The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-29
DAMAGES
FACTORY N
STOCK
Blaze and False
Alarms Keep Depart
ment on Jump.

Four alarms last night from three
boxes took sixteen of the twenty-on'
engines and foul of the six trucks OF
the fire department to a fire on tbs
second floor of the factory at New Jer-
sey Railroad avenue and Cottage
street, where the Ivorite Speciality
Company does business. The first
alarm a sent from box 521 at New
Jersey Railroad avenue and New York
avenue at 1908 o'clock. Engines 5, II
and IA and Truck 4 responded.
Fearing the flames might spread
Chief Engineer Kiersted sent out a
second alarm at 7:25 o'clock, and en-
gines l. Q. 3, 8 and 20 and Truck /
answered.
When the flremen were getting the
fire under control somebody pulled box
80, which called engines IL, 10 and
and Truck 8 to the scene. This was
at S:15 o'clock, and at 8:45 o'clock an
other fire alarm was sen from box 30,
and engines 6, A, 16 and II and Truck 5
responded.
The boxes from which the two fake
alarms were sent were several blocks
from the blazing factory building.
When the engines and trucks arrived
In answer to the fake alarms. the fire
was under control. The flames were
confined to the second floor until they
shot up an elevator shaft to the vacant
third floor and burned a hole in the
root.
Soon after the fire started the men of
the Salvage Corps had covered nearly
all the goods of Nicholas Zneime's
ivory button works, which occupies
the first floor and the basement. The
reserve wagon was called on the Sec
ond alarm and as more cover were
needed the regular wagon was sent to
the Salvage Corps house in Washing
ton street. 1t returned when the false
alarms were sent out.
1t was estimated at the Salvage Corps
house today hat the damage to build
ing and the stock of the Ivorite Special
ty Company amounted to about $4,000.
the company sustaining the greater
loss, and 1t was thought the building
can be repaired at an outlay of not
more than 81, 800.
The Salvage Corps men were indig-
nant over the two false alarms, which
summoned four engines and two trucks
and left a large section of the city
without fire protection. some of the en-
gines making a run of two to nearly
three miles to the fire.
1t will probably be impossible to learn
who sent out the false alarm. 1t is
estimated that more than $4,000 people
thronged the street for a distance of
five blocks from the factory in which
the flames were. Years 6 n re-
sponsible person was trusted with a
key to the fire box nearest his nome
or place of business Often men Went
out of the city n forgot to leave the
key with another person. SO that alarms
were not sent out promptly. Then the
kew was left in each box, so that any
hodv can send in an alarm.
A. oId araran cold today that the
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hVe PeisoiS ioi hho y
ton ana Keep a recoro OIL their iiais
and addresses. Then When a IaIse
alarm was sent out each keyholueI
would have to show that his key vas
still in his nossession.
Engina 10 cap,a from Ferry street
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llngnuysen venue near Lyons 'Ve,
about two n a half miles. Engine II