The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
HUSTLE9YOUB DID!
"A TIEW OF VEST DUTCUyIELE'S
FIRE HEROES IN ACTION.

we ro,u,,,,c- o,, 4, Ihe,r Tr,ac-u.,s.
THAT Made tn. Town Stare, Enough tho FRO
mia Not Mind Thc,n aud the House Harmed.
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800 ~, bnr, Nm nm, zen. ndmlrnh,v con.
trived for a beacon, when dcs;iny 1t fulfilled
with such success thu. The whole town was
present at tho burning. According to genera!
consent, now that. the ahair - al over ana
has been discussed in All its details, the credit
- a,,,a,ori,, ,b,, cro 10 leo, In uu,cI,cr Jt,in,.s
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boy, who was cutting his initials along with
,,nd,r ,o,o, ~ ,Eo Iorlnoss and ,of, his I,dy
49,, 49, ,s, !, W ,nu u"' 80 .'' W ,h", =, :,
loves initials only halt. carved, 70 thht IL Is
stnl q moot point, and a source of some heart.
burnipra. which ono Of three blushinr mnidens
was Indicated. Upon seeing flames in tho
SnellerbaGh kitchen MnXy Heinz yelled
aE;ro,, AZ ,ho Ton NJ Lila vo,cc and IN thrco
~ ~ ,'p 49, az" ~ "a.
minutes the whole nciEhborhood was convcrging
"a 80 rho rn,',,tnr ,,ho channod ~ ho In
a.. H.t,ai ,aorTa, ,n nn,nLa. ,,hiah
didn't exist on a street TINT nobody had ever
noatu u Mo'o",'u nv ~ " CIV.
rom MS wandering jew occupation ana went
For avo minute those ib,rrs hammond
W nNo minutes 'hoSo '"'ue7 hnpp."."
of water, of which not onc.in ten ever reached
Tho house yycrc slonncd ovcr tbc rround rntil II
was q sea of mud under foot. Tho family came
forth shricking. each member CARRYING some
por,icularlv nrizcd object rIn sncd 70 his or her
bosom. Grandmo sncllcrbach, her new lace
cap and old wig; Mrs. sncllcrbach, her diamond
earrings, the baby, and "a fancy shawl; Sncller.
headed cane presented to him by hiIfcllow mem.
schaftyerein: Friiz. the son ana heir. his frock
coat: Frcda. her garnet necklace and h;ph.hceled
shoes, and little Conrad, his wooIly lamb and
TOW drum. bitterly weeping because he had
dropped his express wagon on the stairs, and
his father. after taking a hasty and unexpected
kick. The family having been collected and
It's head Insisted on going back to rcscue more
properly. Meantime the house, which had
been burning slowly. was fnirly ablaye at the
rear. Shouts aud order" iiIlcd tho air. nv
''Bring more water here"
back is as good as gone"
dow"
.sThere's n woman been left inside"
!. mo there ant. ESerybody's out. Where's
the firemenl"
Just wait till the Fire Department comes"
shouted a big man Mt the SuN reporters car.
''Then you'll see some hustling."
at the foot of The hill.
''rhere they come" yelled the crowd. "IIur-
n, up, Hooray!"
Up the moderate ascent came the West
Dntchvillc Fire department gloriously, but toll.
somely: The ancient animals that were oficiat.
of the brave fire laddies as We're not cheering
them on strove at the wheels or pushed behind.
and yelled:
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire."
ment. to let the people know they were com
Ing. In the rear numbered a hose cart, the
Grew of which !, slos Cursed ,i The fire engine violently
was shouting commands and counter COM
mands and oaths and threats and cntreatics,
and when the summit was at last reached one
OF the horses was so overcome by the tumnit
that Ii tried to faint away. and nearly knocked
its mate over. How the hose ever got joined
and attached to a hydrunt in all that confu-
sion is a mystery.
..Start up the engine" yelled n man who an
pearcd to be Chief. by virtue Of the dusky
white coal scuttlc that adorned his head.
'Let 'er 20" shouted the crowd. md the en-
gineer performed some manipulations.
"Puff.puff. p%ufl-uutT. Fz!Z.Z.Z.Z
went the engine, diving away into n sad silence.
whats The matter with that bInnkctv.blanI;
blank of n blankcty-blank tcapot!' roarcd the
Chiof.
.Steam's piycn ont :" snid thc cnrinenr
Waves busted" Yelled a fireman.
'Start her M lie, a novel" Yelled the
crowd. "Look. the roofs poiulsii ~ "
A tongue Of fame Ind shot Through the rom
mart OF The roof, and was eating lis wnv ranidiy.
"Eithcr get Your engine going or blow her
Again the engine started. This limo with n
regular clicking stroke that seemed 10 mean
business. In I q confusion mo nozzle Of Ihe
hose had been forgotten. and a very considcra-
bie stream Of water dcirped the logs Of those
on "A line vii il. 10 tEcir villa wrnih Half n,
dozen firemen grabbed the nozzle and starred
for Tho house when the hose hurst in tbrcc
niaces si,nultnprnmsi, For - brjcf nrriod thn
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