Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-04

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 Architect Benedict now located with the Tracy Bros on Benedict street.
 Fitzpatrick & Gloster is one of the shoe firms that are doing business in the shoe and rubber line.
 Undertaken Edmondson will have temporary headquarters over Kings cigar store on East Main street
 The Scovll house walls were torn down this morning. They constituted one of the greatest dangers in the city
 People on the outskirts of the city were rather scared lest their property migh catch on fire from the sparks that were flying around everywhere A number of people had their private hose ready for use in case of danger.
 Superintendent Combellack of the Boys club has a few homeless famil- ies to look after and would be pleased to receive anything in the way of fur niture or children's clothing. Money will be received also. Please send to the Boys club rooms.
 Miss Mary O'Connor, who had such narrow escape from her building Sunday evening, is stepping at the home of her uncle, John Ryan. She is ia comfortable circumstances and is not suffering in body or mind despite the stories to the contrary.
 This morning a conference of Ad- jutant- General Cole, Chief Egan. Chief Snagg and Lieutenant-C Colnnel Geddes was held, and it was decided to keep the military on duty until this even- ing. Then if they can be dispensed ] with they will be withdrawn
 ?. B. Rice suggested to Democrat reporter to-day that 1t would be q l good thing for all the labor unions in l the city to vote to work ten hours a l day until the city is rebuilt. This would keep all the money at home and prevent outside workmen from coming here and taking away much money in wages.
 The Sisters of St Mary's convent took precautions to save their proper l ty Sunday evening when the sparks from the fire were flying all about them. A number of boys were se- cured and the roofs of the buildings were kept wet down with garden hose The boys worked with will while there was the least danger to the prop erty.
 | SOLQC OA lllC SCON III uOuSG OCCuUdDIS had hard work in escaping from the i building. Some Of them received hard bumps in getting out. George Gaff- ney and Miss Kifnball had a collision and both were knocked down and stunned. George picked himself up at the bottom of the stairs. returned and succeeded with great difficulty in rescuing Mrs Kimball
 Detective-sergeant Smith and Off, cers Ahern of Hartford were among the visitors in town to-day. Officer Ahern was probably the tallest man that called upon Chief Egan since the I fire started. Waterbury people will be enabled to form scme idea of the Hart ford mans altitude when they learn that Sergeant Pagan looks like small boy beside him.
 Chief Snagg desires to thank the en- tire fire department, through the pages of this paper, for the unanimity of ac- ton that responded to all his sugges- tions and orders. He includes in this the out of town companies, which showed excellent discipline. Not q murmur Of diseontent was heard along the lines of tired and half-frozen fire men. who for q long night and dreary
 morning stood to their posts under con- ditions without parallel in the history of the state. He further wishes to than- everyone who had a good word to offer to cheer the firemen or in any
 way helped during the trying hours of
 the confagration
 posts through thick and thin Neither out of town Gremen, our own fremen should not be forgotten. They did ad-
 mirable work. They stuck to their
 posts through thcik and thin Neither the cold. nor heat, nor time had any effect upon them. As a result many
 of the hremen are nursing frozen fin gers and faces to-day. Among the
 sufferers at the Burton engine house
 are the following: Patrick Hayes,
 sprained ankle. knocked from ladder
 nv being struck with failing brick.
 Charles Gallagher, feet and hands
 frozen; William Th,bodeau. gash in
 head, struck with falling brick: Henry Rey sprained wrist.
 Thomas Howard, the well known
 blacksmith. says his shop, which is 10. cated on the corner Of Scoy;u and
 Brook streets, just about the spo;
 where the fire stopped in it's mad . rush eastward, had something to do with checking the onward march of 2 the conflagrafion. With the exception of the rink, MT Towards shop is the best fireproof building in the city, ], Anyway, everybody Is talking about how the progress of the fire happened , to be checked at this point Brook street is one of the narrowest thor. oughfares in the city and the blaze
 from the burning buildings that front on South Main street reached clear across the street and spectators ex- pected to see everything on the east side of Brook stree& i'll q blaze at any moment. It is said that the rear walls - of the Boston Furniture Co.'S building which remained standing, did mucf ? towards keeping the flames from 9 reaching across the way. If they had ! succeeded in getting into the wooder
 structures on that side Of the street . all the fremen in the state could not ? save that whole district from beins e wiped out, the Church of the Immac : ulate Conception and Blake & John } sons included. together with tha- E whole factory district along North Eln F street.
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