Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-14
4FIREMEN persisted
Hest Spectacular Fire Occurs 10
New York.
SOME NARROW ESCAPES

parker Rulldlng, q Thirteen story
Structure Destroyed-Fire 10 Fought
BY Nah the Flrsmen Of Manhattan.
sGos 100000.
New York. Jan. 13.-Four hremen
went to their deaths Friday night when
&Aey' responded to a Are that ruined
She Parker building, twelve story
Ausiness structure, occupying the
clock between East Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets, on Fourth avenue.
Fought by half the nremen OF Man.
haitian and apparatus that blocked
Shs streets for blocks. the flames were
aoyeT controlled, and only with dfh-
Guilty confined to the building In which
Ahey originated. Floor after floor
gave way and dropped TO the base
mont, and beneath these and erum
bling walls no less than thirty fire.
men we're caught and either killed
outright or seriously injured.
Flremen's Roll Called.
When the Are mad burned itself
out and the flremen's roll waB called,
three men Of engine company No. "
and one from FIRE patrol No. 3 failed
TO respond. They were:
Thomas Phillips, Thomas O'Connor,
John Lynch and John Fallon.
Tin Hutchinson, OF Patrol No, 3,
was removed, dying, to tho hospital.
Captain Wilson and Captain Garyin,
0f engine companies Nos. "a ana q.
WHO were injured internally, were
among those dangerously hurt
When the casualties began, the
Florence hotel, which adjoins the
burned building on Eighteenth street.
was made temporary hospital, where
are department physicians gave Inn
@ediate aid to the injured. The none
tAry loss was estibated at $4,000, 600
Tho fire was one OF the most spec
alar as we'll as disastrous, In recent
years. From start to Gnish It's course
was marked by heart.rending scenes,
sensational escapes and Washes OF hero.
Asm.
With the frSt streak OF dawn Sat.
Orday scores OF fremcn began the task
OF searching the ruins OF the building
At Nineteenth street and Fourth ay.
epue for the bodies OF the four FIRE
men who we're reported missing after
che calling OF the roll Of tho coUpl.
mica that took part IN fighting The
spectacular FIRE that destroyed th9 -.
story building Friday r!caL Causin.
loss various'y estimated a; amounts
reaching $4,000 900
The great building burned almost
like finder The FIRE in tia upper
stories gaining Roadway unchecked,
IS II was far beyond tie reach OF the
are departments great water towers.
Sensational RsssueS.
Sensational rescucs were tho feat.
are % tho Orr Five men who were
~ work on tho top Goor 81 ne buiA-
ang. were cut on from ,egcgt bo,ow
and sought tire roof whore r. STOOD
silhnOetted against the names WalcA
had broken throusa tie roof. From
the top OF an adjoining building. sey
eral stories lover than ito blazing
one. 4 line vas shot ~ go Dc other
building. aud vita this !.ae 10 Des
drew % the hose
Three lfcnen were cturS' b. ihe
a'x.h story vbcn q So~- '.'-- them
dropped and uCrr forced upward 10
Gle seventh anti tAcn 70 The lShra
story OF = 5ulidiRg
SHaIrbrsadih Etespss.
From below &. seemed iAA rescue
vaa impossible ga;n several aFsuss
securing scaling ladaegs begAE -
swing ihsnseiTca up TIE face % tie
eotteginG NRil Cune las N a Tis6ov
Ledge the IAedsy xith 10 ErsE, kool
wa cTzuD u2 and EEaEE 20 a algH
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until thslg so&AsEsrea comrades usFs
reached
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