The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-06
$4,000 FIRE IN DAYVILLE
TEN BUILDINGS IN RAILROAD
SoU4RE TOT4LLY DESTROYED.
About n Dozen Families Burned Ont
Newspaper Plant and the Postofhcc
Also Gutted-AI the Mail Matter Saved
Fire Started in an Old Barn
Thoupht IN he Jncendtary.



Danielson, Conn, Sept 5.-A fire, sup
posedly of incandiary origin, which was
started in an old barn caused the total
destruction of ten buildings in Rail
road Square, Dayville, late this after
noon. considerably damaged several
others and caused a total money loss
of upwards of $4,000 With one excep-
ton the buildings were of wood and
made a very fierce fire. About dozen
families were burned out and lost all
their effects and as most of them were
uninsured they will feel the loss very
keenly.
The barn In which the fire started
was in the midst of square formed
by the ten buildings. 1t was owned by
/ N. Kennedy, and used by Miller Bros,
grocers When the fire was discovered
the barn was nearly demolished and the
| flames were communicating with the
surrounding buildings. The arrival of
the fire department proved of little help
as when the water was turned on the
hose kept bursting Putnam and Dan
ielson were telephoned to for assistance,
and three hose companies responded.
The three story brick building owned
by the Sayles estate, and occupied by
Miller Bros, grocers, the Dayville Wool
en- company and the upper floors being
used as the public hall, was among the
first to be destroyed, while almost sim
ultaneously the postoffice building,
which was of wood, one and one-half
stories high and containing one tene-
ment besides the postoffice was in ruins
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as was also another building adjoining
The Observer block, two and one-half
stories, owned by Frank Kennedy and
occupied by him, as an undertakers
establishment, another tenement house
owned by Frank Kennedy and occupied
by three families and three tenement
house belonging to the Warren Web
ster estate and Gillette and Walkers
meat market with two tenements above
and the freight depot, which was about
forty feet from the square and across
the railroad tracks were the buildings
burned. The Webster block, part of the
square, caught fire several times and
would have been destroyed had it been
a wooden structure. Kennedy's hotel,
which is situated diagonally across the
roof and sides wet constantly. As it
was apparent that the buildings In the
square were doomed all efforts We're di-
rected towards saving contiguous prop |
erty. The fire burned over three hours
before it was considered to be under
control. The loss will be chiefly on the |
Sayles estate, Frank Kennedy, the pro-
prletor of the kilingly Observer, and /
Miller Bros grocers.
A one story wooden building used as
a gospel mission room was within
ten feet Of the hottest part of the fire |
and was only scorched. Charles Tray
er, lineman in the employ of the
Southern New England Telephone COM
pany. and who is also a member of
Pioneer hose No. 2, while working on
building removing wires received a Sc
we're shock by coming in contact with
1ne of the wires of the Tramway com
oany, and narrowly escaped electrocu
ion. Postmaster Sayles succeeded in
moving all the mail matter and the
greater part of his effects and has al
'eady secured temporary quarters. The
scene of the confagration was visited
~ large numbers from here.