New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
MANY In FIRE PERIL.
Workers Slide Dozon Lines of Hose
to Safety an Broad5cay Blaze.

Forty persons some Of them women, narrowly
escaped death in a fire which started in the second
floor of the ten-story building Jones street
and Broadway shortly before o'clock yesterday
afternoon OF the and women penned in the
ninth and tenth floors by the flames which shot
upward from the Great Jones street side, only one
seriously injured that he had TO be taken
the hospital. Several others suffered from in
haling smoke and sliding down fire escape impro-
vised tout of fire hose.
Pieces of marble. shook from the supporting
steel, fell to the sidewalk. but not a fireman was
injured. Three alarms were sent in. and in an
hour the flames were extinguished-
The Saturday afternoon throngs lined Broadway
at The time and kept policemen from four precincts
busy holding them in check Considerable excite
ment prevailed at the Broadway Central Hotel.
The fears of the guests quickly dispeled,
however, and many of them watched the progress
of the flames from the fire escapes and roof of the
hotel Traffic in Broadway cut or for nearly
tcUr.
Acting Chief Binns estimated the damage at $50
tao. The rear of the building from the first to The
eighth floor is so badly damaged that IT will have
TO be reconstructed. The origin OF the fire is un-
known.
Yesterday Jewish holiday and there were
few employees in the building On the second floor
is The cellulod comb manufaetoTy of Kraus &
Glauberg. \ member of the firm and a girl helper
were i'm the rooms when the fire started He tod
the police that he went into the room where a
them fire. He called the girl, and rushed for
a pail of water, but his return found the room
enveloped in flames and quickly made his escape.
The flames burst from the windows with great
force, and swept UP the sides Of the building
making their way into the upper floors from the
outside,
At Broadway PatroInan Martin Courtney, of the
traffic SQUAD, saw the fire, and says he pulled the
alarm. There some delay. II being believed
that the box did ring in. Soon afterward other
signals brought the 7remen. and on the arrival or
the companies second and third alarms were quick
" sent in Fifteen engines four trucks, two water
towers and auxiliary apparatus answered
By the time the firemen got to work in earnest
the whole Great Jones street side seemed TO be in
flames as far the ninth floor. where there is
projecting Cornfce. which checked their spread.
On the seventh and ninth floors the employees OF
the Weber Cloak Company and the ). a Heoek
Company manufacturer OF hatssSyere at work
With the sound of the first explosion and the
rush of smoke and flame they panic stricken.
The windows on the south side, which open on
the East River Bank Building. were thrown up
But that structure is only four stories high
Simon Fisher. a tailor employed by the Weber
company. 10 the rescue in the nick Of time
Uncoing several lengths Of fire hose from the
reels in the corridors and coupling end to the
standpiPe, he threw the loose end down upon the
women escaped but many of them gripped the
hose toe firmly and had their hands badly torn.
Company were hudded together on the fire escape
landings high uD ia the air on the Shinbone Alley
heroes OF the Windsor Hotel FIRE again proved
his mettle. He ordered a ninety-foot extension
ladder placed against the building. II fell short Of
the landings where OF the men and girls were,
but he led the way up the fire escapes from the
top Of the ladder while Battalion Chief Kruger
ordered several streams Of water directed upon
that side Of the building The frenen followed
close behind the captain, and by the girls
and men were carried 10 a place OF safety.
Israel Shapiro, operator in the Weber COM
pany. the most seriously injured. When the
fire started he rushed to the second story and
ieaped from a rear window into shinbone Alley.
Both his legs sprained. He attended by
DR.. Kemp, of St Vincent's Hospital, and later was
taken there in ambulance.
on the ground floor of the building occupied by
D Sheellne, Son & Co, there was heavy damage
by water. The establishment OF Kraus & Glauberg,
the second floor. was completely destroyed. The
of the third. fourth and fifth floors also
considerably damaged by water.
Other firms in the building which suffered
loss Morris Simon & Co. J. f. Hahlo Co,
Low Co, Levine Cedar. the Moderne Hat
Frame Company and D. g. Lyons
The building is owned by ". II. Beers, who has
office at Broadway and Walker street