled out. Dur , ing this work later cars. warned by , the presence of the wrecked ones.
 were saved from such violent pun iSiinont but performed many cyra- tons on the ice, turning around and barely avoiding several collisions. Constable F. W. Furrcy was noti
 fled of the condition of the road, and shortly atterWard a squad Of men was pitt 10 work breaking up the ice and digging new trench for the
 water 10 follow so that it would not flow out across the road again. Unknown Puts Out Fire The family of Edmund Henault of = forcstvillc avenue is today in
 dohtod to an unknown hero for the prevention Of q serious fire at their home. About o'clock last evening | Mrs. Hcnault was hanging washing
 near the kitchen stove and she
 stepped out of the room for an in , atant A moment later her oldest child shouted that d blanket had icaught fire.
 1 She and q ncighbor who was with her ut the lime hastily took the 1 children out of the house. They returned just as q young man wear
 ing q black slicker entered. He
 took off his slicker. threw it over the burning clothes, and in two trips carried them out of the house. He then threw a few pailsful of water on wood work which had caught. He told Mrs. Hcnault he 1 had seen the blaze while passing the house, but he declined to give his name and continued on his anony- 'mous way toward Forcstvillc. The damage was about $5o and was confined mostly 10 blankets and
 the chidren's clothes.
 , The fire department was sum
 mon"d but found that the modest
 quickly and thoroughly for them to D" Of any nsc, so they returned to ! headquarters.
 Comment was heard again today
 regarding the danger at West Main
 and Pierc" streets during a fire.
 Someone stopped traffic on West
 Main street 10 allow the apparatus 10 make tho corner in safety, but many drivers. instead of keeping in 1 line, pulled out several abreast
 across tn" road and were barely able to get back before the trucks came along.
 1 Auxiliary 10 Attend Funeral | Funeral services for Mrs. Susan
 M. Brock. wife of Peter Brock. will
 bc held tomorrow morning at her
 late home on south Washington
 street and at the Church of Our
 Lady Of Mercy. The Ladies AuXil-
 iary 10 Brock Barnes post, American
 Legion. will meet at the church at
 S:45 o'clock and attend the service
 there in q body. Burial will be in St. Joscph's cemetery.
 Court Frees Driver
 ! Harvey Dixon of Bristol arrested Tuesday night ny Constable Thomas
 Royce for alcgedly cutting around'' { his automobile at East Main and
 Crown streets, was found not guilty 1 by Justice M. o. Ryder last night