The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-30
Vigorous Prosecution
 Of Fire Is Promised
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| potted palms which decorated every
 room with extravagant profusion,
 The flame of the match came
 against a frond and 1t burst into
 flames. Tn an instant, the flames
 had shot along the room of trees and up the stairs, fed by draperies,
 the heavy, plush carpet enveloping every room.
 I> Girl Cried Fire"
 The first intimation the 300 per- sons damned in the dining room where the floor show was about to begin under Master-of- Ceremonies Mackey Albert, l,s3 rf approaching disaster was a girl NO staggered out onto the dance flcor, her hair and dress aflame, screaming: Fire" !"
 Dash for Doors
 Instantly, there was an insane dash fsr the foyer revolving doors. One w. locked but it was equipped with Q so-callcd panic catch" in- tended to free it if enough pressure were applied. Scores piled against it but the panic catch didn't work and it remair,.d locked and many died of suffocation there. But the jam against the other door was al most as intense. Four and five and even six persons tried to fit them- selves into it's revolving compart- mentS. Others were trying to make it revolve tkr wrong way.
 Bremen arrived quickly but there was little to do to save lives because most of the victims were already dead or horribly injured Axes were quickly applied to the glass-brick windows set high in the walls of the dining room and firemen piled through them quickly enough to eX- tinguish the flames enveloping the clothes of number of guests. But thrSe were already so badly burned that they did quickly, some ebfore they could be carried out.
 Fire Out Quickly
 The fire itself was extinguished within a half hour, but for more than two hours fircmen, policemen and volunteer workers, including many soldiers and sailors, were car rying out bodies. At one tin e, five bodies were being brought out every three minutes.
 Tn club is owned by Barney Well ansky, Boston attorney. who was attorney for the late gangstsr Sol omon, assassinated by rival rack eteer, and Welansky'S brother, James. The latter was at the club Saturday night. It was said at his home that he was i'll and under a doctor care and could not be inter viewed. Barnet W.lansky is pa tient in the Massachusetts General hospital recovering from pneumonia.
 Fire Commissioner William A, Reilly, a member Of the board of in- quiry organized by Mayor Tobin, an- nounced after it's first session that it would recommend a ordinance re- quiring night clubs and other places where crowds congregate to use no in decorations which are not fire proof or fire-resistant. Night clubs are regularly inspected by the fire department, but, because there is no ordinance dealing with whe- ther the furnishings are fire-proof, no mention is made by the inSpec- tors of the decorations.
 Reports Awaited
 District Attorney William J. Foley conferred for three hours with in- then announced that he awaited reports from State Fire Marshal Stephen c. Garrity and from Reilly.
 T will then take steps ic they are necessary" he said.
 The last inspection was made by Lieut.. H. B. Linney, of the Boston fire department. Deputy Chief John J. Kenney said Linney had ben member of the department for 30 years and was "a very competent man"
 The bus boy, police said, had been employed in violation of state la Dor laws which prohibit tke em- ployment of any person younger than Is around place where li- quor is sold and the employment of after 10 o'clock at night. The boy said his hours the two nights he worked were from 4 D. m. to l:30 a. m.