Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-15
NEW HAvEN's BIG FIRE.
The a.Lsader- onoe and the store Si Lewis k MaySoek outted.

The Leader" once and the Store Of
 Lewis & MAySock 9utted.
 NEW HAVEN, Dec 15.-At $40 this morning fire broke out in the five story brick block owned by k. & J. NJ. Blair, at s3 and s5 Orange street.
 Chief Kennedy. upon reaching the scene, at once ordered a second alarm sounded. on account of the proximity of other large buildings which were en- dangered In a short time it became necessary to sound a general alarm. and soon the whole fire department was on the scene. The hremen after a great amount of hard work succeeded in getting control of the fire, and at 9 o'clock most of the companies were recalled.
 Following is list of the business con- cerns doing business in blair's block: On ground floor. Lewis S Maycock, under takers; c. w. Rawson. sign painter; John c. Kebabian, importer of oriental rugs. In the upper stories were located the Svenska Connecticut Posten, New Haven Leader, Clarence Ryder. printer and pro- prietor of the Weekly Record; Charles D. Kinney. builder; Curtis & Bradley. book binders; F. C. Lum, solicitor and dealer in estates; John c. Collins, printer of church tracts; F. c. Eastman, bureau of supplies for christian workers.
 The greatest damage done was in the upper part, especially in that portion of the building occupied by the printing es- tablishment of Clarence Fl. Ryder. His is total loss. It is impossible to estimate his loss at this time. but Mir Ryder said this morning that if he has lost everything it will be $4 900 in excess of the insurance carried by him. The New Haven Leader composing and editorial rooms, the forms, type and files are destroyed. The loss of the files, containing the papers printed since the establishment of the sheet is irreparable.
 Lewis X Maycock, partners in the con- cern of that name both had narrow es- capes from instant death during the fire. They went into their office extracting from the safe valuable papers. when the huge safe crashed through the ceiling from the Leader office on the floor above. Both men dove for the window and went through glass and all. They were not seriously injured. The fremen were in constant danger during the fire. The building was dry and burned like finder. The loss was placed at about S75. 900. The New Haven Leader. in spite of the fact that everything is lost, will appear as usual this afternoon, arrangements having been made whereby the type of the Union" may be used.
 Chief Kennedy and Fire Marshal Hub bard began an investigation of the cause of the fire immediately after the with drawal of the last engine at II o'clock. II Is attributed to spontaneous combustion either in the elevator well or the bindery of Curtiss & Bradley on the third floor, north end, or small stove at the foot of the shaft.
 The loss on the building owned by Blair Brothers is estimated at SIC. 900. Total insurance on the building $l4. .0O0. The mt TaN ,t, ton, $S, 900; partly covered by insurance. John c. Kebabian, $5, 900. entirely by water, no insurance. Clarence H. Ryder Sl6,O00, insurance S5.0O0. Mir Ryder re- gently bought the Connecticut Svenska Posten. Swedish newspaper, and that adds considerably to his loss. Lewis tS Maycock, about S3. 900, partly covered by insurance. Charles D. Kinney and F. c. Lum Sl POO each; fully covered. c. W | Rawson, nominal loss of $500, not in. sured. New Haven Leader. S6, GOO. partly | covered by insurance