The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
Overheated Chimney Caused Rose Shop Fire
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and outieS Of local Fire MarshalS,
 reading as follows, so wlt;-"The iocal Fire Marshal shall within ten days of the occurrence of any fire, furnish the state fire marshal with a written statement subscribed to by hiln of oil the facts relating to It's cause, It's origin, the kind, the esti- mated value and the ownership of nFOperty damaged or destroyed, and such other information ns may be called for by the state fire marsha" " we herein present our report and certain data in relation to Q fire as of Nov. 2S, i94l, at or about the hour of 7.i0 D, m, in and about NO. 0b-87 South Main street, and also At No, Bl South Main street, in Che City of Waterbury, the State of Connecticut
 The building and store principally Involved was known as "rhe Rose ahop," At s5-e7 South Main street, Ies owner was Max Bram, Q resident 0g Waterbury since 1929, The mer- ehandlse carried was ladies wear" " comprising various materials, selling at what MT, Bram himself declared were medium prices" The building is the one for so many years oecu. Hied by the hardware firm of Hotch- Kiss & Templeton; it is old tn years, was patched up from time to time, and outside of its false front, the Improvements made in the first floor, and front of the second floor, and the brick wall on the north side, WaS about as it was in years gone by, although the new owner had made various changes for the bet- ter. The original structure, front, was Q dwelling of frame construction, two stories, with attic, and a peaked roof, The woodwork on the south was within a few Inches of the chimney of the Alexander building, at No, Di, The oil burner In the hasement of the Rose Shop fed in- to this chimney, Q double combina- ton, To the north was another frame structure, at No, Bl, commonly known as "the Bradley building" but owned jointly by the o'HNrN family members and Mrs, Edward Bradley and her children, It was Q 2.story affair, with asphalt covered front, and asphalt and tin roof, The ground floor of this structure was occupied by the AgnSta Hat Shoppe, whose owner was Miss RebeeeR Humma, on the north, while the rest of the building was occupied by the Central Shoe Store, With samuel Sherman as the owner,
 The Bram building has Q frontage an South Main street or 20 feet, with Q Brook street frontage Of about 20 feet. Its depth was about ll0 feet, Tho interior tapered in width from 20 to 60 feet, The Bradley building had 6 frontage of about 37 Ia feet with Q depth of lees than 30 feet, The building assessment by the Board of Tax Commissioners for tho nram place was Se,200000, the land Assessment on e basis of 27,80000, the assessment on tho Bradley propa erty or land was S2700000, with Q building assessment Of $5,S00,00, On atoek and fixtures, MT, Bram was assessed in ie40 on basis of ten thousand dollars; MT, sherman, owner of the Central Shoe Store, nAld on Q stock and fixture asseSs- 3nent of $S,00000 His insurance pt the time of the Arc amounted Co 4l4,B00,00; the insurance on tho 8ram stock and fixtures was sea- 6o000; the Bram building insurance amounted to S2i ,000,00, The mort- gage on the Bram properties at the tllne of the fire was S30,000,00; the aFlginai cost to Mir, Bram was $4e,- 10000; mortgage Of $3,so0,00 is hold Ing against the Bradley interests In the property at sl South Main street. The insurance on the Agasta
 zat Shoppe was SS,000,00,
 The first alarm foi the fire came from Box on South Main street, opposite Seovlll street, It was sent iA jointly by Anthony Barra and James Claffey of 5l Field street, This was at 7;l0 D. m, At 7;ll D, m, Box 2 in Exchange place was pulled hy Q police officer. Both alarms brought Chief Thomas F, CavNnaugh and Deputy Chief Martin J, Cam pion. Box called Engines 2, 3, {, and 10, with Engine 10 booster, Truck i and Truck 3, along with the emergency truck; Engine was de- tAlled when Box ' was received, And when the chief directed second alarm, at 7:ie p. m,, Engines 6, ', 8 and Truck 2 responded, as well as dremen of the off shift, Engine 6 vas summoned by itself at 7:50 p, m,
 The fire gained such headway at the very start tae administrative