The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08
BURST IN AMONG The BATHERS
.1UASTHE SALVAGE CORPS MEMS
DITY AND THEY HAD TO.
The FIRE was In n Turkish Bath. and. as 1t
Would Happen. on the Ladies' Side
Men Had 10 Enter the Cooling Room
where the Newly Bathed Ladies Were.

There was fire in the women's side
of the fashionable Clinton street Turkish
baths in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon,
and there wasn't any domino game last
night in the quarters of the Pacific street
fire patrol, or salvage corps, as 1t il known
in Brooklyn. II was the first night the
domino game has been passed up. except
when the mon we're away az fire, and then
they couldn't play
Seated at the round table on which the
nightly game Is played were Mulraney,
bale Woolsey. Moilntt. Hanan and Burel-
son. Lieut.. Wilson WAS absent
"Hc'., "A strong man. is the lieutenant"
,aid Mulraney, but II was too much for
him He had to take night of"
She waS bcaut." said Dale. Il mean
tho ono with the sheet thrown over her
shoulders.
How about the one that didn't have the
-han; over her shoulders? queried Wool
,cr rhon he paused and looked anxiously
al his mates
t wonder" he added. solemnly. "ir we
aid anything that would constitute grounds
for diNolc,? You know. my wife ~ a
mile particular and | wouldn't like her to
hear about il.
oh. Id stand divorce for the chance
If going to another fire like that said
Hanan. Fanan l. described as Il dare
devil
IT certainly vas the goods, declared
Mofa't Never again will wander from
nv little fresde and spend good money
;, Il Bpwery show"
Say. bawled Capt eastman from his
nuw, YOU Youngsters, grayhaired and
Otherwise. quit your chinnin' and go to
hj. or IN prefer charges ag ainst you
for im,odes. talk.
That rHdal the tslkfest on the Clinton
street baths fire. The fire wa sn't much as
- fire. ',ut it was spectacular in one respect.
The baths occupy two houses, ~ and "a
linton street One house is for men and
the other for women, The fire had to he on
the women = side 1t was on the third or
top floor, in the sulphur room. The sulphur
pan Jared up and burned over, setting
fire to Souc woodwork. One of the woman
Attendants dis covered it; men are not al
lowell on that side Of the building at all.
The attendant was the only woman in the
room at the time, and she rushed down.
stairs. She screamed, a cop heard her
and turned in an alarm.
out dashed the Pacific street salvage
corps. Handsome Jack" Wilson, the leu
tenant, in command From Pierrepont
street came Engine i05, one of the oldest
companies in Brooklyn. The engine and
the salvage corps got to the baths about
The same time. The engine hooked up to
the hydrant on the corner. The duty OF
the salvage corps, as its name implies, is
to save property.
Il looked at nv watch said Wilson.
Il sl.oS = l,
fire was on the third floor, l said, Men,
10 the second floor and save what property
Won can"
Handsome Jack" in the lead, the salvage
corps, in red helmets and white coats, with
tarpaulins over their shoulders, rushed up
stairs The door on the second floor was
open There wa long room, the front
paltitionei of for an office. In the rear
wore two rows Of curtained booths, with an
aisle between.
They told us afterward." said Hand
some Jack. that it was the room where the
women rested after their baths, but how
wcrc we TO know that"
" he back end OF the room water was
'~ickliug through the ceiling from the
floor above. where the men of Engine l05
had stretched a line of hose There was
good sized space between the top of the
booths and the ceiling
Get your covers out. shouted the
Lieutenant, land catch that water
1t was only a short run down the aisle
hut the men made it slowly. not to say
modestv There was a succession OF
>hricks. 4 woman's head popped out
from one booth. Then came the rest OF
her in sheet She darted through the
I'm" of salvage men,
The next one ran into" said Wooley.
didn't have a sheet She got past the
'iremen, too Then came another.
4 know she had on slippers" declared
Dale. because saw EN-
Don't he alarmed" said Wilson, who
had his face far into the inside Of his helmet,
looking for the trade mark OF the maker.
o. Inc fire will soon be out
Thank goodness screamed the bru-
n"lle with a loose dressing gown thrown
over one shoulder. Handsome Jack" says
he saw the brunette, because in her dash
through the aisle she hit him and knocked
to he floor The helmet that shielded his
rvcs
That couldn't be the woman i saw"
said Moffatt, because she was blonde,
and peach, too"
Inc salvage men climbed up on the
touches inside Of the booths and stretched
their tarpaulins over the tops.
From one booth came shrek in high c.
Go way, men" said the shrek; Il don't
caro- If there is fire, won't come out"
She didn't bulge.
Tho fire was out in ten minutes. 1t was
half an hour later, however. before the
salvage men felt that it would be safe to
carry of their tarpaulins. 1t took ten
minutes more to fold up the waterproof
covers. The men said II was due to nerv-
BUSINESS. Then they were ready to 60 the
rEme way they came. But that was not
10 be.
young woman attendant stopped
mem She was in her bare feet, but she
Wore neat, close fitting uniform.
No. you mustn't go that way" she said,
holding UP both hands and blocking the
way The bathers or the bathers that
""r" are in the Office and IL you passed
o'I' that way they might see you
We can stand it," chuckled Dale.
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