New-York tribune., 1899-03-19
r1REMEN'S BRAVE DEEDS.
,.-rrR DISREGARD OF THEIR OWN
SAFETY.
,rrp DARING. SKILL AND HERoIsM is
-,p,R1-TABLE THE SAVING OF MANY

~
,rrRIBUTABLE THE SAVING OF MANY
rS- so,rr, INCIDENTS OF BRAVERY.
-. erst ~cports Of the fire which were pub
:" yesterday. attention was merely devoted
,-,ntions of the blaze Itself ana the nor
details which attended the loss OF so
rN''"e ,,,.os Comparatively little mention was
h"' .Ao heroic exertiOns Of the firemen and
rnsU, o,.or,. which they displayed in rescuing
'He ..o,, the burning building But for the
peoF. u.ork of the men Of the Fire Department
.,,6oubted that the loss Of life would have
much greater The men performed Won
18th the scaling ladders. and even those
the crowd who were familiar with the
80 the fremen are capable OF IN times OF
ora~e astonished at the daring IN
,,.,. which they exhibited on Friday while
eor,es and smoke surrounded them. Time
u" .,-oe again the thousands who looked on
.brillod by the achievements OF the
-, ere-nghters. SO agile and so absoluteN
-o-sless of their own safety that they seeHleu
=, times 70 walk on air
r.,.b scaling ladders they made such remark
49,, ~esoues as 10 impel the throngs below
..,ricken as they were, to cheer with all
= ~,,obt They conveyed women from WIN
- - window on sills that seemed too mar
%. - afford foothold for cat They car
"a soinless and frenzied people down steep
"a svavinc ladders with an ease and con-
60 that encouraged others still at the win
80 - wait until aid reached them, instead OF
,,.,,rg the example OF those who flung them
,.es - death on the pavement below What
- Individual honors and recompense come 10
10 men who saved the lives Of others at the
.o-l Of their own they have the supreme satis-
,,ior NJ having demonstrated once again that
r.. r,e,or+r,ent Of New-York is as valor-
~, ~ men as the world can show.
-. ,s M irvidious comparison in stating that
-. ,.bicb the drernen did on Friday re-
- o 6fenlav Of nerve that neither the SOL
49, nov sailor is often called upon to exhibit
- ,be aercest Of conflicts. Fighting an enemy
-, tho Aold of battle when ones blood is al leNeI
-, &c one kind Of prowess but snatching peo-
,,o literally from the flames while poised on
.-onlodder sometimes al a hundred feet above
,,a ground is an exploit that requires some
thing more than average courage.
Thrilling RESCUE.
=, o,urnerate in detail the many incidents Of
..,ro-,, On the part OF the firemen which were
.aer IN Friday would be impossible. one OF me
-, thrilling rescues was effected by Edward
ro-a and William Clark. Of Hook and Ladder
Coronarv No % At the risk Of losing thelr
orr lives they climbed from the second TO the
fourth Aoor Of the burning building with the ald
~ scaling ladders and brought three women 10
tho street In safety When Mrs. Joseph How
s-5 ~ and her colored servant. who were IN
The rooms on the fourth floor. found that their
escape was cut off they threw open the windows
and cared for help The flames were then
belchine with ferocious intensity from the WIN
dows below. and rescue seemed to be out OF all
Question. Clark and Ford. however, caught
sight Of the women through the smoke. and
hurredly placing an extension ladder against
the side Of the building. and Selling scaling lad
ders they started 10 the rescue. The extension
ladder reached only to the second floor. Quickly
as they had climbed this far. the flames were
,lready eating their way into Mrs. Howards
nom and from the street she cOuld oe seen
5eckOning to the two tirernen 70 hurry. me!
needed no urging however Catching the nook
Of his ladder on the casing OF the window on the
floor above Clark scrambled nmby up and
gained footing on the stone coping. Ford fol-
lowed. and when he had reached his comrade
they raised the scaling ladder 10 the window
where Mrs. Howard and her maid We're stand
Ing
two women another woman in adjoining
room threw open her window and screamed for
help. Apparently believing that no aid was
near she was about 20 jump % rtain death.
when Clark shouted 10 her TO remain where she
was and he would save her Then. while a vast
multitude of spectators watched with bated
breath Clark stretched out his foot until it
reached the side Of the next room, and then
pulled himself across Catching hold Of the