The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-04

2. Early morning fire at 3: Lafayette street drives out occupants of three apartments, who shiver in the cold until flremen extinguisll the blaze.
 3. Chief Thomas J. Lynch placed upon the retired list on application Deputy Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugt elevated to the position of depart- ment chief by the board of fire com inissioners.
 1. Rapid headway obtained by fire in 3-story wood frame struc- ture at 194-198 Easton avenue threatens destruction of entire building. But excellent work on the part of the department confined the damage to the rear portion of the building, owned as 1t was by Erhardt Weber.
 5. School of Beauty Culture, sec. ond floor of 3.stor brick building l16 South Main street gets on fire and the beauty of the entire estab. lishment suffers considerably. Fire and water also damage Bonwit' dress shop on ground floor, and smoke smells up" clothes of nearby dress shops. Home made wiring was blamed for the fire.
 1. Pet dog owned by MT. and Mrs. Baron, 33-35 Putnam street barks and wakes up family. sleeping peacefully, during first outbreak oi cellar fire. Tenants flee in night attire. The damage, however, was little.
 IS. Smoke from cellar fire ii1 the Pritchard building. l99 Bank street at 4:30 o'clock, in the morn- ing, permeates the neighborhood and forces occupants in large num- bers to flee from two we'll filled apartment houses. The smoke also found its way into various nearby stores. The fire damage itself was confined exclusively to the cellar.
 1s. Private Harold Parker, Engine Co. No. 2, badly injured in fall dur ing progress of fire at the Halperr building, l36 South Main street Considerable damage to building re- suited.
 16. Bad fire breaks out in the plant of the Waterbury Store Fix. lures O., 22-24 Spring street, early In the morning.
 22. Acting Deputy Chief Martin J. Champion removed to hospital, fol- lowing pneumonia contracted at fire at Halpern block on February IS.
 MARCH
 2. Firemen under Acting Deputy Chief Joseph J. Kelley respond with inhalator when called to Edin street where MT. and Mrs. William j. Porter were found overcome by es- caping gasi both recovered after a stay ct the hospital.
 l3. Fire ct the Waterbury Hebrew Institute, Kngsbury street, drives out young people in session held on floor above origin of the fire.
 APRIL
 g.. Some hours after MT. and Mrs James L. Smith of 48S Cooke street had retired for the night, fire broke out in the living room, blocking ex- 1t from the main stairway. Both jumped from the windows of their bedroom; MT. Smith was taken to the hospital on account of injuries sustained, but Mrs. Smith escaped serious injuries.
 IS. Acting Deputy Chief Bloom- field, with Privates Fred Hardwick and William Fitzgerald, respond with inhalator to SS0 East Main street, where Mrs. Stella Teller, and her son William, s, were found over come by Illuminating gas; both died.
 2i. Fire in apartment building ct 783.7e9 North Main street drives out all of the tenants, several of whom lost all of their household furnishings. /
 24. Mattress fire, due to smok- ing In bed, at 5l Center street late at night. discloses apartment oc- cupied by various members of the Japanese race living in Waterbury.
 MAY
 3. Acting Deputy Joseph J. Kel- ley, Engine and the Booster ma chine of fire headquarters respond to night call for fire at the home of Ralph Maccharola on the old Ox- ford road, in the town of Middle bury; Woodbury firemei, also ct the fire.
 3. John Meyer of 70 Clay street and Mrs. John Trantzis of 70 Franklin street burned when grease catches fire in the Frantzis home during the morning. MT. Meyer, working in the yard, rushed to help Mrs. Frantzis, following her cry for aid.
 3. Fire in the home of MT. and Mrs. Craig Steele or 9 Hosey place burns hands of MT. Steele in his ef- fort to extinguish the flames.
 2. Old fashioned kerosene lamp ct 4i Lafayette street brings about fire which causes the families liv- ing there, and they rush to the street in their night clothing; the damage was confined to one room.
 5. Waterville greatly excited when fire breaks out in vacant ole- story shack ct 5 Parker street own. cd by John B: Macken; windy day carries flames to S-family house northerly owned by same person, and also westerly to dwelling of Mrs. Jennie Herald, le Manyille street. Damage totaling about $7,500 re suited.
 Il. Miss Helen Ryan looks out Of window of Wilby school and dls- covers roof of the Daly home; e7 Holmes avenue on fire. Her timely look prevented . more serious Are ioss. r,
 i7. Gerald osborne and Irving lglrschhanEn suffers burns at face tory billding, et the AnasEican nsasa