The sun., 1910-05-13
JAPANESE SEE A SHGM FIRE.
CROKER TURNS ON THRILLS
FOR THE ROAMING a..

Women" Are saved win sealing Lad.
ders and life Ncia-HOFses n Harness
In TwO secOnds-ArRSry ID spginkled
with Muddy Water-An Appreciated.
The Japanese who are touring the
world and studying municipal admins
tFatiOn yesterday witnessed an exhibition
OF how New York firemen do their work.
A. Fire Headquarters ON Fast Sixty
seventh street Commissioner Waldo and
Chief Croker received tho visitors. took
them through the buildih and showed
them how alarms were received and
transmitted. Then the men In the school
Of instruction were called upon 20 show
how lives were saved in the land Of sky
scrapers and some Of the feats performed
stirred the japanese out of their stoicism.
The first exhibition showed an imagin-
AIRY fire In a tall building. Flames were
supposed to be eating their way up from
the lower hoor Of the Fire Headquarters,
which u a seven story building. Persons
came 10 the windows Of the upper ho0rs
and called for assistance, a. the fire had
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orders. A fireman took a peculiar gun
and shot q light weight cord over the
building. The cord vas attached 90 q
rope which was pulled 20 the roof with
a sliding ring. Ny means Of the ring and
rope tiremen let themselves down from
tho roof.
But how about the women at the win
dOWEy They were helpless 90 save them
selves. - other firelnen darted out with
scaling ladders and went climbing up
the face Of the brick building. Trans
ferring a ladder from window 20 window,
a fireman made his way up story after
story. Then, taking the supposed woman
at the window jwhO was really another
t,remanl, the rescuer made his way 10
the ground
The visitors watched the rrScues with
keen interest aCh time a fire fighter
got 20 tho ground with his burden the
Japanese clapped their hands After the
rescues the visitors examined the scaling
ladders In detail
we are building houses like these In
/ Japan now said NJ 1suchiya Of the
AsHhi ShiMbWR. under whose auspices
the Japaneae are travelling Not -
high. but made Of brick We are very
much interested In these things and
Ne see much here that would be oi
uaa 70 no m Janan. We nave lfe eheuies
there like these but not 40 large
Commissioner Waldo asked Chief
r'roker 20 show the visitors how the life
net was worked 20 catch persons who
would Jump from the windows of hurn-
ing hOuse. Firemen got up on a high
platform and jumped into the net held
/ by their companions on the ground.
After the life saving stunts the visitors
were escorted 20 the quarters oI fngine
30 and Trunk 10 in the Headquarters
luildinR. The alarm was sounded 70
show how quickly the apparatus IN THIS
city responds 90 a call IL took Just two
seconds for the horses ~ ~ a. leave theif
stalls. run 90 the engine and be com
Dletely harues-ed The horses oi the
truck took a second longer
Then at another signal the apparatus
left quarters on the run and went 10 the
seventh ReRiment Armory. where the
men squirted a stream II water over the
supposed burning building. he water
was muddy tor a time
Is that the same water you drink IN
the house~?- NJ Tsnchiya wanted n
know. re was told that i was Croton
water from the same reservoir bUt from
different pip-s.
After the exhibition At the armory the
Jauane-e Went away IN a sightseeing
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