The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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CHIMES composed the guatd 20 honor which
sr~hed tho MIN heroes NJ before the
Mayor for decoration E,rryb"dy whoOp~d
up when these nine big. dlfident men.
no N the Cour-e - 'hcir PLAIN duty during
lc paet year had saved lives from the
lanes. stepped forward and faced tho
Mayor and Lantry. Three 81 the metal
men, all Of Truck 8. had been up all night
ughting a fire AZ Grand street. but their |
checks we're pink and their uniforms spot !
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The Mayor called each man from the line
all redit from "a DFlnIeu TetOTu lirt |
what deed Of his had seemed good insthe
eyes Of the awarding board 81 deputy ]
chiefs, then on the breast Of each mans
sckei he pinned the medal. A hearty !
grip 81 the hand both from the Mayor |
and commissioner LAntry went with each
When the nine worthless had been decora-
cd they stepped back and Mayor Mcclellan I
cached up TO the knob on the special fire
box, lamppost and all. that had been rugged
~ in the corner OF his box On the stand.
He opened the door and a bell buzzed for
an instant az se turned in an alarm.
Instantly everybody in the great crowd
set his teeth and dug nto his palms with
expectancy. Mounted policemen galloped
over to Broadway to stop the cars. Cops
on foot dashed madly down the crowds
lace forcing the stragglers back into line.
Maybe a full minute passed; then from
somewhere up Broadway there sounded a
~creech and "A below. Over on West Six
zenith street another shrek answered.
I he rumble OF wheels and clatter of hoofs
drew nearer and around the corner from
Broadway came three white horses ON
the gallop, pulling Engine IS. Another
engine came down sixteenth street almost
on the dot. They raced past the reviewing
stand. men and horses at highest strain,
followed by tenders, trucks and last Water
?. The first engine was there within
two minutes of the time the Mayor turned
IN the alarm.
Extension Truck "a, with a special crew
of picked men, stopped in front OF the
L%verett House and the uckilsh WORK OF the
apartments human MES began; sixteen
men with life belts and khaki leggins leaped
ior the back OF the truck n began TO
drag long. hooked sealing ladders from
The body, OF the Truck. Then the crowd
tina: had been wondering knew why certain
OF the Everetts windows had been reen-
forced along the Sill.
Three men az once ieaped over the low
iron fence and began to swing their slender
ladders up at the windows above them.
PERSONS VINO hao been cranihg thelr DECKS
out nt the hotei WINDOWS Grew Dack nasuiy
the weeping hooks swayed past thdr
faces and caught aI the siiis, Up tne three
men went TO straddie the siiis on the second
moor windows while three otheIs tralied
lulckiy up the spiuery poles WIN the second
instrument OF ladders to grip the WINDOW
-llls above. Mitnln nve minutes inc nrst
.hree men were stanuihg on the ropi. I'VE
tories above the ground. anu an me rest
the squad was swsrming up the INES
poles