The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-14
FIRE PANIC IN BRIDGE RUSH
;;.EGa!Ha !H9t SANDS SD
ELECTRIC girTLE.
leur Men In a Tower Fight Mighty eur
rent Run Mid Whme FIamrs shoot
over Heads oG crowd TIcu? lasted
Three Hours crush on surface tar.

-Four men fought the pTanNs oi "lc.-
tr..ity gone mad IN the little hutch IT th"
sulich tender that hangs his" a >wnilo" IS
f..' over the network Il tracks IA IN"
RrraxIvn Bridge terminal ~ TIA, RruuSiyu
elevated lines during rho be GA Of ~
rust hour after O'Clock .as' might Nm@
,hr, vcrc trying to euro blue Shoes ~
ssrlr and l,a IL Of fire tha' jumps from
, er~orderei Switchboard c.c.~ throTgl
n. rot IT the h-tdg, structure IN"
n l-ands JamWru iit sheep m slaughter
p..a "a the conCnlrsr- b"IrS toOk fright
Nt s,amp.d.d down rn" sta r. to the
o, 81 street Levels fellow.
- The four who thought they knew how
L. Slu-lrh -svr-Il thousand volts az
Sod ruid gone wrong w"-" a. h"lple',
1sainst all The Roman candle display a II
t,ay hat h.ea cut out ~ cardboard. and ct
Sas not yntI all 'he daira" mach merry
~" switch and feei cIrrsat had becl
bun.i ~ a tangled MAJ Q Ut JUNK that TIE
AgyauI' IT IN" terminal ConCoursc cease
Ia h. Illuminated hv the shooting tongue,
q Fam. The result was a compile
ia yss Of the Brpohlyn e'"vH'ci lines
.-o,s the bridge during the tsl.s'
moments uf the rush hour. he swarmIng
q hc,atei thousands over o'"-y lnCh NJ
srface car space ard a solid stream OF
foa a'oO' hat mixed Ike a triCk" -
E,a.-,, ross the bridge rootpAth
H.. Wa e Sue -ta"'Ilar rush nouT a
G emf not IKE the pro-src ami common
sfar % a contact shoe ml-pla r.i and On"
hue thrown out - business The I'D" az
h4man.'y. which was bac''rd up across h"
s.uA-e ~ CITY Hall a. far ~ broadway.
, h-ard the clapg 81 the hrc engine belts
aid saw fame and a solid column Of smoN"
sootug through the gIas- roof OF the
,ermlnsl hive IL was not until long
a"er 'hr last Flatbusher had given up N
Despair and sought an unacruS'omei
restaurant on the Manhattan SIDE tina all
tie electric nerves ~ the terminal were
restored and traffc resumed
Tie folk from downt rwn were stream
uE ward the stairs leading up - in"
earl'ei Platforms az iventv-fiv" NM
..e, past ) and every marrow channel
fading - the platforms e tho RAPIDLY
4nIrR trains was chock-a-block with
humanity when snme;h'nG happened
j. seemed trivial az Irst
Just pun Of smoke and a IuCk blue
sssh from under the wheels Of the last car
g Brighton Beach express train which
". moving from the extreme sputherly
catform Of the terminal ell. which - built
rg, over Park row. over the -cross)ver
4rd onto what ~ known n the paTlancs
4 he bridge swItchmen A. the white
rs- eastbcund track IN the body = the
e.avated building With the fash came
the familiar report that follows the blow
g cut of fuse 4 whitI=h brown cloud
{ smoke lifted from rsneath the trucks
= the last Brighton Peach car and a. 'h"
rain came % a stop orpOri'" the east"riv
Inform on the sputheTmDst uer Il
lacks all Of the crowded Passengers
Vithin craned necks out 4 open Windows
70 see what had happened
still nothing unusual occurred Motor
nan Frank Hellum 81 the Brighton Beach
cypress switched his power on and OF
IN Intellectual attempts az starting. each
,rrRe &C the current being marked by
su,ther explosion and another puH Of
sr,ke Then two or three minutes after
he INITIAL accident - the outgoing tram
q
tretd'h q silk. jumped ONT of the little
nIHw up in the switch tower above ia"
tracks On the north side u the train con-
c.lr.. There was a sharp swapping a.
..i me- heavy skyrocket had burrowed
rt 4. flower bed instead Of taking IT.
2 Upward
Alter he hlus flame had darted out and
"a AGAIN every one looked up 10 the
"a ',h tower aud there they saw a tiny
.u' = dull red glow Outlined against
- AIT was he figure 81 Johnnie Walker.
=. 'nvsTnan. fitting back and forth
| an making has hands 20 like those OF
cover a. a loom. A yell sounded down
o. '.- north concouTse Sh@re william
lr'.- ne Of the auxiliary mOtOrmen
vi key the trains back and forth
o'"- .rr switches. was scranblIng up
~" ,ra rracks and onto the Pcrpen
o.. lr adder that runs up from the
a = the northeriy passenger exit
r . -tuars box Of the switch tower
''''"- '..--' above the cement
-.-- he tracks. careless 81 the
rails. came George Callahan.
.g. station electrician. and Harry
..- 30 81 the y r T men stationed
'-rd"' Both had raced down from the
nam zlal tower that han - over the
2 'r. terminal tracks az the eastern
. % No. terminal
4 I.s ~ they we're about 20 mount
l ''- .d"r leading 40 10 IN" switch tower
s..' Z" he eierrrIo lash had spuTted. the
-Ir.ray power - I'LL he six third rails
n ne terminal vhpu.d INTO action at
10 . tracking uiu. -'r.ak- jumped
fward from haI' iul.r points within
% dark hutch Tn"r. ,a- a wicked
y..uW tongue that Vavrr,.i no from the
H~-. q wires within and ruiuwr - BLACK
=. acrid with n. -r.'II Il burnt
.-. muahrOomed up - the roof ~
.rninAl struCtur" and pIf AKA n,r the
pane-.
30 one screamed shrillv from th.
concour-e. where pass..r gers were
I'D waiting for the Fulton street tram
.. here was q waverlng movement