The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-07
SAW WHATFIREMEN CAN DO
SCOTOH VISITORS GET a REALIsTIC
IMPRESSION OF LIFE SAYING.

Chief Croker and . Few of Hts Men Give
an Exhibition OF the FeAts That Were
Performed at the windsor Hotel Fire
An EnGiue Under way In Three Seconds.
An exhibition OF the way In which New York
firemsn respond to o fire alarm aud rescue
people from burning buildings was given in
the rear OF IRE headquarters In East Sixty
seventh street yesterday for the benefit OF
some Scotch visitors who arrived here with
Sir Thomas Upton on the Campania laat
Friday. The visitors were tho Hon. Edward
Elphinstone. an uncle Of Lord Elphnstone and
a director OF the Caledonian Insurance Com
pany OF Edinburgh: Andrew Aikman. general
manager OF the Commercial Bank OF Scotland.
and David Deuchar. general manager OF the
Caledonian Insurance Company They were
escorted by Charles X. Post. the United States
agent Of the CALIFORNIAN Company.
Secretary Docharty and Chief Croker re-
ceived the visitors and took them TO the yard
In the rear OF Fire Headquarters. where Chief
McAdam Of the training school hal assembled
a number OF fremen. several Of whom made
heroic rescues at tho Windsor Hotel fre. The
exhibition began by a fireman discharging
gun which threw n rope over the top OF the
building. Firemen on the roof hauled up the
rope and let one OF their number down to the
ground. Fireman Bartholomew McDSrmott
OF Engine 81 then showed how he rescued
Mrs winkelman from a fth-story window OF
the Windsor Hotel by using scaling ladders
from window to window. and Firemen Will
liam O'Bren and Edward 8. Sweeney gave
representation OF some Of their work at the
hotel fire. that stirred the visitors to admir-
ing comments on their daring. Tho two men
got out OF . sixth story window, Sweeny
grasping the other around the waist. rome
was attached to O'Brien's belt and fremen
~ hn txro
men. twisting and whirling about In their
descent, reached the ground.
Firemen Isaac Ford next showed how chain
OF scaling ladders was built from story to story
on the burning hotel and when the chain was
completed half dozen flremen scram bled UP
in quick time and entered one OF the windows.
Then the use OF the fire net was shown. The
! men OF Engine 80 held the net and Fireman
Benjamin Conlan OF Engine 81 jumped from
| q window ledge on the second story and
| landed safely. A dummy. that looked worry
much like man. was thon dropped from the
roof by two flremen and was caught in the
net.
| The visitors were next taken into the quar-
tiers of Truck 10. Chief Croker sounded an
alarm and the company hitched up rcndy to
| start out. The time was Ave seconds. which 10
slower than usual as the men were nervous.
30 the gong was then sounded In the quarters
| OF Engine 30 next door. In Just six seconds
| Driver Robert Levins took the engine out over
| the sidewalk, The tender followed and both
| ran down to Madison avenue and back. The
engine had been hitched up In three seconds
Last OF all the visitors were taken to the fele-
graph Bureau, where Superintendent Black
we'll explained the system Of receiving and
sending alarms. As they were about to leave
the building Mr.. Deuchar was asked what he
tho mt OF the New York Fire Department.
/ "IA" electrical, appliances especially inter-
estel no." he said. They are excellent In
l,.rt. have not seen any other FIRE brigade to
equal that In this city. Some things l recog-
nizad AS having originated in Edinburgh. and
i am glad to see that the people here know q
| good thing when they see It,"