The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-06
FIRES OF THE FOURTH
WERE PERFORMANCES ABROAD?
 IS THE QUESTION


 Many Suspicious BIazes Occurred in The Evening.-Faulkner's Barn Bril-
 liant fin Ias Distruc ctiOn. --I3artIett'u stockhouse Also Burned.-Engineer
 siterdman Injured Some StiIl Alarms.
 Two alarms of fire within short time of each other caused consternation throughout the Seventh and Eighth wards immediately the pyrotechnie dis play on the green was closing Saturday evening, and both fires are declared in cendiary. The first was No. 57, corner of Pearl and State streets. and two alarms were sounded. as the spot was a dangerous one.
 This fire was at spacious barn and storehouse on Summer place belonging to the H, E.. Bartlett estate. This was the most serious blaze of the day, about $3,Oo0 damage being done. Just as it was got under control the sky was lighted up with a beacon-like blaze two blocks away. No. As men stayed to play stream on the Summer place fire. the rest of the, department and the crowd shifting to the new fire. This third alarm within forty minutes was sounded at 9:36 from box 5S5, at State and Humphrey streets. A barn in the rear of 909 State street. occupied by Patrick IT. Faulkner. an expressman. and owned by W. H. Beecher. was burned to the ground. It was a small barn, but it was filled with hay. It was the brightest confiagration of the even ing, going up like finder. An immense. crowd of people watched this fire, the streets being packed with spectators who came from the fireworks display on the green. -s.
 The barn and storehouse at Summer place, short lane running from Sum meri street parallel to Franklin street. was built in 1898 by the late H. E. Bart lett, an egg dealer and used by him and his son, A. M. Bartlett, to store eggs in. The structure cost sl,000 to/ build, The barn was insured. through the agency of D. A. Dudley, for it's full value by the H. F. Bartlett estate.
 Since last March the barn has been rented by Edward J. Maroney, sealer of weights and measures. He lost a handsome sleigh bought last winter, feed and blankets. MT. Maroney esti- mates'his loss at s20O; not insured. Ed ward L. Perry, a painter living at IT Bishop street, rented a part of the barn, in which he had stored a good stock of wall paper recently purchased of H. B. Perry & Co. when that firm went out of business. His loss is not known ex- actly, but it is estimated at several hundred dollars. .q. g Thomas Cunningham, the cigarmaker at "A Summer place, next to the burned building, also had a small stock of his goods i'll part of the barn. A piano stored in the barn by A, M. Bartlett was burned up. . a At this fire Engineer Sherdman, of No. S's house, was injured. His injury was caused by g line of hose twisting and knocking. him down while making a at Franklin and Summer streets. He is heavy man, weighing over 200 pounds, and the fall broke his lift wrist and fractured his arm. MT. \ Sherdman was attended by Dr. Win chell, who was summoned from the crowd by Detective Donnelly. Mir. Sherdman was in great pain and was later sent to the New Haven hospital Last night he was resting comfortable.
 Another incendiary fire occurred at about midnight. It was a barn In the rear of 420 Blatchley avenue, owned by Daniel McGarry. It did very little dam age. - ....t
 Lieutenant James Webster, of No. 3's on Park street. was called afternoon to extinguish a fire In his own home. This distinction was thrust upon him by his children, who shortly after o'clock put some lighted punk into a box of firecrackers and went away to find a new amusement. The damage amounted to s25.
 At 1:47 D. m. fire alarm box 67 called he department to 221 Goffe street. The house is occupied by J. Weller. Shin yles were damaged S25 worth.