The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-09
r1ryEN BURNED TO DEATH.
DESTRUCTION ny FIRE or 4 Nat
rICIORY ~ BRIDGEPORT

sa,c Property titS Whose water sup
-, 4. Altogether Insufficient In Time OF
rs,u Humors Of inccndiarism Ancat.
ppr,GrrnRr. June Sat ny o'clock last
.,.,, n,mce were discovered in the northwest
..-r,r of the thid story of Glover Sanford
s,rs,h., IA tory In East Bridg port. about half
/, mile from the bridgeport Railroad depot on
meea.,crn side Of the Pequonn * river. n. B.
n,rfe. the wat,hman 1i the hat factory. had
ms. somplyted his II O'Clock round. without
s,5in. any cause for alarm. and rs he seated
bimsef in thc Office tD road a newspaper.
Mr. Bchcl. a wat hmnn in the Union Metallic
r,rrdee Compauy's works across the street
discovered the rising flames and gave the
alarm. ANor sending out an alarm from the
,ser,-t lox Duricr ran to the room whore the
ere started. very large one. known ~ the
Sinking room" whore ne found the ronnagra-
Ron -ur,aling from three q stn't points. NJ
eaoh loM. Il had gained u'h hcadvay that IL
WIS beyond his control. The three steam fire
enlne- h"longing TO the bridgeport Fire De
partn ut were quickly on th' ground. hut could
bfoflu.escrvice. comparatively. owns TO a lack
Of water. The one attempting to get water
from the plug ncarcst the burning factory.
couil nOt get sufil lcut To- raise a stream. A.'er
som. delay IA holcw4s dug in the bottom OF a
he suction pipe of the steamer could be low
erel and water WIS obtained. Another ST amer
had To- take water from the lake at such "A dis
ttn.e, that every foot of hose in the department
hal a. he used tn ept hcr stream on the fire.
Tie third steamer Eot water for "A time
irom the hydrant. The little that could
be done 10y the engines, under such
Circumstances. was OF !iiue avail in checking
,hr-,r, ad of the fire. The building WIS IA very
large ono, it, main part four stories in height
viii % nuc-story oili'e on it, eastern end. Its
frontage was 2SO feet 1lO of which was only two
soiie- in height. and ia depth ~ feet. In the
rear W a brick wing whore were tho engine
anil..itr rooms. dych lusr 81 and adjoining
u. wore large wooden storage buildings
Tlr,uLl all this vast establishment the FIRE
srrai with frghtiul rpidty. \ large qIan-
ty = fr shed goods packed FOR shipment in
" .lru boxes without douNt added 20 the .dry
c, 90. flames hut the manner IN which tue raw
w.. .i "a" utti, burned Was simply asst onishing.
IN q short tune thousands assembled. and
rane e,"rirl Themselves totheir utmostto To- save
property endangered by th, fire. Thr flames
s,anworA,i from the third story up to the attic
in thrrain building. an then the roof tumhled
in. s,r ing fiery mas~'s down through the
htAvty- To the lower stories and quickly ar
ryus i.-fru ton throughout the entire ediiee.
ry 'i- time the heat of the burning main
Mii.n. had become so great as to drive
IT, lrrmcn round TO the west wing. and
t.y ~ rkrd hard hut unnVailngly to save
it. IL also awakened the gravest appre-
tensions in the minds of those in charge
ofth. rarirllr" IA tory opposite-wherc Schuy-
er Hartley \ Graham are said to BE- making
millions of cartridges for the Russians and
Turks-and the steam pumps Of that concern
ua, huildinc drenrb.I with watrr although i,
n, vs.
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