The sun., 1910-06-07

otis and other merchandise before the
seat ot the IRE could he rearhad
NmOke had bsen encountered a. Boon
as the street door was hatteVei down and
~ the men advanced up the stairs Il
grew dens-r, ny the time they hat com-
! within stream play Of The fire a. the ex.
Urhe nouih eli Or the huiliiUg 'nesn,oks
I Was ~ heavy that they Uuul scar, civ
Keep their ie-t. ~ O'Keefe sail. All VI
the windows we're Clusei amt screeuel
Nv iron shutters
While some ~ them we're aroplng
| ipNafI the windows Ia an effort 10 throw
back the shutters aud let In the air the
rest kept their tWO lines VI hose playing
On the aide mass Of the IRE Suidenlv
one OF the iron shutters in the heart "
the Name droppei from its hinges Ia the
burnri SindOS casing aud with the ia.
Illsh ~ ar There came q swift backward
sweep ~ the flames
My men did not run until / told them
10 do ~. WAS O'keetr's defence " his
battalion workers 1t was impossible
10 stay there longer and ordered The men
i0 make FOR the Stair The stain, Wer.
long Nay hack ia the SMOKE and Sith al
Tue boxes and bales piled around the men
got turned about Some OI those who
were confused turiied 10 the right instead
Of the left and they got lost II 10 not
true that they left tOtt-r aud Hsal-y a.
the noySies. aud do not helieve that the
bucking Of the hose had ANYTHING a. do
Nith putting those two boys Out Thsv
simply got twisted aud cuul Int hnd the
stat = They were sufOcaied. not drowned.
a. the first report had it.
u had been thief Croker who down on
The street. had ordered Truck l5 wheeled
intO position and the ladders hOisted when
he saw three or four heads appear a. the
trout windows. which had been opened
The men Of the ladder truck began run
ming up the runEs aud picking halt con-
sc'oua men Out Of the windows When
eighteen Of them had thus been brought
down and laid ont with their faces 10 The
driving rain some one counted noses aud
Cotter Of Engine 9 vas missfd Deputy
hief binns sent his driver William
DeissrUih, up the ladder aud into the roar
ing fourth nOOr 10 nnd lotter lie had
hardly aet foot within the window when he
fell acrOss the hOdy Of Fireman Dayensl
of Engine ~. who had Leeu one Of the first
re-ouing squad The driver got Dayenel
60 the street aud then a second detail went
up To renew the search for IottsT
They found the fireman lying face up
ward IN a poll IT water with the thraShing
hose beside him They also discovered
l.ieui ligh- VI Engine ~ and fir-msn
tOnwav aud Hunt Of Engine 10. who had
gone up the ladder IN the earlier A'trup
al rszcus aud Nho had fallen. over
Cume hy The smoke near the windows
Fireman llalpn Of EnElns = discovered
the lump body Of Hsaley II r. Company but
before h- could drag % 20 the windows
halpn hlWss.lf drUpp-d ~ the HOur Both
were carried down The ladder bv others
Ambulsnc-z had come from Hudson
IL a ! HHaH
hy thI- time. aud Dr Hunter aGd Dr .
Archer # iu- Fir~ department had also F..
arrived The physicisT- had their hands 4
fll. The Rev fathsr turran - - l
Peters Church. near by. btut over the /
bItile- ~ i.r men wAu Wtrv believed 4
60 10, diving and whispered the Last rifles
IT biz IuurCh WiI- the ph, -i,ians
worked
Co,'rr and H-alev we're soon found
10 he past aid and Conrad Douevrl and
Grimm Whu were the lsrl - respond
90 the treatment u the ambulance ~ur-
geDns were hurried ~ Hudson street
hospital later iu the dav Dou"v-l aud
lirtmm wen, allowed tp e. % their h0u' -
buf Conrad will have - -tay up his cot at
lsAs- auuf1-r day Longer All three men
suffered from -muk- -ufUCatluu
some Of th. others w-rp only tempo
rarily overcome aud wrrr able ~ take
Their plaOeE iu inFIF respective com
nanies before ths fire vas uu-nchrd
Acting Chief y keefr VA, among the
frst - revive. aud he dbl NOT leave the
Job until late IA the afternoon when the
.ast ~ the wetting down was completed
The more seriously hurt were taken "a
their firehUuses aud they spent q part or
all ~ the remainder ~ the day m bed
light engines and three hrebuats had
streams going on the lire before IL was
-Xtlngu,shed The three upper floors IN
he south end ~ tho building were com
lletaly gutted and the two lower hOOr-
.here and IN the middle u the building
n No ii2 were water soaked The store
-oOms At 10 and ii2 were devoted - free
stores. or goods not duiiahle. the space
n llt and li6. unhuTt save by water in
he basement. formed Government
bonded warehouse and liquors are stored
here rough estimate Of the loss. made
" insurance adj Just era Yesterday. put the
igure a. SIS nm The building IL owned
" Archibald d Rnssell and the agents
Ire the { Cr'Iikshank Company Of lti Broad
way
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