The sun., 1908-11-24
RESCUED THROUGH FbANEs
FIREMEN SLIDE DOWN LADDEil
WITH FOUR MEN, VI
Hatters WORKING Late Trapped D. F'ge
In Factory Bulldlng-seareh hfs'
sens Fear That lives We're Lest llie
Block on HoNHrd Square Rnfne4.

In Factory BuiIding-seareh ~.
sens Fear That lives We're Lest ~
Block on HoNHrd Square Ratnef.
Some of the high pressure mains being
out OF commission because OF the builes
ing OF the Msnhattan Bridge suhN4$
loop on Walker street the East Side NeD
treated to genuine old fashioped thFte
alarm fire last night Three men .wefe
thought to have been lost In the buiidlh6.
but at 2;so o'clock this morning the firps
men said they had searched carefully
and found no one.
The fire started In the basement ~
the seven story building which covered
most Of the little island block pouhdeq
by Centre. Walker Canal and AaztAE
streets and which is owned by .tMqa he1.
the olothier. The alarm was so.s:ss....4s.s.@4 80
from the box which was pulled % tht
fire which cost Chief Kruger his, life and
which stands on Harry Howard aquAgQ
named after the old time fire fighter.
The first alarm brought Chief QrpIsei
One look was enough TO -oonvinoS ttt
Chief that he had hard fight and ssseHl
new problems in fire fighting on his. .hsnd<
The new subway loop which is To- cchntW
with the Manhattan Bridge turns sag,
through Walker street at this point and
all the adjoining buildings are suppeFSe9
by piles -...;S'ss5lt ssss
This gave the fire tremendous dfAuaht
and almost instantly with it's dlsc0ysfy
under the street the flames shot up threaeh
the floors and soon made q speeteele
which brought thousands pouring out 70
witness the sight.
Just after the chiefs arrival cfies
came from somewhere up in the smoke of
the fire on the Canal street aide. Trucks
at once stacked a IS foot ladder up aEAlntt
the building to the third floor Chief
Croker was at first doubtful about sending
men up into the thick pail above, but al
most before he could give any orders
Frank Wintrick. Ed Rose and bali
dozen others Of Truck were scrambifhe
aloft. ~
~ plB AEVhi AIuHttfc w.
pierced the smoke and show ed four on 8
fire escape on the fourth floor. When
tho firemen got TO them they tried 70 5
climb down over the firemen. A short
fight followed and then Wintriok, Ross
and the others started down, Two OF tho
men acted all right, but one OF the men
had to be knocked out before he could
be saved, and the other was praetioaliy
unconscious from fright
The firemen got them from the foslffn
foor to the ladder safely and then aan1ss
sudd emily shot from the second floor and
played through the rungs Of the laddsr..
A shout went up from below. a. every ono
thought thst escape Ees shut 81
Hell. don't stop, get down and he
damned!" shouted Wintriok to the ottsrs
They gripped their men harder and
then slid for II the, entire three storie8
through the fame. The men rescued
were all singed. but the fremen really
got the worst OF it. as they acted 40 shieifo
for the men they were carrying. WintE3ok
collapsed and was out OF the game frenh
then on, while Rose was also bufnn1
Samuel Schneider OF rs Norfolk stEoet
was taken to the Hudson Street Hoepitaf
suffering from burns. %
The building is an old one and the AFp
looked as though 1t would spread, whon
Chief Croker discovered that two high
pressure hydrants on Walker street aud
one as far away as Mulberry street could
be used, The otheIp had bsea o.. 81. ss..k :
to protect them from damage while the
subway loop Ia being constructed.
Twelve lines were at once strung, In bn
those available and then. IL ever, their
enormous capacity was shown, With
only 200 pounds pressure and from lonjE
distances they shot sttrsee,ns iyzfn 1lza fllsz
which made the seventeen engines
brought by the three alarms look -
though they were toys. From the tirus
the high pressure streams got going the
danger Of the fire, spreading or eHttine /.
the upper hand was over and it becafiib
only question as to how long II would
be before the men could get inside. tha
building
The employees Of the subway ioop
discovered late In the proceedings that
the subway was being flooded and IS
once got bags Of sawdust and stsrtw6
filing up leaks wherever they appeared.
but it was said that little damage would
be done. as the concrete lining Of the sub
way was thoroughly dried out and tho
water would not hurt it. The dama6S
to the building. IL was stated. would be
about sloo, 900 and It is possible that whsp
an examination OF the piling below In
made to-day it will be found unsafe. In
that case work on the subway loop viii
be delayed at this point until new piline
is put in. "
The building is oooup led by Q ieree
81 s.nan concerns. who viii iose
all Of their stock by water
and FIRE. OF the larger firms In theballd-
ing who will suffer losses ara Fucha 4
Weintraub. Geiseman 4 Musllner and
Moe Levy. who uses three floors as q =.
storehouse. 81
Chief Croker said he believed tho dam
age would reach 100000. He said -h6
would have had little trouble IL the high
pressure hydrants had been working.
Fireman Wintrick holds the Strong
medal for 1905 for resouing q woman
at 20 Cherry street. Lieut.. Maussr Of
Engine IS bad his hand badly laoeratsd
by falling glass.