New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
OTHER BUILDINGS SAVED

Reckless Driver Assessed 91OO-
 Adorned Meeting of City Council
 Set For Tonight.
 An eight car garage. owned by Mrs. Algernon Wilcox and located in the rear of her home on Elm street. was destroyed by fire early this morning. Five cars, which were in the building were also destroyed.
 At 3:45 a. m., a telephone call was received at the central fire station and this was followed three minutes later by still alarm rung in from Box 214. All of the companies in the city proper. Squad A of the cen- tral fire station. Engine Company No. 1 located on School street and Engine company No. at the north side immediately responded. The building was in flames when the alarm was sent in and although three lines of hose were laid, the fire had gained too much headway tc be overcome. By hard work. a six car garage, located few feet to the east of the doomed structure, was saved and a barn containing a large amount Of furniture was also kept from burning by the free ap- plication of water. Over so gallons Of chemical were used in an attempt to stem the blaze.
 The cars destroyed were owned by John Blanos, Walter Grace, Josiah R. Elliott. Harold F. Elliott and Wilbur c. Hoadley. The cause of the fire Is as yet undetermined and the investigation will undoubtedly be postponed until 1 the return of Chief John H. Hayes, who is attending the annual con- vention of the New England Associa- ton of Fire Chiefs in Portland, Maine.
 The unofficial loss was believed to f be in the neighborhood of s6.o0o. Of this amount s2.O0o was applicable to the building and the rest to the cars destroyed.
 Injured On Rotary Saw ! William Gray of Meriden, car- penter employed by the contractors , engaged in the erection of the Co., i lonial theatcr on Main street. was ! painfully injured yesterday after noon when the thumb and index finger of his left hand were caught in a rotary saw. The thumb was partially severed and the index f1n- ger was severed.
 The injured man was taken to the ! Bristol hospital where he was attend- ed by Dr. Raoul A. Siliciano. Sev- eral stitches were, taken in the uanglcd thumb, which it is thought may be saved.
 Gray is the second carpenter to be injured while operating the rotary saw within the past week. Several days ago another workman was bad stitches were required to close the gash.
 Fined For Annoying Girl A fine of $50 and costs and sus- pended jail sentence of GO days was meted out in police court today by Judge William J. Malone to Andrew Fiamenjo of Pine street, East Bris- tol. who was presented on a breach of the peace charge.
 1 He was arrested last evening as a result of complaint made to police headquarters by young woman also residing in East Bristol. who claim ed that Fiamenjo had annoyed her and followed her to her home in a lonely section.
 Fiamenio pleaded not guilty / through his counsel, Attorney A. J. Rich. In direct examination by his attorney. he stated that he had never attempted to address the young wo- man or follow her home. He also stated that he was keeping company with a young girl, whose age was given as 16, and that he spent every night until 10 or II o'clock with her. Prosecuting Attorney James T. ! Mather in his cross-examination ask ed Fiamenjo if he had ever been in 1 the hill section of the city nights. to which he replied that he had not Mir. Mather later mentioned the fact that the peeper, who was causing residents to lower their shades each night. was a man of about the same build as Fiamenjo.
 | Reckless Driver Heavily Fined
 Joseph Bealzncis of 472 West street, charged with reckless driving, was fined $100 and costs in police court by Judge Malone. Prosecuting Attorney Mather presented the case. The arrest of Bealzncis was the result of a complaint made to the police> department by Louis Camp. after the latter's car had been struck by one operated by the accused man at the corner of Summer and Federal streets. Camp testified that Bealzn- cis approached the junction of the two streets at a speed of approxi- mately 55 or 60 miles an hour and in spite of the fact that he (Camp)