The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

lilo was about to 60 bncEs:.wbcn ten hremen
seized and held him In spite Of his protests that
there was no fire in That part OF the house,
That's our business 10 find ont" said the
Shlet, VINO had recovered conference. Come
In he dashed, followed by six or seven fire.
men, who immediately began work In the upper
%rcctipns how TO behave at a fire. Tho West
DutChvillo Fire Department has those dlrcc-
lions by heart. Immediately upon reaching tho
bed they set about saving whus they
could. following Nj. Twain's METHODS. III tho
c%rrockcry and small furniture they hurled out
MT Inc sntno spot on the lawn. which resulted in
y pleasing p,clangc. They knocked the Victory
and io had hardly landed when he WINS ali but
sraSpGd by the arrival of n God Bless Our
Home" with u fancy glass frame, which settled
rvcr his head. small things Ike shaving mugs.
CUPS, glasses. aud bric.a. bruc were hurled out
into the crowd, and the big man who hnd been
cracking up the department to THE ScN re.
porter nearly got smashed up himself by II red
and blue N9sc which made an utter wreck of
his hat and smashed against tho fence. On
clothing were tcndorly conveyed downstairs by
Inc SST ,,hhoIps FycEiS nNsGs OF ,J ETT2ITe tdirc and wor taken SnII to
this. Others were. chopping INTO sections such
furniture as could not be crowded through tho
ON :hc ground several frcmcn with axes
were waving. those wcapona IN n, way that wns
prrilous 10 life mud limb. Suddcnly, one Of
them nIado II rush at n window, the blinds or
which Ind been closed. and began chopping
furiously. The reporter. who was only q fow
was Going that.
Make me m endurance 10 60 in," said the
The iircm9n resumed hi; work. Who you
[ciip!l SPOIL me in my Ibingll work fort hat
YOU arrested bang! cr9shii for. intcrfoyin' a
In to This limc tho fire had been rOinR very
slowly. as IL reluctant to take any advantage
Of its valiant foes, but nov it ran through the
god sized spark drifted into the open shirt Of
ne Chief and nestled in his neck. Instantly =
EvcEySedy 5sskI jjon:i FIX your lives any
In an hour the house Of Sncllerbach was suit
able for .roasting potatoes, with their jackets
o. While It blazed and fell the Fire Depart
lncnt stood nbo t shouting words of warning,
alvi,c and c0ngratulaiion and discussing
whether the credit of having saved the entire
family and most OF tho furniture was due most
to the engine company, the hose outfit or Vic
tory Hook and Ladder No. !. Everybody
agreed that Sncllcrbach ought TO be thankful
for the presence of so efficient u force of fire
Il Shters, and the least he could do was II kcg of
beer for each of tho com1anics.
They couldn't save the house" said the big
man, to TIE Sun reporter, but amt they
weekly paper in German, an extract from
which, in u translation which must at the best
be less than adequate, shows in how high II re-
gard the town holds its department:
THE mansion of our rluch.to;b be; respected
fellow citizen. Herr Adolph Snellcrbach, was
by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT entirely last night
down burnt. Through the historically mem.
orahlc efforts of our hero-fircmcn the entire
family. was without, injury or harm other than
ncrvc.fright, into the blnckness of night out
rushed, and our noble Fire Department, which
Is the pride of every good citizen OF West
Dutchville, their attention to efforts of prop
c'ty-safety violently extended. Fierce squirt
fumes from the roof and windows forth-leapcd,
and the gallant department still desperately
ihch-by.inch fighting, to the rear drove, but
not until a much-regrettcd blaZing-cindcr be-
coming in tho whiskers entanglcd Of tho fear:
less Capt. llongwitZcr of Victory Hook and
Ladder No, J.. made painful havoc there. be-
fJrc his faithful men TO the rescue with cnthu-
siasm tbither-rushed. The reverenccd Herr
Chief Jimkins by a flying mis- ;ilc-from-the.sec-
Observation-Disclosures in the face struck,
was by the right eye severely bruised. Other
injuries were by the SO noble fire.soldlers suf-
fcrcd, but of them wc have no print-record.
Although tho hcart;sympathy of the ,comlny.
nifty Is to the fire. afflicted and deprived family
extended, it is still not u SO unhappy accident
which us to OVERLOOKING. with n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
substantiatcd pride and glory in our unsur-
passable Fire Department once more %up-flls."