Milford, Connecticut
Milford Hotel Fire
March 19, 1923
WINDS FAN SPARKS, DAMAGING CHIMNEY OF
MILFORD HOTEL
MILFORD, Mar. 19. – (Special) Fanned by high
winds, fire did considerable damage to a chimney
on Smith’s hotel at Milford Point early tonight,
and would probably have resulted more seriously
had not the firemen arrived in time to check it.
A still alarm was sent in to Chemical
company, No. 3 of Myrtle Beach, which is two
miles away, and when the firemen arrived on the
scene, the chimney was a mass of flames. After a
stubborn fight for a half hour, the blaze was
extinguished.
The hotel is operated as a summer resort, and
at the present is occupied by
M. L. Warner and
E. H. Ford.
The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT 20
Mar 1923
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