The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-11
MORRIS PARK FIRE JUMPS
10 rvs iCETRtCK OI'TFIT avn
uI>T CHESTER BEIF RI

-, sui.an stables. two water towers
a, 30. tWo story frame dw cling on the
Morris PARK racetrack property we're
,r-'rpvci Yesterday afternoon by .
o. g.. ehtrh threatened to wipe out a. well
i.. ....aR.. IT wr-t Chester. The steeple
49, -rrn-i M the Methodist Episcopal
iE..r.h amt several Dwellings and barua
o. .." ,llags caught fire before the wind
,.f'.i and carried the sparks awSy
Inc fire vas first noted az ans O'Clock
N-r.He-s ~ 'h- Eightieth Coast Artil.
l.rv plaving hAll IN the track soelos,,re
ga 1aIrs- blaze up IN What used To he
,,asle o. one 81 . group ~ seven barns
r. N. northern part Of the grounds
r. .od -rs tried 20 get water from
tr.s AID across the field. which 10 hesne
O., up into building IotS. but found them
d., Their, was no water in the two
rou ers hicn stood among the barns and
formerly were used 90 store water for
ire horses
Policemen ScarIeA and Stewart saw
the IRE while they we're riding along Pei
Ram Paw Parkway They put their
tor-es 20 the GalloP, Stewart toward the
IRE and Scarlett 90 the nearest alarm
b., Mean~ lille the SoIdiSrs had got
. q little Satsr in buckets from q water
tower erected for the New York. West.
chester and Boston Railroad. nov being
constructed past the property This
h''s water did no good and the fire
sp-aai rauIilv To- the other barns 0G the
gpur
Frglr- companies 81 and a made
| rn ~ h'If mile and landed At the fire.
onv ?, learn that the nearest hydrant
w.. ~ Pelham Parkway They stretched
cr- Inc Il hose thirty three lengths
s'o feet and then found that there was
p. pressure and the engine could 10
'hIrg
H.. stables were one story frame build
~. about IOO feet by Is fe-, They
-..H r"rhap- ten fset apart Within
q .av minutes the whols seven and the
~ water towers were burning together
lu MoTiArity n caretAksr for the
FIDELITY Development Company. owners
g. 'Ha property. lived in = two story
tram" ho,lse AZ the southern end Of the
yak near Walker avenue. a mile away.
p. htch-d M and drove MP the track
- 'he ARE and was not much more than
.g Il hrs buggy when he saw hrs wife
-Arng up the track waving her arms
4" drove back and met her. SAS tod
fr that me Of another group % eight
-'Sn.ss a. ths southern end was shrs.
ragr smith Of Engine % got his men
r-r on zine down TO this new blase. There
w. a hydraut handy Though the prev
..rr vas very low the engine managed
Sa' enough water for one sickly little
r'rram
l.. vlni was blowing hard from thu
r.--fcss' With the discovery % the
."yori ~aza a second alarm was sent
UeTu'y Chief AheArn. In charge
o The BronV responding To this alarm.
iHInd thai Engine 20 had been driven
- H~tw~en tho burning staDle and . stable
sItuIning Before the men could I'M
.'.h The hors~- from the engine the fire
~ der N across over their heads and
900 ."ron' stable was burning.
10 fn-n hegAn falling right and left
..af Ahearn ordered the ira ces csl'.
... hrr~e- we've gos OFT - dang-s and
'rar me Nv me tho hrsVnen lying on
- ground were picked up and pulled ont
j. few minutes the abandoned engine
rad 1Han reduced to junk.
70 ~As found that the only available
vs'.r supply law across the tracks of the
Harlem branch Of the New York. New
haven and Hartford Railroad st West
Il tra~'.r Ay~nu- Chief Ahsarn had has
80 oumpAni~s stop there and lay hose
sTu-- tho track. putting the railroad
/ rr = h'Isrns-- The distance was more
ran 'r"p fs-, and two engines we're
q. .. - rpgs'h~r Even then tho stream
~. r.' strong enough 70 do much good.
4 re est ~ the southern group Of sta ble-
~ '"I qm"kly In thcs- stables was
C.r'3 oTpn feet 81 lumber. some Of
'-sv and tho rest the salvage Of the
Q - ~ istand
'''"- he las' ~ the harms had joined
%. .'a1" Moriartys house caught
30 '"rmsrlv had been used by trainers
\ ..-. a1 tired 70 get some of the stun o'It
o o." frame building burned too fast
f"n and practically everything
\ N.r arriv owned was destroyed. Two
go. 1ri = COW belonging 70 Moriarity
'-'.st o. me ~ the harms were burned
& rss't
."'ey' Jump % the blaze was toward
'' N0"tmAnsten Inn. Two Of the old
i.''-.- buildings that stood alone nssr
- p cauEht togethsE and went up in
''..s" nod EhlrlinG sparks. Two DOZEN
N i''''r- ~ 50 members OF automobile
III r''". we're dining a. the mn. They
n 8" r.' nY' . bucket brigade saved the
lag
pom 80 Two groups Of burning build
80 'rf-s-quarters o. . milo apart.
80 ~, snds Of the park enclosure.
.''' Fnrling funnels Of Amoks and
20 'g - NJ wood cuTIed across 10
."s'"~ yillsgs. short distance
- AheaTn saW the new danger
.-'' .r third alarm which brought
r"ser aDt = good part 81 the ~
ppara'ua IN The BrOnH
I'm" there were ius, two practi-
-'. -s' ms IN rho two big groups 81
l'"-e w9s no wafer Tor more
.''n.u stood ~ aud watched the
'arm 'hnf came to AheRTn