Saturday Alarm

The siren rang around midnight. Andy Gillete, who lives right next door to the old "Putnam Hall" Mill building, said there was a huge "WHUMP!!! The whole house shook and it sounded like ten tons of snow falling off the roof." But he knew, right away, just what had happened.

The frame addition to the brick structure, already sagging, finally just collapsed, taking some brickwork of the larger building with it.

An emergency meeting of Village Officials took place this morning.

And, on the eastern side of the building, a portion of the Mansard roof threatens to fall.