The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-14
SIX FTUgNEN DIE IN JAIL FIRE
NV MAVEN COUNTY PRISON
PRACTICALLY DESTROYEn
Tnrre Bmdrea md PSfty lnmAass Fahen
cut safely ana caFraea % ARmery ana
Ansthrg Jall Ihsaer Guard e slaae
VIniftAmen-Flre aamrts n warmshan.

AnoAnHG S8n BH4NE NN82IM - WIMMD
NTifiAmen-FIFe starts n Warmshan.
NV HAVEN. April An ths IRE thna
rr- raly destroyed the county taal
A. Us city to-day air nrensen lost their
ives They were Capt ChArlea l. Chap
w. Lieut. william Doherty. LAdderman
= % p Buckley. HossmAn Janaea Z.
4 IN Hoseman Jamea Mortal ana HosS-
~ Ihnmas J. McGrath-
nrr fireman was critically injured
o -averal we're seriously hurt
NH-n the fire was discovered there
w.. SO men aud fifty women priauneru
h. rs jail. The IRE Was first Es~n On the
. 90 fpor ~ The Workshop ~ the nal
srf believed 20 have been caused by
c-1--.d wires, although tho story was
Z, lated that II had ben started hy one
- 90" prisoners in the hope that the in
u,,.- might escape.
When u was found that the hremen
cnlii not keep the fire from the main
hIIlng sheriff Philip Hugo called all
he Deputies and nearly the sntire police
force ~ New Haven and planned for re
rno'rng the prisoners to a place al safety.
T. ~ meantime Col James A. Gsdd~~.
clnmander OF the Second Regiment.
y g.. wAs appealed to by sheriff Hugo
for enough miliriausan to guard the prs
Crsrs.
Tho prisoners were loaded into vans.
t-r.y cars. buses and aufomobiles.
art lndsr guard az the militiamen were
transferred the men To the central police
s'suon ana the women to the Sccond
R-R rnent Armory.
The men prisoners charged with serious
g. mes were mcnacied. and not one at
i-mp~d 10 escape
~ tour frelnen who went into the jail
q iiitIon to hgtt the IRE in the chair shop
on. one escaped. They were sudden w
her rrei ~ hy the flames and when thew
tired the windows the iron bars prevented
them from getting out. Then they made
for the cellar IN the hope OF getting out
that wav hut there was no means OF exit
aui Ll,u Doherty. who Was one OF the
r'--'sr. allied: Its up 70 the roof.
hov,' and they started through the burp-
irg buIlting 10 the roof. Only one man
"a, h@i the top OF the house. Firsrnan
Shugrue He tr,ei tn pull up his com
ran when they fell exhausted. but
hs 'ouid not. He jumped from the roof
an vas picked up two hours later after
be nad been gwen up for dead
In another part Of the building Gap
tan and two men were saved from death
hy he explosion Of the boiler in the work
Ihor which blew "A the burning roof and
gave thesr compan ions q chance to reach
them with ladders. They wsre terribly
burned.
When the fire was finally under con-
t"1l "A search was made and what IL he
hr-.i to be portions Of six bodies 49, =
lowered II was also found that TIE
cells IN the main part OF the jail were a.
gr' ard the military men. deputy sherins
ard other officials. under the direction
High sheriff Hugo, escorted the prison
49, from the police station and the armor-
- Rack to the Jail for the night
The ioss will ne t2DO.O1O. This was
q . thIrd had fire la this city in the last
tyslvs hours. Fire began al o'clock
F.sto= aud thirty-ons valUabls horses
v.r.. burned The other big fire was AZ
tho Connecticut Computing Companys
fa-'cry MAR the Vale campus. last night,
90 seven women employees escaped
down TAD iers.