The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-01-03
RACES IN NEW YORK CITY
AMONG THE TENEMENTs.
Widest CONFUSION PREVAILED
Among Frantic Victims Of Conflagra-
tlon--Many Heroic Acts by Po-
Iicemen and Firemen Saving the
Lives of Many.

New York, Jan. 2.-Fire early to-
day wiped out a sales stable, dairy,
dyeing establishment and a dozen
tenements on West 59rd street,
midway between Ninth and Tenth
avenues, caused the probable loss OF
three lives and money damage OF
$25O,O00. One fireman was probably
fatally injured, woman horribly
burned and a negro shot through the
head during clash between white
men and colored men.
The fire originating in a business
block on West j3rd street early
yesterday destroyed that building
and spreading to adjoining houses
on both sides of the street gave the
fire department hard fight.
Five alarms were sounded in
quick succession summoning an i'm
mense amount of apparatus to the
scene while hundreds of police re-
serves were called to restore order
among the families who fled in
panic from the burning tenements.
The firemen were Handicapped by
low water pressure and were re-
peatedly driven back by the flames,
spreading in every direction, soon
threatened the whole most thickly
settled tenement section. The rem
nants on each side of the block
were in flames before the occupants
were out of their homes. The wild
est confusion followed among the
hundreds of tenants who rushed to
the streets scantily clad and the po-
lice had the greatest difficulty IN
preventing a reckless sacrifice or
lives among those who wished to re-
turn to their homes for their be-
longi- SIS.
At 2:15 O'Clock ten buildings were
almost destroyed or in flames. They
were a stable block, a silk manu-
factory and eight tenements. AT
that hour the fire was gaining steadi-
ly and threatened the whole block.
Tenements within half dozen
blocks had been ordered out.
At 2:2O o'clock a dveing estab-
lishment at 433 West Third street,
burst into flames. When the walls
of the stable fell John Shay, a fire.
man. went down with the ruins He
was rescued with difficulty and re-
moved to hospital in dying con-
diton.
The burning of the dyeing estab-
lishment was accompanied by ex-
plosions of chemicals. rendering
greater the danger to the firemen
and helping to spread the flames.
In imminent danger of his life Po-
liceman Sully made his way to the
top floor of a burning tenement
where he found a mother and six
children huddled together and helD'
less. In many trips he carried tae
whole family to the street.
At 2:30 the fire was spreading
and hundred horses, released from
the stable and ungovernable from
fear, were running through the adj
jacent streets. To add to the con
luSlOu lHleNcS Dc6dH lOoIii6 IhS
burning tenements. They were
fired upon by the police, but without
effect.
Falling walls wrecked water
tower and made Fiftv-third street, in
the vicinity of the fire, impossible
All the police reserves on the. West
Side and extra ambulances were
called into service.
At 3 o'clock the fire was not undel
control, but it was believed at thai
hour it could be kept within . the
boundaries. Several persons are
missing from the families who occu
pied the tenements, but in the con
fusion it was impossible to deter
mine whether loss of life had oc
cured. One woman had been taker
to the hospital dangerously burned.
At 1920 o'clock the fire Is said t,
be under control. The monev los:
will be about $250,000. 1t is believ
ed that at least three people will
die on account of injuries.