The evening world., 1908-02-05
Searching for Bodies of Two
Victims in the ce-Coated
Worth Street Ruins.
MANY NEAR TO DEATH.
Eglinton and McC Council Killed
and Twelve Others Injured
as Floors Give Way.


'aAss u
the Building Department went INTO the
ruins of the Ave tory building at Nos
a. and a. Worth street to-day and be-
r,ro,ar
=" a N'o
Thomas K. Eg!intoh' OF truck NJ ~
and Fireman John j. Mcconnell, Of n
gina No i. both of whom are believed to
h., uu =, tho ,ou,,s. ~ ths
n,,,d,,r u,ich ,oI,owed the FIRE late
Yesterday
Tbere ia no bona that ai-ror of the
,s olyo ruo da,s ,rov ho con
- -. ,Mai. n,S,os
81 "'o' ~ t,T
Ever cou'u tHeV rive SURVIVE" "o ."
OF the building tAey wou!a nave i'o%e"
To death in the ice-coated ruins
While the ire was at It's most critica.
stage the rotten hose that has come
into the possession of the fire depart
mon. and wntcb ,,usad such heavy
~ m 80. y,Id-
ut. -, ill.,.
III. "'e' oeSa" "u'S'"hs' y" N
ourst IN r"p!u succession anu o'o
new hose could be got into place IN
f"e had gained great headway. IAe
hose like rya. n, the Parker ire. did
,,. ,.,.ar old I'm. was made of bad
,,..a.,
mac 'heFe oceh 10 pursuing Va ""'
'c e"e"Ses are ny 49,
no loss OF life, and that the fire wou4d
AaNe been under cohtro! before Lie
building began to crumble and fall.
or ,h. iwclye injured men under
the falling walls and floors none t.
.xpac,ed Ia die hrt all Arc BADLY nurt.
mr. -.
|"e "'"'eN me-
Many riremen |ict'ms.
CAPT. ANDREW SWEET. Nc. II Oliver
street. Truck No. 10: Internal INJURIES
LIEUT.. JOHN w Truck NO.
6. No. 2os East Enghty-thirl street; iTae-
tured ribs. Internal injuries.
o, Move, street. con-
tusions Of back and internal injuries.
William noh' sn, nossIb'.
60 rr,r,as
IouY r Truck No. S. No,
al2 West Eighteenth street. scalp wounds
and contuslons OF body.
JOHN KIRK. Truck No. TO- NO 'e'
ForTy-ninth street. brooklyn
ribs and Commissions W WY.
1osefh - pr,,rlyn.
w. 49,. ohon, face and legs.
ICsEpu GEHERAN. EnSine Compa.g
No =. contusions OF shoulder.
CHARLES GARViN, Engine COMPANY No
or,, srs bruises.
DANIEL SULLIVAN. Engine Company
n, 4, seal, wound.
GORGE SIGH. Truck No. 10: shock.
n.-rE, .rt,rI rn,ine Company No.
DANIEL run ""e'"e 49, o,d
go, INJURIES
~a., 81. lac, nan TO he brought
AHnost '"e % I'll, n, 10
out, Thofnas h"N' ha
- r-,Ii,,o, fell with IL. Kirk was
""u -. n. protecting
pushed 10 one s'"' = ,aifor
lean before ne landed n the te'."s
but Eglinton was directly under t"e
tao ION SAFE "he" A''N 'o'' conscious
ness.
e;,e+ wsddinu Anniversary.
T'rs' "s
Ep,inton lived at No. 80 Eighteenth
n.,nLIr,l and Joined lne FIRE
street bFoohis", INV 'G 49, ,,,o,
Department on oct ~ last lie 'Ne'
win his wife, who Is in a delicate con
J s,,in, and Yesterday was the first an
: oilio'' tne,r Wedding. Mrs. Ls..n-
ton is now with her sister, Mrs. James
.so,a a, No 3y6 Eighteenth street.
h'nse''a' d ~ sar'ons When ,old
that her husband had fallen of the
$50, sho exclaimed;
uucA s'e -
He IS dead ne is dead. ana you uFe
trying 10 keep 1t from me-,
MRS. Egilnton mad tr.ed vainly to
~,oa. nor husband from becoming d
oissuaoe ho, ~ nad heen the dream OF
nreuian; w : - a,,u MS uensu. al
I.s .,A ns sI,.naDum Was 30 great
pSs ss Una wife reIuclauuy Geaseu her
Srotasts 49, =.
80 .so hours the battle was a des-
perate one. Great volumes OF thick
smoke rolled out the windows in the
rear. where men stood by the fire es-
0apes poking streams OF water INTO tile
Surning building. Three minutes was
the longest time a pipeman could STAND
AGAINST the out-rushing smoke cloud
Then he was relieved, chokihs ana
Bare Sauseo Coiiapses
roof OF tne ourllns puii9ihs LOT nearly
I've ,n tba iaddars and mi the ,hird