The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-11
HOUSE BURNS
FIREMEN SNORE
Dwelling In Stratford Con-
sumed, But Only Chief
Judson and Five
Arrive
Two Families Made Home
1ess-Bridgeport Depart
ment Arrives in Time to
Prevent Blaze Spreading.

A frame building, two and a half
stories high, occupied by two fami-
lies and a grocery store and meat
market was burned to the ground in
jackson avenue, Hollister Heights,
Stratford, shortly after o'clock this
morn ng. The majority Of Stratford's g
100 valiant firemen heard the alarm
and rolled over in bed. Chief A. D.
Judson and five others reported to
the fire engine house and, there not
being enough to pull the apparatus.
the chief and the others ran to the
fire and helped the Bridgeport fire.
men. who went over the town line
and did what little they could to put
out the fire. They prevented the fire
from spreading to two other houses.
The loss will be about $1,000
! President D. C. Wheeler gave per-
mission for the Bridgeport firemen to
go at GAL O'Clock. when he was in
ford lremen had not shown up. and
that there was danger OF the fire
spreading.
No. engine company responded
and laid In line Of hose from a
Stratford hydrant in Bruce avenue. A
thousand feet Of hose was not enough
and No. 6 hose wagon was called,
Residents of Hollister Heights were
indignant this morning when they
looked upon the foundation of the
house and the cellar filled with smoul-
dering debris. They pra 'sed Chief
Judson and the few Stratford firemen
who did respond to the alarm, and
in the same breath condemned the
locating more hydrants in the section
and giving adequate fire protection.
One citizen said, '"They have plenty
Of hydrants in the center Of the town.
If 1t was house in the center that
was burning the Nf1renen would turn
out all right. We pay the same
amount Of taxes, IL mills as pad by
all other residents Of the town."
The house burned belonged to Elias
Sulick. who lived in some of the
rooms with his wife and children
A man named Smith and his wife and
four children, who recently moved in
to the house. lost all they owned. The
store was owned by David Mange1ow
who had $500 insurance. Sulick had
his, house insured for s1.7o0, carried
800 insurance on his furniture and
500 on the store fixtures The Smith
family. who recently came to this
country from Europe are without in
surance and their furniture was newly
purchased a few months ago. They
lose everything.
The fire was discovered about 6
o'clock this morning in the store.
Chief Judson said this morning that
the Stratford department has an
alarm system that works perfectly. He
receives alarms at his house by tele-
phone and sends out an alarm from
there to the other members OF the
by pressing button.
The chemical engine company from
this city went to the fire with the
other apparatus but only remained a
short time. Tt was g o'clock this
before Capt. Wilson and men
Of No. engine company reported
back on duty.
member Of the fire commission
said this morning, ST hope that STRAIT
ford will do something soon to take
care Of her ordinary fires. We will
be wiling to help any city under ex-
circumstances but it is not
fair that she should expect the tax
payers to furnish flremen for their
use. It is too bad that the old town
has not few more men like Chief
Judson and the firemen who did re-
spond."