Baptism Under Fire - Far from unusual was the cause of the alarm yesterday that sent fire trucks scurrying out of the new Clinton Street station for the first time in Middletown history. A few children fooling with matches started the flames that brought the trucks 3 1/2 miles from their new base of operations. Firemen yesterday morning had moved their equipment from the old building on Broad Street to the new Station No. 1. A telephone call reporting the fire came to the office at 6:22 pm. In all, 16 minutes were spent by the fire fighters on the historic first run. The flames were trying to eat into the metal-roofed barn occupied by Leonard Zarner in the rear of 805 18th Ave. Firemen, using 100 feet of booster line, doused the fire before it caused any damage to the barn...

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