Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-05
FIREMEN ON THE RUN
Kept Busy Since Saturday Mostly on Account of Brush Fires
 in the Suburbs
ACCIDENT TO FIRE WAGON

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 the go since Saturday and some of
 the boys have been so busy that they
 scarcely had time to get their meals.
 Early in the morning they answered
 call to Benham street, where the
 neighbors got scared of a brush fire
 and shouted for help. An alarmswas
 sent in and the firemen went there, extinguished the blaze and then trott-
 ed back to the house. They hadn't
 been home long when they were
 hurried to Seeryville where another
 brush fire had burned up to small
 house and set it on fire. After battl-
 ing with this and saving as much
 as they could from the ravages of
 the fire fiend they had wild run
 out Dublin street to the brush land
 near new St Joseph's cemetery,
 where fierce fire threatened to wipe out the whole neighborhood. They
 hitched onto a hydrant, attached to the high service and the pressure was so great they were unable to throw
 water long distance and saturated the ground that there was not much, danger of it getting on fire for a day or two more. Yesterday shanty belonging to the Cruse Construction company, located in South Brooklyn was surrounded by flames from the brushwood and went up in smoke. The firemen went down there, but there was not much for them to do.
 This morning blaze was dis covered in the attic of house on on Lafayette street, owned by John Casey. In answering, the Leaven- worth street boys had mishap which delayed them for a short time, but Chief Engineer Snagg was equal to the occasion and promptly pressed the Scovill street house into service, but they were not needed, but of course this was something nobody could tell at the time. When the wagon was hurrying down Bank street four horse team coming in from Meadow street made 1t neces- sary for the driver to get quite close to the curb and then in swinging out one of the horses fell and broke the pole. Fortunately no other damage was done. but Chief Engineer Snagg and all the firemen who were on the way to Brooklyn felt very angry at the driver of the four horse hitch for not keeping out of the way as he was said to have been told to do. The damage to MT Casey's house is said to be between $50 and $60.
 An effort Is being made to find out who is lighting brush fires and if the jokers get caught it will cost them more than weeks salary. In addition to the worry people suffer. the loss is considerable. Fences and young wood are ruined by these fires and farmers whose pasture lands are burned at this time lose a months run" for their cattle. so that apart from the risk to life and limb these fires mean a great deal in other re- spects.
 The brush fires that ragged in the south end of the city yesterday not only did lot of damage to private but it was also the cause Of the disappearance or large num- Der of turkeys and dozen or more pigs from one or two farm yards. AS soon as the porkers smelled the smoke and heard the fire raging in the woods nearby, they emitted series of squeals and took to their heels, mak- ing all sorts of noise as they put the brushwood. Turkeys are also very timid of fire and when the birds felt the heat they skipped and none of them has since returned. As the fire swept over very large territory it is thought that close search through that neighborhood would reveal the presence of some roast pork and turkey here and there In the forests around Mohawk park and Simonsville.