Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-30
Three We'll Known Men Met
 Death Early To-Day.
WERE SLEEPING AT THE TIME

Had Attended a Dinner Party at the
 Club Last Evening-One Man Taken
 From an Upper Story Window Just
 in Time to Save His Life. n
 Troy, N. Y., Dec 30.-Moses T. Clough, the Nestor of the Rensselaer, county bar and the only survivor of , the class of 1S4S of Dartmouth college; William Shaw, head of the law firm of Shaw Bailey x Murphy, of which former United States Senator Edward Murphy's son is a member, and Benja- min W. Kinney, manager of the Fuller Warren Go in Boston, Mass, are dead, the victims of a fire which partially destroyed the Troy, club house early to- day, soon after dinner party had broken up. The men were sleeping in the club house. Clough and Shaw made their home at the club, and Me Kinney was q guest. Soon after the firemen reached the scene the men were seen at the windows, but nothing could be done to save them, so dense was the smoke and the progress of the fire.
 Edward Carpenter of New York, ar- other guest, was taken from an upper window by the firemen and removed to a hospital. where he Is recovering from the effects of smoke inhaled. He was in town preparing for his mar riage. His escape from death was re- garded as one of the remarkable fea- lures of the fire. All the persons killed were on the fourth floor of the building. which Is four stories in height. and 1t was this part that the flames attacked first. They had retired about 10 o'clock, and were sleeping soundly when the alarm was given by. ha-employes. The belief is enter tained that MT Shaw did not realize the extent and danger of the fire, for when his body was recovered he was found fully dressed. The others were partly dressed.
 An investigation Is in progress for the purpose of determining the cause of the fire. One theory advanced is that the trouble arose from q lighted cigarette. The floors of the club were saturated with oil used in cleaning and polishing, and these made the progress of the flames rapid. The walls of the building were of brownstone and the club house. was built ten or twelve years ago at q cost of half million DJ .&OlIdJS.
 The loss will reach $55.Q00.
 Moses 1T. Clough was So years old. and MT Shaw was nearly TO-. The lat ter was bachelor.
 The fire was the fifth to visit Troy in a month or six weeks, and the in kllrapee companies are figuring out a loss aggregating q million of dollars. The impression in insurance circles was that a number of the fires were the ontconle of incendiarism, but that there is no claim that the Troy club disaster was due to criminal action The police report. however, that while the fire at the Troy club was at it's worst the discovery was made that an attampt was being made to burn the % building at the corner of Broadway and Fifth avenue occupied as news stand. The fncendiary was caught in the act of applying the match, but escaped and has not been captured.
 Boston, Dec 30.--Benjamin W. Kin ney of this city, who was burned to death at Troy, N Y, early to-day. had been for nine years the New England manager of the Fuller &s Warren Warming and Ventilating Go, with off eer at 43 Milk street Boston He left Boston yesterday for Troy, where he was to attend the annual meeting O his company. Mir Kinney was 43 years old and is survived by widow and two children. His home was at MeIrose Highlands.