New-York tribune., 1902-02-22

| the armory. a man named Patterson. who lived
with his wife and children in the building Jo-
| seph Cascavio, a civil engineer employed on the
! tunnel. tried 10 burst in the heavy oak door
| Unsuccessful in that. he pounded and kicked
until he aroused Patterson.
Then it was that the janitor made dash for
| life with his wife and children The flames swept
all around them. but Patterson guided them to
| the street
When il was seen that the fire was getting
away from the fremen and was menacing the
car barns and the Park Avenue Hotel. a fourth
| alarm was sent in. Firemen were sent 70 the
roof Of the barns, where they directed
streams Of water in the hope Of saving the
barns. A strong northeasterIy wind was blow
ing fercely and helping the course Of the flames.
The tall tower of the armory at Park-ave. and
Thirtythrd-st. was mass of flames. and 1t was
expected IT would crash over on the iremen.
While the fremen were attempting to get in
effective work on the blaze in the armory the
manager of the Park Avenue Hotel had dozen
men on the roof of the hotel sweeping off the
sparks which alighted there endangering the
building
When the flames burst through the armory
with such ferceness. all the guests of the Park
Avenue Hotel were aroused and sent from their
rooms. There was a panic Immediately, and
women and children became hysterical and
rushed from their rooms and downstairs to the
corridors. There was terrible excitement when
a rumor became current that one thousand
pounds Of dynamite stored in the rapid
transit excavation directly opposite the hotel
which in danger Of exploding
Ira A. shaIer. the Rapid Transit sub-contrac-
tor. who came 10 the scene Of the fire, denied
however, that there was any truth in the rumor
There is dynamite stored in the subway. but it
is said to be at point about thousand feet
north Of Thirty-fourth-st
PARK AVENUE HOTEL CATCHES FIRE. !
At about 2:45 o'clock the Park Avenue Hotel
caught fire. and Immediately all the guests were
driven to the street. The fremen got to work |
to prevent the flames from spreading but for a /
time IT looked If the hotel would he destroyed
Several times the car barns became ignited, but !
the hremen playing eight streams on the
roof and saved that structure.
The guests Of the hotel were taken 10 nearby |
houses. were they were sheltered. When the !
hotel caught fire fifth alarm sent in
Battalion chief Ross, who is stationed in East |
Thirty-third St. said that a woman aroused |
him when the fire broke out in the armory and
that he sent in the first three alarms
Suddenly flames shot from the third floor of
the Park Avenue Hotel at the northeast corner.
Soon the interior Of the hotel af1ame. AL
most simulta aneously with the bursting of the
flames from the hotel, fifteen appeared
at windows the fourth floor. All hys-
terical and threatened to jump. while a crowd
of thousands of persons yelled them 10 wait.
One woman crept out on the ledge OF the win
dow and was ready to jump. but the hremen ran
ladders up and she was carried down TO the
street.
Manager Reid of the hotel sent his employees
through the hotel. There was a terrible commo-
tion among the guests
The fremen left the ruins of the arn1ory and
directed all their efforts on the hotel
One girl jumped from a third story window
She landed in snow bank and was uniniured.
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