New Britain herald., 1930-05-05
BAD FIRE MENACES GARAGE BUILDINGS. Blaze Gives Pennington Avenue
 Residents Scare B OTHER ALARMS SOUNDED
AlI-Plainyillc Nine Is Defeated Mrs. Burton Fl. Phelps Elected Golf Captain-Baptist Church In Annual Mecting-Othcr Items.

early yesterday morning on Farm ington avenue on the property be- tween the home of Frank SCheible and St. Joscph's cemetery caused consius rablc anxiety among the res idents in the vicinity as tho flames spread rapidly and threatened to ignite garage buildings. The flames shot up in the air for nearly 10 feet and garage owners made quick time in removing their cars and other raluables from the buildings,
 During the early morning homes on the avenue were filled with smoke which drifted from a forest fire in tie district Of Bristol. While many people left their homes to find out the cause of the smoke, flames were suddenly seen shooting sky ward beyond Mir. Scheibles home. The fire gained headWay quickly and the flames began 10 crawl up near the garages and homes in the neigh borhood. They came within d foot of the garage owned by s. T. Sheehan.
 Men in the neighborhood quickly organized and fought the fire, an alarm being sounded which sent the Plainyille fire department hurrying 10 the scene The blaze had gained such considerable headway that the fire fighters were powerless to stop 1t and devoted their energy in keep ing the fire from igniting any build ing. The hose truck drove right through the burning section and its crew sprayed the grass with water while other fremen fought the hIaze with streams Of water.
 The grass in the territory was eX- ceedngly dry and according to wit nesses, the property was a ranging inferno seconds after the blaze started Many homes were complet- ly filled with smoke even beyond the home Of the governor.
 After the blaze had calmed dorn, the fremen drenched the territory with water Two more visits were made to the section during the day 10 prevent a reoccurrence of the fire, the cause Of which is not known.
 Just before the blaze broke out on Pennington avenue. the fire de- partment was called to the Plain vile Electro Plating Co.,, were rub bish in dump vas burning mer- rily away. Thirty men answered the , alarm and succeeded in extinguish- ing the blaze before and damage was done. Only quick discovery Of FrD rratnp+a1 Q. quences.
 While the members Of the fire de- partment were fighting these two fires. the forest fire crew of Warden Irving GridIey were busy helping 10 !; extinguish q raging forest fire on the hills between Plainville and the Shuttle Meadow reservoir. The PIainvllle Boy Scout troops also gave their services. Full details of this fire can be- found on the first page Of this issue.
 On Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock an alarm sent g6 men of the fire department to South Wash ington street. A severe grass fire was burning on the property Of VI. Kosenko and the f1remen were , forced to fight the blaze between three and four hours before getting 1t under control Damage Of s2)0 ; was done to the chicken houses on the property
 7 Traffic was extremely heavy in 5 town all day as curious motorists drove here to watch the 0remen : fight the blaze in the hills or passed , through on their way 10 Bristol and other towns were bad fires were in | existence Parts Of Plainyille were under heavy smoke cloud all day and considerable anxiety was felt until residents learned that the smoke was drifting here from fires off in the mountains.
 The frequent sounding Of the alarm sent many local people hurry.