New Britain herald., 1919-05-17

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 rlainvillc suffered an industrial
 loss this morning when the C. II.
 Calor Company factory on Forc%;-
 vile avenue was totally destroyed by
 fire The old wooden building Sc-
 came so quickly envelopcd in flames
 that it seemed to vanish into space
 Nothing could save it as the fire had
 d big start before discovered.
 The orlgin of the fire still remains
 mystery. The alarm was given ;,y
 the Fitzgerald family who live a it.
 tie southeast of the burned building.
 At tho time the alarm was given the
 blaze was dangerous and when tho
 department arrived later it was be-
 yond control
 (. u. CalOr owner of the building
 Is at a loss to account for the start
 of the fire. He says there was ab-
 So'utcN no fire Whatever in the
 building as even the boiler fire ,va$t
 put out last night. Tho factory docs
 not work Saturdays and the fires
 were alt eN'lnGu1shed as usual on
 Frlday night. When Walter Calor.
 tIl'''ieI IHcilb'T or me firm, left tho
 building after six o'clock last evening
 everything was in order as usual. Tho fire, as far as the firemon We're able
 to ascertain, started in a corner of the building near the boiler It cyi-
 dcntly had been burning for somc time when discovered as the entire 1 building Was soon d rOaring mass of | flames.
 The alarm of fire was sounded at l 10 minutes before six this morning. 1 Many thought it the six o'clock
 whistles and paid no attention to it at first. The Gremen, however. were soon on the job and the department arrived at the fire about 10 minutes 1 later. A Jonah accompanied the fire 1 men and, when they tried to throw l |; stream of water on the burning building, they found the water prrs- sure weak and able only to throw a small stream part way to the roof. Realizing the seriousness of the blaze. Chief E. r. Prior ordered d call scnt to Bristol for help. A chemical soon responded and after the pump was started inc effect was seen jmn7di- atcIN. The nciGhhoring citv's dp- paratUS did much 10 save the nearby homes from destruction as the flames were lcaping into the air to a great nclGn' when the apparatus arrived. me building is a total loss. It was an old wooden one and had been iJsod j m the company'# production of small 1 special hardware for a number of years. The flames devoured it in no tlme "A large amount of stock was aIS" destroyed besides products of other small factories sent to the Ca1o,, l factory for tinishinG The loss ,n,v l reach over $25,000 all of which is fully covered by insurance.
 Fire Causes Criticism. pIainvillc people do not often get l the chance to criticize to anv great i extent and therefore took every ad- 1 vantage of the fire which destroyed l the CalOr factory.
 The iitney business between hore we're criticism because the mon on inc truck did not seem to know tho q larn, l winch sounded, or if they knew it. | they did not know the district in l which the alarm called them. The | alarm sounded number three which is 1 for the territory of the fire. The fire 1 truck 1t is stated, started from it's 1 headquarters in the fire house on Ilercc street, and, instead of going I'D | west Main street directly is reported | to have started across the railroad 1 crossing bound for the eastern end of ] Waiting for the truck to meet him on 1,i