The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-11
new BRIDGE ABLAzE
Conhaued from Fast rag.


towers who had not gone home hadn't
noticed anything. The ils hcv they ,c-
c"iv"d Vas v hen foreman on the BIZ OIL vi
side 'o,"phoned over and ass,d shat the
troUhlc was.
t""nan Nok.un. who yas in charge
"f a." zen on the tower had reached his
ho"' III BROOKLYN before he heard # th.
hi". lie a enc" started over on one &c the
ooihi.dgC- with some men he picked ur.
lie reached The top Of the tower only about
ten ''irut"g before the first fuotbridrr fell
so srCH FIRE PROBLEM pIroRF
III" h'-' fr"mcn on The Sccno voro in
chang &c Battalion 'hicf CIcriu When
thew reached iha foo, Of the tower tho top
was blazing iiercelv Tho mass Of ronwork
ahov" hem which va. brought out sharpIv
now an thou Nv the glare of the flame,
above, pr".en'"d problem which the
hrom"n n"Ycr had encountered before
chief tu"rn quickly found the wooden
stairway leading mp through each Of the
twin towers He decided To try and 90,
mp The north tower, on which there was then
nothing burning
The hose "f engines II and II, which had
boon 'he first 10 arrive, were siameAod aud
tho hrenen started NJ the stairs with ~.
lines. Burning brands were already hc-
ginning TO fan through tho lat'iced iron
work.
PRipGENEN NotrSrFFRFp TO HFLp
The fremen being ignorant how 10 get
up tho tower -oine hesitation was mani
tested. According TO the briuyeBon whom
he first tremen reached that part Of the
tower where the approach joins with It
on the laBduard SIDE aud when hey had
still about 200 feet 20 90 with only their
lanterns and IN" light from the flames above
10 guide them. they held back. Supt Abbott
who was in charge of some Of thu, con-
s'ric'ion work. seeing this. asked for vol
unteers from among tho hridegmen. Forty
men stepped forward Al once and offered
10 climb the tower toward the flames
All We want II on" dollar an hour for
our extra time, they laid.
lou II get IT. .'i.n,u Abbott. only
get up there.
Five of the Mon then showed the fire.
men how TO climb higher.
BRAVERY oFrHHFE - THEM.
While all this Was going on, the forty
men on top Of N. tower 5, no had run IN
from Joints On u" foptbridgca had made
up their minus they CoLlan put out IT,.
fiIe and that il already threatened the
iootbiluR"s These are supported by wiz.
cables two and half inches IA diameter.
| hese are the wires which weTe first stretched
across the ilSer over WOODEN cradles | he
men started To cut away some of these
cables near the cradles, and though the
-hanty and lot of The platform was then
biazing hercsy, three OF the workers, D.n
and Jack Brophy and man known only a.
Bill, went TO work On the two cables sup
porting footbridge No. /: underneath the
south cable. The flames were then threat
ening TO set fire TO IL.
THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
Foreman Mckeon and the other men on
tho tower that the fhrep mo
trying to cut the wires Of this foot bridge
when that just to the north Of il suddenly
gave away. Mcheon says he shouted TO
the men on the tower To run for their lives
and all Of them but these three ran over
to the top Of the north tower When they
looked for their comrades after the foot
bridge fell they were now here to be- seen.
The men on the tower with them uidn't
think there was any doubt that the three
had fallen into the iiver a. the falling foot =
bridge shook the whole tower and carried
away some of the bridge the three were
working on, But they turned up later safe
and sound.
TRICKLf OF WATER FOr oED Up
Chief tiuerin followed the bridsenen up
the north tower along win some Of the
crews of + gines II, IL and Is and Truck Is
II was most difficult for he tilemrn. unused
a. they We're 20 bridge work, even with
the bridgeinen 20 guide them, Al each
landing five men were stationed 10 pass he
hose up. When the uozzc reached the top
II was found that the pressure even Of two
engines wouldn't force The water up 20 the
height they were trying 10 reach. - "A third
engine WAS put on. linen halt way ~ one
length of hose burst, showing ha he
pressure was too great. so the third engine
had 10 be uncOuplcd
Finally Chief GUer,n with his men reached
the top of the tower with the hose and sig
nailed for water, The two engines. painting
ISO ,at hollow fbap rt,nt a
feeble stream from the nozzle NJ the top
for about twenty-five minutes all told.
Bu' II was such small stream after il
had come through the 40 feet of hose that il
might a. well have been a bucket Cr two Of
water From their stand on top Of the
north tower. beyond which tho firemen
dared not venture, he stream barely reached
the hames. which had already begun To
creep toward them.
rEsg FJoTBRIpGE F.LLs
Small a. II was, though, II could be secn
by the thousands In the streets below. n nd
"a they saw II and tho little band of fire.
men up on the dizzy height, their figures
sharply out lined against the sky in the glare
oi tho names. every watcher lnstinctively
gave a cheer
As they looked there was report like
the salyos ~ thousand batteries and the
hrst tootbridGe gave, away, The whole
tower vas abla1e with sparks. To those
below II seemed rs though one Of the main
cables had fallen instead Of the foot bridge
A. the sparks cleared away tho crowd
could Soc the firemen still standing on their
perilous position ard another big cheer
went up.
WHOLE TOWER swAYRD WHIT
According To Chief Guerin and his men,
when The foot bridge broke from its fasten-
ings and went crashing down below them
on her side 81 the tower the whole mighty
structure of steel seemed TO SWAY Stand.
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