Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-05
THE GLORIOUS FOUHTK.
A Quiet Day in Wmtcrbury-Sevcral Mar.
 TOW Escapes From Fire.

Fourth of July passed off very quietly in this city notwithstanding the fact that it opened at 12 o'clock Tuesday night ill Il rather warm manner. In the center eral large bonfres were lit on the stroke of l2, and the police had n lively time of it from that to daylight. An immense mum Der of cannon crackers were used, and thr dealers report an amazing increase in the sales over last year. At High Rock grove the crowd nt company As picnic was slim mer than usual. but this fact afforded better chance for hearty enjoyment. An immense number of people went to the Bridgeport celebration, details of which will be found i'll another column. The Hibernians had their usual large crowd at | the ball grounGs where the athletic sports, | the ball game and the music were the nt- | fractions. About the center 1t wus very quiet, the place being almost deserted.
 The fire department since Tuesday evening have had one of the livelicst times since the organization of the department,
 there having been four fires within twenty
 two hours. The alarm for the first one
 was struck about o'clock Tuesday night
 from Russells news stand on Bank street
 which was recently sold out to Middle
 brook X Baumgartner. Outside the door
 was a counter laden with about $200 worth
 of fire works, including cannon crackers
 ard large roman candles and sky rockets. They caught fire, it is supposed. by the
 bursting of u roman candle which boy
 standing near was shooting off and in a
 moment the place was ablaze. A few
 persons tried to tear away the counter
 and throw it in the street but when the
 roman candles, immense crackers and
 skyrockets commenced to fly, they de
 serted it. The windows went to pieces in
 a second and iu another second the cornice and awning as we'll as the awning over the
 next door were ablaze. Monitor Hose
 company laid line from the hydrant ir front of the hose house, but it was found that the hydrant could not be used and ten minutes was thus lost. When water
 was finally obtained from Meadow stree, the fire was Quenched in an instant. Loss about $250.
 A short time afterward one of the mem bers of the Rose Hill hose company sue :, ceeded in quenching an incipient con tiagraton on the roof of an Abrigadol house by tearing off a quantity of tn, burning shingles.
 At 11:5O on the morning of the Fourtl an alarm brought the department to w. B
 Dudley's house on Orange street wher l fire had started on the roof from some fire l works Two streams were turned on i l and the flames were Quenched withou /, much damage being done. Fortunatel, 2 the fire was where it could be easily gottel l at so there was no damage by water. g Orville Grilleys house on South Willow l street was the next to need the services O - the department. Fire had started in tn : garret from defective hue, and it was un
 der good headway when discovered. l
 took some little time for the tiremen to ge the better of the flames, but they succeede' after the roof was burned off. Consdera ble damage was done by water. Damag to the house about $25.
 At P. m. the roof of William Dcrvin' f house on North Grove street was discover n ed to be on fire. The fire laddies had an 3 other long run, but for nothing this time as the flames were quenched when the o reached there