The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25
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.,,,,,,rp that a Msn Saw In che Course OF
n Walk Down Broadway.

.,,,,rn that n Ma Saw In che Course OF
Walk Down Broadway.
.tbnyo seen good many fires ut ono timo
..donothcr." said citizen but never saw
,n, on, from start to finish. and that was some
ssors ago. was walking down Broadway
.,n sumncr evening. and saw standing on
.,, y..., Idewalk. just above Twelfth street, n
,irr,uap That part OF broadway ut that
- ,vns practically deserted. was the only
,orson on tho block besides the policeman.
"Ie stood looking up at the top story OF n
,our.,tory brick building. l knew from his
i,ots that ho was there on business, and so
It,n't say anything. but | stood around and
innlcJ up too. llo didn't see anything.
sn,r,t All OF a sudden no darted around tho
corner into Twelfth street. There was va
.ant spaco there whore YOU could see the
t,crs Of somo OF the broadway buildings. The
,oliceman looE ed up very carefully for a sec
ard or two a. tho back OF one OF these build
in,s hut he saw nothing. and then he made
onotber dash for tho front OF tho building and
,notcd UP thoro again. This timo we both
cav coming out along tho upper edge OF tho
sssh of one OF tho top.story. windows Just the
,,intcst possblo trace Of smoke: you never
would have noticed |. 10 you hadn't
bccn looking for 1t. Tho policeman
nndo Just one great North American
hrenk for tho flre-alarm box on tho corner.
sl,mmlng his club on the sidewalk rs he wont.
liz turned tho handle OF the box one quick
turn. and then walked back and stood in front
Of the building. He was keyed up to concert
titch. and knew It, but he stood there. as far
az outward appearances go. as calm and cool
as though he was simply waiting for the relief.
"Of course knew that in engine and truck
houses blocks away gongs were sounding,
men we're sliding down poles. horses were
cumming out OF stalls. harness was swapping.
and drivers gathering up their reins: that men
were dropping chains from across tho en- CINE
house doors. and that they were coming for us
now at a galop.
But all this took tlme-that Is. It took some
time, minute or two. more or less; and dur
ing that period tho block was still as deserted
as It had been when ! tlrst say tho roiieemIa,n
stood there now. and stood down:by tho fire.
sh Srtn came across Twelfth street walking up
broadway, a .well-dressed good.looking man.
there was. and whore. Wo both look cd for the
smoke; and At first neither Of us gould see It;
s1 st aa S
time we hoard an uproar UP the streot.
.rn4s SP HaOR s'Hes
street fire truck drawn BY three bic horHss
from lie remote and }.r distant past As tho
ns ap " Il n .snaf sam s The oSs
at tho wheel WHO was steering SO beautifully,
out out In f tho street It came thunderins down
Broadway, like an earthquake on wheels.
from tho footboard and came running as
3onsh they We're INNING ,ban race tn And
Irish NC" One . Of thsso men Carried an axe the
ns sSrs 90 81 his saS S
fhara LIGHT Of ClpaG In each aida
rho rho man man With the axe struck one Of
these lights o. glass, iust one blow,
much as a silver III. THROUGH this opening
tsPtp risht on ,rannins Up stairs: Tie tnstan.
Ne %
o. all this limb had hi, sskoP 6o three tns
tsss ' TREE sis hers t' on thsis Ssupshss:
~ a tas ' he%
whesls Ind stopped turning the firomen, were
the srGnna nd pqng "a b the r.
When i looked around and saw tho truck
In Of at hs sefs nGss
front q lIren,an vas yaikIIp,E Of with tie end
to cross tho sidewalk, other fremen got I'M
der, tho hose as II unresIed. and this
hose on their. shoulders, Just walked
Thero were ladders now against the face o.
the building. and tlremen looked down from
crowd now 10 the streets and hro lines had
been established for tho police had come rum
ming from oil directions when the policeman
who discovered the fire slammed his club on
tho sidewalk as no ran for tho fro. alarm box.
Tho tlre was out nlmostt before you knew
It: in fact, II didn't get chance to amount to
much rs Are. it was discovered and tackled
30 promptly"