The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-11

'hroHn % 'Goiu from the Loaf aud man
acri 4" reach .ler tnat way.
Despite tno oNtrcnl" ro'it in which they
has '"pi, not man 'r'og'ri hurt.
IooIHorsI HAir WAY up kBrA2F
All tnat the t'"uren ON shore could do
Tor an hour after that Nas to -'and and
wait to max" tho ascent again when tho
hs'neS on the south tower burned thorn
s"ly"s ont H. the lnesutiuc tho threo
t'eboai- tried TO get their streams TO reach
half va! up tho tower 10 whore anot her
ing '"olh",is". FcionGing To tho Pennsyl-
wanna stool ompauv. whioh i. building the
appi caches. stood
This house contained many yaua bile
tools, hS did those ou top. Tho red ho'
u"lts soi fire 20 it IN ono Ilac" and one Of
IN" hridromor, Dennis ORrion, climted
mp there aud 'rlcd To pii' tho fiIc ont A.
N" r"nched u red hot piece of iron fell
on top of II and instantly the whole build
ing ~as at s2o
TALL "a IRON Is is THr BoopY.
b" hreboat PooGy then took NJ posi-
'l"u 10 IN" south 81 the tower and managed
20 pihN "h tho ',olhouee for a while. rtt
presently big mass Of iron tell On her
deck a'"id-hips, smashing the rams and
ua'rHEiug her steering gear. Another
fh'riig hllj '.ll on tn" pilot house, Iar'ly
vr"okIhg h.. II VAS too close quarters
FOR h"r and she backed away.
u was found that her engines we're not
damaged and after her steering gear was
fscd she reported for duty again.
r.RrNAS ruRr oN THE STRONG
Tn" hr-hoai Nrrpng vas hit by bolt
winch struck Fireman Jeremiah Haggery
IN the back Of the head. and he will prob
AMY die Those on the boat signalled
Tor an ambulance, and the boat was backed
INTO ferry slip and the in lured man taken
of.
LAST rporBRrDGE GOES.
II Ua- few minutes before o'clock
when, the flames having reached the north
tower, the last foothridge. the under half
If IA" north bridge, fell. Like the others,
II hurg suspended out in the middle of
the river 10y som" Of the steel suspenders
iron the main cables.
There was still a great deal of fear that
the main cables would not bold ia the fierce
beat AZ the saddles Battalion thief Guerin
reported to Chief Duane that twenty Of the
strands in the Sout her " one of the two ca. les
on tho north 'ower had parted under the
heat and he didn't know what had happened
TO It" two on the other tower. The bridge
workers said If the heated cables were
drenched u would spoil their temper. but
there was little Likelihood Of their falling
PIRr BURNS ITSELF OUT.
BY 80 O'Clock the fire on the top Of bot
towers showed signs Of being pretty we'll
burned ont and Deputy Chief Ahearn,
who had then assumed charge, ordered
'ne Ufetnpn UP tIe nOr'n tower again.
With them went Kingsley Martin. a son of
G. G. Martin. the engineer of The Brooklyn
Bridge. They waited till the last embers
died out
Fire Chief Guerin declared hat had there
been n metallic stsndpipe. water could have
been forced 10 the top and the fire easily
pu, out No hose. he said, could stand
The pressure needed to force water 10 such
height.
sALOoSKEEPER WHO WOULDN'T GET OUT
When the fire was seen 10 endanger the
bridge strici ure the police gave orders
for the occupants 81 two buildings on
East street. right under the bridge, 10 get
out All did but one -aloonkeeper. who
preferred TO risk his life little for the in
creased business he got
Two hundred police reserves from all
the downtown precincts were called out
They were in charge Of INSPECTOR CLAYTON.
Every II rect leading under the bridg e.
was closed and the police lines we're drawn
two blocks away from the foot Of the over
Tho police boat Patrol and several police
launches were stationed in the river.
NOBODY DEAD.
There We're many reports of missing
One was that three fremon had been lost
on tho tower. and another that fifteen men
who had started on the footbridges for
Brooklyn were missing None of these
was true but the Patrol played her sea rch
light all over the tower in search Of bodies