New Britain herald., 1930-04-07
RAIN UNDERM|NES
 WOODEN BUILDING
Structure Slides Down Bank and
 CruInples Up, Total Loss
CHURCH IS GIVEN S4,WO
George Ncubaucr Hcqueaths Sum Miss Mary Mullen Dics-Woman Hurt ill Accident Wallace J. Barnes Dies-COntest Close.


 A continuous fall of rain through out last night and this morning loosened a number of jacks be- meath s building which was under the process of reconstruction in the rear of the brick block owned by W. H. Rowe at 1S6 North Main street and caused the structure to sllde partly down an embankment ana then crumpIe. running the partitions and floors. Rowe had contemplated building q garage beneath the house end had prepared for it by having the ground eNcavatcd and carted away. The structure, which will now be completely ra2ed. was formerly used as storchouse by second hand furniture concern. It slid off it's foundation. it is believed. at about , o'clock this morning when the soft. moistc1od ground gave away.
 Officer Edward O'Connor, on duty at the time of the accident, was the first to see the mass of ruins. Upon discovering that the building had folded up he immediately notified the son of it's owner. who arrived at the scene a short time later.
 Sl.OO0 Left to Church
 Under the terms of the will of the late George w Ncubauer. filed for record in probate court today, the sum Of s4.0oo has been left to the Methodist Episcopal church of this city.
 The sum Of & .ooo was hcqucathed to Henry Washington of Sarasota, Fla. and q like figure to the house. keeper of the deceased, Florence Grace l'airclough. The document states that s40.ooo shall be left to the Bristol Trust Co. 10 be held in trust for granddaughter grandson and son.
 George l.. Beach and Howard l.. i Wilcox were named executors in the will.
 Ea:n Quclls BlazeS
 A heavy fall Of rain once more came just in the nick of time and undoubtedly saved local residents i hundreds of dollars from fire. The local fire department was summoned on If different occasions from Satur- f day until at 11:35 o'clock yesterday morning, shortly before the initial rainfall was registered.
 Hose Co. No. was called 10 Stat ford avenue at 9:55 o'clock yester- I day morning for the first grass fire Of the day. Welsh Co. of Iforestvillo put out d grass blaze on Broad street an hour later, and Squad A answered tho final call at 11:35, going 10 King street in East Bristol to eXtinsuish q third grass fire.
 To Give Police Exams
 The board of police comnIsSlon | OTIS will meet in the council chamber tonight to pass on q number Of can- didateS for positions on the super numcrarv force Of the police depart r. mont The applicants for special iohs will meet in the chamber al 7:So o'clock and will be subjected tc civil service examinations at the hands of the commissioners.
 It is believed that about seven or eight men will take the examinations and only three or four will be choser for positions. Those who are to bt selected will replace the super numerarics who were recently olc- vated to places on the regular force The three who received promotions were John Bachman now stationed in Forestvillc: Dewey Carpenter as signed to night duty at the west enc and Anthony Greisncr.
 settlement Effected
 X civil settlement was effected 1T the ante room of police headquarters this morning in the case of Edware Tadaycul of A. Lois street, Eas Bristol and Henry Maslanka of East Main street. TcrryVille, Wht were involved in an automobile ac cidont at Davitt's crossing in Forest vile at 1l:45 o'clock last night. Car' driven by the mon collided at th' crossing and damages of about $2' was done to each,
 Fred porcival. charged nitl drunkenness and breach of the pcac' was placed in charge of Probation Officer Thomas A. Tracy until Ma, 2 by Proscc cutor Anthony I. Rich il the ante room this morning. His cas will he brought into police court or that date.
 , Case Continued
 Mrs. Angela Eulli Of 9 Dunn street , who was brought to the Bristol hos pital Saturday night after sho hat , been struck by a car driven by Er , nest Bailagcron Of 200 ProspCe street on Divinity street was report cd as having rested comfortably a tho institution since the acCidcn'