The sun., 1902-07-18
MISS RUSSELL FIGHTS FIRE.
mr. LEWISOHN'S BiG ttTOS 90
tP NOISILi ~ SNOkE.
ncd E,e aud Mercedes Cost s7s 600 ann
Could I1y tishi Nlics On Hour -Tes.-
my AMI H,s Pipe Go ~ our-IDu,,.Is
Gur-Delism ftre Heroes WovS In VAIN.

my anil us Pipe Go IN Our-Ibut y.Is
Our-Deligh, frre Heroes Wovs In VAIN.
The pastoral quo, down on Lillian Rus
sell. old farm "a, Law r~ncc l. /. wac broken
yesterday morning whom Meres,es and
Rrd Eyc v-r reduced 10 junk hy nrc Snd
two explosions Merccd~s and Red fye
wcr tho two Gasolenr au, osnobiics owned
hy Jrs-. ievisohn ard generally occupied
by L'wisohn and Mirs Russell They
were ksp, IN a shed buih expressly Tor
them IA the south hay lot on the Russell
larm
Between s-asons AZ Weh~r a Ftelds's
Miss Russell il the most enthusiastic asn-
,llturist on Long lsland She no; only
took automobiles to boari. lrt did and
docs keep hens and two cows and ralses
all her own vegetables
Mcr,~de- was German machine II
was imported r-crntly and cos, tewisDhn
tlsGn IL carried six p~r-ms and
weighed 400 pounds Rcd Eve was
ranhard from Paris and cost 1900. Il
carried four The automobiles were not
insurcd Roth machines had a spce,l record
~ Ugh, miles an hour through the inCo--
poratcd villages of Long leland The vii
lage cons'ahle-, who have 10 enforce tho
Law against undue speri. sav that those
machines never went less than forty n,ilc,
an hour job Verify. N" peacc offlc~r
Of Frr-pnrt, s~~arS that Mercedes could
go -e,.n,y miles an hour. hut neither
I"wi-ohu nor Lillian would assert that
~ cuurtl, and they ought 10 know
Tommy one II the farm hands. laSt
name not known, was responsible for th"
frc lie lighted his py-' IN tho Autump-
l. 49, tn. t1sFs
l"ne--p' iuatcd foor The end u M"rCcdc-
and R'SI I've cam" IN a few minutes, long
before IA" Namps got there
Tho explanation Of how the fire started
va Furnished ny ThNpdprc another me
II the farm help. whore principal ch"r'
of Ning arrested for going faster than
eight miles an hour. 10y being arrested
him-rf and waiting IN Nj L"vi. hu
furuish,sl al Tommy hnsnt be-n rccr
-inc'' Ner-",e. hlcs up There ave threr
thcurirs & hts disnpp-arance That he
has 0Il away z" uaru s21HS 80 that ac
may rTair he damse" and return go the
farm vhh \ C,oRu rc,'ord and resume hi-
chores that he NHs blown up ard haSf.
com. down Set, and 'hat be vas blown
int" the sea. which AZ high 'id" utigai'-
-" Russ.ll south paSture The last theory
l. thc most probable. for there va a stin
n shore wind at the t,n.- - ~" explosion.
The Atlantic will he dragged to-day
Mis- Russell vas not ny when Tommy
drupped the match h't the nois~ nadc
10y Rel y" In becoming Scrap hesp
awakened her and -hc rushed 90 her cham
Der window and got her ar-i elimp-" -
the FIR" just a. the vamps from Ceisrhurst,
lAvrrnor and Fnr Rocksway r~ach9Ni
the ffv,-tar gate 20 the hav l0t ~, ~"
thrr side pf which the srarr gasolerc
tanks were exploiting The volunteer fire.
men down ther" have no horses Tor their
hose reels and ladder ricks and when there
h an alarm zach COMPANY watts for man
With a nag to come along and oher the
Use N his beast at the rate OF q blaze
Yesterday morning the Far Roock.way
Nigilanis a. q groCer's wagon. tho Ever
lI"advs ~ lAwr"nc" got a ish wagon and
the r-DutV-I-. .uur-DrliRits & t.Sinr-
hurst 60 a 'iH pcitl"r's was IA piled high
with wash h'il"r~ To save lim" tho horse.
