Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-13
FIRE FIGHTING At
TIT WORLDS FAIR

Hulo nr. usHt.r concession
as tno Worlds WJ .lt.a per.
baps two acres. auI consists OF
fully equipped urH station horses.
steam urg engines. HIIb aud ladder
Wasous. chemical engines aud ml
force ui trained nru ush.Cu uular
tnU direction Uf George g. Hale. fur.
NOR chief uf Ibo kausaa city uro io.
parmrul Ihu exhibit Ia an actual
part uI tuo Ofn protection service uf
tho Worlds fair. and may Doe called
I'D any UW0 tu s0 Uut Un thr grounds.
The roof of tHe enclosure lB nearly
700 fcet h.eh. and at ono side of an
arena are seats for over a thousand
people Tho opening .n front cf tha
audience Ia 900 feot long. and on tho
opposite ade H o. building slx stories
high After Lcturo explaining tha
othIh't gong .H sounded. and pro.
cDsaIm passed before ho audience.
consisting ui tlr,e engines With steam
up. yh.m.Ca. uHuos. huUk anI nI.
dDrH fruwUn un foot o fr Tha over.
several iamuu"m mI0nH Uf Haul are
niygn William Willis. OF uUl1Is. runs
.n lDet auI mHk.s coupling with
tnror fuI uus. u uur 8nd 0nO halt
seconds
Another r0ns is sounded. with tho
huraUH boo tHUr static. and tbo nro.
men iu bod 300 feot away. boo g5 see.
1uis Uhey nw hur1rd t0 O. c1rhua.
Npn bose anl ladder wagon. rom 300
fegt ny 900 f.Dt of hose. attached
io "a roai hyImut auI Hre pouring
HutIr un supposedly burniug buld.
ur Armn th0 ronr 'a sounded ana
u 60 seconds the hook ana ladder
company IR on hand and tbe men with
'heir scaling ladders arc on top ot a
a.E EH'0ry building
buf the greatest demonstration ~
alI iH yrt t1 come Tho ureua Is dark.
aHei r1d silence prevails Then iu.
side tbo a'y story building across Ihu
way Ors bursts forth. and NOT until
10 hnH rHuoI much hoaiWBy Dr. tho
gong sounded Tho mon arc In bod
aH before and tHo horses 90 thair
stalls. Iu frw seconds enc horoH
como flying down tho Irret With thG
rur.noa and 1t tho Same momcat
women and children BEGIN appearing
1i mo open windows OF tho burning
building .n thoIr might clothaa scream.
IUE iUr hD'n Tho d1 Dr. terrible hut
fho f.romon work hard The scaling
ladders ar0 ara'n brought into raqul
FiiI1n nnd soon the first man climbs
t1 tho iup window anchors l.fo line
and drops lt i0 tho ground. then ho
turns. HoiEos n 0croamInr woman ~
ono arm grabs fhc lIno with tho other.
and drops 10 tho rround ln safety.
others are doing tho Same at different
windows
ln ono coao two children nro In
ono room. aud tho flames arc so fierce
that there a NOT t'mo 20 mako two
trips aD thc brave man turns himself
upside down. winds fho line about hls
feet rrasps o. child in each hand ana
'huH hanging himself head down and
tho children fsot down. ho slides down
tho rope. having only hls legs to break
iho descent This l8 a nprvy and Oar
iug performance. and receives loud
cheers 1usi aa ihc lnHt Inmate ir ros
cued ana ia safely outside iho build.
uF the wallis iail with a crash and
7hudicr 0f wiIef passes that an
we're rescued The hoso had mean.
timo been working md keeps back
me fire while thr roscHers work t
la luHI aovou minutes from tho Umo
me F1nF sounds. until tho people arc
aU rescued. ana to BUILDING flils to
pieces % ia all very realistic Tho
building H maIn of incomhlai.Hia8
and mUHfni with rlmbusNh'0