Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-21
SUNDAY FIRES.

ms s9ssgonfagras1eas2 ? ExtIa-
 guished by Chief Hendrick.s Em.,
 cient Department-TheC Cellar Of the ,, Well-Known NIaltbysa Place Set
 Ablaze-Narrow : Eseape4 for Oak
 Street Tenants-A Chimney On Fire. It was busy day for the New, Haven fire department yssterdag. Two. fires at dead of night in the western part of the city and q slight blaze on State street dur ing the Afternoon, which drew an i'm mense thtpng- of spectators, were the in cidents that enlivened a. rather quiet Sun day. In none of the5scasess was the dam age very heavy, but the+ occupants of the six-story tenement on Oak street were on- ly saved from q terrible holocaust by the fortunate presenceoof an: earlyrising milkman. f'iE@>,,' '~'' p '''7,A'@'* ".'E ,-'s WAS IT A FIRE BUG?
 At 2:45 P. m.s an alarm was rung out over the cityfrom box 61, at the corner of Howe and Chapel streets The fire depart ment arriving very quickly in the vicinity were Informed of fire in Caleb s. Maltby's | fine residence at the corner of Howe and Oak streets. The house is occupied at present by John Kennedy, servant, who lives in the place during MT. Maltbys ab- sence. About 2:30 the occupants, who sleep on the second floor, were awakened l by 8 suffocating smoke, coming up from the cellar. When the fremen broke into cellar no fire could be seen. They pushed 1 their way into storeroom in the center of | the cellar and found several boxes con- taining books, tools and household articles 1 going up in fierce flames that had quickly l charredR the beams of, the ceiling above. The. frsmen immediately played upon the blaze and within short time the flames were extinguished.
 The origin of the fire is perfect mys- | tery. Every door to the basement and | cellar was locked, the windows fastened
 and secured by 8 covering of wire netting.
 The door of the storeroom was also
 locked. The precise locality of the blaze 1 could only be reached by some one from the interior of the house. The damage is
 placed between $2O0 and $500. The flames
 did not reach through the first floor.
 l f.s THE sTA1RwAYs TOOK ABLAzE.
 About 3:3O o'clock as the iremen had just subdued the confagration at the Malt
 by place and were making ready to leave
 the fire bells rung 621, indicating the COT
 ner of Orchard street and Sylvan avenue
 The department hurried away and in
 very few minutes were hard at work o1
 the six-tenement house, 294 Oak street
 The whole, wainscoting of the stairs lead ing up to the first floor was on fire, cutting
 off the exit of the greater portion of tn
 inmates to the ground The iremen cut
 through the plaster with axes and bars an,
 reached the center of the blaze, which wa between the beams and the laths. Afte
 some difficulty the smouldering wood ans
 plaster were cut away and the remains o
 the confagration put out by patent extin guishers.
 The building, which is on the corner 0 Elliot street, belongs to Mary Burke and tenanted by half 8 dozen German ant
 Swedish families. There are perhaps fort [ occupants of the place in all. The tene : ment is frail, tinder-like structure o wood. The fire evidently came up fror the cellar, but no one has any idea in wha manner it arose. A milkman on his earl } rounds saw the stairway in flames ant , gave timely alarm. Fifty dollars cove, the entire Joss. '".
 al 4PEARCELL's BAKERY.
 : As Officer John r. McGrath was patro ling his beat on State street, near Oliv | i
 yesterday, he observed dense clouds C smoke issuing from the two-story woode 5 house occupied by Henry Buchter. se7 geant John McGrath from the opposit side of the street saw the blaze at the sam time and both rushed for the signal bo, s which was pulled precisely at 2:15 D. II t In three minutes the fire department ws
 on the scene. The soot in a fue of Pea a cells adjoining bakery had taken ablaz
 and the smoke poured into the attic of tk n Buchter house, from whence it settle l down on the street in an immense mass e black fog. The fire was quickly exti1 d ! guished. During the hubbub Miss Ann # Buchter, {. young girl of eighteen years i, l age, was thrown into uncomfortable hy
 terics with fear and excitement.
 IT The source of the confagration is trace .e by Fire Marshal Kennedy;to J. H. Pea l. cells bakery, 195 Olive street. An CT 's ploye in the basement was making
 brisk wood fire at the time of the occu
 renee. The damage is slight