Thamesville, Connecticut
Bottling House Explosion
November 27, 1896
BLOWN UP BY BURGLARS.
A Bottling House at Thamesville, Conn., is
Destroyed.
Norwich, Conn., Nov 27-- About 2:30 this
morning residents of Thamesville, in the
southern part of the city, were awakened from
their slumbers by an explosion which sounded
like a small earthquake. About five minutes
later there was a second, but slighter, shock.
Soon a sheet of flame bursting from the roof of
the Puritan Spring Company’s bottling house told
where the trouble was.
Upon examination this forenoon it was found that
the explosion was the work of burglars, who had
opened the safe and taken the contents, about
$200 in cash. It was also found that an entrance
had been forced into the spring house, but there
was nothing there which could be stolen.
The force of the explosion threw pieces of the
apparatus into the river, a distance of 200
feet. The building, which was of wood and
contained the bottling outfit and a large number
of bottles and small articles, was totally
destroyed with its contents. The loss will reach
$15,000. There is no clue to the burglars.
The New York Times, NY 28 Nov 1896
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
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