Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-04

While there Is nothing practically new Ill the ire that creaCed sucn havoc in Waterbury Sunday night, stlll there is much 1n the sight of the ruins and details or the catastrophe to inter est every body, and Ill consequence the number of spectators on the ground to-day is larger than at any time yes terday. and in all probability people will keep coming in from outside towns for several weeks. The battered and tumbIed down buildings presented 2 weird spectacle this morning, and those who reached the center early were struck with the grandeur of the picture set before them every place they turaed. Most of the buildings were covered with frozen spray and ice and water that had bounded in all direc- tions had been converted into the most fantastic cuts imaginable by the clever manipulations of that unrivaled artist, known as "Jack Frost" The military men kept ward and watch over the ruins the whole night long and had or ders to allow no one to pass through the thoroughfares leading to them, and no body of men could have performed the work with greater vigilance De- tective Cahey and the other police off cers were in evidence everywhere and kept close eye upon property of every description, so that so far as can be learned no footing has been indulged in and it is not likely that there will be- Judge Cowell called upon Mayor kilduff this morning and in the course of the interview the judge remarked that he was very much pleased at the readiness with which the two military companies had responded to the call for their service He thought that 1t was a very good proof of the useful ness of the National Guard. This is the first time that the military men have been called out to do duty in the local field.
 The work of clearing the streets of the debris is being pushed under the supervision of Superintendent Kelley of the street department. and all are loud in praise of the manner in which 1t Is being done. At noon to-day South Main street was cleared and merchants along there who had not been badly damaged by the fire were doing busi- ness at the old stands. Kelly. fhe baker. had his window fitted up in bet ter shape than ever before and was about the place himself looking as bright and cheerful as if he hadn't lost any sleep over the excitement In ad- dition to the gangs of men on the street from Scovill street north to a point where the fire was stopped, men are at work on the buildings cleaning out the cellars and carting the burned and charred stuff out of the way The Connecticut Lighting and Power Co is hustling, too, its men found almost everywhere one turns his eye on the streets and at different points along the high poles. all working like beavers to get the system in running order again. Brook street is cleared of ob- structions, but the approaches thereto are still guarded by the militia and will be until further orders. The same rule obtains on South Main street. where men who feel that the fire will have no appreciable effect on the de velopmeut of the city are doing some talking about the advisability of mak- ing an effort to secure the extension of Scovin street to Bank street. It is claimed that public necessity and con- venience demand it and that no better time than the present will ever be of AcTStl lO pay lue OWu0fS luc pFicc Ol the land and then give us a street run- ming from Scovill street across they way to Bank street.
 Bank street at the corner of Grand street is probably the most interesting spot in the whole four or five acres of the city covered by the flames. Here fine view can be had of the destruc- tIon done along Bank and Grand streets and in the rear of the place where the fire originated. Once in a while an explosion of dynamite is heard and simultaneously with the re port some of the walls of the burned structures come down with crash, making noise that can be heard all over town. These strange sounds oc- cur with such frequency and produce so much confusion they remind some of the old soldiers about the place of the chaos and excitement incident to the bombardment of city in war time.
 The Jagged face of the walls of the five-storv block of the New England Engineering Go and the dilapidatad appearance of things in the rear make up quite an interesting sight, and some of the local artists expect to rean 2 rich harvest selling pictures of it. The walls of the American office appears to have deded the worst the flames