The sun., 1900-10-30

street where those who were Injured "ere
struck by falling glass and debris.
AZ the time Of the first explosion Cap' ooih
Il, Conlon and the crew Of Engine q were on '"v
elevated railroad structure and had Jus' gov
wnter. All hands were knocked on 'h'r '''
Picking themselyes up, they started y" run
north along the structure when tlo socohu
explosion knocked them down oRalh \"
ESCAPED injury except few bruises.
Engine II was at hydraut IN Nr'onwl'h
street near Chambers, and whom the 'NIHo'loh
occurred Engineer Thomas Jordon thrh'u on
the exhaust and ran. At tie corner ne WIS
blown OF his feet aud rolled over ana over
but was not hurt The engine also cN'ai'd
injury and kept working throughout th' ne
When the alarm wa turned IN Engineer
Samuel RoXbury Of Engine 20 wa ~ dnr'r'
md Engineer William Brown IL lugin" O. his
rrlcl. went to the fire with ?" tng'hr'r
RoSbury had lust Joined his cngln" when IL"
walls of the building were blown out'a II"
was not hurt. Engineer Brown had turned
on the exhaust to prevent an explosion ana
had turned TO run when tho walls fell IN
rlnc 20 vas partially buried bv III" debris
and badly wrecked Later on 1t was
dug ont ~ the wrecknce and taken TO
the repair shops Brown was knocN"d
down and pninhillv hurt. The horses ma
been removed from Engine 20 and were not
hurt The horses on TIA" tender ran away
bur were caught within half DOCK. seven
or eight uorsons who had cen cut nr otherWSe
hurt verc thcn put In ~" tender and taken 10
the quarters Of Engine - IN Chambers street,
where they were treated by ambulance sur
gcons.
Engine : from Centre and Chambers streets
responded ~ the second alarm. Capt Hh"n-
dan and IT, crew were within twenty feet of the
hui.iiug and were all knocked uu their i'ot
by tho explosion. The engine vas ~ hydraut
quito near the huildrg and the horcs-. which
were TN attached to II. wer" slightly burned
about The 0ad 10y Il gIsh of flame.
Driver NcAvuy Of Engine q was the only ono
Of the engine, crew uclr her when the cy-
plo,on sent the building down In ruins. The
engine was right alongside Of the building
and the great mass Of brick and wood that como
down almost buried II McAvoy Jumped aside
bu. hi- horses were struck and both went down.
Neither was so completely buried that he could
not save himself II free from the traces Me-
Avov'l first thought was his own safety but
then he thought Of the horses aud ran to whct"
they were struggling. cut the traces
with his knife and helped the horses
to their feet when the animals did
rot free. thcv wore most shocking sights.
Their logs and bodies had been horribly cu'.
McAvoy looked them well over and concluded
that they could be saved II they could get i'm
mediate attention SO he hurried them ~
fast as they could go TO Warren stro"' and
West Broadway where he turned them over
% a citizen who held them whi'o b" summoned
a veterinary surgeon by telephone. When
the veterinary came he said that tie hors"s
were in danger Of bleeding 10 death unless
come of the deeper cuts iH their sides were
sewed up at once Hair was taken from the
tails Of the horses and the veterinary ~cwed
them mp. They wore taken To the engine
house whore thci other wounds were washed
and dressed There wa nothing but praise for
McAyoy for going IN and saving the horses
at the risk Of his own liie.