New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
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F|REMEN HELPLESS
 WHILE HOME BURNS
No Hydant or Pumper-An-
 derson Home Is Razd

QerS01 Home IS RaZM
 lNIER-CLASS BASKETBALL Novel Plan Adopted at High School
 Red Cross "SOlicitor" Chased From Town-Football Teams Play Well-Briefs.
 While the Plainville fire depart i ment without water. stood helplessly | by, the home of l.. A. Anderson on farmlngton avenue was razed by fire | last night with a loss estimated at SI,oOo. The Andersons were spend ing the evening in New Britain and 'here was nobody at home, so the flames were able to obtain quite a | start before they were discovered by one of the proprletors Of the Legcr | Bros. gasoline station nearby. He ! telephoned in an alarm at s o'clock and the fire company responded in its usual fast time
 ! Although it arrived at the burn . ing house before the fire was beyond control, the department found itself , unable to fight the flames properly i because Of the lack of water. There was no hydrant within half a mile
 Of the Anderson home and. although
 the brook and several wells were near at hand, the department pos ScSS"d no bumper which could utilize this water. The fremen tried to stem the flames with their chemicals | but could not do so, so they had to contine themselves to saving the
 nearby buildings. The fire was a i spectacular one and attracted a huge
 throng Of toWnspeoplc and motor i ists.
 The house was burned to the { ground so completely that today 1t
 IS difficult to see that there ever was
 Il building on the site It Is under
 stood that the loss was covered by ! insurance 10 the extent of $5.000.
 The origin of the fire is undctermin-
 ed, although it is believed that the
 flames broke out in the cellar. i The Andorsons returned during
 the excitement and Mrs. Anderson suffered q partial collapse. The family spent the night with relatives Members of the fire department i said after the fire that if they had had q booster pump or regular bumper they could have saved the ! house, as the flames had not spread too far before the company arrived , The same was true when the Hart house on New Britain avenue i burned recently. There has been agitation here recently for the pur- chase of q bumper or at least of a small pump for use at these fires , beyond the district protected by , hydrants. 1t was also suggested by merchants this morning that the i district where last nights fire occur red was now sufficiently built up to warrant the installing of hydrants. 1 lntcrC1aSS Basketball An inter-class basketball league is ! being planned at the high school as a preliminary to the opening Of the regular season, it being Coach Gal lup's idea to look over the members of the class teams and pick out his squad from the performers who show to tho best advantage. Each class is 10 elect nine boys who will constitute its squad. A tenth boy will be chosen as manager and will keep records of the points scored. fouls committed, and substitutions made. All nine men of each squad must be used in every game, in order that the coach may sec all possible candidates in enough ac- ton to allow him to estimate their abilities.
 The sophomore class was 10 elect it's basketball representatives after school this afternoon in room 60. The freshmen will choose theirs to- morrow afternoon. On Wednesday the seniors will elect at $:15 o'clock and the juniors at 3:%0 o'clock.
 The first game on the school schedule will be played on Decem- Der 2, when the Western Connecti- cut league opens.
 Bryda-kacZmarcZy
 Joseph Bryda Of Bristol and Miss Rose kaczmarczyk Of PlainVille were married this morning at the Church Of Our Lady of Mercy. John Bryda, q brother Of the bridegroom, was best man, and the maid of honor was Miss Constance Ciss. The bridesmaids were Miss Stella Dun czyk. Miss Jane kolpack and Miss Anna Kaczmarczyk, the brides sis ter. Joseph Habcr, Peter Rryda. an- other brother Of the bridegroom, and Joseph ParaCk were ushcrs.
 Rev. John F. Fay, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony, and Rev. Austin r. Munich assist ant pastor, conducted the nuptial mass.
 Fake Red Cross Solicitor
 A combination of the soap husi r:cSa with the American Red Cross drive failed 10 work for George P"ck of Hamilton street. Waterbury, and he was arrested Saturday by Con