New Britain herald., 1921-02-10
HODGES SET FIRE ',
 TO AMESlTE SHED
Hall Properties Near Town Line
 Suffer Slight Damage
MAY INSTALL NEW HYDRANT

Agitation For That Protection Will l Be Renewed It is. Expected-Aged Man is Injured When Struck By Cax-PIainviIle Items. a-
 Hohocs, it is believed. ..ssho spent
 the night in one of the sheds con-
 nected with William. H. Halls
 amesite a9lant near, the Plainville town line. caused fires this morn
 nt.athat resulted fin slight damages
 but~ for time threatened to result more seriously. The wooden frame work of a baking compartment was dem ohshed causing the steel to col 1 lapse and breaking the ovens The
 local fire dehartent, assisted by the "ehemical company of No. from New
 Britain, kept the fire from spreading
 to adjoining buildings.
 At first it was feared that the fire
 was more serious than it really was
 when Chief Edward Prior of the local department received m erron- eous report by telephone that plant No. of the Connections Trap guar rieS. which is the main building on . h" pIainville side of the. town lIre, was burning. He at once communi- cated the fact to Assistant Chief Eugene Barnes of the New Brita in departrn ept. Assistant Chief Barnes
 Ntached the chemical company of ,. f house to the scerie of the fire, while Chief Prior led thes local com pauy. This was at about 7:30, and at 1o:30, three hours later, the build ing was still smouldering.
 The fire connauian; expanianced great difficulties in securing sufficient water power to direct stream at the fire and after more than an hours work were obliged to make use of a Inc no larger than garden hos to play on the flames. In. the mean time .<S chemicals were used by the New Britain company directing about
 70 g2Hpns of that material upon the burniHg shed. Finally. Chief Prior rushed back to fire hea dquarters and returned with, plum ping outfit with which he attached faucet to the piping ins nearby Sheds and the e. garden hose was attaehad.. Enective work was quickly done. in spite of the great handicaps under which the fire fighters labored. rife. local com pany stayed at the scene<of4th fire until the logs had stopped burning .omplsteN ?. aiS* I. ~ -sf ,A1sf ,A.
 Thec buildf11g orf stirN .Aafh seReraI 'ad sasent T E4Fpropefties, sincruding a, freight sidfngs is the proPerty of WfI-4- liam Fl. HAn of New Britain, and was purchased by him about a year ago from the Phillips company. MT Hall was formerly employed by the city of New Britain as city engineer Since leaving that position, he has been engaged in road construction. He uses the local plant for the manu- factslre of amesite one of the chief , substances used in the building of s,siad:. =.
 q. Reports that two men were seen coming eont>of the shed shortly before the report of fire was made, gave rise to the suspicion that hoboes we're re- sponsfble. for the. blaze, It is be- lieved that the men crawled into the shed last night to sleep and took ad-' of the facilities for building al fire offered by the baking ovens. The local authorities are making an effort to find wh9 the culprits are and it is possible tffSt, in. the event of tnair appreh cnsi6n, they will be CIhrsed with arson.
 : This mornings fire will undoubted- lys result in the placing of fire hy- drant at this point, connected with New Britain's water supply, so that the Hall and the Connecticut Trap Rock quarries may haYe adequate protection in the future. The main line from Burlington passes through at this point, and a connection would necessitate an expenditure Of not more than S1, 900. it is believed. Lo- cal and New Britain authorities are of the opinion that, if satisfactory ar rangements can be made between the town of Plainville and the city of New Britain, the Connecticut Guar ry company will be willing to pay the expense of installation. 1t is under stood that the local water company has been requested by the quarry off, . ciaIs to enter into agreements with 1 the New Britain water works for the 1 proposed hydrant. . When the departments began to ex- l perience difficulty in getting water l this morning. City Engf- l ncer Joseph D. Williams and Water l Superintendent James Towers an t, swcred a call and assisted in making | the necessary connections.
 Injured by laIto.
 Eugene Wilcox of Bristol was | struck bv an automobile owned and l driven by MT. Arnott. who gave his l residence as New Britain. late yes l terdav afternoon, on Whiting street. l The accident happened almost direct | ly in front of the residence of Dr.: J. 1 N. Bull MT. Wilcox was riding his ! Al. flN