New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-11
FIFTY FIREMEN OVERCOME.
MEN FIGHT A STUBBORN BLAZE IN A
CELLAR.
MADE UNCONSCIOUS BY sMoKE-MANY RE-
TURN TO DUTY AFTER TREATME

TURN TO DUTY AFTER TREATMENT
About fifty nremen were overcome by smoke
while hghtng fire yesterday morning IN the ceii
Of the FIVE story building Nos SoS and So We
Fifty-ninth-st. score or more OF the hI e1
were made helpless by the smoke several 'lI'e :.
but most of them revived quickly and returhsu go,
work. About twenty-five who were almost stlneu
by the smoke or chilled by the water that wa
poured into the cellar had to be taken 10 a hoS
pital. Many had TO be ordered to so 10 hOsP''
before they would leave their work
Those who were in hospitals last night Were'
CALLAGHY JOHN fireman. Of Engine No. e5 taken to
Roosevelt Hospital
DERR John. fireman; taken to Bellevue; r % 1oose-
DE GRo0T. A.. fireman. of Engine No. z; taken u i
HIGGINS joHN. fireman. Engine No 6S: taken to
MOTEL CHARLES. fireman. OF Engine No 2s' taken
INCOME JOHN fireman. of Engine No p taken 10
d 10 Roosevelt HOSPITAL ''Ai
SWEENEY. EDWARD. fireman. OF Truck No. 4; taken to
ToBfS JOHN captain Of Engine No. u: ROose-
The condition of Captain Tobin is said to be
critical but the others are not dangerously sick
Among the other hremen who were taken 10
hospital received treatment there were Lieu
tenant Patrick H. Brennan. of Truck No. 4; p J.
Clark Engine No. 40: John Cahill. Engine No 40
Cornelius Dugan. Engine No. 2; F. w. Derouth
Truck No. A. Otto Fink Truck No 4; Thomas
Mulavey Engine No. 40; John Mclaughlin. Truck
No 4: Acting Battalion Chief R. j. Norris, Bat
talon No. g. Patrick Rogan, Engine No %; Howard
Ruch. Engine No. 4O Edward Smith. Engine NO 90
Timothy Gaynor and George Rivers, Engine NO =
and Herman Kuch. Engine No. s. All these were
able to return to duty.
At one time every OF Engine No 40 was I'M
able to continue at his post, except Lieutenant
Hauck and the engineer. Hauck was overcome
FIVE times. and the last time he was dragged OUT
of the building, and for some time he was motioh-
less on the sidewalk. He was soon able, however
to stand up and he then went into the place AGAIN.
He was injured Tuesday at the nre at the NOME
OF Joseph Pulitzer Every few moments hreInen
would stagger of the building and fall heIpesS
on the sidewalk. There were frequently nunoer
of fremen lying unconscious IN front OF OI nv
the building. and the PROSTATE forms Phy-
scians worked The ambulance surgeons tuAilii
istered oxygen to the men overcome Dy SInoks. II
In the basement of the building were DOWLHS al
on the first floor more bowling alleys Inc IRE
broke out in the cellar soon after a: m; anu
burned for more than six hours put IL causeu OlIS
about 5000 damage to the building ana was col-
fined the part of the house in when II staTtsa
Chief Croker said that 1t one OF the most dlI-
cult cellar fires that the Fire Department had Deeh
usually stubborn fire. as there We're many parrels
of in the cellar which did not burn at the same
time, but caught one by one. 1t was thought that
the fire started In the engine room.
When Chief Croker arrived on me scene ne sent
the firemen into the building in relays. he would
not allow them to remain in the place more than g
the street. At time the water in the cellar
more than five feet deep and there was immi-
nent danger of the frenen that were overcome IN
the cellar being drowned: .
Several persons assisted in caring Tor the nremen
who were overcome. Miss Minnie Schwartz. OF No.
641 East Ninth-st, forced her way through the
assistance. She saved one fireman. who staggered
out of the building. from falling into hole leading
into the cellar. She also gave COn5e TO the nre-
men and greatly assisted them, 1t is said. in other