New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-01
TWO DIE; TWENTY HURT.
urTE FUMES DEADLY.
7fonv Other Firemen OUercome at
s15 600 Blaze IN Cordage Works.

.,,.,-,v areraen were seriously injured,
- ,to-, so serio,Isly that they died almost
,,a6isfeIv after being taken TO hospital
-, being overcome by the fumes from
- fIte in a factory belonging to the
.,..-.ran Manufacturing Company, al Nooie
- oak sts., Brooklyn, late last night
=, TWO men who died and others VINO wers
.,-a,v injured. were badly burned before they
,,s be rescued So many were overcome oy
s-,ss which seemed TO affect them like ether
-, for some tine their trouble was not DIS
.,..sred. and the men who finally came 10 the
...,ue we're themselves in great danger OF
tsar,ug their fate
~he dead are:
Ess CHRISTIAN Tag,5s ne No s, Iss l. cTsAsTSTs. s5Is :. re
% %.5 6nsas s5og G'BsT ss Tr.sss S2 1S st Assa;s
Hospital
Among the injured are
eusrI. Emil. 80. iBs
DEMPSEY John. 10. 13a
cArTnsEY Peter No lss.
TrTNANN. Frederick No, llb
gEsysEN. Charles. foreman ot No. 12l
NAHONEY. Michael no llb.
MEADOW Charles. No. ll5
nrcARTlTY. John. battalion chief Twenty-si1;h Bat
talon
McoNNAGHY John. No. 100
1rAIAdsTT1R. John NO 1l2
QUICK. william, No. 115
PAAB John assistant foreman. No l3S
r7ocHARDs, Henry. foreman No. i3s
ROGERS. George battalion CHIEF Twenty mn ha'-
TALON.
Ilr-ssF.1. Christopher No lSa
NEsTE8TCTI. John. No iSs
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
The FIRE broke out IN a three story corrugated
s-or warehouse used for storage Of jute Ineie
had been no fire in the building. and il IS thouB"1
that ths blaze was caused by spontaneous com
huston.
Three alarms were sent iu az once. ana ihe
s-sf engine 10 arrive was 40. 13s, from Nor
-r.,-sve and Diarnond-st. The men from this
.-~s-o NJ, arriving. rushed into the building
A. sco, as they got near the flames al We're
cve-,o--e bv the fumes A number OF men
,,-, otbe- companies who went TO their aid,
- Who not having learned the dangerous nat
,,-a of the air also rushed bhndly H. Were
overcome, too. The unconscious men Iraly
were drar-cd out though not until number
bs- b,en badly burned. il is thought thaL il
,bo FIRST men had gone further into the ooilaihs
:, -,o.,,s have been impossible to rescue thell'
for 80 strong were the fumes that most OF '"e
,nen had gone only few PAGES from 1he aool'
arE none had reached the stairs leaoing 10 IH9
upper floor when they Eel.
,-rr-7rTs OF FITMES PEMARKABLE.
Two effects or the llfflt4 pA AllC oeA--i--'
were most remarkable. when men tried TO get
s,ta the l7uYainc 10 rescue some pitched for
ward almost as soon they were inside the
door. and had 10 be dragged out Immediately
Those who succeeded ia getting 20 where the
men Law. and got out without being overcome
would after resching the open air reel ABOUT
.or some time as 4 drunk. and in many cases
& was almost half an hour before the sickness
und dizziness wore OF. il seemed almost I'M
POSSIBLE Tor the men 20 protect themselves from
the sumcs by any means. and the latter We're
almost as strong along the floor as higher up
The building was equipped with automatic
tr-inlers. which operated before the firemen
Urrved. and the FIRE did not spread seriously
Fo0r being brought under control L was en-
1ireIy confined 20 The building where Il
started, and .n spite Of the infiammable nature
o. the jutc. there was az 70 time any danger
that any OF the nearby buildings would catch.
The damage is estimated at about $4,000.