The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-18
Fear Gro,us Firebug
Is Working In City
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Of jewelry owned by Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Drum, rescuing the valuaples
from q blazing dresser.
The Halpern building has the
Gift Shop and the Rainbow Shop
on its street floor. Upstaids Is the
Bellmore rooming house. Listed az
occupants of the second floor are
the following: Mr.. and Mrs. o.
Hearn, Mr.. and Mrs. Amino Brausa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drum, Mrs. John Bell
and her daughtre, Emily, Lester
williams, John Murphy.
Names Of Occupants
Third floor occupants were listed
as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. David
Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Black,
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Caron, Mr.. and
Mrs. zaner Lagassey. Luigi Des-
chanio, Ramene Cyr. Mrs. Emily
Goden, Thomas Lacanra, Angelo
Conganilla, James Kelley. Jonas
Mehmetali, and his son, Mehmet
Jonas Mehmetali, II. who arrived
here from Albania only q week ago.
AppItoG cedtaro hrdlcmfwypppyy
Approximately 80 people were
driven from the Conlon building
next door by the dense smoke. on
the ground floor Of the Conlon build
ing are located Sally's Smart
Shoppe, National Variety Cut Rate
store and the National Mems Shop.
These establishments all suffered
smoke and water damage. Part OF
the F. and w. Grand store EXTENDS
into the second floor Of the BUILDING.
sState Trooper Henry Mayo OF the
Beacon Falls barracks was on mana
this morning to conduct an invest,-
CATION for the state fire commas
sioner. Fire Marshal Lahey Is CO.
operating with him In his investa-
CATION.
Second This Week
This mornings two alarm IRE was
the second this week. Damage OF
more than $4,000 was done by a
two-larm fire which swept through
the building Of the Waterbury Store
fixture Company on Spring street.
inst two blocks from South Nam
street. Tuesday morning. state
police also took part in the investi-
CATION of that blaze. Little more
than a week ago, heavy damage was
done by a fire at the waterbury
school of Beauty Culture, ll6 SCUM
Nam street. In December and jan
nary there were damaging tires AT
the building occupied by the Waiko
KNITTING Mills and the Lorraine
shop. at 70 South Main street. -
fire In the rear Of the Leopold Fur .
niture Company on lower Crane
street. several weeks ago was checked
by firemen before extensive damage
had been done.
Circumstances connected with
several Of the fires have been Sc
strikingly similar as to arouse Sus-
picion. The latest fires in the series
have all had good start before
they were discovered. They have &C.
Cured Iii the early morning hours
and their causes have been almost
equally difficult to determine.
It is expected that police Will DC
called on to spread q net OF patroi-
men and plainclothesmen about the
downtown area to guard against the
possible firebug menace.
Fire AGarshaI Statement
In relation to the fire that IN
yolyed the property at l34.l36-l5s
south Main street early this morn
ing, the fire marshal, In Q pre-
pared interview said:
"The fire. to all appearances. got
an unusual start. inasmuch as the
central companies were at the
scene q few minutes Of the first
alarm from BOX 5 at 1912 .. M,
and two wide-awake police officers
Harold Green. and Harold Sheehan,
had both sent In their regular re-
port calls shortly hefcre the dis
coyery Of the fire. Policeman Green
had only swung away. and had gone
southerly to Jefferson street when