The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-30
SAY APPARATUS AS'STOL.EN'TO
 FIGHT A BLAZE
Fire Chief Wants Men Arrested Who Broke Into Tunxis Hill Fire House-Wordy Battle Halts Blaze.

Fairfield, Oct. 80 - (special)- Sheriff William Gould will today lay before Prosecutor Bacon Wakeman of the Fairfield town court evidence of the Tunxts Hill vounteer fire oe- pertinent, asking for the arrest or two men who early ysteroay morn ing broke into the Tunxis HIT ire house on Black Rock turnpike and stole the fire apparatus. rushing It to School street and Jenninssvtlle where a raging fire completely destroyed a one-story house.
 No Arrest, Says Gould.
 T have the charges of Chief L. Hedbsrk of the Tunxis Hill ire de- partment.' Sheriff Gould said today and I will present them to Prosecu- do not believe that an arrest can be made because I believe that a nre constitutes an emergency and thai the men who forcibly opened the nre house did go in an emergency ana were partially justified. However, 1T the fire department house and the apparatus is considered private proT- erty then a different light Is placed on the matter. That you will under- stand in my own opinion and further action will remain with Judge Wake man. If the members of the fire de- partment wish to press thir case on the grounds that their fire house Is private property then they may pos stbiy have a case. The affair Is un- fortunate. The emergency existed in
 my belief when the fire. ragged"
 This Is the second time that the fire house has been broken into and the apparatus taken, it was stated to- day by Chief Het1berg. The first time several mon rushed to the house rom the scene of 8 raging fire and with key opened the door and smashed open the big doors, taking the appar- atus without the knowledge Of the members of the fire department to at that time but did not naaterialize. Seven Are Saved.
 Early yesterday morning a fire started in he home owned and occu- Rock turnpike, and at that time seven people were asleep. It was diccoV- cred by a man and a woman walking along. They aroused the inhabitants through the smoke and fire into the street. Two men living in the neig3t boorhood seeing the blaze and kno-5N- ing that the fire alarm system was out Of order rushed to the house and with their hands broke the windows. They started the automotive appar- atus and rushed it to the fire.
 Members of the fire house hearing an alarm from the No. 1 alarm sys- tenn which was later sounded ran to their fire house and found the ap- paraus gone. Seeing the flames they went to the scene of the fire and found their hose and apparatus at the scene of the blaze. The volunteers not knowing how to handle the hose threw it in heap on the road. rem dering it useless for a considerable time.
 Bremen Indignant.
 When the volunteers found the all legged thieves of their apparatus a wordy battle ensued while the fire ! ra ged on. After much argument the regular men got to work and con- fined the blaze to the one house. sav- ing several adjoining buildings. Low water pressure also hindered the fire men in their efforts to fight the fire. Members of the department were indignant today over the affair of yes | terday and they are vigorous In their l efforts to prosecute the men who | broke into the house. Both men re- | ceived bad cuts on their hands and | o%f