The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

q weakness In the building which showed
that the Ore had found q way from ono floor TO
door the hTo from TIE ONCE below had found an
opsninF through the floor OF iron beams and
i hEH radiator RsbSr came allS " ssTeS = it. sna P Fl Sa for g. : s' sse
wooden hoor covering on FRO. There were indi.
SS. .msS. on rs. some s.s Of ths aoess, where much more
had. occurred. but amid the other wrcckaee this
could not be made certain.
large part Of yesterday trying 70 secure infor-
NATION Of the total extent Of the losses, but he
q 81, tho aSt ps %, . 'G isss re ssd P sss sn { ssa.$ he oM s.ISt
wouldn't talk business, and told me to como
0 might cover the losses"
ASS result of the main fire there was another
SIDE Ct ' tSs bi ssis.I at 81 Pack PGlFnl row. Oh Sr the SPpGps oS'
hSttn and the new syndieate building This
Brooks building. It belongs TO John jacob
Astor, and II has just had tho upper floors hand.
somely fitted up for offices and. an elevator put
In. Janitor Churin and his wife and 16-year-old
daughter occupy rooms on the fifth fioor.. The
building had been in q shower Of sparks all Fri:
up tsmidnieSt quenohinE these with buckets
OF water. When no went to bed no was tired
a mslpi slSD' p sIPiHSSlsi A. g p'' ssa { that Ky
up, found that The roar part q the sixth floor
family and then turned in an alarm. The fro
was put out after causing a damage altogether
u uooub tOtVOO. IL II supposed Lnhp n spark
got in through a broken pane OF glass in a sky-
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atod his declaration that there is no such thing
WIN, ths facilities that the department.
had" said the Chief. ~ think It did particu.
lsTlS SSSd which IG5s WERE w so1 aamased the OUR 'lre s to saH
ence with the new Vanderbilt building was not
2 new one, but only served to confirm my idea
Western Union. Manhattan Savings. Bank, The
are better than the ordinary building and were
con eSns dders freprC0i; In any building where
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teen or twenty or TWENTY-FIVE stories high 1t
shafts will give an Increased draught to the
flames and make the blaze the more difficult to
"If the fire once gets q good start ] don't SEQ
how We can effectively stop 1t until IL burns out.
pTo SSq Ssiid Elss Il hi 7. n rS.si syS' tS Sa 1 he asm Are,
done to the structure will not be SO great. In
fighting big nres in lower New York the de-
partment Is at n tremendous disadvantage on
Courts, and the ike. At Tie Ore la last night night.
iDs s%n IN their ' %rsla Rfoa'' to s aSHsdlSn q s tRS sSi,s,
made it dificuit for tho department to find
1 work. m0 IN f tSe apsc%n dlRs GlnIt f q Teru Tslfh IS e
recognized in the erection of buildings,
the streets are wider. and In q moments
glance ono can take in the whole situation and
plan the battle. Time was lost last night in
finding the exact lay Of the land. and even
after the fire was being fought discoveries were
made which made 1t necessary to alter tho dis
tribution of companies. The Nassau Chambers
was one ofthe worst types Of buildings to handle.
A veritable finder box it would have been i'm
possible for the department to have stopped the
progress of the flames after they had once got a
firm hold.
while yesterdays fire was nothing new. It
again demonstrates the necessity OF auxiliary
pipe lines. The engine pipe linee cannot do
effective work at Il height exceeding 125 feet.
Tho ordinary engine stream 10 practically worth
less against . good blaze. and is only useful in
putting out smouldering cinders. With elk
or seven engines concentrating, their force
work. but with an auxiliary pipe line and
powerful fire tugs pumping the water. we could
have dozens of such voluminous streams and
could use them whenever and wherever we
cared to. Then We would stand Q show Of get.
ting the best Of q fire. 1t takes q great volume
Of water to extinguish q hot blaze, and at any
height the ordinary stream 10 worthless. With
tho auxiliary pipe system we could do better
work at greater heights, get greater volume to
our streams, use the river water. and still have
tho same facilities that we have now to help us
outp