The sun., 1910-06-10
EEUEFIUEMEN SCARED OUNOH?
CROkERS COMPLAINT To No.
INVESTIGATED.

Heard Named ~ waldo Sur,e,s MARE.
houxe nuins aud VIII Hear Evidence
IN secret ChuFehrs Crowded for
. FuneFals ~ the Tive Nhs NsFe Killed
Fire Commissioner waldo has started
an investigation Of the conduct oI the
/ fremen at the Washington street ,blaEe
in which Firemen Cotter aud Hcaley lost
/ their lives last Monday morning and
during which Chief Croker made remarks
about the ineiiiciency Of the force The
Commissioner wants 10 know whether
the men ran away from the tire. a. the
Chief alleged
Mr. waldo started hts Investigation
/ yesterday by appointing a board oi in
/ uuiry 20 examine witnesses and report
the findings To him The board - com
posed ~ chief Croker. deputy chief
| Thomas Tally Deputy chief Thomas r
Iangford and Battalion thief John =.
Howe The embers met a. Fire Head
quarters late Yesterday and went 10 IiO
Washington street, where the fire oc-
CURED. They inspected the premises
aud then appointed SATURDAY. ~ the first
day on which they will sit o. take testi-
monv
Witnesses from inside and outside the
department will be summoned II -
expected that the inquiry will last two
weeks At its conclusion tho board will
report tO Commissioner Waldo Until
then none 1t the testimony will bs made
public The hearings will he private.
Commissioner Waldo dismissed from the
Fire Department yesterday Fireman Louis
Hamburger qf Engine and Fireman
ElIeTy D. Henley II Truck Is Hamburger
was dismissed for being absent from
quarters without leave. II was said that
I've held the record in the departments for
the number of tiIs-s he had been up Tor
trial for breaking the rules. Henley was
a second wear man and was charged
with becoming intoxicabd while working
NJ fire.
The two fremen who lost their lives
in the Washington street fire were buried
Yesterday. The long procession Ut uni
formed firemen and funeral coaches
passing over QieensbOro Bridge on its
way to Calvary Cemetery and the iOlling |
bells u the engine hOIsss along the route !
were impressive.
Fire Commissioner Waldo and Deputies /.
O'keefs and johnson hurried around |
in an automobile and were present ~
both churches. The services over the
body OF Timothy } COtter Of ERgins 9 I
Wers held in 81 AlphOnsus Church. !
West Broadway aud Canal street The /
funeral Of Mrs. Nora Willman. an elderly .
relative Of COtter with whom he lived |
and Who was unable TO withstand the /
shock of his death. was held az The same I
time
The members Of COtieEs company
formed an honorary guard az his home.
25l Hudson street The hearSs was fol-
lOwed by two noachss filed With flowers
and then came the hear-- bearing the
body Of Mrs. Whitman. Commissioner
Waldo followed to the church. Wherr a
requiem high mass was celebrated by
the Rev. Joseph l.Oreny. assisted by the
hev Father stone and the Rev Joseph
" issei
More than ..OOO persons we're pac.ed
inside the church. A request had gone
forth that every man On duty attend
the funerals n possible Mrs Margaret
Kirby % Bridgeport. q sister oi Cotter.
and Miss Eliza Whitman also ~ his family
tainted and we've carried outside The
services was interrupted for few min.
ute-.
The funeral of the other fireman.
William r hcaly Of Engne 10. took place
IN 81 Peters Church n Barclay street
There ton great crowd tried 10 gam
admittancs 4 solemn requiem mass
was celebrated Nv Mgr. MC(iean The
comrades II Healv siOod a. attention
on the steps Of ~ Peters and fhsn The
prDo-ssion vent toward QIr-u=boro
Bridge
A. both cortages passed. through the