The evening world., 1908-03-30

-nrsed and i. was expected to S1ve way
at any time.
The nature OF the fire made 1t Inn
nosable for the firemen to fight 1t by
ordinary means, and notilla OF boats
and RATS was put into commission on
which the men manned pipes. Many
we're overcome at the work, which the
rising tide stopped. The food made 1t
Impossible for the boats TO get under
,he wharves and the sickening, sahron-
colored reek OF the creasote-coated TIM
bers nauseatad and overoaIne them by
dozens.
Lieut.. Hanlor. OF Engine Company No.
80. and four men were raped under 'he
JOY line pier and overcome. Chief Croker
said he could do nothing there till the
tide fell. which it did very slowly.
Seventeen engines and three tire-ooats
were engaged in pouring water on the
blazing piers, but with no appreciaoie
effect. except to thicken the clouds Of
poisonous smoke. In the dense smother
the hremen dropped like flies. They
went right back to work again as soon
as they got on their feet. and only two
were taken to the hospital
A doing watchnan on the Terry &
Tench pier woke with a start just be-
fore daylight to find his shanty full
os acrid. yellow smoke
Wide awake in a minute, he ran out
TO the end CT the pier and saw sight
tnat made his eyes pop. on the rising
tide. heading up steam. was blazing
mass OF tar that looked Ike prairie
fire.
The Joy line pier is at Whar; No. 32
lust north of the Manhattan Bridge
nier, nd the flaming tar coated tide
was carrying the fire up 10 1t. The
con raced like two-year-old along
rhe deserted water front OF South
street and reused the crew and captain
of the Joy line steamer Edsemont.
that was moored at the wharf.
The sleepy black squad bumped them
selves and sent the gauge-hand spin
ming up 10 a working pressure, and ten
| minutes later, just as the oily tar
flames we're getting at her sides. the
Edgemont, blowing her whistle in a
.,rp screech Of alarm. backed into the
rtvsr
Couldn't Get at Blaze.
! In the mean time the iremen had ar
rived and started looking for the fire,
| Iney saw the tide rips carrying the
! blaze Along, but there. was plenty or
water IN the river already, and althouga
/ there was lots OF smoke there didn t
seem to be any visible fire on the
wharf
The fre-boats New Yorker and Strong
and the David \. Body, from Brooklyn,
| 10 .elp out, were getting at the fire from
! the rivc'. buJ fire - are not squ!pp' d
to fight cellar fires. and they couldn' z
! 10 much more than pump water out oil
IN" East klver and throw 1t in again.
He ordered his fire-fighters into small
boats, and half a dozen skffs were
Communicated for the work. The mon
Of Engine No. II led in the aquati
fire fighting armed with cellar pipes
There was no bursting hose, but Jus;
tue pino uelu bv NO IS O'Hara and jim
Siehold, OF Engine No q, tore loose
under tho l1j pounds pressure tina,
.... T. '.- n'.p1"E", and ierke
;he two firemen head over heels on thf
wharf. 1T" hose, Ike malignau,
-ltter aoi'od and s'ru.k at them. an
. Hara's ) yp. 'f-u"ue was snapped an
-''bo'l ~ Hb smashed before The
pressure wa shut or.
How the iirr .Irtcl : a mystery Ac.
orlug 10 TIE w1tchman and police, I,
WIS the ttI E's boiling over that Sc
however. thar wharf rats St....l the ac
tIHl blaze uftor the tar Ip's uad boIleC
uve~ tnat ea' 'N. riyar IN tire
The joy ne was preparing 70 move
20 pier 70 and tp-day's are will hurr
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