Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-12
VALE aaux uuuLDiING. FIRE.
General Havoc Among the Elecsric Apparatusis is tho Resnlt-A Totai hoss Or \ hout AIT .OOO.

Havoc Among the Eiecsric
 Apparatusis the Resnlt-A Total Loss
 Of About $I7,O0O.
 There are very few fires that cause 90 much loss and general inconvenience to the busineas public as the ono in the Yale bank building early yesterday morning. The melting of the cluster of telephone wires which were attached to the top of tho build- ing caused @ total suspension of nearly all telephone communication yesterday. As stated in yesterdays account of the fire, over 1,400 subscribers are affected, and every one in the business world seems to have just awakened to the importance and absolute necessity of this handy little invention. The Yale bank building was formerly used in part by the Southern New England Tele- phone company as a central office before the new building on court street was erected. The wires all ran into the little cupola over the roof and were changed when the office was moved to Court street. The electric re- action of the telephone wires with the wires of the Electric Light company is att tributed as the cause of the fire. of the Electric Light company to the wire of the Telephone company, i9niting the para fine with which they are coated and was in this way conducted to the wood work of the building. It was quickly put out by the firemen, but the building below was flooded by water. The damage to the structure Gen. Merwin, president of the bank, says will not exceed $5,000. The Yale bank owns the building. Besides the Yale National bank, the occupants of the building were: The Standard Time company, The Merchants Dispatch company. The Connecticut Asso- ciated Press, O. s. Hamilton, attorney; J. Henry Martin & Son, contractors; Philadel- phia and Reading Railroad company, John Krbsen, barber; Connecticut Electric club, Elm City Electric company aHd F. W. Hinman.
 The loss to Hamilton and Callahan is slight although their business is seriously interrupt ed. The desk, papers and furniture in the office of J. Henry Martin & Son and the Mer- chants Dispatch Transportation company and the Philadelphia and Reading railroad are ruined by water. The Connecticut Electric club and the Elm City Electric company lose about everything. The Standard Electric Time compsuy lose $3, 900 and is insured for $2, 900. The 200 clocks located in different parts of the oity will be running again in a day or two. New quarters have been secured across the atreet tn the Boardman building and repairs on the switch board were com- msnced yesterday afternoon. John Erbsen, the barber, is flooded and the damage to his property will amount to $70o or $500. The Connecticut Associated Press loses about $500. One of Smedley's truck took 8 truck load of damaged and wet carpets to the Forsyth Laundry and Dye Works yesterday to be renovated there.
 The loss to the telephone company in ma. terial destroyed will not exceed S4, ,O00, and Is covered by policy of s4, 800 in the Con- tinental.
 The wires will be conducted to the new building of the telephone company on Court street by cables through Orange and State streets as quickly as possible. This is only temporary, but the company will probably decide to have all the wires changed perma- nently so as to run direct to the Court street head douarters,