Verrill Cottage Burns on Island
Stony Creek Firemen Check
Blaze After Rowing Through Stormy Sea
The Hartford Courant; Dec 26, 1916; researched by Alan Schenker,
digitized by Doug Frizzle, March 2012.
Branford, Dec. 25
A large summer cottage of A.
H. Verrill on Governor’s Island in Long Island
Sound, off Stony Creek, was burned today. Several other
cottages in the summer colony there were in danger, but Stony Creek firemen
succeeded in saving them after a
hard battle.
The firemen had a hard time
getting to the island, as a high
wind was blowing and there was
considerable sea. They made the trip
in row boats, carrying chemical apparatus and ladders with them. By cutting down the
tall grass near the burning cottage they prevented the
fire from spreading. The Verrill
cottage had been unoccupied for some
time, and the origin of the fire is not known. The building at one time was
used as a boy’s school. The loss will be several thousand dollars.
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