The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-16
Jy.iILINGFORD.
1t Was the Most Destructive of Any in the
Town for Years.


Town for Years.
| The fire of Friday night at the Hou-
satonic Manufacturing company's fac
| tory was the most disastrous one that
has occurred here for many years and
in fact the only very serious one since
| the fire at H. L. Judd & Co.'S factory
about five years ago. The fire, with it's
many peculiar features, has been the
principal topic of conversation for the
past two days, and there are many diff
| ferent theories advanced as to it's cause.
| and the way it was handled. The fail
ure to work effectively of the automatic
| sprinklers was also much discussed.
| General Manager e. A. Russell arrived
home Saturday morning from Pitts
burg and found dismal sight await
| ing him at the factory. The tiremen
| had a hard nights work and it was we'll
| advanced into the morning before the
| last vestige of fire was extinguished,
and the tired and hungry firemen could
go home. A curious crowd of sight
seers were around the ruins during the
| day Saturday. One venturesome boy
| was trying to interview the contents of
the plating room and fell into one of
| the rinsing tubs, but escaped with only
| a cold bath. The inside of the building,
with the exception of the lower floor
| on the south end, where the office was
| located, was a total wreck, the outside
wall for two stories is still intact, al
| though it might better have burned, for
~ ic will IN he all
removed eventually What disposition
| as to the future of the company will de-
eide on is not yet definitely known, but
| it is believed that the factory will be re-
built and enlarged and of brick. The
| building just destroyed was never much
| of specimen of strength or beauty and
at the time it was occupied by the Do
nestle Manufacturing company 1t was
considered unsafe and during heavy
winds some of the female employees re-
fused to stay in the building. After
wards it was strengthened by heavy
| timbers and lately has been considered
safe. There was nearly fifty employees
at work the day of the fire, and orders
| were reported as plenty.
THE BASKET BALL GAME.
| The game of basket ball in the armory
| Saturday between Company K and the
Bridgeport Y. M. c.. A. teams was a
hustling game from beginning to finish
and was won by the home team by a
score of to 4. At the close of the
first half the Bridgeports were in the
lead by score of 3 to !. AS soon as
the second half begun Company KS
team began to play basket ball for all
| it was worth, and gave a fine exhibition
of floor work and soon tied the game
to 3. The Bridgeports made one more
goal and foul, and Company K tied
| Just before the playing time was fin
| ished. In playing off the time there
was quick work done and foul was
called on Bridgeport when one of the
PLAYERS tried to hold Rawson from get
ting the ball, and Company K scored
the winning goal The local team play
ed the best game from the start but
seemed to play in hard luck, as ball af-
ter ball would strike near and almost
fall into the Bridgeport's basket and
then bound away. During the last half
the ball was in the Bridgeport territory
most of the time and Company KS
| players tried at least dozen times to
land the ball in the basket and i'll luck
seemed against them. The umpire, a
Yale man, called most too many fouls
to suit the crowd, but before the game
was up evened up the foul question, and
each side scored two goals from the
fouls of the other side. F. J. Cart
wright of Yale was umpire and R. j.
Lane of Company K referee.
| OTHER NOTES.
! Rev. ]. e. Wildman officiated at the
| funeral of Miss Nellie Pendleton from
| st. PauPs church yesterday afternoon
| The deceased was a graduate of the
| New Haven Training School for Nurses
and had been ill for two weeks with
pleuro- pneumonia. She was thirty
| three years of age.
| S. G. Baldwin's horse got on another
running streak Saturday and went UP
| Center street at lively speed, but was
stopped near the top of the hill without
any serious damage being done.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Gazette of Con-
| stitution street have new boy that ar
rived Saturday.
| A large delegation from Friendship
| encampment, 1. o. o. F., will visit Mid
| ian encampment in Hartford this even
ing.
Robert E. Badger expects to be able
to be at his place of business to-day.
Miss Lillian Welles recently removed
here from Cambridge, n. Y, sang in
the Congregational church choir yester-
day.