New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

crews were being rescued, the Dimoci
was in sore straits. The flames had got
q foothoId on board and threatened Il
destroy the whole cargo. The fireboat
New Yorker cIung to her and eight oI
ten tugs pulled her out into the Nortf
River and headed her for the Communi-
paw fats. 1t was the intention to beach
her there if the fire could not be mas
tered.
The burning ship presented striking
sight as she was towed down the bay,
while the nozzles of the firefghter
poured tons of water into her hold and
over her decks. Finally the fremen got
the upper hand. and the Dimock was
towed back and tied up to Pier u. She
was a diapfdated looking crsft, however,
and even then the New Yorker chung to
her sides and poured in water, while the
tug-T. d. Sullivan stood by in case the
flames broke out afresh.
The awnings on the deck astern were
only bits of rags, the houses on the deck
and the wooden rail were all charred,
while the masts and sides showed
patches where the paint had been blis-
tered off. and charred rope ends hung
from various parts of the rigging.
Water Towers Drown Flames.
After the water towers got to work on
the West street end of the building the
firemen soon secured control of the
blaze as it then stood. The fire would
not be denied entirely. however, and the
whole upper portion of the structure,
which was incased with copper on the
outside, was soon blazing up. The melt
ing metal caused smoke of many colors
to rise in thick eddies, and soon the flag
staff. with the name of the Harvard in
white letters on a red ground, was
ablaze. and the flag was destroyed.
BY this time it was almost impossible
for persons to cross the fire zone on
West street in front Of Washington Mar
ket. although the street is fully two
hundred feet wide at that point The
heat was so intense that some fear was
expressed for the market building. which
is a story and half structure, the con-
structiou of which is none too strong.
The paint on the front was scorched and
bIistered. and yet the ftremen who were
operating the tower and the hose right
in front of the fire held their ground in
a heat that could be compared with
nothing in ordinary experience.
Chief Croker. seeing that it was use
less to try To save any of the structure
80, 1i;,,. II directed his attention to saw
ing the market building across the
street.. because a start OF the fire there
would have meant a widespread conha-
rration i'm lower Manhattan. Water was
noured on the front of the building. ana
the buildings on the piers adjoining the
fire were drenched.
Ry 40 %. m an hour after the blaze
started. the chief was satisfied that ne
had the fire wei under control, Then
began the tearing up OF the corrugated
iron and copper TO stamp out the flames
IN the wooden casing underneath, and
this work was kept up until long after
the last trace of fire was visible from
the outside.
The superstructure OF the pier went
down before O'Clock, and then the i'm
mediate danger was over. but the smoul-
6erjrg flames we're drenched again and
"a gain bv the streams from the hreboats,
aS we'll as from those on land. BY 2
o'clock. however. the men from the fire
stations furtheSt from the scene had
nickei up their apparatus and started for
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