Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-04
Chief cfnty of DauDury was view

Hugh L. Thompson, architect and en- gineer, at Citizens bank building.
 Dr F. J. Erbe uninjured by the fire, SC Bank street. Ready for business.
 Lucy S Fitzgerald will be ready fot business at the old stand in lew days.
 The trolley cars went through South Main street to Exchange place at noon to-day.
 George E. Judd will insure your dwelling or furniture. Be prepared for fire.
 John McElligott's up town office Is with Fitzpatrick x Glcster, GO South -.Aain for the present.
 The Upson-S Singleton Go is te:nporar- fly located at 5S and 55 Center street in the il4lnery store of 4. F. Cowles.
 Mir and Mrs Alfred Slahler, formerly of this city and now of hSelton. were among the thousands of sightseers to- day.
 The Young Mems Catholic Literary association will meet this evening in Hibernian hall The Lifts" were completely burned out Sunday night. Frank Hollywood. member of the Burton street engine company, has his head and face wrapped up in bandages to-day. He received 8 severe freez- l ing.
 | Among the tenants of the Judd block were Organist Blakeslee of St l Johns church, Leader Hallam of Hal- lam's orchestra and George Kleeber. the tonsorial artist.
 l One of the most active men seen on the public streets is James Meagher of ] the United Gas Improvement Co, who seems to be up to the eyes in business l looking after the interests of that con- | cern.
 E. D. A. Brady. the electrician. is at the old stand. 54 Center street, be- l ing the only electrical engineer con tracor saved from the wreck. Wiring of every description attended to and l gas fixtures for sale. Desk room for I rent.
 William Derwin, the ball player and member of Protector Hose company who so pluckily kept to his position on one of the buildings, holding the hose l in his hand. and was found stiff and | frozen. Is about town to-day feeling as spry and as good as ever. T. c. ". Messer was kept busy this morning opening safes that had passed through the fire. Six of them were opened successfully and he is working on one this afternoon that is warped all out of shape. The safe belongs to Asheim. the cigar dealer, and is in bad condition
 An anniversary mass was said by the Rev Father Curtin this morning ! at St Francis Navier's church for tht late Mrs Julia Reed of Sinonsyille.
 The masquerade of the ConcorGla Singing society takes place Thursday evening at Concordia hall. The exaggerated reports of the fire ] wl1ich have been sent broadcast ovei the country have injured. not benefited ! us. Several big attractions whicl were booked for Polis theater as fal ahead as March were cancelled today because the managers supposed tho whole city was on fro
 Don't talk Or think of Waterbury as s'devastated.r The fire was bad I enough, but not so bad as all that There's right smart of Waterbury Gas our southern brethren would sayl stil standing; and Waterbury pluck i: f1reproof. Wait a few years and see Hartford Courant.
 9 Alderman Blakeslee, chairman of tn committee on Instructions, has hi hands full these days. He says tha he is pleased with the way 3Ir Relic. is pushing the work and thinks tha after another day the committee vii 1.0 ,1al- -@p rrA%4 clear Of all Instructions.
 The ninth annual lecture by Profes sor H. s. (iulliver before the Curren Events club was held this afternoon in the High school building at
 o'clock. The subjects Of the leetur
 were as follows: "Waterbury's Grea
 Fire, February and B "Our For feign Relations" and ''Tle Chimes l Puzzle.
 , Thomas Farrelly of the Catholic Lii } erary association was reading loy story in the rooms of the association : in the Reid & Hughes block when til
 alarm was sent in and not thinkln
 that the fire was near him and th
 story being so interesting he staye at 1t until he had 8. close call to ge
 out with his life.
 , Thoroughfare on Grand street is q individual risk. The blowing up 0
 the walls had to be suspended thl forenoon on account of the crush c
 people. One man got hit in the ston
 ach by flying rock, but was not ser < ousiy hurt. Another rock crashe through window near the Gas Go , new quarters. The blowing up of th walls will be resumed this evenin
 when the streets are clear.
 Mrs Charles 4. Jackson Of TIillsid
 avenue met with m unfortunate acc dent Sunday night Shortly after ii 7 alarm was ruisg in Mrs Jackson stel ped from her house onto the sii.wa; , t, see the fira In ,leng so. sue slil ! ped and broke one of the small bone
 in one of her legs. A person wh
 happened to be passing by at the tin . assisted Mrs Jackson into her hous
 pr Ccnkey rendered surgical aid.
 Considering the excitement going Q :. the conduct of the crowds is highl :, commendahle. So far as can | { learned only a few . tempts have been made b anybody to interfere with private pro-
 erty, so that while the militia and p 1 1irp officers ara active still they hay