The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-09

look out for falling walls. He did not have n
good supply OF water supposed that If hr had
prevent the Disagreement of the bodies by
burning. When he got to the fire he expected
10 be able To conlne II to- the upper stories. hut
WIS not able To do so. owing to u scarcity of WA
ter. He did not know the size OF the water main
IN the street
Goodwin Sioddart wns proacnt at the FILLING
ofthe wall and hod Just before urged Omcer
Porter To order everybody out ot the on - on
account of the danger to be nplrchended from
the falling OF the wall. Also heard Mr. +. g.
Sanford urge the men to let the safe alone and
than five or ten feet. Had water been thrown
upon th" debris at once after the falling. OF the
have been avoided but th,r wne no water ap-
piled there until half mn hour nitcr; NJ, one, he
thought. wis to blame for the death ol the men
'Tneo Wm i. e MSrsh. S S Csf M OF q foie"Mr, /. G.
SANFORD asked assistance to get some property
out OF the Oillce. Some of the police and mum
Der OF other citizens assisted in doing So No
apprehension Of danger from the lalllnf wall
Ih"re was very scanty supply oi water Tor the
Tdrick Reid. police officer. saw the fire when
II first broke out in the west end of the main
building OF the factory, and II then seemed very
small. but it gained headway with great
rapiiiy lie was one Of thosr who assisted IN
getting the safe from the back otliro to the front,
then carried out some other piece OF furniture
TO h".p on the saie again the oillce was smashed
hy Tie wall.
j $50 o. Kew. nm Nfnpr pfflNer, nNhfi some
one. Mr. T. q. SANFORD. he thought warn Acker
a1i palt wn9 we're n9v'vlg thc s,tl1' saying l.s
| i.ipate any danger from tn falling Of the wall
| When steamer Ne. 2, the first on the ground.
| tr.cd to tako water from the city nam. she
could rot get enough To throw u stream ;ls high
Oncer Fat Hearty corro6oratcd the testimony
| pf the preceding witness Us to tho scarcity oi
j. H. Hanson testified that the side walls fell
| an instant before the cnst end wall that did the
! terrible mi-, hief There WIS very scunt
| supply of water. and half an hour PASSED after
| the iull before any could bc spared To- throw ON
| that part OF the ruins where the bOdi' were.
}. II. Bosworth testified that from whore he
| stood he could see the ear, wall waving and
| gradually going outward as much Us IA minute
VIM Knapp attributed the catastrophe to the
Mr. Hobbs. onr OF the iurymen. said that Of
| his own Snow! dig he knew the street main at
| u,s factory 10 b. only four inches IN diameter.
Ihn jury ait'r long dehoeration. arrived at
| the fOlowiAS /, suit:
The Jury nquc,, 20 uvc'sa'c me cau-" Of death Of
s ne i%'lnman. ,a a,n,a s l', \. W.
entcck y TON u-on, ilush smith. Gcor-e Nclni, re-,
lrncc tas,n ,ha tnc, came to tcir death NON Icing
crushed it ne sln ~ % the wal o' the ca.i emit oi
Ni- 90 .ni icicrt The nay iuit,t ani tt ihc >npi 2,
pa leon sufficient, tic Fire II parunent woull have
stopped o., couht-rau1n and prevented the falling OF
| tur wall which oAu-td 'hrir death
For sonc unexplained reason no effort was
| mnd" Z" lnvo-ti..ut' IN" causr OF the fire. Eu-
mors are .iioat tnat 1t was thework Of an in"sn-
diary that not only did it break ont simulta-
| nnnusly IA q r O. places in the m king room. but
tunt n was Also discovered mt the same time at
| TIE hu-e OF an elevator shaft on the first noor.
The loss Oh huhiin-. machinery. and stock II
! estimated at s25u.upO. Of which 100000 II COW
| .r"i ~ insurance. There is also loss OF
sl5.uo0 on finished and partly finished goods
| not NJ A. iasur. 4.
This r not the only heavy loss in Bridgeport
| on account ~ her insufficient water supply
| Two years a.so "A large part uf the Wheeler
| Wilson works E"re was burned. which could
EASILY have been saved had there been reason
able supply Of water. A year before. Nicker-
sons big lumber yard was destroyed through
tn same lack. 50 many more lnstAn 'es might
he cited So. too many more doubtless will bt
in the future. as long as the city continues tc
derive its supply Of water. or what II Iorusely
| considers its supply. IN the present manner
from 10. Richardson : works.