sounded. 
stitute driver Peart 
FIRE AT MANCHESTER 
“Anp Somge or its CoNsKQUENCES. 
REVELAS CHARGED Wirt ARSON 
The Manchester fire department 
was caled out Saturday night a few 
minutes after nine for a fire at the 
house on Washington street, owned 
by Mrs. Mary lL. Hamilton, and used 
as a boarding house. Several people 
. saw the blaze, but Edward Flynn was 
the first to send in an alarm, He saw 
_ the flames from his home on Summer 
street and telephoned the fire station. 
“The wires were broken in pulling in 
_ the box, 52, from the station, and a 
somewhat confusing signal was 
It was so early, however, 
that firemen were on hand promptly 
and within a couple of minutes sub- 
had the auto 
truck in motion. ‘The blaze looked 
_ serious for a while, but streams were 
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— time of the fire. 
- turned onto the fire from the inside 
and outside and in short order it was 
under control. ‘here is no doubt, 
though, that had there been a high 
wind, the firemen would have had a 
much more difficult task, from the 
nature of the blaze, to get it under 
control. 
The fire was confined to a small 
room in the attic of the house. A 
hole was burned through the roof. 
When firemen turned the water onto 
the blaze from the inside, on opening 
a door, they were met by a miniature 
explosion that threw them down for 
a minute. 
The house was given a good drench- 
ing—but not more than usual in such 
a fire. The firemen had _ evidently 
~ acted in accordance with instructions 
of the Boston instructor who, that 
very afternoon, in telling them how 
to best fight a fire, urged them to get 
right at the seat of the trouble from 
the inside, instead of from the out- 
side, and drive the fire out instead of 
keeping it in. 
It was so early not many of the 
lodgers were about the house at the 
Mrs. Hamilton, who 
is nearly 80 years of age, had retired 
at 7 o’clock. She was taken from the 
house early and was later taken to the 
hotel for the night. 
A crowd of several hundred peo- 
_ ple gathered to see the excitement, in- 
cluding a score or more of the sum- 
mer colony. Loss is estimated at 
$1500. Fully insured, 
As one of the aftermaths of the 
Hamilton house fire Saturday night, 
Michael G. Revelas was locked up in 
the local police station over Sunday 
for disturbing the peace. It seems 
that Revelas, whose only means of 
NOE oH SHORH BREEZE 
MANCHESTER 
Donald Ross of the Essex County 
club sailed ‘luesday for a six weeks’ 
business and pleasure trip to England, 
He will go to Pinehurst, N. C., on 
his return, for the winter. 
The first meeting of the Manches- 
ter Woman’s club will be held next 
‘Tuesday, Oct, 7th, in the Congrega- 
tional chapel at 3.30, Miss Mabel T. 
Boardman will speak on “A Visit to 
the Land of the Rising Sun.” Mrs, 
Florence Boardman will be the host- 
ess. 
Driver Chas. Chadwick of the auto 
fire truck is having a fortnight’s va- 
cation from his duties. Waldo Peart 
is substituting in the meanwhile. 
Outing Flannels at E. A. ati 
bridge’s, 
Motor Boat on Rocks 
[ligh and dry on the rocks at Lob- 
ster Cove, Manchester, is a motor 
boat—of the whale boat type—that 
drifted in there Sunday night, dis- 
abled. ‘lhe owner, said to be a Mr. 
Dearborn of Gloucester, reached dry 
land only after he had protected him- 
self with a life buoy. His engine 
had gone out of commission as he was 
off the shore and as he was attempt- 
ing to fix it he drifted. on the rocks. 
Water poured into the boat and it was 
half full of water when he decided 
to jump out and swim ashore. The 
boat was still on the rocks, more or 
less battered, pacer 
livlihood the last five years has been 
“manager” of Mrs. Hamilton’s small 
lodging house, arranged to have Mrs. 
Hamilton cared for at the Park hotel 
over night. Around midnight he 
made himself obnoxious around the 
hotel and Prop. Scott had to call the 
police to eject him. Along toward 2 
o'clock he created more trouble and 
the police locked him up. In court 
Monday he was fined $10 for disturb- 
ing the peace. 
State Officer Wells visited Man- 
chester Monday as the result of sev- 
eral questionable features of the fire 
Saturday night and questioned Reve- 
las on several points. Some incrimi- 
nating evidence was obtained, such as 
oily rags in the little unused room 
where the fire originated. As a re- 
sult, Revelas was arrested Monday af- 
ternoon by Chief of Police Sullivan 
and State Detective Wells on the 
charge of arson. The case was called 
in court Tuesday morning and on re- 
quest of Revelas it was continued un- 
til Saturday, Revelas being held in 
$3000 bail. He was taken to Salem 
jail in default of bail, 
15 
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS 
‘’HROWN From SUuLKy, FRACTURED 
SKULL 
Augustus Whitewood, 19, son of 
the head horseman for Wm. B. Miller 
of Akron, O., who summers at Bey- 
erly ‘arms, was thrown from a sulky 
in which he was riding in Manches- 
ter Monday and was nearly killed. 
As he was coming toward Manchester 
in the light two-wheel kit, the horse, 
a spirited sort of animal, took fright 
at a large motor van on Bridge street, 
near the Boardman office. It gallop- 
ed down the hill and up the next one 
toward Ashland avenue, going from 
one side of the road to the other. As 
it neared Ashland avenue, it collided 
with a telephone pole hurling young 
Whitewood to the hard macadam 
road. le landed on his head almost 
tearing off one of the ears, and 
crushing the head. Blood gushed 
from the young man’s mouth and it 
was evident he was injured internally, 
Raymond C. Allen who was pass- 
ing in his auto was the first to reach 
the injured man’s side. He picked 
him up and did what he could on the 
spur of the moment. A doctor was 
called and after a superficial examin- 
ation the injured man was hustled off 
to the Beverly hospital in the ambu- 
lance. At the hospital it was stated 
the skull was fractured and there 
were internal injuries. 
Cuitp Hit sy Auto 
Gladys, the younger daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. James Reed of North 
and School streets, Manchester, was 
hit by an auto owned by Sheldon’s 
Market and driven by Bertram Allen, 
Monday afternoon. The car was 
rounding postoffice corner, slowly and 
cautiously, it is said, when the young 
miss ran in front of it to cross the 
street. ‘The front of the car struck 
the little girl, knocked her down, but 
did not pass over her, A few scratches 
and a bad scare was the extent of the 
accident. Mr, Allen stopped the car, 
picked up the girl and carried her in- 
to Dr. -Blaisdell’s nearby. 
It is said that the same motor boat 
that figured in the fatal accident in 
Gloucester harbor Sunday morning, 
three of the five occupants being 
drowned, drifted onto Dana’s beach 
early last summer and the occupants 
had a narrow escape with their lives. 
Men’s London Boot Shop Shoes in 
Tan and Black. Very classy, at Bells, 
Beach St. 
Men’s and Boys’ sweaters all prices 
at Walt Bell’s, Central Sq. * 
