Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-20
HAST NIGHTS FIRES.

The Loss or Randolph & Gloves Not \ Work of the Fire Department.
 An alarm of fire from box SIS, in front of Randolph < Clowes' factory, called out, the department at 12.15 this morning. The flames were in the north wing of the, kfazed tube department and the old cast, ing shop. and burned furiously. The fire,, men were handicapped by excavations in the yard for the company's private fire system which is being put in, nevertheless they did excellent work and confined the flames to the end of the factory. There was some delay on account of a dead hy- drant in the yard which one of the com panies hitched on to. It was set up there recently by the company for the new fire system. But this delay was made up by the splendid work of the department when it got down to business. The water in the new well was used to good advantage and the fire was kept pretty well within the building where it originated.
 No one knows just how the fire origi- mated. Mir Cloves said this morning that the full extent of the damage could not be determined for few days, but he thought 1t would be somewhere between $15, ,000 and $25.0O0. "The old casting shop" said MT Gloves, '.which is a one story building. about 40 by 60 feet in dimen- sions. used for sand castings for plumbers supplies, was badly gutted. The two story building, A by 60 feet, used as brazed tube department, was badly burned and consid- erable damage was caused from heat and water. The first and second stories of our three story brick building also used for brazed tubes was damaged consider ably from heat aud water. The only detri- l ment to the business is that it will necessi- tate the shutting down of the brazed tube department for not over a week and the plumbers supply department for atout two days. This portion of cur business is | small in comparison to the rest, not uore perhaps than one twentieth of the whole | product of our works. Our brass mill, copper, seamless tube, house boiler and kettle departments were running as usual at seven o'clock this morning and orders will be filled as though there was no fire While the fire was iR progress a night gang was at work in the copper department. want to say right here that the fire de- partment did exceedingly good service, used water only when needed and where needed to good effect. We are fully in sured."
 The recall was sounded at :25, but be- fore Chief Snsgg left the yard Mir Gloves 1 called him into the office and handed him A check for $l00 for the fire department. | Charles E. Leisening, a member of the Hook & Ladder Go, while running through the yard fell headlong into one of the trenches dug for the new water system. He was lifted out and it was found that his left knee was badly tora anu the skin from the knee down bruised. The acci- dent will lay him up for several days. THE OTHER FIRE.
 About ten minutes before 8 last night an alarm of fire was rung in from box 37. at the corner of Meadow and Cedar streets In few seconds the streets leading to this place were thronged with people and a denss volume of smoke enveloped the New England depot in darkness The fire was discovered in the frame building of Seely X Cpham, carpenters, on Cedar street The first two floors were occupied by Seely & Upham. while the basement contained the machine shop of D. c. Way. When the department reached the scene tongues of fire were shooting through the windows and onlookers expected to witness d big cnnhagration, but the tremen worked bravely and in a short time tho flames were under contr It was difficult to de- termine the origin of the fire. It was supposed that it start, d in the boiler room, but Mir Way says be drew his fire about | 5:3O O clock in the afternoon and that there was nothing in the place to start the blaze It Is more probable that the fire origi- mated from some cause on the second floor MT Ways loss will be about g GOO and Seeley < Upham Sl GOO. Both are in sured