The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08
FIREAFTER THE GARDEN SHOW
NJ rms or 4 FOURTH iIENUE
CORNER or MIC ByII.DING.
Motor noats Burned. Hustler Brown, n
Cinnamon Bear. Sunocat ed Teddy,
Another Hear. Escapes Fireman
.,pplaudcd for Dive Through window.

NpplauHeu Tor DiNe through WINDOW
fire that started in Madison Square
Garden Last night, soon after the CLOSING
of the Sporsmen's Show w recked the north
east corner Of the building below the bal
cony floor, and the smoke from il smotherec
cinnamon bear and several birds owned
by one Of the exhibitors. For a time 1t
looked as il the flames would envelop the
whole interior Of the building.
The fire started shortly nfter II o'clock
! The Sportsmen 5 Slow closes at L. and all
/ of the visitors had left the building. Nest
! of the lights bad been put out and the
musicians were putting away their irstru-
ments in the hand Sandwich one Of Supt
Reynolds's men found a dressing room
under the balcony In the northeast corner
afre The bunting and the decorations
OF several Of the booths was quick fuel for
the flames
When Chief Croker came On the second
alarm the fire was eating along the Twenty
seventh street end of the building az we'll
as on the Fourth avenue end
Once the firemen got inside and began
to fight the blaze from the interior il was
short lived The entire building. how
ever was filed with smoke.
On the second tier on the Fourth avenue
side. not far from where the hle started
was the exhibit Of animals and birds made
by DR., French Of Washington. H. was
near when the fire was discovered and
he got his animal men TO work quickly
Two cinnamon bear cubs Teddy and
Buster Brown, were almost dead from
the smoke DR. French grabbed Teddy
rushed him - an open window and re-
bod in,
Teddy gets his name from President
Roosevelt. with whom lie Ia on a friendly
footing. 1t appears that Teddy takes his |
exercise IN Washington tied to a tree in
Rock Creek Park, near where Or. French /
lives The President is in the habit OF riding I
near, this park and he never neglects to
fondle ] namesake.
Bus e. DOWN a, ath will bc loss to
the Columbus o., geological liden. to
which be was sold few days ago. The
smoke killed two talking crows and two
Hungarian partrdges
The Canadian Pacific Railroad had
argefxhibit al the Garden including several
hundred fishes in tanks. Some of these
fishes appeared to be dopy after the fire
An antelope that was lied On the main floor
IN the Fourth avenue side and that has been
'old TO the Bronx hoo was rescued in the
lick Of time.
Soon after the fire started a gasolene
ank IN a motor boat blew up. Several
motor boats were burned When the fire
vas out an examination showed il had
lurned out the entire northeast corner
or fifty feet on both streets In this space q
hat was burned was "A good deal Of stun ,
wned by exhibitors
Tho fire attracted good many sightscers
Tho were rewarded by a spectacular tit r
work on the part OF Can't George Fox d
{ Engine 81. When the hl61e was AZ It's ,,
eight a mass Of flame was soon through
round window near the roof Of tho Garden 7
n the Twonty-sevcnth street side An
yiensiln ladder was run up 70 tho window
nd Fox quickly mounted 1t and smashed
tho window with his helmet
A burst of flames surang out OF the window :,
)parently into toX'S face. but he crouched '
W, partly turning is back to Il and held
Is ground until water began 10 squirt
rough the hose that be had carried up II
moment later all trace Of fire there had
sappearcd ard Fox plunged head 6rgt "
rough the wiz dow, dragging the hose 7
ter him The rowd admired the fro on
an, nerve and Yelled its approval when as
ren pleared. ct
2 was under control that a cabinet OF '"
uable trophies belonging TO Smith 4 p,
abbey had been rined by thieves II Tin
Ted ont, however, that the firm employed cc
pecia policeman to guard the trophies
soon a, the ire started he broke open he
70 and removed the valuables 10 safety 81
hiei Croker estimated the damage at IN
1000 T..
Frank SneckEer a manufacturer Of gas "a,
glne- living at Stamford and -topuing VII
the Ashland House rang an alarm from
Twenty-fourth street corner when he al
lrd Of the fire He was arrested tn