New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-16
MAYOR QUELLS A PANIC.
MURPHY CHECKS 4 FIRE.
Great Excitement IN Terrace Garden
-SeUeraI WOmen FAINT.

-SeUerdI WOmGn FAINT.
Mayor Mcclellan helped quelI a panic in Ter
race Garden last night shouting 70 calm the
crowd Of over one thousand women and men at
the annual entertainment and reception Of the
Anawanda Club 4 fire caused the excitement.
some evergreen decorate being burned.
Charles F. Murphy leader Of Tammany Hall.
helped the Mayor by pulling up some bunting
which would have caught fire. Several women
tainted and rush was made for safety but the
Mayor. Mr.. Murphy and some others quickly
stopped this. Half a dozen fremen were in the
hall with fire extinguishers. but one Of them
pulled down the evergreen. helping put out the
blaze. Some bunting burned iu the back
OF the hall but extinEUishers prevented the fires
spread
Tho rush that was made for safety was
stopped and the disturbance quelled by the
Mayor Mr Murphy and otherI. Fire extin-
guishers were used to prevent the blaze from
spreading
The Ana a~1nda club is the Tammany organi-
zation OF the XVIIIth Assembly District Its
entertainments and outings are well known to
Tsmmauy men and the big politicians generally
aIIend IT, on the list of boxholders last night
were Mayor Mcclellan. Mr.. Murphy. 7. Sergeant
Cram J. j. Murphy. Frank A ODounejL J. F..
t:afTaev and James Foley.
Mayor Mcclellan sat I'm box I'm a corner of
the hall with Mrs Mcclellan. The floor was
flied. chairs having been placed on the ballroom
a1or These were HIlsd with men and women in
evening dress
The tbird act of a vaudeville performance was
I'm progress II was called a Fishermaus
Luck Ross Forester. one Of the players was
or, the stage. when flames shot up from the
southeast corner ~ the hall. directly under
the box where sat Mr Murphy \ piece ot ever
green which entviucd the pillars an around the
hall and helped decorate the woodwork under
the boxes had caught fire from defective iusu-
Iation Of electric wires The evergreen did not
blaze up quickly but there was bunting around
and above IT, and people saw that this would
catch. II did
SEVERAL WOMEN FAINT.
In an instant the air was filed with shrieks-
Several women tainted. Their escorts carried
them out I'm the rush. difficult task Men
stood on chairs all over the hall and shouted to
the people TO he quiet that Il was not dangerous
Mayor McCIeIIan's box was opposite Mr. Muir
phv's. The Mayor stood up and put out his
hand. He shouted:
BE quiet There Is no danger. Don rusH-
Then he shouted again:
Don't get excited. There is no danger. BE
calm"
Tho words were effective with many in the
crovrd Men all over the hall were trying 20
ouiet the people and there were so many men
,ybo had their senses that the rush TO get out
was stopped.
While the Mayor was shouting Mr. Murphy
was actually checking the flames. He had
looked over the edge Of his box and had seen
the fire below He leaned further over. grabbed
bv the handful the bunting that was there ana
ripped II from its fastenings
hp-a
ouiet ari Fireman Mulvey. Of Engine IT, sta
toned in the hall. climbed up the post on Which
the evergreen was burning He pulled down the
eversrcel and beat out what fire remained there.
some men had rushed up and tried TO peat out
the flames. II is said several had their hands
slightly burned. a fireman using an eNtih-
guisber covered a couple Of men with water.
Many women had rushed out. \ crowd went
., the bar where men were drinking The lat
ter did not know what the trouble was ana as
the people met jam resulted
CHAIRS ARE UPSET.
chairs were upset and disorder reigned for
several minutes Captain HOdgins. ex-Captain
Cannon. Sergeant Cray, Of the health squad
and Patrolman MartIneau who were IN the back
~ the hall heIped calm people. J. Sergeant
cram shouted for quiet Fire Commissioner
Hayes also cried out to the people to ne calm
t+s walked here and there to hystCrical women.
assuring them there was no danger Comhhs-
sioner Oakley. Of the Department OF Water
supply Gas and Electricity. ana james W
Gerard also telped calm them
Nrs Mcclellan. wife OF the Mayor calhliy
rarair.l in her box and watched her husoand:
She looked across at Mr.. Murphy ana sn1lleu
ar,Dro,-inylv when she him tear up lhe
limiting Other women in the boxes were calIl-
The management declares that there We're We're a
arar,ar a representative Of the electris lghtlhs
con1Danv and an usher for every exit. ana that
+bese exits were thrown wide open as soon dS
~ irst sign Of excitement began All tnese
exits we're used. The chairs not hSed 10 the
ba1lroon1 floor were thrown aside IN the rusi
II vas remarked afterward that the crowd
GOOD fortune. fn that no one stunDleuf heipeu
greatly to lessen Lhe alarm
The hall I'm which the entertainment was held
e hove the sidewalk flight OF stairs leading
from the front part OF the building TO the ball
room This is believed 70 have excited some OF
the women who felt they must go down stairs
10 safety II was found afterward that little
real 5amage had been done. The post where
the green was was sCOTChed.
The entertainment was resumed, the Mayor
and MIR Murphy and their parties remaining.
There was dancing after the performance and
/. many took gaTt il IL