The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-16
LITTLE FALLS GOT ITS FIRE.
TT HADWATERW FORKS, 125 POUNDS
PRESSURE, AND A HOSE CART,
And Was Tilted Back Waiting for Fire
When Word Was brought 90 tho New
Namps That the Episcopal Church Was
Abiaze-- Did They Put IL Out ? Did They?

When Word Was brought 90 the New
Namps That the Episcopal Church Was
Ablaze-Did They Put IL Out? Did They?
LITTLE FALLS N, j., Jan. i5.--Thls
quiet rustic village IL recovering from
the water cure, i25 pounds pressure TO the
square inch. Several months ago II gave
a franchise TO tho East Jersey Water Com
pany to supply It with water for industrial,
family and fro purposes, the water COM
pany agreeing to give II pressure OF l25
pounds at tho FIRE hydrsnts. The VIII
layers gave vent to glce. The hand
brigade would be thing OF the past at
fires. Now for a volunteer fire depart
ment Seyenty-dve fellows Joined on the
jump. including Postmaster Jim Steele
editor OF the Eagle; Ralph Shaw, Assistant
Prosecutor of Passaio county: President
William Jones and Secretary Clarence
Osler Of the Cyclopean Iron Company and
Bert Beattie of tho Beatto Manufacturing
Company.
Apparatus was the next thing 70 con-
slider. With 20 much pressure an engine
was deemed unnecessary and It was voted
that a hose carriage was all that was
wanted. They held fair 70 raise money
for the carriage Assistant Prosecutor
Shaw ran the soda fountain and turned his
back on the wheel Of fortune, which was
almost the cause OF a squabble between
tho ohurchgo ers and tho get-the-con-
quickly element. The fair Melted 81 900
and the hose carriage was bought and put
in the stable of james Sherman the village
livervman.
The vamps sat back and itched for a
fire-a big fire-a conhagraton Assistant
Chief William Sherman, who won the silver
trumpet at the fair. sat up nights polishing
il. At last his vigil was rewarded. In came
a GREATNESS boy with the news that the
Episcopal Church was efire. Sherman
gallopcd through the village. trimpeting
the call to hose. Clarence Osler, r. y.
Van Ness. George Corners and Alvin Smith
tumhled off a trolley car which was carry
ing them toward Paterson They had the
hose carriage on the street before the other
volunteers got dressed and came rushing
up.
The church Is about three-q quarters Of
mile from the stable and the first half mile
IL down grade. Away went the hose cart
at terrific speed. Van Moss and Conners.
who manned the tiller, let 60 early in tho
run and the carriage was Just saved going
into the Passaic River. At the foot If the
they dragged themselves and the cart to
the church
Real vo'Iminous smoke was coming from
the windows.
~Unreel the hosel- cried Bill Sherman
When the line had been paid half way out
II was seen that 1t was unwinding the wrong
wav All the hosemen swung around
together and Osler, who was at the reel,
got tangled up and was dragged two rods
He came out Of the snari with damaged
q al. al.
His diamond ring was lost in the mud.
At last the hose WAS hitched TO the
hydrant. While Harry Decker was putting
on the nozzle some one turned on tho water.
The full force hit Decker in the nidnf
and ne went into the ditch The hose
eauirmed in all directions and half the vamps
were drenched. The other half were trying
to get into tho church. The sexton. who
had the key lived two miles away, 70 there
was nothing 10 do but break down the door.
The hose was lugged inside
It's the organ, yelled one fireman.
So the poor instrument. which cost 500
and was Quito guiltlees OF a blaze. was
washed off its feet A church member
turned on an electric light hoping to help
the Nampa
There's the fire was the cry and the
church member got q taste Of i25 pounds
pressure which put him down and out
Now for the cellar" Sure enough.
there WIS a fire in the furnace. willing
the stoke hole. when some ono suggested
that the furnace would hur4t Therefore
the cool fremen Of Little Falls flooded the
cellar until the water rose far enough TO
put out the red Goals.
Meanwhile another hose crew was Mt
work outside. Some one imagined he "a ~
n blaze near the roof. A ladder fully twelve
feet high was secured and John Brraky.
n ?O1 pound baker, sprang hravely up II.
hose IN hand. When the water was turned
on the demon hose wound itself around the
baker and threw him into n hedge fence.
from which he hung head downward. The
hose located him. however, and gave him
ia very best. His coat. vest and collar
went by the board
The noble aNemen, irving 10 chop a hole
in the side Of the church To let the smoke
out. chorped John Roberts 3 nose nearly OF
Break the windowsl' cried the Assistant
Prosecutor, now thoroughly aroused The
vamps not only broke the windows, but
cut AWAY the sashes. The now axes had
great edges
A light shone through $500 memorial
window. So tho window had 70 perish At
the finish the fire wd= located in the Chin
nev and the vanps made short work Of it,
II mad done 500 damage and the yamps
had done 81 400 more. So when Chief Joe
Moore arrived. all out Of wind. thoy gave
three cheers for the new department and
went home singing. quito forgetting TO take
the hose.