The evening world., 1910-12-20
Three-Alarm Fire in Bronx
Quickly Followed by An
other in Harlem.
IN PERIL
Many Driven to Streets
Naphtha in Dyeing House
Adds to Danger.

A three-alarm nre In the Bronx early
this morning was followed by a FOUR
alarm blaze In Harlem. and Fire Com
missioner Waldo and Fire Chief Croker
attended both. A number OF persons
were driven TO the streets. and enc
person, William Kernest. a fireman of
Engine No. II. was hurt, while a watch
man, name unknown. IL missing.
shortly after midnight a woman living
across the street from No. 4st-iss East
One Hundred and Thirty fourth street,
. stx-story brick factory building. heard
. crash Of glass and on looking out saw
names coming from the second-story
windows. The basement. first and Sec
ond floors are occupied by the Knicker-
booker Brass Foundry Company and the
other floors by the Lawson Dumbwaiter
Company.
As soon as the woman could throw
on . kimono she rushed 10 the street
and found Policeman O'Malley OF the
Alexander avenue station. when the
policeman had sent In an alarm he was
Joined by Sergt. England. and the two
began arousing the eighteen families in
the f~ve-story tenement at No. <e2. next
o
imperiIied by Panic.
some OF tho enants were hard to
wake. When their flight was well IN
der way many women and children were
bruised and threatened with worse In
jury. as all made q rush for stair ways
and fire-escapes. Those nearest the
ground were assisted down the stair
ways and escapes to the street. and
dozens were led over the ROOT to 70.
40 Brown place. just around the corner.
Fire Chief Ahearn found the factory
building so far gone he sent In a Sec
ond and then n third alarm, which
brought Chief Croker. by hard work
the firemen kept the blaze from spread
Ing. but the building In which II started
was practically destroyed. the loss be-
Ing estimated at $4,000.
Toward the last the hremen discov-
cred that one man had refused to leave
the tenement next door James Camp
bell, who lives on the third floor. didn't
think the fire WAS going to spread. SO
he insisted n going back to sleep. His
wife remained with him.
Fireman Kernest was hurt by a two.
story fall from the roof OF the burning
building to the roof OF No. .49s. He was
taken TO Lincoln Hospital with a broken
arm and many Commissions.
No trace OF the Waterman usually on
duty In the building destroyed has been
found. No one could be found who
knew any name for him except Pete"
n his address Is not known.
FirA Com ma sSianar Waldn rpcnvnized
the building as one Quilted by fire eight
other HANDS.
Naphtha Near Second Place.
The extent of the loss In the second
fire was due largely to the first. which
had called some OF the Harlem COM
panies to the Bronx and necessitated
four alarms instead OF the three that
otherwise would have been sufficient,
The blaze started at I.3D a. NJ. on the
first floor OF the fve-story brick factory
building. an irregular structure between
West One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
street. M~orningside avenue. east. and
Manhattan street. The flames quickly
swept through the building and Quilted
1t from cellar to roof. The Fowler &
SHSAi Pstihpshk oiiNNih o'NuIi'N ~
ground ioor. the Empire Laundry Com
pany the first floor, the Bayer Plano
Company the second and third. the
New York Rug Company the fourth,
: and the NTH the j. A. Cornell Conn
pany.
This blaze was replete with thrills
and fremen worked herolcally under the
direction OF Chief Croker. who had fur-
rled from the Bronx. because OF hum
dreds Of gallons Of gasoline and ~naphths
reported stored In u dyeing establish
ment next door
The police frightened the hre lines and
kept the crowds at a distance and fire
msd poured water into tho burning
building from every side until nothlni
was left OF the structure except thu
walls and a few brick partitions. As 4
precautionary measure ambulances were
sent from the ]. Hood Wright and Har
len Hospitals.
Waldo Gets Drenehed.
A feature of this blaze was the drench
ing Of Fire Commissioner Waldo. VIII
passed in his auto too near the ieaklnl
connections Of a line OF hose ana wa
soaked.