The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21
FIREMEN KEPT ON THE JUMP
RACING DOWN BROdDWAH TO A COSTLY
FIRE IN WATER STREET.
Twenty Fires tall Ous Nearly Every Cs~.
pswy BsieSv Foriy-seeoHd street, Some OF
Them ElNs Tlaes. % Work In the Cold.

| pawy below roriy-seeond street, Some ol
Them Five Tiaes. Go Work In the Cold.
At five minutes to o'clock yesterday
afternoon Broadway was crowded with an end
less limo OF vehicles. moving In both directions.
| The clnng Of nre-bell WAS heard coming up
| Fulton street from the west.
The big policeman who was iorcely tapping
his gloved hands In front Of the Evening Post
| building ran into tho middle OF the street and
blew on shrll whistle. The vehicles turned
to tho right and the left and hook and ladder
company swung around the corner and dashed
down Broadway at hcadlong speed. The fire.
mon held on with one hand while they put on
their heavy ooats. Tho policeman still kept his
whistle going and waved tho stages to one side.
gong was hoard up Broadway. It's noise grow
ing louder and louder. Then an engine swept
by in cloud OF smoke and sparks. The driver
was In his shirt sleeves. although the air was
bitterly cold. Ho had clear way ahead The
cobbles seemed rs smooth as gnss. and here
and there puffs OF steam eddIed from the
sewer covers. Immediately following was the
hose .ccnrt. covered with men. clinging for
Tho Fire Patrol wont down In their red
wagon. and then another engine came along
lane The n horse fell on his siic;; liz was
towari Tho west sidewalk; Tho engine ran
btTul2nt lnlD tNe cTOWu on tfls corner. Dut MI
cscnpel injury by lodging. Tho fallen horse
brac.d HI, feet agnnst the curb. and scrambled
his nose south. and ran MS II nothing had hap
penod. Tho whoe incident took less than half
q minute. and the engine did not come to a
Those engines. with plenty more wcrn going
to iro IT Ct Water street This building WINS
al lnds OF luhricnting oils and Grcases. The
IRE bryan II The renr OF tho collar. next to the
hrsns thu s spH oor % VIII Was rsoda
s Saws,I 4 llrst and a,a"lgd twI,h hand grenados.
ana F%ssr opt he a,%s. S@"ts out S s$2s
every time, and could not 10 downed. All five
1rem"n arrived
put MIR. Weston. whom the iirn s,arird Was on
the opposite sido NJ til" street. 4 tru"knan
was oadng oil Ut the doorway
NJ. Il you would 'ke I" 500 fire this cold day.
f mr.: Wnaton; snid tho !rnckman. look in the
w. .n"Igh. the man was i1kinE" said Mr..
posed c Womb TS to Gaya ' stove "' s", u i On
his truck. Thea lard tho p2pr,,ng Of the
letting them nynt = column of ilamc about
thr"n feet hiahi whicl was coming up through
n tho ,tr%s ya"rs lars next '"' May H1''I isai
with the chemical engine around In Old Slip.
J. started with no great haste M to the Offices
Ni!l'n occupy IItt IRE second moor. Thought
would b" ihere IN time To- ,rescm? a new pair
OF Shoes AMI q arcn! here that did not lolong
e. e. Th H.. an,okr followed me Amos, mme
and the parcel and told tho cash "r George
llelds. to look out for tho safe. Il" inmhled
the days sales. That was left on the desk
rre rem n, ,hnt John FncsGi was on the top
to Tho sinirwpy was iockci with a spring lock.
hut by luck the key was in IT, Tho smoke was
then -"tt ing $50 thirk could hardly stand it. |
JF,t "A Ga .,,l al, oh,
iur ,ioas sake como down. we are NIL ailtel
i,e dii not answer. | ran up ono fighht Wit,
shouted again, and John answered. and heard
him com ing rolling and tumblin2 down. Ifo
s nni b rs r " out s tho TER G n no 9
Mr.. Fields CRASHED and stumbled his way
,iMo tho smoke to tho rear OF the store;
climbed oyer sk Wight to the store in tn" rear.
Y; Il two Tank q oil Thsre yas no SstTcsn@
we're in ths cellars, Next door to tho left OF
Sven h Ssss .a ao anI s 20 tbs
United States bonded warehouse filled with
imported whisky; gin rum. and other liquors.
men broke through tho upper windows OF this
building and un through WITH, thu roof to got
VIM il. Jones. foreman Of Truck ' Is. and md
Patrick Dunn OF H.. same truck were over
come with smoke. They were carried down In
and wort back to work. The smoke and wntor
in the wnrehpuse damaged more or less NJ Of
itsolf was only slightly injured
;, Several dun cxnlosions; suppressed to DO tho
in the burning building
,v me tangle OF telegraph wires along tho
each wire bscameoi enormous Size SIZE was vas gar gar
nished with deep fringe Of icicles, md sagged
as II II would surely break. They hung in tho
n lar TnNr u
than usual, The frenen suffered severely
from tho cold icicles hanging from their nous
ror VIM @ pna o tS order iss at the 54 rss
Water street to furnish at tho expense 500 Of t ths
nrm. all the refreshments reauireM by the fire.
men ana an III, the &c, force Of twenty policemen who
Ksupper. Keii schoc iirsi hour dealers oc.
pied nc rear Of tho bnTIed bni!dins., Their
canned goods, also suffered from, water and
saHS Of their stock at abou s25 go. and th ,
Insurance ,in f at $1,000 IN" building was owned
trust for certain minor heirs. 1t was valued
at $4,000. The interior was nearly Nil burned
out, but tho walls ara still firm and good.
house. Several hundred bales Of tho tobacco
stored there were tho choicest Havana. Tho
5000 per bale Of, 100 pounds. Tho warehouse.
men ostimaie the Ioss to property in their
ns r@sEy AZ S With he tho SI loss ss
Weston d Fs kGn stock s25,ooo and on the
This was the biggest fire of u day that was
very ong and hard for tho mon OF the Fire
Department.. Up 10 midnight twenty alarm
signals had been rung. and scarcely com.
pany south OF Forty-sccond street had escaped
u run. Some were out Ave times. Tho proper
ton of working fires was also larger than
usual. and the duty was much moro severe
than ordinary winter work, The ,har.lships OF
the mon. wore almost matched by tho expo
rianco OF tho horses to which the chilling
blasts and the sippery streets were cruel.
Even those which escaped n working run were
kept upon the jump in tho engine houses by
the tircleSs gongs. Twice during tho day four
separate signals were sounded within m hour.
Tho fires ware caused. for the most part, by
the extra work imposed on stoves and heat ting
apparatus. Several also wero caused by tho
fir. used to thaw out frozen gas or water pipes.
b!aZe at Oil Greene street last cvenng gave
IN example Of tho complications that are al
ways possible even under n very perfect sys-
tenn. The building was two-story brick, oc-
cupiod by horseshoer and q, carpontcr, and In
the rear was II stable she'd containing two
horsng, Almost against this shed was a four