New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30

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/ from water than from fire. ,...
| On account of the dangerous conul'ioI
! of some Of the interior walls ana uoiliO
! throughout the western section IL "OuI
/ he inadvisable TO use the Offices il''iii0
! diately hereunder.
! Mr.. Ware also stated that in company
with his deputy. Charles a. Sussdorh he
! had taken observations on the exterior
| tower walls with q transit IN oroer u
determine whether the fire caused any
bulge or detection in the masonry Inc
smoke being dense, 1t was impossioie
| 10 obtain accurate results, but from
those which were obtained the indica-
tons are that the walls are practically
as plumb as when built
This is undoubtedly due TO the mas
sive brick and granite construction. Tho
fire seems to have had more effect on
the granite than ii had on the brick.
No Extinouishers at Hand
Dwight L. Convey, who has been for
seventeen years proofreader in the
Assembly. discovered the fire. His work
keeps him most Of the time in the AS
sembly Judiciary room. He remained
there after the Democratic caucus last
night
Mr. Goewey said he left the room about
go o'clock, and was gone about half an
hour. When he returned he smelled
smoke, and, looking about, saw part of
the woodwork near a bookcase ablaze.
He thinks defective insulation of an cleo
tric light wire al that paint started the
FIRE He ran out into the corridor and
gave the alarm. Nearly every one had
/ left the Capitol except two New York
| newspaper correspondents. The three
men ran back to the room, but could do
nothing to stop the blaze. 1t had spread
too rapidly.
John Mullen. the Waterman on the
! Washington avenue side Of the building
was on the third floor when Goewey
cried FIRE" and one look into the As
, sembly judiciary room convinced him
: that Il was q Job for the fire department.
He ran out 70 the street, and sent in the
alarm. Goewey and the others, who
were first on the scene, said that they
believed they could have stopped the fire
in it's incipience if there had been any eX-
tinguishers or other preventive apparatus
at hand
The firemon made a strenuous effort
20 confne the fire to the third floor, but
the intense heat drove them back from
their positions inside the building and
the water from the outside could not
reach the flames.
Chief Bridgeford and fifty fremen
crawled up the great western staircase
through the smoke 10 attack the fire
where il burned most fercely in the
state library
Several of the firemen were overcome
BY the smoke and had TO be carried
from the building before the rest were
finally driven out by the terrible heat in
that part Of the structure. The ambu-
lance surgeons on hard treated many
fremen on the spot Three fremen were
badly cut and bruised by falling glass
and stone and were taken to the hos
p;tal. Their injuries are said not TO be
serious.
Employees Storm the Building.
4 crowd of several thousand persons
gathered on Capitol Hill within short
time after the fire was discovered. De
spite the efforts Of the police 10 hold
the crowds in check. hundreds OF en-
ployes Of the various departments broke
through the lines and rushed into the
smoke filed building and made their way
t. their offices and began 10 remove such
articles of value as they could
The heads of departments We're soon
reached on the telephone by the orderlies
who are on night duty a the Capitol.
Capitol to look after the books and rec
ords in their departments.
Secretary Mason and others Of the
Governors immediate office force, APP
peared at the Capitol during the early
progress Of the fire and removed various
records from the offices Of the Chief
/ Executive Later in the forenoon the rec
ords were returned, as II was seen that
the Governors rooms were not in the
danger zone.
During the forenoon the Governor
summoned the state Architect. Mr..
Ware. the Chief Of Police. Mr.. hyatt.
and Chief Brideeford Of the Fire Depart
nent into conference as 20 the safety Of
the building The three officials assured
: the Governor that the walls with the
possible exception Of some places on the
western side OF the building, were not
affected Though great blocks Of granite
m these walls split under the action Of
the terrific heat. and tumbled into the
street. il was thought that the stability
Of the walls had not been shaken
The spectacle the fire furnished on
Capitol Hill during the hours before day
light will long be remembered by the
citizens of Albany The capitol stands
in a conspicuous position on the top of
the highest hill IN the city. The flames
AT times shot up two hundred feet into
the night sky, ana. fairly illuminated the
whole city The brilliant light from the
fire could he seen for miles around
With strong wind blowing from the
north. the blaze leaped in the direction
Of the centre Of the city and away from
the new building of education across
Washington avenue That was the only
thing that saved it. the firemen said
| Thousands Of sightseers thronged the