The sun., 1903-11-23
SCHREIBER'S BOY OUT ON TOP
FOL Nd ON FALLEN FIRE HORSES
BACK AFTER A CRASH.
Engine Is Smashed Into the Saloon Run
by Boys Father in Trying 10 Avoid .
Fire Truck. and Plate Glass Was
Smashed and Candy Stand Upset.

Engine Is Smashed Into the saloon Kun
by Boys Father in Trying 10 Avoid .
Fire Truck. and Plate Glass Was
Smashed and . Candy Stand Upset.
There's nothing like an alarm of fire to
make trouble in the crowded lower East
Side. Isaac Schrieber, who keeps saloon
at the northeast corner of Broomc and
Orchard streets. will tell you this.
A false alarm was sent from Norfolk
and Broone streets at 4 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. Among the pieces Of fire ap-
paratus which responded were Truck 8,
whose house s in Canal street and Engine
IS. whose home is in Broome street near
Mott
Driver John Wakeley of Engine SIS was
driving his three magnificent big grays
along Broome street The engine
had nearly reached Orchard street
when a man ran out into the middle of the
street and began to wave his arms at Wake
ley.
Wakey knew that Truck was coming
up Orchard street and that collision was
likely unless he did something quick.
he pulied his horses up haru and at the
same ime swung the engine over to the
north as far as he could. Then the nigh noise
slipped on the muddy asphalt and, gong
down on his launches, slid along for yards
ing ahead as they had been aught to do.
Then IL was that Schreibers saloon came
into the story. The entrance to the saloon
is right at the corner. The front door Of
the Italian bootblack had ranged his three
chairs in behind the post which supports
the upstairs corner OF the building. In
front OF the chairs Schreibers three-year-
old son lsaac, Jr.. was playing with several
other youngsters. At the candy stand at
the side of the entrance was crowd of
children who stood, too frightened to run,
as the Jig three. horse fire truck olattered
up to them.
The falling of the nigh horse swung TIE
post OF the saloon. Then ii e nigh horses
harness burst and the other two animals
had no extra weight to drag. One of the
big grays went, right through the boot
blacks chairs, knocked down the saloon
This toppled over several big ranks Of
wine and whiskey bottles, which went to
the floor with crash
The bootblack was knocked down, but
got up and ran blindly into the candy stand,
there was an excited crowd, such as only
the lower East Side can furnish Inside
there was still more excitement. Schreiber
and his wife and some friends were eating
dinner at a table near the door.
When the fire horses burst in Mrs.
Schreiber remembered that her little son
had been playing outside, and she tainted.
Schreiber ran out and found the firemen
already Strengthening out the bootblack
and searching for little Isaac. The young
ster was found right on top of the hind
legs Of the big gray. which had slid to the
saloon door. The boy was unhurt
The rescue work done the firemen were
already busy getting ready to finish the
run, The gray which had picked up little
Isaac in it's slide hadn't even scratched it's
tough hide; the harness was easily patched
up; the animal hitched up again and off
went Engine IS to the supposed fire.
Truck had already banged past and
found out that it was false alarm.