vcr" un' gnluich"d from d" vag0r- nt
Coum"rD" ant ID" hu-.' r'~'l- wer' drarR~d
80 ~" i'r' l-rulud 'h, ash.'h" .;ru"crc- and
tu" finNarr The Our-lutv-Is-O Our -lchgntr
gpi 'h"r' fr-i ia thlry-srN"u mu't"-.
without Sing wash h-rler m" fire
igh'"r~ hadn't even -'GpJ"t 10 m"i"n
uL The Ever Hnaays and 10" NEiiarf~
ratified on ~" ~o"n" neck and u"cN tom
rnrr'.- h'er lu' al 'hr" OumIari'-
rofu1''.l ,ri's 10 ~" gn'o n" hr"WcI
wen. ,tth"r nervous l.,au~" - -" 'N-
pllsilu 1r 'hn-, va S-n, hps.tltIou a.
- taking down 10" 'v" bar n" 'lr-.
iur-"> ,hnuI~d impar"ft!y al the t'nd"r
gras- ~ %" rpHdsi"
Mis- Russell. sitting NJ hcr chamrcr
window. ls'au" impatient, 'un. II wa
tu-l late th'I 2" savr M" Iu'p'uulio. hu'
'hcrr Wa the hen huuss' and the COW harm
iu Danger In her cNci'.n'u' DO" blond"
farmer l.,auu" professional ana -lHu'"b
-'ag' directions AZ ~" ir"m"n through
raT" track negnphun" from her window
-1iuwar" enter C"ntr" Approach len
huus., Fish follow. rir'' o"uirc hu=' ou
CIV barn Canned ura's and Vegetables
company -an- 80 Sans
Bif The vnmps didnt understand Mi-s
Ru sscl thr,.w on her white silk automobile
cnat. l-.ausa that Wa the first thing IA"
cuuli grab. and ran ont 60 suI-i'r'cnd
hing a. clos" range II vas m" coat
that gaNr ris" 20 The mistaken NllAs,'
ri'nur 'hat Mi-s Russell had narrowly
,--cals-i from tho I'm" IN her riGh'clo h">
S"illnr lu"of gar'fcu hose frpn'h' Ever
R,adv- Miss Russell h"r-"i r.sh,-l o. tb"
COW harm and yu' out small hlazo vhrh
4 al lust caught under the cave Inspired
bv her etamplo the Our.Duty-l.-Our-
p.ughi- with wiling hands r"iy"d the
chickens and carried them 10 ~" b"a'h
wh"r. none could burn, but ron" wrrc
drowned
When II was an over Ni-- Russell t"lr-
phou"d Mr. l"wi~p'u. Who had lct' for
i.wu inst tp'iorn ~" rrS, ard todd hun 20
hiring down two Hu'ufphrlss with hitu
vh.n ho cam" back from work III
didn't
AZ M-s Russell was coming acnos- The
vcs' pas'urr with 'lr might milk she
told the neishh'rs about ~, FIRE
II had'i jumI-'i IN 'h"r", ~h" said,
- with no h0~r tli- milk would all haV'
been ,rlstnTd tu-uIgli But it, all over
TOW NJ morr nutomphiirr 'hls year
Sir Irvl-ohu tel'- o." that % viii taNc
-N months To- rrphc' th"~" noschiue.
W. don't want thu--' hi'l" machines th"y
make around her, They don" g" ihs'
enough Bu' ! l-.li"v" No hhv" hor-'-
and they arr all through with a." ulpuch-
iug
On h"r Vay 20 the housr With the milk
Niis- I.u-...ll met i"wtsohn ~ ~" .ocuo uf
~ fire. telling the villag' cuus'hhl" and
n, men from noighborlug farm- alSpu' II
We had awav- told Tommy not tu sInok"
In the autunuhu" -h'd, L"sisphu wa
-ayiuR ". never smoked Ia ~" mac hiuc
ourselves nu, only b'-au-' u vas danger
,us. nut t,,Caus, there u NJ plcasur" "a
.iulAInE when yuu are whirliug along al
,hr rate - eight miles an hour.
I.illiau -nickcr,d
Mis- Russell exclaimed lewisohn. 'how
ran yuu laugh over thus heap Of t-'"o
worth Of ruins
Those eight miles, -h" said, a. she
urncd Ia weed the corn ~ hid" hcr CON
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