The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-07

on the fronts Of the burning buildings.
pouring streams upon the flames; other
flremon with hose dragged to the houses
on tho opposite side of Pelhstreet poured
other stree ma, and lines of hose led into
the courtwav from Bayard street. when
az the cntrancc to the four story -roon
house" No. \. next TO one of the buildings
which wGs II roaring furnace. appeared
an old crone Of a negro woman
Something in her manner attracted the
attention of iiremen. policemen and re-
portcrs. She wore u shapeles~. ragged,
manglcd looking garment of purple over
the upper part Of her body. around her
head q black baudanna and skirt that
was of no color or form describablr. Her
toothl"ss jaws were working in rage.
as 1t turned out. although AT first the
fascinated oulooker1 supposed that II
was fear. Atop of her roof firenten were
PLAYING u mighty stream which spread
and fell over the caves in front Of her.
making her appear behind "A curtain OF
water She looked about for some one
she knew to speak To- end finally discovered
such one on an opposite roof and shouted
"1s some one on my roof: Wha's all dis
about. Gnvhow?'
II was Mrs Jones" the colored owner
of P"ll street and "A noted character of
Chinatown She had Just awakened and
como down 10 the stree; full of fight To
ask who dared To- invade her promises at
so early an hour ~ noon.
Then the police had much trouble with
the white women OF the quarter. both
those who he'd been rescued from the
burning buidin2' and tholr friends in
neighhorinc hOu.es. One who had been
rescued hgd craving to visit nearby
Bowery saloon which 50 tortured her that
the Coppers passed her along in that
direction She returned in due time less
wild end incoh.tout and meeting another
of her liini related her experiences, She
lived she slid IN No. - and had been
awakened only IN time t. max. u hal-
ardouH c"canr in 'he clothes she slept in.
But saved my money and jrweIry.
she explained to such a. listened, and
that rmethiug even if ! did lose all of my
Dire sos and fur-.
She swiShed an all euveloping black
cloak she wur" to iisclos" that her friends
had provided her also with a black under
sklrt ana u gray sweater. She watched
the tircfnen silently Tor "A time and ,hcu
the call of the bar overca me her and she
loungef of again toward the Bow"rv
Her friend of her kind watched her not
unkindly ~ she commented
"Hsrtut.. She's filed with coke. Her
backs her trunk. saw her cruising
around last night. Then the friend. See
ing the ianitor OF one of the burned ont
houses. called 10 him. laughlngly
Hello. Man Did you los" your happy
home"
Tn" gayly painted balcony in fron, of
the Savoy Retaurint. on the second floor
west of the burning bnilding held a dozen
Cinnamon. who watched the hremen al
work silently and with no apparent emo
tion until part of the coIuiCe directly
over the fremen cllncing To the fire es-
capes swdyed and fell. As II swaved
Chief Bonner gave a sharp warning cry
and the endlr gered iiremrn drew in their
heads turtlewiS. thdt their helmets might
protect them a- much aS possible. The
seething corniC. slthered down. humping
and rafting and splntering ON the mems
helmets and clattered into IN. street Then
the men = heads emerged and they Went
on with their fire fighting, and Chief Bon
ner lighted a cigar
But the Cinnamon on the restaurant
balcony had been amused 10y the head
ducklng and laughed shrilly No one
appeared To pay any attention to this.
but n minute afterward some men hold
ing squirming nozzle, by chance Of
course. partly lost control of il and a heavy
stream knocked down the laughing and
chattering Cinnamon and they retired
within the restaurant drepched and
thoughtful
II was o'clock before the wash ing
down process made il possible for the fire.
men to climb in upon the heap Of burned
rubbish fallen 10 the ground level within
the walls, and soon they reported that
-four or five people We're burned up"
They couldn't tell whether il was four or
FIVE, Later only two bodies We're re-
covered