Putnam patriot., 1916-02-18
ANCHOR PAPER
 JILL BURNED
Windsor Locks Loses Is Oldest
 PuIp-w0rkiaJ Plant
DAMAGE PUT AT siOOOoo
Fire Department Leaves Turkey on the Table - Montgomery mill saved-Flfty Employees A.
 feeted-owner Was Sick.


 feetea-omner Was Sick.
  Windsor-The Anchor Paper Com pany incorporated mill near the canal burned with a loss Of approxi- matsly S100 000 including the build ing, machinery. furniture and stock. The fire vas discovered about two mi-sutes before o'clock, ?. m, by tae night watchman. Michael Canning. who saw flames in the elevator shaft when he started 10 ring up the time clock in the office He ran to the boiler room and pulled the whistle sord, then went out on the street and yelled 10 paaseraby.
 The members of the Windsor Locks fire deuartment were sitting at ban auet fin Mooney's Hall, given in honor of their chef. Horace D. Daub, who has resigned. and Thomas Laiiin, superlnssffAert Of the Anchor mill. had just finished making speech while presenting a gold watch to Chief Dauh. when the cry of fire rang ln the memhers' ears They left tur- key. pumpkin pies celery and nuts on the table aud ron poll meil out of the hall and to the engine heHaai where they put on their red shirts and helmets. They pelled the hose cart to the fire and hitched onto the town hydrants. but the pressure was SO low that they could not get water even to the second story Of the three story mill.
 When the fremen arrived the fire had assumed spectacular proportions. The flames shot into the sky so that they could probably have been seen in Hartford had the night been clear The Intense heat kept everybody away from within 100 feet of the doomed structure. Nothing was saved, the flames spreading 70 rapidly that none could get into the mill.
 The fremen and employees of the Montgomery mIll. about fifteen feet north Of the Anchor mill stood on the roof Of the Montgomery mill and kent Al work several lines of hose connect cd to the Montgomery mill pump. making blanket Of water that was run off the roof between tho two mills, This shut Of the heat from the Mont. romery mill and saved it. The wind was favorable. alao. he'ne from the north and blowing the heat and sparks away from the Montgomery mill
 This is the second lime the Anchor mill has been burned. the first tine being back in the middle of the last century
 Men Out of Work.
 About fifty employees will not have work for some time as a result of the fire. The mn contained mixing room. grinding room. drying room, chemical room. cutting room rolling mill. shipping room and stock room. New machinery had been bought re. gently and was in the basement await ing a time when it could be install / The plant had been SO busy this win ter that time could not be found to install the new machines
 The mill built in 1883 was about f20 feet long and was 70 feet wide in parts II was of brick eontsruc ton. it is said that James r Coogan who was forgerly part owner with Colonel William C. skinner. iron about 1900 until the fall of 1914, hat some paper stock stored on the thirJ floor.
 Nobody could tell how the fire start ed Mir Canning said that there wa no fire near the elevator at any time the boiler room being at the othe end of the building in shed adioin ingthe mIll There had been nobod' in the mill but himself and the da,
 af He could not tell whether or not elee tric wires were the cause as he dh rot know just where ali ot the wirinl was,
 Owner Sick Abed.
 James P. o'Brien. who bought thl mlu in the fall of 1914 and neoE porated under the name of the An chor Paper Company, Inc, was a the scene of fire for a few minutes coming from his home where he ha been sick in bed for few weeks. I was sent home in an automobile b, friends He would not say what in surance was carried. It is under stood that the insurance will cove the loss of the mill and mAchinerl and perhaps part of the stock bu there will probably be loss of iron sS0,000 to $40 900
 Mn Busy Overtime.
 The min had been particularly bus, since last spring working overtime lt was said hy an empluye that th company had not been caught up il it's order for more than six months The min manufactured tissue pape of every kind including toilet napa copying tissue. hend issue, and tissu for noVeit es. such as valentines. May baskets. etc.
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