Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-19
TWO ALARMS
All Fire Apparatus in City Out For
 Slight Fire.

Yesterday afternoon there was q small fire in the block owned by Gui- scope Pope in Canak street, but the 0c- cupants thought the whole building was ablaze. Consequently an alarm was sent in from box 31, corner of Grand and Bank streets, and the fire men hustled to the fire which threat ened, judging by the antics of the people, to wipe out all of Canal street. When the department arrived at the scene of the blaze they discovered some sparks which could easily have been extinguished with few pails of water. The blaze was in an old barn in the rear of the storehouse and it took the boys only few minutes to give the fire the quietus.
 Meanwhile some other inhabitant of the Pope building dashed to the box on Bank street and sent in second alarm from box 312. This brought out all the apparatus in the city. Billy Mccarthy even went tearing out east after the No jumper, and all has tened to the conflagration as they thought. Imagine their disgust, there fore, when on reaching the colony they found nothing but a crowd of people stretching their necks to get glimpse of what all the excitement was about.
 But if the people took the happen ings as joke it was no laughing mat ter with the men and horses of the North Willow street house. While coming down the steep grade the left rein broke, and Captain Doderer and Driver Bywater saw that something was going to come and come quickly They braced themselves for the shock as they knew the horses were already beyond control. The animals because of the pressure on the right rein went flying into the gutter near Mitchell avenue and the wagon struck an Iron pole with crash. The horses went down in a heap and the fellows on the rear of the wagon went scattering in all directions. The men on fbe seat were prepared for the smash and held their places. Hoseman Powers land ed on his head, but his helmet saved him from being injured. None of tn. other men were hurt, although they were slightly shaken up.
 When the horses were pulled apart it was found that Dan and Harry were all right, but Dick, which has been in the department for about eight years, had his two hind legs broken. The animal was shot shortly after. The horse weighed about 1,50( pounds and was one of the best in the city.
 The wagon was not badly damaged although the pole was smashed. Tht harness was recently purchased and was thought to be in first class condi tion. The last accident that occurred in the fire department was a few months ago when the home of Nil Morris on Mitchell avenue was de stroyed by fire. On that morning thu Burton street boys had difficult timt getting to the blaze and on North Wil low street, not far from where the ac cident of yesterday happened. thu wagon tipped and the captain had couple of ribs broken. The vehicl, f Vas badly dainaged and as result on the Instrumentation of Chic Snagg, the apparatus of the city wal ordered to he equipped with rubber tires and the work has just been fin ished.
 The two alarms of yesterday causet the people in all parts of the city t think that another big blaze, such a visited the city four years ago th' present month, also on a Sunday, wa | in store for the town.