Simultaneous Fires Require All Waterbury Apparatus
Three firemen, including Fire Chief Francis T. Scully, were injured, and damage estimated at $300,000, wrecked the four-story brick Armour & Company meat packing plant at 594 West Main Street, Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 25.
Fireman Charles Luddy, attached to Headquarters, suffered a back injury when he slipped and fell from the shipping platform roof, a distance of 25 feet. Chief Scully fell about six feet from the loading platform on the Commercial Street side of the structure and received a back sprain. He was given medical attention and later returned to the fire. Lieut. John Murphy sustained a broken right wrist while fighting the blaze.
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