New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-22
Two SMALL fires
Do slight Damage
Defective Heating Pipe Ismts
Wl-0l Truck Blaze
Two WHISTLES SOUNDED
Delay In Calling Ffrcmeu-Afrs. L.
land G. Hart Dies In Hospital
F0rcsters to Observe Anniversary
-GWillim Heads Shrine-Isriefs.

Foresters to Observe Anniversary
-Gwilliin Heads Shrine-3riefs.
Two small fires during the past
~ hours resulted in only slight loss,
for the fire department was not
needed at one and at the other 1t
was able to tear out a burning par
tition and limit damage to approx
imately $c5. The first call was a still
alarm at 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, when the seat of an oil
truck owned by James Elliott of
New Britain caught fire on the New
Britain road. Fire Commissioner
Driver James r. Boswell answered
the call alone but found no need for
his services, as the truckman had
been able to put out the flames
himself.
At $40 o'clock this morning an
alarm of fire was sent in from rs
East Main street, flames having
been discovered in a wall on the first
story there. The house is owned by
A. II. Richards of Hough street and
Is occupied by Thomas J. Angels. an
employe of Wilber's restaurant. The
firemen ripped out the partition and
attacked the flames with chemicals,
overcoming them without trouble in
spite of a surprising quantity of
smoke which rose through the parti-
ton and seeped out through the
roof.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by Il defective heating pipe.
This pipe. located in the partition.
was overheated and had gap in 1t
just where some electric wires laid
upon it. The pipe is believed to have
set the woodwork afire directly or to
have burned away the wire insula- :
ton and caused the exposed wires 10
start the fire.
A slight delay in sounding the
alarm was caused by temporary
defect In the alarm system. When
the call came in to telephone head
quarters the operator found that the
alarm would not sound automatical-
ly. Acting on instructions. she mott
fled the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co..
and the whistles on that plant was
sounded. By that time. however.
Miss leila Dyer. chief operator, had
hurried on duty and was blowing
the regular whistle by hand. The
two whistles led many people to be-
lieve that there was serious fire in
progress.
The defect In the alarm was REM
edied Immediately and the system is
once again in perfect condition.
Open Meeting On Town Court
An open meeting OF the Chamber
of Commerce, at which the proposed
creation OF a town court for Plain
vile will be discussed. will be held
in the chamber rooms next Monday
evening, Chairman 8. S. Gwillim Of
the chamber legislative committee
announced this morning. The conf
mittee has u tentative bill prepared
and will submit this for the ap-
proval of those in attendance at the
open meeting. If it meets with
| ldNott ASopClt -.
White, who is a member Of the conf
mittee, will introduce it in the gen.
eral assembly.
February is the last date for the
submitting of bills to the assembly,
and IL the chambers bill does not
meet with approval it may be neces-
sary to introduce blank bill and
substitute a complete measure when
its terms have been agreed upon
later.
| Mrs. Leland Hart Dies
Mrs. Mabel Hosford Hart, wife of
Leland C. Hart Of New Britain av-
| cnue. died last night at the New
Britain General hospital. She was
A years old and was the daughter
of Orrin NJ. and Carrie Doolittlc
Hosford. Her husband is proprie-
tor Of a sand and gravel establish
ment on Cooke street. Mrs. Hart
was a member Of the First Congre-
gational church OF New Britain.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Hart
il survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Richard A. Bennison and Miss Bar
bara NJ. Hart. both Of Plainville;
one grandson; four brothers, Louis