The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-26
Sugenheiner Store Damage Estimate
 Placed At SPA, ,OOO
Fire MarsEaI's Report Issued To-day Intimates
 SmouIdering Cigarette May Have Ignited Waste Y Material in Cellar Bin-COurse of Blaze Is 'g Described

first floor, and consequently there was little, if any damage, beyond this point, except the stock dam age, by reason of the great amount of smoke. which permeated the entire building. and for that mat ter found itself into various other buildings of the. neighborhood.
 The starting point of the fire. we believe to have been, in the waste paper sheet corrugated iron bin, on the south side of the cellar. between the cellar stairway, and the coal bin. There was no over head covering of the waste paper bin, which gave free access for the fire to communicate to the expos- ed under -pinning or wood 1oists. The fire ran along the underpin- ming in all directions. but it's pro- gross easterly was somewhat blocked by wooden partition which was located at point near the front cellar stairway. The flames then shot upwards on the south side, crossing the woodwork to the north side, in the rear of wall show cases. The door casing from the first floor to the cellar was also involved for brief pe- riod. None of the fire got beyond few feet of the first floor, how ever.
 Due to a grade condition. water poured into the Sugenheimer building, found its way sinto the cellar of the Davis & Nye. Inc. store on the north side, and be- fore 1t was checked several thous- a tunrth afnnk damaged. But none of 1t by the fire.
 Following the law as laid down in Section 2308 of the General Statutes. outlining in part the duties of the Fire Marshal, the office of the Fire Marshal started or conducted an inquiry into the cause of said fire, during which various employees and attaches of the institution, including the man ager, were duly examined. From the testimony given, we learned that the last person in the cellar or persons were two young men, faithful and efficient employees, Hillard Evans and Roy Harper; that Evans banked the fires the Friday night preceding at 6 o'clock remaining there until about 6:15 D. m, while Harper left few minutes before. Everything then was all right, they said, The tailor, Dominick Beloisey. located in the work room, third floor rear, work ed until 8 D. m, but did not go in- to the cellar. He left when he was called for at the allotted time 500 o'clock. No one, so far as VIC were able to learn, was in the Sugenheimer store after this hour, or until after the discovery of the fire in the morning.
 our investigation disclosed a daily custom on the part of cer- tain employees to remove the waste accumulations of the Beauty Shop" to the waste paper bin. In this lot of waste were tar compounds, chemical dyes. waste cotton, hat trimmings. cigarette butts, burned matches, q used can of turpentlne, a used can of metal polish and similar materials, all of which, 1t was disclosed, used to be thrown or mixed fin with the waste paper and boxes, and left over night in the cellar. This was the situation in the store at the time of the fire, none of the papers or sweepings of the establishment having been removed from the cellar within q week or so. or to be exact April IT.
 We don't know but what light cd cigarette butt was carried and emptied into the bin on Friday night, April 21, unknowingly on the part of the employees. The com bination of materials such as we found in the bin no doubt formed combustion, and upon ignition had much to feed upon, especially in the waste from the upper floors. The interior of the bin, corrugated