New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
S7,00O FIRE LOSS
 ID 10 ROOM HOME
Mountain View Residence De, stroyed-No Water Available
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
Funeral oc John Herbert Harris To- Gay-Catholic Card Party At High school Tonight-Diph:hcria hp- pears Here Again.

Fire Chief Edward r. Prior fixed the damage today as $7,oo0 in fire which swept through the tcn-room house of Joseph Cavalicri of Ledge road, Mountain View. carly last eve ming, totally destroying it. The blaze from the burning house was discern ible all over town and even in sec tions of Southington and attracted the attention of hundreds.
 The alarm was sounded at 5;25 o'clock and 20 firemen hurried 10 the scene of the blaze. but when they arrived it was seen that the flames had spread to the entire house and nothing could bo done to save any part of the structure or it's contents. The house was located at a distanc" fronm any water supply. making 1t impossible for the lircmen to stem the flames.
 The fire burned ficrccly for praC- tiCally five hours and. when they finally died down. nothing was left but the cellar and a mass Of debris, All of the contents of the house were lost the only thing saved being a baby's crib When ftrrm"n arrived at the scene. q woman appealed to them to save the crib and cried pleading ly for it's salvation. Her anguish struck the heart of one of the fire men and he risllcd serious danger by entering the flaming house. H. succeeded in getting the crib ont ot the house safely and he was greeted with profuse thanks by the woman
 Tho flames from the fire licked al the trees in d wooded section in tho rear of the house and threatened tc start another serious blaze. The fire. men were finally forced to attack the flames with chemicals.
 Tho "Piercc" fire truck hrollc down while on the way to the fire and it was necessary 10 abandon il on the side of the road. Later tho disabled apparatus was toWcd back to inc fro atation on riorc" street Sixteen Of the firomon remained leaving Four of them stayed fOl at the fire for two hours before three hours or more to prevent tho ! flames from spreading to the wood cd section in the vicinity.
 Az far aa could be asCcrtained, Mir l Cavalicri had no insurance on tho ! house of it's contents. Hundreds o' people viGitcd the scene of the tir' ! and remained until the flames ha,
 died down.
 The fire was the firat serious fir, ! tfi.; year in Plainvlle, the only othc
 blan" of importance occurring earlic
 in the year when considerable dam ! age was done 10 the Recreation bowling all9y3 plainvillc has be"I l very fortunate this year in escapin% ] serious losses by fire. and only ; 1 few weeks ago the fire board com mcnt"d on the small loss here. Tn, l board. however. warned the poopl
 to be careful and issued q number
 or safety rules through in" Plain i vile column of the Herald
 l Considerable anxiety was felt i' i the town when the skies were light l ed up hy the glare from the firn an, 1 hundreds of queries were made a'
 to it's location.
 Parcnt-Tcarhcr Meeting
 One of the largest gatherings o 1 parents and friends eyer to attcn' 1 a Parent Teacher association meet 1 ing completely filled the high schoo ] auditorium last evening 10 hear th' 1 first speaker on a schedule of hoaltl
 talks and 10 enjoy tn" program O songs contributed by inc "lcmrntar! 1 school pupils.
 Dr. Edward ]. Lynch, suporintcn i dent of the shelton State S;uatorlum 1 in d most interesting talk, intorme' : the parents Of the natW" of the var 1 ious common diGc@Scs, hcir causes 1 Gcvclopmcnt. and cure, Dr. Lyncl ] emphasized the importance of rcco% nizinG tn" symptoms of tuherculosi' . in it's early stages and yielding to the prescribed treatment Of complete l rest and healthful environment to in