The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-09
FIERCE FAIR HAVEN FIRE
$2O,OOO MAGEIN THE OLD HEM
 INGWAY ANDROWE BLOCK

Four MerchahtS CompleteIy Hurheu
 Out-FIre Yesterday Morning on
 Grand Avenue Was the Biggest in
 Fair Haven in Ycnrs-Number of
 Families Had to Fee for Their Lives
 It Burned About Seven Hours.
 One of the most destructive fires that have broken out in years in Fair Haven was discovered yesterday morn- ing about o'clock by Miss Alice Dud- ley. daughter of s. D. Dudley, the pro- prietor of the livery stable East Grand avenue. The fire occurred in the big block Just east of the bridge over the Quinnipiac river on Grand avenue, and as luck would have it there was not breath of wind stirring at the time. The block is on the south side of Grand avenue and separated by an alley about twelve feet wide, is another large wooden block that would have gone up In no time had the fire once got hold there. These two blocks are old wood en structures and both of them would have been burned down if it had not been for the fine work of the Quinni- piac and Annex fire departments.
 Miss Dudley and her sister were sleeping on the second floor, their apartments being over the Barnes meat market and about ? o'clock one of the sisters smelled smoke. She awoke her sister and on looking out of the win dow saw flames coming from the rear windows of the barber shop a little to the right.
 The girls notified their father and he ran down stairs and told Patrolman Mack. The two men ran to the Sec ond Congregational church and gaining an entrance rang the bell which is the
 fire call for the town. In very few minutes the Quinnipiac hose company, of the fire and had three lines of hose on the building. The J. J. Dayton and Beacon Hose companies of the Annex fire department were called when it was seen that the fire was gaining head way rapidly and they greatly assisted the Quinnipiac company in keeping the flames from spreading to the adjoining buildings. No. 5's hose cart was sent over the bridge about 3;30 o'clock but there was no use for 1t as the hydrants were all used by the Quinnipiac and Annex companies.
 The fire started, it is supposed, in the barber shop of Peter Chivarro as the flames were first seen coming out of his rear window. The origin of the fire was not known last night and it was impossible to locate the barber.
 It completely gutted the whole build ing and the occupants losses are esti- mated at about $20,000. The east end of the building Is occupied by R. G. Davis & Co.,, feed dealers, and while the lower part of that end was not burned very badly, the upper part was burned out. The damage by water was large and there was no in surance. Over the feed store were the quarters of Isaac Dorman and few boarders. These people just had time to get out of the building alive and lost all their belongings. H. l. Barnes, I meat dealer, occupies the place next to Davis and he escaped with less dam age than any of the other merchants n the block, The fire seemed to go right around his place and what damage he was more from water than from fire. Frank Karsch, baker whose store is in the middle of the block was completely burned out and 1is loss is only partly covered by insur- ance. Nothing was saved by Karsch Chivarro, the barber, occupied the place next to Karsch and he too lost everything he had. At the west end of he building, was the cigar and news store of Wooding & Dupuis. The tore vas burned out almost as completely IS he one adjoining and MT. Wooding said yesterday afternoon that his loss vas about $1,000. Above his store were he apartments of Robert Richmond, a lie sinker. His family were hunted ut of bed and they were lucky to es- ,ape with a few clothes. The building ,ast end, over the R. G. Davis store. There it was three stories. The families 1 lying under the two story section were burned out and very little, If any fur liture was saved. The roof over each if these apartments was burned to uch an extent that they all fell in, eaving only the front and rear walls | tanding. Frank Karsch and his fam ly lived over the bakery and he suf- | cred as much as the others from loss | IS to personal property.
 The fire spread rapidly owing to the 1 Try condition of the wood and for a | ime it looked as though the livery sta ,le of s. D. Dudley would be consum- d. This stable is in the rear of the vest end of the burned building and | lot more than eight feet from it. When he fire was raging in that quarter the iremen put all their efforts in saving he stable which contained a number of orses and carriages. These were got ut for the most part.
 Another lively fight with the flames ook place at the east end of the build- ng. The alley which separates it from he next block can't be more than welve feet wide, and so the firemen ad to do their best to keep the flames rom raching 1t. The east end of this lock is occupied by the drug store of ,e Grand B. Cannon, but the flames ever touched it. If there had been
 wind from the west the entire block 7ould have probably gone as it is old nd dry.
 During the fire there were several linor accidents. Foreman Cooper of he Beacon Hose company had one of is feet slightly crushed and Edward [. Farren also received a bad wound