The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-25

Great Tact shown Ivy Police and Fir"mcn In
Putting l. Ont.

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Tn" good nsrnnl judgment OF tho police
and th" ilrcmen. who wrrr stationed ncar tho
1j,th street entrance OF the field. saved what
might have been II disastrous ran...The lar:..
est II the covered stands is on that side OF the
field and is hn.t UP over the entrance. This
was the choice stand. and II WIS FOR the seats
on this that the Zig prices were drmandr aud
receN cd nj the Fif,h Avenue Hotel and the
Hoffman House on Wednesday night.
Underneath this stand. lu>t TO the Ict ot the
entrance. about fifteen minutes before the
game was called. n fire. was discovered The
stand was about two-thitds tllcl and tho
ticket holders were crow!ng in as rnrdly as
tho ushc,s could take them to their seats. \
boy ran ont o! tho doorway at the rear of the
stand and said Fire, Just once. A ro!cc.
man grabbed him and III, his hand over the
hoy's mouth. Nv" fremcn and n police
Sergeant rash OIL Mt the door and opened 1t.
l"lrr was burning ant tn" th2" was
1t was already tnn fur navanccd TO smoth.r it
with the coats which the bremen threw ";,.
silently ana without the los" Of moment ono
ot the iremeN dashed rut aud across the street
to II saloon on til" corner. wnrrc there were
chemical ilrr ex,ingni.h"rs !lo sri."l ON"
,h" crowd 80 fns. that not one in ten saw what
he carried on hi. laek The other iirrmen
Ike T,oans nsJ" tR", stani E'atinr i%wa
the fire as best they could. They were afraid
tu send oiit nm alarm for The engines Tor lear
III" noise would cause panic They hardly
dared tr slrak above Il whisper for fear tho
rerN,e Immediately over their hra IL would
hear thom and look down and discover the
danger. All I'll" tins the crowd abovs WAS
passing I" u" scntS. and they were so intent
n locking ut the other people that they did
not look down
Inch hy inch the flames gained on the men
underneath III" stand. and 1t seemed that they
would have 10 cal tn" engines and trust to
lurk and tn" :, nod management of their fol-
lows to clear tn. stand without u panic.
The mar with the chemical cxtinEuish"r got
there INST in time. TIE I'"l.cr stepped out.
:! hey were raj" aud excite The ulan who
had sri2et the boy still held him. and told him
II l!r SAT-! II word he would rlu him within an
inch ~ his life. Ii was only Il r:omrrt's work
Tor the iircmcn. after the cNtinEuisnsr ar
rived. 10 rut out the fire. Then they wet
down eNrrythi un"!"; the stand.
How the fire started is mystery. IT may
have ..een fiom IL rl.ar but; dropped ly on" of
the crowd overhead. or from one OF the torch
mat hes that smokers carry IN windy days.
which will not g" out no matter how hard ono
blows ih"m. The police think II was started
stand t. get ont al the wind ~ light n pipe or II
cigar It was tho business 81 tn" 10Y who gave
tho alarm Ia hrsu anyno!v from going under
the stand. lie told the polio" that hu '.idn t
know whether any body hnd gone under Of not.
After tho Urea fireman was stationed under
every stan, to EuuI against a repetition OF
the incident.
so carefully AMI cvrrditiouslv was the work
al handling this blHzo done. that not one in
ffty rcrs ms knew NJ tho end Of tho game that
Their" had been r" at nj.