The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
new MILFORD HALF
CONSUMED BY FIRE
Connecticut Town Suffers
Heavy Loss.
DAMAGE NAY REACH 100000
Old Men, Women, and Children Aid Vol
unteer Brigades, BIT Lack Of Water
and High Winds Defeat Efforts to Get
Blaze Under Control Until Morning.

NEW MILFORD, Conn, May 6.-About
daybreak the FIRE which has wiped out the
business portion OF the town since .
O'Clock last night was placed under con
troll. The town is entirely cut or Irom
the world by telephone and telegraph,
but word received from a press CORE
spondent, who went to the nearest teIe-
phone, two miles from the town. states
that every building on the north side Of
Bank Street was destroyed, except the
national bank. The roof of this building
fell, but the walls still stand.
Between sixty and seyenty-fve buildings
have been consumed by the flames. The
loss is heavier than was at first estimat-
ed. \ conservative estimate puts it at
5000 The burned district includes
four hotels. the New Milford House, the
New England House, YouRg's Hotel, and
the Housatonic House. a list of the
leading business firms who are burned out
are the New Milford Savings Bank. the
Y. N. C. a. buildings. Benefits block, l.
Roman, ". G. Barton, c. H Hipp, a H
Mcmahon, Adams Express Company, c. E.
Biddeford, L. Conkey, James Lehaft,
Frank Evitts, Alexander Levy, H. z.
Smith Young's livery stable, P n Cas-
sidy, F. G. Bennett & Son, and H C.
Thomas
Many Residences Burned.
Fully forty private residences are
burned. The list devastated by the flames
covers the entire north side Of Bank
Street about tive blocks along Railroad
Street No lives were lost. Three men
were blown by an explosion of oil in one
Of the buildings out into the street and
severely bruised and burned.
The fire was discovered in the livery
stable connected with Young's Hotel.
about $50 o'clock last night. Before the
volunteer fire department could reach the
spot the stables vera consumed and the
fire had spread to the hotel From this
wooden structure, which burned like
finder, the flames su-ead in ali direc-
tions. a high wind blew and the sparks
fell among the VOC den buildings with
which 5he town is mainly constructed Aid
was summoned from DanbuTy and a spe-
cial train soon arrived with two engines.
They were forced to depend on the
Housatoric River for their water and the
service was by no means ? Iequate-
Women and Chi-drcu Aid.
Volunteer FIRE bTigades we're formed, old
men and women and children turning out
and passing along the pals. Selectmen
Pomeroy. Barnes. and Richmond pressed
into service q large squad Of special con-
stables to protect the chattels which had
been rushed from dwellings all over the
town to a place of safety turn IN the
direction Of the wind about 10 O'Clock
caused the flames to seize upon the other
two hotels. the savings bank, and the
stores along Bank Street The last build
ing TO take FIRE was the National Bank
building. This was burned at / O'Clock
this morning
New Milford is really included in the
list Of so-caIIed Berkshire county summer
resorts. 1t is situated on the Housatonic
River and Hocsatonic branch of the New
York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
about thirty-f1ve miles north of Bridge
port, and Just below the Massachusetts
State line It's population numbers about
10000,