Water Tank Was Burned

WATER TANK WAS BURNED

Big Fire in Chelsea Put Out by Falling Tank

FIVE HORSES BURNED

New Methodist Church Narrowly Escaped – The Loss Will be Over $5,000, Village Being Biggest Loser

The water tank of the Chelsea waterworks burned Tuesday. The falling of the tank, however, and the consequent gushing out of a large quantity of water, saved Chelsea from what threatened to be a very much more serious calamity.

The fire started in the livery barn of W. W. Corwin, better known perhaps as the Tim McCune barn, at about noon Tuesday. When discovered the barn was all in flames. Only one horse was rescued from the barn and five horses were burned.

The fire communicated to the water tank reservoir from which Chelsea's water supply is drawn and the tank soon fell. In falling it crushed in the back part of Mrs. Stimson's house and moved a barn six or eight feet from its foundation. Two men, Edgar Alexander and M. S. Jones, were hurt by being under a fence which was rushed down upon them by the falling tank.

When the tank fell danger from fire was very imminent. The handsome new M. E. church was threatened. The woodwork under the slate roof was scorched, but the water in the tank came in volumes enough to extinguish the flames. The loss will be over $5,000, of which at least $4,000 will be lost by Chelsea.