Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21
PERiLS OF THE RAIL.
Disasters in Various Parts of the
Country.
FIREKEN INJURED BY FALLING WALLS
Over Four Millions in Gold Taken
Away.
THE KANSAS SENATORsHIP.
HURT BY FALLING WALLS.
A Number of New York Firemen Injured
While Fighting a Fire.

Number of New York Firemen Injured
While Fighting a Fire.
New YORK, Jan. 2l.-Seven or eight Of the
fremen of tine hook and ladder truck No. 8
were injured. three Of them seriously, at 40
this morning by the fall of the west wall of
Story & Co.'S four-story storage warehouse at
the southwest corner Of King and Washington
streets.
The building is 100 by IS feet on the ground,
numbered 542-s Washington street. 1t carrieda
heavy store of merchandise. mostly provisions,
some of which were rice, sugar and molasses.
Charles j. Bartell. foreman in the street.
cleaning department, discovered the fire shortly
before . clock. The firemen who first came
encountered the difficulty usual in such cases Of
getting at the fire, because Of the iron shutters
that protected the windows.
The firemen Of truck No. 8 took up their po-
sition on the roof of the one-story warehouse
Immediately to the west on King street, which
had been ruined by fire a yeas more ago,
and were engaged in raising ladder to the
burning building, when. with a crash, at 1:20
O'Clock the west wall of the warehouse buckled
and fell on them.
The firemcn ran at the sound and some Of
them escaped. bat seven and perhaps eight
were struck by the falling brick. The men had
been at work under command OF Capt. Van
Horne.
Chief McGill ordered ont fremen to the rescue
and they rushed to the help Of their comrades
Capt. Van Horne and Firemen Robertson.
Coyle McCurran. Reynolds, Wall and Lawler
were taken from the ruins, all OF them hurt,
and several unconscious. Both OF Reynolds
legs are broken. Michael Wallis ankle was
cut and he was cut about the head and arms.
Fireman LAWYERS spine was hurt and he was
badly bruised. One of Joseph Coyle's
hands is hurt and one Of his arms is
broken Robertson had a broken leg. McCurran
escaped with broken legs and a slight injury to
the spine. Robertson, Reynolds, Coyle and
Lawler were taken to St. Vincent's.
The others did not go to the hospital. Sew
eral of the injured men were taken into Jerry
McCsrthy's saloon, at 326 West street. where
rude beds were improvised for them until the
ambulances should arrive.
The saloon was besieged by a crowd of men
and women with blanched faces. They poured
in and ont of the place until the police were
obliged to close the doors and shut everybody
out. The story was that half dozen men had
been killed. At las O'Clock the building was
mass of flames.
At go o'clock a section OF the wall on King
street. about fifty feet long. fell in one mass
right across the street, reaching entirely to the
other side of the street to the edge of line of
trucks standing there and striking the men who
were watching the fire from the trucks. One
Of the men was Abraham Hull, superintendent
OF the insurance patrol.
The other was his driver, James Mcbride
Hull was not seriously hurt. McBrides left
leg was broken They were in front Of stable
and thew we're carried into the stable and were
attended to there.
The fire was under control ct 2:30 o'clock.
The burned building occupied by Row.
land Storey & Son and was owned by the estate
of II. +. Kingsland. 1t is said the loss will
reach $50, COO. The origin of the fire is un-
known.