The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
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Fire Chief Mooney Upon Hearing Alarm Rushes from Meeting Place to Scene of Blaze-State Gathering of Fire Heads.

While in the midst of a discussion on Fire Prevention, the meeting of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Associa- tion in this city at 12:45 this noon
 was broken up temporarily by an Water streets, about two blocks from the Atlantic Hotel where the chiefs were meeting
 Chief Edward Mooney Of the local department, who was in the midst of the throng of fellow fire chiefs, sprang up like a shot when the alarm rang and bounded down the hotel stairs. Several of the other fire chiefs follow ed and were in tme to admire Bridge ports two auto chemicals and other apparatus whizzing up Middle street.
 Some class to that apparatus" was the general sentiment of the veteran fire fighters, who just a moment be- fore had finished discussion on the growing use of automobile fire appar- atus
 The blaze, which consisted of cur tain afire in the tailoring shop of H. Markowitz at S7 State street, was ex- tinguished in a jiffy. The damage was trivial.
 Farewell to the fire horse,' was practically the unanimous sentiment expressed by the visiting fire chiefs, just before watching Bridgeport's ap- paratus on the job. The discussion of auto fire apparatus brought out uni- versal verdict that the days of inc fire horse are already numbered and that automobile apparatus will be the exclusive fire-fights1g Fehfe3e or the future.
 The run of the RrTsls spe"t spH IS fully demonstrated this tneorg E'he two pieces of chemical apparatus were on the job imm ediately and put out the blaze. The horse-drawn appara- tus on the other hand had a hard time getting to the fire on account of the slippery condition of the streets. Es. pecia1y exhausted were the horses Of No. i truck which came down State street from Norman street. It was cnly through the skillfulness of the driver that the horses were able to keep their feet.
 The meeting of the fire chiefs, which is the 22d semi annual gathering of it's kind in the history of the State asso- citation, was called to order at 11:30 in Ex-Chief A. C. Hendrick of New Ha- ven, a veteran fire chief, over 80 years old, but still active of mind and body and displaying intense. interest and enthusiasm in leading the discussion on fire-fighting topics of the day.
 Besides talking of the comparative virtues of automobiles and horses in fire fighting, the chiefs took up an important discussion under the head of Fire Prevention Better Than Fire Extinguishment." Chief Hendrick in opening the discussion, deplored the lax laws and the neglect of duty on the part of public officials which make possible such catastrophes as the Trl- angle shirt waist horror in New York. The chiefs then discussed and criti- cised the present laws in the State of shals, and the conflict in duties be- tween city, town and State fire au- thorities.
 At 1:3O o'clock the chiefs sat down to dinner at the Atlantic Hotel. Af- ter that they made an informal in- spection of the fire apparatus at No. Els engine house and No. 1 chemical house.
 The past and present heads of fire department at the meeting were:
 A. c. Hendrick, New Haven: Samuel Snagg, Waterbury; Howard L. Stan ton, Norwich; Robert " Magee, Wa tertown; David W. Harford, South R. H. Meacham, New Ha- ven (Annex); James M. Chatfield, town; Rufus R. Fancher, New Haven; McGowan, South Norwalk; Edgard M. Allen, Fair Haven; Harry w. Parker, Stamford; A. B. Wfnches- ter, South Norwalk; William F. Clark, Naugatuck; c. A. Cameron, West Ha- ven; Edward Mooney. Bridgeport; Robert W. Dame, New Britain; H. F. Clark, South Norwalk; William A. Norwalk; John D. Milne, William A. Cushman, Row ayton; w. A. Hadley, Fair Haven; c. s. Boies, Seymour; Thomas l.. Shields, WatertOwn