The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-10

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 Congress avenue, $1,000 in the Michi- gan Central, on the stock in the build ing at g Rose street, $500 Burton $ l agency sustained no loss from the burn ] ing of the buildings. but carried some
 risks on the furniture in the burned 1 tenements. Morse's agency carried a l small risk on the house ar IA Rose street owned by MT. Degnan and an in surance on the building at 229 Congress avenue, on which the awning was l burned.
 From what could be learned yester- day afternoon it appeared that the fire originated in Booley's barn in the rear 1 of is Rose street. It was reported that | woman living at Is Rose street threw | blazing small kerosene stove out of window against the barn and that the barn burst into blaze from this. A heavy northwest wind was blowing at the time and this famed the blaze and spread the flames quickly to the National Laundry and building and to the rear of the Herkowitz block.
 As soon as the blaze started an alarm was rung from box l3 at 216 Congress avenue, and the first alarm was soon followed by a second and then by a third, which called out the entire fire department. The section in which the fire occurred is occupied almost entire ly by wood buildings and at first it seemed impossible that the flames could be checked but before the entire block was destroyed and the people who saw the wind swept flames licking about the wooden buildings feared that the most disastrous fire in the history of New Haven was imminent. The firemen worked hard and with well di- rected efforts, however. under the com mand of Chief Fancher and finally by 30, less than half an hour after the fire started, it was under control.
 Several times buildings on the south side of Congress avenue caught fire, but bucket brigades on the watch there kept close guard and extingushed in cipient blazes on that side of the ave- nue Awnings for two blocks down the avenue several times burst into ames, which were as often extinguished by vigilant watchers with buckets of wa ter
 The rear of the laundry almost touch ed the barn in which the fire started. In the laundry about forty-five women and girls were employed and when the flames reached the laundry building they all scampered to safety, all reach ing the street unharmed.
 The fremen had a hard fight and were compelled to take some trying risks.
 Chief Fancher saved the lives of three firemen at 2:f5 o'clock after the fire was under control. The men were Lieu tenant Barrows, Substitute Ryan and Hoseman Heffron, of No. 2 company They were at wor kin front of the ruins of the National Laundry. Chief Fan cher was standing in the middle of the street when he jumped forward and yelled to the firemen at work in the laundry building. The firemen jumped out of the way. They were none too soon, as large part of the front wall of the laundry companys building came crashing to the ground just where they stood.
 The heavy beams winch fell would l have seriously injured some of them had they not been warned by the chief.
 Harold Cheever of Button street, l
 
 Laundry company to save some books | of the concern. He was nearly suffo- | cated by smoke and was compelled to crawl on his hands and knees to safe | ty and fresh air.
 About 130 when the fire was under | control blaze was discovered between | two brick buildings on Lafayette street, | just north of Congress avenue. The | firemen who went to eXtingush this | blaze found a burning bundle of kero sene soaked rags burning. This arous- ed suspicious and the authorities are now Investigating this incident.
 The third alarm attracted thousands | of people from all parts of the city to the scene of the fire and In short time | Congress avenue and other streets in | the vicinity of the burning district were | packed with great throngs of curious and excited people. The polio chad |