New-York tribune., 1885-02-10
adjourn we adjourn to meet at o'clock on MOI; y;
the kind. The motion was adopted however.
To CHANGE THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
,run ,,vy ovyRwoRxED-cAUsE OF THE MANY


THE MEN ovERwORKED-CAUsE oF IhH MANI
RECENT FIRES.
rrhs Fire Commissioners are considering plans
submitted by Superintendent smith, OF tne Mo
TeIegrap oh Bureau, fer the sending OF alarms Hon
headquarters to districts az svsrv engine and
truck house from the Battery to Fordham rtes Esn.
dent Van Cott yesterday found tnat gs;ons to
had occurred in the forty y-elght nours provouS ~
8 a. m. and several of the fires were large enough
to make extra alarms necessary. lie SAID
something has got to be done to save the men and
res and in the downtown districts the hremen
nearly out Nearly seventy men are ON tne & s,cn
and below Twonty and rearrange tn: system q
alarms that remen in one district win not be called
Are many Of the recent fires supposed to be OF in
cendiary origin r. TRIBUNE reporter Inquired r.,o,
"The Commissioners have instructed Fire Marenai
Sheldon to Investigate carully some OF them because
there is room for suspicion when SO many more nreS 'A
Mr.. Sheldon said that he had obtained no facts
which he was willing to have published. Chiei ed
Shay said recently that many OF the fires SAID 70
be caused by Overheated stoves were no uouDt
caused by criminal carelessness, II they were not OF
incendary origin. Many complaints nave oeen
made By the fiTemen recently on SfcCnh; u bs large
stores and warehouses. They prevent the dlscov-
cry of fire until it has too much headway 10 De
easily controlled, and they also keep the nremen
from entering the building in time to save 1T: The
Commissioners have tried to induce owners OF such
buildings to leave at least one shutter open ' o"su
ter-st last week could have been saved nad hot
the work of the firemen been delayed by the iron
shutters Combined action of the insurance com
panies, it is thought. might compel owners Oh DIG
buildings to leave the shutters open at ngnt
DEATH OF THE WOUNDED REPORTER.
Henry j. Fitzgerald who was found unconscious
in the area of No. 21 East Twenty Isecondst, ,a on
Friday night and taken to Bellevue Hospital, died
at 1 a. IA. yesterday. He did not recover con-
scieusness He moaned almost constantly, ana MS
BODY gave evidence of great suilering AZ the au-
topsy fracture was ionnt IN over
the top of the head following the line OF inc
sutures. and took in portion OF the iIontai pone.
The skull being removed the dura water ana bTaln
were found to be badly laccrated and there were
several large blood clots. II Is seldom 1hat q
fracture as extensive as TINS Is found ahd
it is not believed that single blow, such as wouio
come from falling down the hve stairs leadlng 10
the area would be sufficient to produce IL. Inc
scalp also had the appearance OF having bcen struck
with sand bag piece OF lead pipe III IS oceveu
that Fitzgerald was assaulted by ng IA d,ficnt 70
clear the mystery, as he never spoke ai'er he was
found. -, 4,
Fitzgerald was born in WaysTlyplaes ,GS elfS in an
Plainfield and Wilbraham,, Conn, AT the
latter place his health failed, and he spent
several years in the West. Later he attended the
Flushing Institute and then studied theology at
the Episcopal Seminary at Garden CITY, Il; l.
Oyerstudy brought on BRAN dlihcnity, ana nc
was advised to give up his study; lie became
reporter on Ihe Bamore Dgg ana fhsre 1
until its suspension. lie was assigned Oy iW
Uoyld to report the meeting OF the Anti-Clvli ser
vice Association. at Ihrd-ave. ana S '
last Friday evening. He went away at 10 o CLOCK,
saving that he would stop in his room IN twenty
secend-st before he went to the Office Nothlng
further Is known of his movements until ne Was
found IN the area at 10:45. His funeral VIII be
held at No. Al East Twenty at 10 a. n.
tomorrow.