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Milford, CT Smith's Hotel Fire, Mar 1923
Posted August 10th, 2008 by Jenni Lanham
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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Transcribed by Jenni Lanham. Thank you, Jenni!
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