New Britain herald., 1926-02-15
GARAGE COLLAPSES
 UNDER HEAVY SNOW
Alleged Faulty Construction Re.
 wives Building Code Talk
"Y" TEAM IN WALKOYER
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 Faulty construction is heinz blamed for tho collapse 6t the roof Of Ncris garag" on Central square Saturday afternoon, local car pcntcrs who have examined the ruins being of thn opinion that the building was net strong enough to resist strain auI that the roof was not properly "u"l on,' As q result ot this accid,nt, th" agitation for building colr and inspector has been revived and the claim, made that such Il collapse Woull not b" possible if building were supervised.
 Omiuous cracking sounds warned residents of thu Ncri block that tn" garage was giving way beneath tn" heavy snow which had accumulated on the roof. The owners of the gar age Wcrr notified and all automo- piles were removed from the struc- ! ture, while the work of removing 1 the snow from th" roof was begun. 1 These measures proved too late, and : about o'clock tho eastern end Of roof fcl in. forcing out both front l and rear walls 10 alarming angles and causing large cracks 10 appear in them. The western md of tn" garage roof collapsed last night, but | the walls today were still standing though at angles which caused won,
 dcrmcnt that they did not topplt completely.
 The garage was built last fall hI A. Matson and was the largest 1T Plainville, accommodating about ,; cars. It is noT almost q total loss
 as all but one section must be torI
 down.
 Carpcntrrs examining the ruin.
 this morning commented on th'
 waak construction of the roof
 which was Noorly supported anl
 tied on" to the walls by few nails
 instead Of bolts. The Ncri hroth'rS owners of the garage, would mah' no statement this morning in r"Gare
 to possible action. but said the> would consult their attorney. II k though that suit may be brought
 The agitation for building code
 has been revived hy this occurr"nc"
 The proponents of such q measure
 point out that with q code in rIi"' and prop, rtly enforced, weak bull" ings would not hc allowed to h
 erected. Owners would not he p"r , nittcd 70 have fragile structnr"
 built, nor Wuuli contractors ln' aH' 10 use inferior r.-turials in vi"h'lo
 Of their agrr,Il nl,; Nith th" own CTS. The blumr :ol. ;hc present col . lapse it not placed and prohahj can not be placed officially, as thrr
 is no machinery for Investigating
 The only recourse Is 10 th~ civj , courts.
 The matter of oht&ininc Il buil'l ing inspector is now h"inc consid
 cred hy the town authorities, and ' is hoped to have a bill ready fo
 the n,Xt legislature looking toWar ', the establishment Of q code an
 system Of supervision here. IL f. claimed by those faNoring such ac , ton that no building erected her" :: recent years would pass inSpe'uo , under a proper code.
 |. "N" Team Victorious
 The plainviIlc '. NJ. C. A. has
 kctball team kept its county ieaSn
 slate clean Saturday night by hand . ing a Ala trouncing 10 CollinSNil' in a rough game on th" latte ' teams homo floor. PIalnNl' - showed great superiority throuET Il out. and tho home team was r">,
 dangerous, being oufplayed in e>'r
 department Of the gamo. Al Tn |. end of the first half plain'iNo '' t by 20-G. and inc second half WI n even more onc-Sidrl, Colllnsyil' |. scoring only three points
 q The Samc WAS very rough l. games on small floors usually ar IT and many fouls were called. Hel V gen took four and went for an ear ,, shower, while several other pIa, |" CTS on both teams had three callt C on them. Freddy Miller was "cai Il the high scorer for Plainvill", ado I. ing l5 points to his already hie O total for the season. Captain Shit .r Martin and Ray Schwah also wei d well, while Bergen held Barlow 10 i- lone goal. piamowsli was best t'
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