The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

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 and & 17-year-old girl.
 Four men and woman were Seiz- ed by police while allegedly footing warehouses of canned goods.
 An estimated 50 fire departments responded to the first metropolitan call" in Boston history.
 Army, navy and coast guard units were summoned hastily when the fire Spanned a brick terminal ware. house and swept a two-Story roofing company shop less than a quarter mile from the north wall of state prison.
 Armed with riot guns, soldiers marched about the stone walls Of the prison, alert for signal to start the mass removal of prisoners.
 Approximately 2000 firemen under direction of Fire Commissioner Will liam Arthur Reilly struggled against the flames and dense clouds of smoke that enveloped them con- tinuously. Policemen, 900 strong, were required to hold back the crowd of 100000 that converged On the area and to untangle traffic.
 Railroads Suffered More
 Most of the loss was to railroas property, canned goods owned by the First National Stores, Inc, major New England grocery chain, and supplies of several plumbing concerns
 Truck officials believed that about @ dozen trucks, loading at sheds, were destroyed.
 Five alarms, the Boston naaXi- mum, were sounded. The first was at 5.45 p. m. and the others fol- lowed shortly. All flremen of duty or on vacation were recalled and aid was summoned from as far as Haverhill, 28 miles away.
 The fire started in the rear Of freighthouse No. 35, close to the milk plant of H. P. Hood Co.,, and soon roared through that freight house and the next three buildings.
 Milk Carried Flames
 The northeast wind carried flames away from the milk plant and the flreproof Boston &. Maine fruit and vegetable auction terminal building formed temporary buffer from which flremen directed tons of water.
 Switch engines hauled all freight cars possible from the path of the flames. Trucks and horses were moved swiftly.
 Residents of the nearby area, one of the city's most populous, climbed roof tops to guard against ignited wooden shingles. Many wet their homes with garden hose.
 Some TOO members of the recent ly organized Civilian Auxiliary Fire Department aided in laying hose lines and extinguishing minor fires caused by sparks.
 Low water pressure hampered fire men, but later they were aided by shift in the wind which turned flames away from the crowded wooden tenementS.
 Huge searchlightS played on the fire and the sky was dull red for miles around as pillows Of smoke poured into downtown Boston Water was ankle deep around the burning buildings.
 Mile of Hose Destroyed
 More than mile Of hoseline of the Boston and assisting fire de- partments was destroyed as firemen frequently were forced to retreat in the early stages Of the blaze.
 Commissioner Reilly said the fire was under control at 8:03 D.. m.
 Most seriously hurt was John Dur ant. i2, of Somerville who was tram pied by the crowd in the railroad yards and Fireman James Connolly who fractured his right leg in Q fall. 4 score of firemen, overcome by smoke, intense heat or exhaustion, were treated at an emergency hos. pltai
 Acting Deputy Chief Napoleon Boutiliere, a veteran of 37 years seFpice. said the fire was the worst since the BlaekeF and Shepard Lumber Go. blaze ln 1910 and add- ed that last nights ecnflagrati0n was more dlslicult io control.
 Buildings destroyed were freight. houses, No. %, 2l, 57. 32. g and ss, Rutherford avenue warehouse, RirM National GloEes, Inc, waFe- house ard building at 4f0 Ruthegs fofd avenue, occupied hy plumbing, building material and foundry com panisa