Water pipe burst at the Townsend building

A water pipe burst at the building on the corner of Main and Mulberry streets, damaging the music stock of John Farris.

1. Tomorrow morning, a burst water pipe will be discovered at the building on the southeast corner of Trumbull and Asylum streets.
2. Tomorrow around noon, a fire will break out in an upper hallway of the Charter Oak building, on the northeast corner of Trumbull and Asylum streets.

Both of the buildings at the intersection of Trumbull and Asylum that suffered damage were owned by T. M. Allyn, and it was anticipated that he would have trouble settling with his tenants because of insurance problems:

• At the building on the southeast corner: “Of course all this damage is not covered by insurance, the wetting down not having been incidental to a fire; but there is a question, whether the owner of the building, the Hon. T. M. Allyn, may not be held liable, as he was notified by the tenants a day or two before of the condition of the water pipes and their liability to break.”
• At the Charter Oak bank building: “The cause of the fire was reported to be a steam pipe, though it is an open question with underwriters whether a steam pipe can communicate fire to wood work.  No other cause seemed to be assigned.”

1. The Townsend building was located on Ford Street.
2. Siedler & May were furniture dealers.

Unattributed.  “Damage by fire and water,” Hartford Daily Courant, December 6, 1875, page 2.