The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-15
IA Flee Homes From
 Rose Street Blaze
Seven Fires, Two Serious, Queled Over Weekend
 I7.Year.Old Girl ArOuses Tenants

caused by lighted cigaret putt which had accidentally fallen on the couch in the living room ot the Taggett apartment.
 Eight children of MT. and Mrs. Taggett and MT. and Mrs. Joseph Kenney who lives on the first floor, anG Mrs. Daniel ,Cashman and her son fled from the house.
 A fire caused by an overloaded Kitchen stove burned out the apart ment on the second floor of 37 Summit street occupied by MT. and Mrs. James Guinan yesterday after noon. MT. Guinan, 43, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital by Lieut.. Legge and there was treated for first and second degree burns of the face and hands received while escaping through the rooms of her apart ment. She was slightly affected by the smoke, but recovered imme- diately.
 Four companies of firemen under the command of Acting Deputy Chief Joseph Kelley brought the blaze under control after an hour, using two hose lines and two boost- CT lines.
 Fire Marshal Lahey and Lieut.. Legge said the couple were in the rear bedroom of their apartment when an overheated stove ignited a basket of paper near it as flames spread to the other rooms with lightning rapidity.
 The Guinan home which consist ed of four rooms was extensively damaged and all furnishings des- troyed.
 The two and one-half story wood- en dwelling which is owned by Mrs. Bernice Blekis of 95 Hawthorne avenue is occupied by MT. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, Thomas Mcleod and Richard Lewis, all colored, on the basement floor. Tc,e first floor is tenented by MT. and Mrs. D. Samulis while MT. and Mrs. Guinan and their three children live on the second floor. At the time of the fire the children were away from home.
 Hundreds of spectators thronged to Woodbury Saturday night to watch flames destroy barn and silo on the farm of Mrs. Mary Miller on the old Ben Sherman Hill road near the Middlebury line. According to Fire Chief F. E. Futile, the blaze started from spon- taneous combustion and was dis covered by Mrs. Carl Sterry. Mrs Sterry saw the flames spouting out from the middle of the barn while looking from her second floor win dow.
 The woman ran to the property and immediately liberated bull tied up in the barn. Bremen from Mid dlebury with the 500-gallon bumper responded and the Woodbury fire- men stood ready in case of an emer- gency. Water from Blackmers pond i.500 feet from the scene of the fire, was used to combat the flames
 As a precautionary measure, milk house was watered to prevent 1t from becoming ignlted although the barn is situated some distance from the milk house.
 | 9RAA WAa sAA4 " VI NgNEA@6 " insurance. Chief Futile reported.
 Tn Waterbury, four companies responded to a fire in the wooden shed on the property Of John Nay Tor at 70 Ridgefleld avenue yesteE' day afternoon. The shed was ex. tenGlyeiy damaged. Another fire wal egtingulshed ln the glove compart. ment oS a car owned by John Mur' ray Of 45 Woodlawn terrace wheF q short circuit Ia the wiring caused the flame Saturday night,
 4 mattress fire vas extlnaulshes Saturday afternoon at the home Q Patsy DeAngelo, of 6S Charle street. Damage was slight.
 An ash box fire at ii eulnma street was extlnguished by flremei Saturday.