Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-08
A STUBBORN FIRE
liremen Had Difficulty in Sub
 duing Last Nights Blaze.

! A fire that gave the department a { lard fight was discovered in the I Bierce block, 140 and 142 Grand 1 treet, about 10 o'clock last night, by ,fficer Mullings who saw smoke is- ming from the cellar of the store of he H. J. Laplame company, painters md paper hangers, and promtply ent in an alarm from box 31, corner if Bank and Grand street. When the lremen arrived 1t was difficult to each the seat of the trouble on ac- ,ount of the dense volumes of smoke md before the flames were ex- dnguished half a dozen men were rnocked out, some of them so badly hat they were not able to remain at heir posts to-day. The paint, oil and paper burned very quickly and was it lot for the splendid water service md intelligent application of liberal quantities thereof, much more dam lge would have been done to the Jock and adjoining buildings. The Intire stock of the H. J. Lapalme Go vas destroyed and the joists and looring burned so that the floor cav Id in. MT Lapalme has not yet fig ired up his loss, but 1t will amount Q several thousand dollars. It will axe not less than $2,000 to repair he building.
 The Fulton Music company, direct y west of Lapalme's, has very hand- ome apartments in the basement, all llled with phonoraph records and ,ther property of this character. These are practically total loss the water working through the walls and leluging everything. The damage at he music store will reach something n the neigborhood of $1,500.
 Ludger Trudell, the furrier, whose )lace Is next west of the music store, loesn't think that his damage will mount to much. The cellar was overed with water to the depth of bout a foot, but there was nothing D the place only empty boxes. The oss to the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company and Dr L. c. Bell Dn the east side will not amount to much. so that the principal losers Ire Mrs Russell Bierce, owner of the block, the H. J. Lapalme company md the Fulton Music Go. All are insured.
 While the battle was on Captain lynch of the Burton street house got ] crack on the head from some of the hlling timbers and was disabled for ! short time. Joseph Kelly, J. J. Frederick, William Grouden, John Crane, J. H. Bagley and others were overcome by the blinding smoke, but 10 bad effects are expected to follow n account of the smoking out, al- hough couple of the Leavenworth treet men suffered from sick head !ches to-day and had to go home.
 Although the damage was slight till the blaze set people to thinking If the big confiagration of Februry, 1902, which wiped out that whole listrict and swept everything before [ as far as Brook street, also the ,laze in the Lilley block. Bank street, everal years ago. These three fires occurred on Sunday. the first men, ioned about o'clock In the after- loon, the second shortly before in he evening. and last nights few minutes before 10.
 There are several tenants in the blocks on Grand street and many of hem got out in double quick time. Those who were in bed had to hurry ID and some of them appeared on the rerandahs in scant attire.
 Thomas Reese. electrician for the Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co, reated the flremen to. hot coffee and he boys appreciated 1t very much.