The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-16

engine was q work On the alloy -Cssharins lane
sde the men got access to the s BY means Of an iron
shutter which they succeeded in getting partly open as
places placed two lines the alley side and
two on the Leonard street side; We experienced
IRON shutters We S.a psnsy o. ~a. % throw in :.
soon Is We cosld get IN there was neither s
s s snf sas Ss ss srs s n. s s
could could mol have pus out y had gained such s
kstchway on the Leonard street side with sa. rspdIiy
we get three first class engines the fIst alarm, SIX
second class and one third class On The second alarm
rt class order; wanted, giving the alarm At
ones; every window in Janrays building, on the
Leonard street side. was nre, and detailed one
than i've minutes going nom Eiisabeh TO the FIRE
never saw IRE get such headway In such short space
of time
How is IL possible that dry goods establishment,
with Ssas ell ss Sad
the re spread ~ quickly as y dd owing 70 the inha~
Of the ,v seod sy hs s
store empty boxes and straw and paper In.
think there was a1 x nos e
on earth could have prevented It burning
O. Do you that no power We possess could 40 IT.
do not you believe there - power able 70 put ootf
A. Not in the shape Of men and water; We could NOS
get at the fire, the flames rushed 20 rapidly up tne
hatchwey enough water was sent inc .s ~
you that this stairway was in che ,s ssn;rsf
coudsee the stairway 10 the centre; n seemed % %
there IL.
the elevator upon oons OF the store ia looking up
the hatch wayi A. We could not look into the hatch
10 sec whether there was any covering or not
o Had you as many mon as were usefulf A We Aad
as many men as we could use
n Had vOua mar AM A
Q. Had you as much water as you wantedf A. At the
q Did any Of the engines give outs A. No. 81
stopped after we had been working probably an hour,
o In your experience rs a fireman did you ever meet
with FIRE that violent as this was at Arssf A.
appeared to have no effect upon u could get ct
the fire; we threw great deal OF water In Janrays
store; we had two engines PLAYING on Janay cu'iang;
Of pins
CrutonY A. The force is very weak; the bydrant6 Will
not average five pounds to the square inch.
@ In connection with that want to ask your opinion
in reference to how this water 10 usedf A. From tho
continual use Of every person that occupies building
the continual draw prevents the water from reezng -
caused chiefly by waste; have known times when
could not got drop OF from teshose in tho
yard Elizabeth street, there are OF course ways by
ing the city with new pipes exclusively for the use Of
Do you or not suppose that could be remedied by
be great deal Of expense.
Q Yes, but 1t would not cost hundred milliona In
refeeDc" to the scarcity OF water wish 10 state to
the Board your experience rs to tho fire at the New
Bowery Theatre and the supply Of water theref A. We
waited for four i've aud did not get drop Of
water from the pipes; Engine No II after took the
hydant but could not get ten feet OF waters m respect
beginning; the first alarm had eight engines at
work, r. i r. s., .4&.s-a
@ When you increased tie force on the second alarm
bow was IT, A. We dismissed the small engnes and
took tho large ones o. the scarcity Of waer
we had thr cen engines vosk; dismissed th1se.
number 81 engineer a Il tho 81 snss had BEEN Sta
toned farther away from the rc they must have
BEEN they could not have got The water 70 reach ns
fire. know nothing and l.re opinion In respect -
the criRn Of the fire; got number " paG which
distributed smonx the nsinoess- nf the dercns COM
painless TO carry wafer from TIE 6sst TO- tha fourth floor
under sim lar conditions . procct them from Gre bht5
Commissopey Engti des,Q t. state, in this connsc.
tion, that Ibis mefDing called upon Mr. ysnIay with
Mr. Able, and we had considerable discussion. He
pressed great deal OF satisfaction at the manner in
which the renen had acted and ~ he should nd
dress note, which should probably receive 10 day.
thing about wa. IT, contents YOU'D have g Sss 81 he
SAID tn>~ss when no frss examined the store aflex
sn6 0re he estimated his losses at $4,000, and
to his utter surprise they lad already made IN
inspection into the mater aud ascertaned the precise
the purpose had gwen their decfioD and reported 70
him that tho total loss his whole stock would b but
instance, policy in which inerested Of $4,000
would have % pay $40 menon this for the rsputs,,,
lion Of The department have oesn fireman man myse \,
my whole experisncs have never seen any PROPERTY
erposed as that BAT ora quarter e veil saved
Indeed, remarked the damage was 30 little that the
amount is hardly worth. collecting You would have
thought there had been ere. the nremen acted WITH
shsowns he water % the sof want also 70 ask you
this question In reference to the scarcity OF water; pos
tboo Hec I'll oFnilr
for instance, the birnng Of tho Bowery theatref A.
Yes, sir. rsf
1911 ExAnxArIcs or ESGIxEER sHmIpAx.
Engineer Sheridan testified us fellows:
Question by the Pres dent-Dit you attempt to gos
way ths Of the building. and the ro seemed 10
DO burning round th and The force Of Engine 81 could
way and could only 90 down two or three stsps or
rouuds; tho fire SO intense II drove me bnck con-
cluded .ha, discretion was the better part Of ya'or;
minutes after the nlarm 1t hotter n-e than when
varnsh or petroleum burns s6 KEEL st
Did II melt the ir,n columns IN front that support
tho sidewalk 4 could not say: they werc Supported
$500 Ex,xSAriw OF O. . ORR ..
9. J. Orr, District Engineer, was examined ~ fol-
d. where do you slee,r7 A. At the hosse Of Hook
and Ladder No I, ON o. Chambers aud Centre
STREETS; Twas ahead NJ Mr. Perley az the ore; hnd
wstsr II on the door above and tho sssn h
and broke the glass, and found there corrugated
iron shutter on the n.de, which Wa wound up By .
alley; Dbirty-one Engine = WORK when got thsrs.
q Do you know aDythtng Of The esesvuesion " the
the interior Of that bddisgf A. No; the ne was com.
ing up the Dumb waiter and ives burning furionsly.
q Dad You over Ore 80 violent . thstf A. No:
when got there nrst that thr names were going
up the dumb waiter on The alley dds saw them =
high a. the second and third sshsy.
Foreman John Moore OF Hook aud Ladder No l. En-
ginee Brandon Of No g. and Foreman George Quacksn
Dosh weve Incidentally examined and remarked that
Ore but admsad that the volume OF The Are was rcar
ing and passing With velocity up the dumb waiter tho
centre Of the buildns and that there lack o.
material deficiency In either 70 suppress the
fire, were Il possible TO do 81
xxAvNAuos RGn ouAcxxxbosu
George Quackenbosh foreman OF Hook ahA Ladder No.
8, examined as follows
BY the President-when did you ga the alarm A.
AT twenty 1--WE minutes Of SIX. had ten men on duty.
q Did you ever soc hrc 70 Intensely hot as that