The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-12
NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST
4 $4,000 FrRE ar WEIBEL's BREW
ERY YESTERDAY.

4 Slight Fire in Dweling-Changes in |
the Hospital Medical Staff-.A Coming |
Golden wedding-D cath of II wen Known
New Haven Sea Captain-other Notes
Joseph Weibers Oak brewery prem
Uses, corner Of Oak and Orchard streets,
was damaged about $4,000 by fire yes
terday morning. Box 62S was rung at
$50 o'clock. The run for some of the
fremen was long one. The fire broke
out in a two-story wooden storage shed
about twenty feet from the brewery,
but was connected by bridge on the
second story. The first floor is used for
the storage of beer kegs and the sec
ond for the storage of bales OF hops.
About 800 new unused kegs had just
been purchased for use in the brewery.
They were stored on the first floor and
upstairs were about 100 bales of hops,
Before these kegs are ready for use 1T
is customary to line them with pitch
to make them air tight. The kegs had
not yet received this treatment and
it was the preparation FOR the lining
of the kegs which caused the fire. In
this shed the pitch has been heated up
ready for use. 1t is heated in ket-
tie which will hold in the neighborhood
of fifty gallons. A slow fire was started
under the kettle Tuesday night and it
was left to burn. The Waterman look
ed at the fire several times in the night
and it was all right.
About $50 yesterday morning the
pitch either became overheated ana
burst into flames or else it boiled over
and ignited in that way. The shed
was Immediately in flames. the
greater part of the shed was destroy
ed. The good work of the firemen Is
seen from the fact that a part of the
wooden structure was saved. There
was no danger to the barn, which is
over one hundred feet from the shed.
There were twenty-three horses in the
stable and some of these were led out
as a precaution. A chicken coop join
ing the shed was scorched and thirty
five chickens were suffocated by smoke
Some of the bales of hops were not
touched by the flames, but they We're
soaked with water and will be COM
plete loss.
But few of the beer kegs in the
building can be repaired for use.
George Keim, an old veteran of the
war of the rebellion, who formerly slept
in the shed, moved out three days ago.
He is SO feeble that it is believed that
had he been in the shed yesterday
morning he would have been Killed.
The damage done was in the burn
ing of the shed, the 900 beer kegs and
the bales of hops. The loss IS esti-
mated at $4,000 and is covered by IN
surance, principally in V. f. McNeil
& Sons agency. The wooden shed vii
be replaced by brick one very soon.
FIRE IN A HOUSE
There was a slight fire in the house
of DR.. James A. Jaffe, 1876 Olive street
yesterday morning about Ill O'Clock
and one of his daughters became hys
terical from fright. The cause was
fire in the kitchen which started in {
bundle of clothing that hung near tn
gas stove No one was in the room
when the fire started, but it is believed
that in lighting the stove the girl drop
ped the match near the clothing.
Mrs. Jaffe speaks very little English
but she fortunately found Antol
schaefcr, the butcher, in his store nea
by, and made him understand. He sen
in an alarm from box SO and the re
Spouse was prompt.
The fire was extfnguished with chem
icals. The damage is slight.
SPUR TRACK FAVORED.
Division Superintendent Davidson
Road Master Nj c. Hamilton, and En-
gineer w. r. Spencer of the New Yorl
New Haven and Hartford railroad, Wis
tied the proposed scene of the intel
collegiate rowing races a few mile
below Springfield, on the Connect1cl
river, Tuesday and made an invest
cation as to the advisability of cor
structing spur track for the use
observation trains. The questlo
whether the races will be held on tt
Connecticut river is understood to d.
pend upon the construction of the spl
track. Mr.. Davidson is reported
have intimated that the prospects
constructing the spur track were Il
yorable. The matter will be report'
to General Superintendent Platt, WI
will decide whether the expense is wa
ranted.
STOLE A WATCH.
Detective Sergeants Cowles and Pc
onto arrested John Berner, twenty-tv
years old, at the depot yesterday no.
for stealing gold watch from Micha
Smith Of Ward street in Janua1
After the theft Berner went to Nc
York and remained there until the d
tectives decoyed him here, and arrest
him as he was alighting' from a train
A GOLDEN WEDDING.
Engineer David C. Sanford of
shell fisheries commission will go
Redding Saturday to attend the gold
wedding of his parents, Mr.. and Nj
George A. Sanford. The celebration
to be quite an elaborate one.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN CUMMING
Word was received in this city "
terday that Captain Cummings, W
resides at ITS Division street, died VIII
in the West Indies, February %, fir
an attack of the yellow fever. 7
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