The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-14
WAILINGFORD HAPPENINGS
4 $1O,OOO FIRE YESTERDAY NORM
 ING ON CENTER STREET.
Loss Nearly Covered by Insurance-The Block i'm Which the Fire Occurred Was Owned by Frank A, Wallace.

Block in Which the Fire Occurred
 Was Owned by Frank A. Wallace.
 her of Main and Center streets was
 badly damaged by fire yesterday morn
 ing at about 4;30 o'clock The building is owned by Frank A. Wallace presi-
 dent of the R. Wallace Sons Manufac- turing company. It apparently started in Joseph Boulando's fruit stare and was first discovered by George Johns, who works for J. T. Jeralds, It was then in the front part of the fruit store. Johns broke in the front door of the tenement occupied by Mrs A. Roberts and children and aroused them. Mrs. Roberts lived over w. Murrays store and Caspar Drukes barber shop. By the time the Roberts family had been awakened the house was full of smoke. Frank Dundero, who lives in the house Just around the corner on Main street, was awakened by the smoke from the fire. The first alarm on the town hall bell was given at 455, about half an hour afterward some of the gongs were blown.
 One building of two stories and a half on Main street had two stores, one oc- cuped by Frank Dundero as fruit ' store and the other by Post Brothers as q grocery store which they opened Saturday night. The upper part was used as a tenement and occupied by Frank Dondero.
 The two story building at the corner <.E NE1;,, rt t.N pied on the first floor by R. c. Smith & Co; druggists. The upper part was used by c. Benson, as a studio. In this same building on Center street, and directly in the rear of the drug store, was Joseph Boulando's fruit store. Next to Boulando's is Henry Ja- cobs' barber shop and east of that J. T. Jeralds' meat market, both one story buildings. Adjoining the meat market is the two story and half house.
 On the first floor was William Mur- rays grocery store and Casper Druke's barber shop, the upper part being tenement occupied by Mrs. A. Roberts This building is next to the town hall
 The roof of the building, as well as some portins of the upper part next to the town hall was badly damager by the fire. Murrays store was damaged by smoke and water. The damage to Druke's place was mostly by water. The roof of the meat market, as well as part of the rear, was badly damaged by fire as well as by water. Most of the roof of Jacobs barber shop is de- stroyed
 The amounts of insurance and the several company are as follows:
 R. c. Smith & Co.,, Germania, $1,00; | New Hampshire, s1,OO0; Westchester, | $1, ,OOo Springfield, s1,oOO Total, $4,000.
 Henry Jacobs, Agricultural of Wa l tertown, N. Y.. $500.
 William Murray, National Assurance, 1 $500; Duchess, $500. Total, $500.
 Frank Dondero, store Williamsburg | City, $500.
 Post Brothers, Williamsburg City, s1,- 900.
 John T. Jeralds, Hartford, $1500
 F. A. Wallace, Aetna, $2500; Niagara. $1 700; German American, s1,700; Phoe- nix of Hartford, $1,700; Williamsburg, $1 ,500 Total, $12,5OO.
 The total loss on buildings and stock in the stores, etc., was estimated this morning at from $S,00o to $10,OO0. MT and Mrs Robert F. Badger are rejoicing over the birth of a son.
 B. F. Williams left yesterday for Greiser O.
 Nathan Kehman who was struck by a locomotive Saturday is still confined ito the house.
 A son was born Saturday to MT. and Mrs. Wilbur Simpson.
 At the meeting of the members the Congregational church held Sunday it was decided to extend a call to the Rev. John Owen Jones of Bound Brook, N. J. with the salary of S1,800 per an- mum.
 MT. and Mrs. William J. Dray are home from their wedding trip.
 The w. c. T. II. will meet at o'clock Friday afternon at Mrs. M. I. Aliens on Church street. The funeral of the four months old son of Octave Bercier took place yes terday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house PAS Elm street The interment was in Holy Trinity cemetery