Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-13
FIRE AT CoNLoN BROS.
Stock Which Was Not Burned De.
 stroyed By Smoke and Water.

Stock Which Was Not Burned De
 stroyed By Smoke and Water.
 What came near being another big conf1agration occurred fn Conlon's s block, 146 South Main stret, shortly after ? o'clock Sunday morning. The Conlon Bros is one of Waterbury 8 large dry goods houses and the firm had vast amount of stock on hand, a great portion of which was totally de- streyed by fire, and the balance was soaked by water and discolored by smoke.
 MT Conlon said to-day that the dam age to the stock was certainly in the neighborhood of $30,O0O. He was not prepared to say how much it would cost to repair the building.
 Chief Snagg requests correction in the report published in the morning paper with reference to the damage He states that he informed the report CT that the damage to the building was about S8,O00, but that he knew nothing whatever regarding the value of the damaged stock, and put no estimate on it. He also stated that he believed the fire was started from the outside, but whether it was incendiary or not was
 
 The fire was discovered by an em- ploye of an all night cafe, who sent in an alarm. The department respond ed promptly and found that the flames had already gained considerable head way. They evidently started among pile of boxes near the rear entrance and quickly spread to the inside The upper floors are used as tenements and the occupants were obliged to make their escape in their night clothes. some of them being children, who hard ly realized what was up. A blinding smoke swept through the whole struc- ture, rendering 1t almost il possible to spend much time on the inside, so that people who went to the rescue of the tenants did not lose any time in hurry ing them out. The families included Mir and Mrs Charles MisseA, Mrs Par melee and Mrs Reil. James Dunn lived in the block for some time past. but moved to Brooklyn last week. All his furniture had not been taken away, however, but, as the fire did not reach the upper floor none of it was dam aged
 The horses in Sackett's livery stable scented danger and manifested unmis- takable signs of making rush for the fire. As precaution against any thing that might happen the animals were taken out. The firemen worked like beavers and succeeded in confining the flames to that portion of the build ing occupied by the Con1on Bros.
 The stock was ruined and much of the woodwork is in pretty bad shape. and glance at it shows that Chief Snagg was not wide of the mark when he stated that the damage to the build- ing was about $3O00 The chief was much pleased with how the cellar pumps operated. If the night had been windy the department would have had it's hands full to stay the ravages of the fire, but with good water pressure and no unfavorable conditions to cope with except the forcing of the doors, which made considerable comm0tion, Chief Snagg and his men made short work out of what some people thought was going to be another very destruc- tive and costly confiagration. The de- partment did well. All who watched the tussle claim that every man seemed to know what was expected of him and was not slow in rushing in. The stock and building is fully covered by insurance.