The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-05-28

paratively small. but who suffer quite as
much as the bigger mon in that their all
was wiped out. And the Coney Island folk
take into consideration also OF course the
loss Of the prospective profits OF the
season. All had paid tho first third OF their
rental, as il is an invariable rule at tho
island that tho first third be paid in ad-
vance, tho second third on Decoration
Day and tho remainder on tho Fourth OF
July.
Big and little ehowmen and other con-
ceesionaires and their families we're
abruptly awakenod by ono of the noisiest
fires the greater city. perhaps any city.
has known for a long time. To tho crash
of burning timbers and the excited shouts
of tho fire fighters we're added the shrieks
of the lions. punlis. lcopards and
other big cats. the trimpetings OF Little
Hin and the cries of other animals and
birds. and close upon these noises came
tho banging Of cart ridges IA Capt. Bona
vita and Col. Ferrari ran through tho glare
and smoke to put the burning animals
out Of thoir misery.
Whom the fire started at He'll Gate. the
concession on tho west side OF the PARK
Opposite the Dreamlind dance hail. the
wind. fortunately tor tho rost OF Coney
island was coming out of the northwest
and so blew the flames toward tho sea
II is generally believed that the fire
started among pals OF hot tar wh'ch
porkmsn began to spread along the water
way ride of He'll Cato a:'er iho park had
ieen closed To the public shortly after
midnight.
FIRE STARTED IN TAR PoT.
sam Englestein. tinsmith, told Fire
Marshall Brophy Yesterday that he and
n heller named Emil Thau were water
prooting the waterway of the show with
tar AMI tar paper when they heard a
sudden bang outside the building and
that within a few seconds the tar and
tar paper in the concession were blazing
A moment later Barney Baiuch. the
wa'chman al the main entrance to the
par< heard some one yell Fire"
rna vatchman called To a man running
by to rim to tho firehouse a short block
away in Eighth street TO get help and the
watchman then ran into He'll Gate TO
assist the few men then awake in Dream
land to try to stamp out the blaze.
Col Ferrari his wife and little daughter
we're sleeping in their apartment above
the wild animal show. and Ferrari awoke
and hastily pulled on a few clothes and
ran out to assist Jack Bonavita. Vincent
Revere and one or two other animal train
ers also sleeping in the rooms above the
cages got ont into the park hastily about
the same time and when they saw how
rapidly the fire vas spreading turned
their attention to saving the animals.
Sergt John J Klinci was the first police
man 30 learn OF the fire. and he made a
bee line for the incubator house next
door to the He'll Gate concession. klinck
rushed into the building TO find that it
already was hazy with smoke that mo-
mentarily was growing more dense.
INCUBATOR BABIES SAVED.
The policeman had broken open three
of the glass incubators and had taken
out two tiny girls and boy baby while
DR. Fischel and two nurses who had been
aroused by tho sudden racket scrambled
to get the three other infants in the incu-
bator ATTRACTION" Policeman, physician
and nurses bundled the infants UP and
hurried with them to the home Of DR.
John Pierce near by in Eighth street
DR.. Pierce and DIR. Fischel satisfied
themselves that the infants had not in
hailed any Of the smoke. and DR.. Pierce
then got a taxicab and took the six small
folks to the Infant Asylum AT Sixty frs,
street and Amsterdam avenue. Manhattan.
where later in the day it was said the
babies had not suffered any from their
experience.
Klinck hurried back TO the now blaz-
ing park to find that He'll Gate was living
up to its name. A fifth alarm had been
sent in within few minutes after the
policeman first entered the park Acting
Chief Kenlon was tearing south from
Manhattan shortly after the first alarm
had been turned in. because toney
Island fire usually means serious work
As the chief zipped closer TO the island
what once had been the white tower OF
Dreamland was now a tall torch and III.
water thoroughfares of the marshes were
creeks of reflected red
%" ALARM SENT IN.
Chief kenlon promptly turned in ths
20 Q" alarm. which stirred up almost al
OF Brook lyns fire apparatus and causeC
tar 10 the northward the hreboats seth
Low Zophar Mills and New Yorker tC
grip bones IN their teeth and swash 'owart
the glare.
Col ferra-i. upon grasping the size
OF the blaze, ran back to his apart mem
10 arouse his wife and daughter. who ~
the commotion Mrs. Ferrari and heI
little girl ran out into surf avenue and I,
hotel across the street dressed only il
their nightgowns, while terrari. Bona
vita Dr Hast ings ana Revere ran towarC
the runway back Of the cag.s TO get out tn,
animals
The bigger animals SO far had been
quiet enough. but just az the animal mel
headed for the cages "A lone monke,
began to cough as the smoke filtered into
the arena and then set up wall OF dis
tress. Promptly the entire circle %
animals trimming the arena let loose.
While property men and other helpers
in the Ferrari show were dragging trans
fer boxes on to the stage Bonavita anI
Ferrar started in the actual work OF
inducing the lions and other beasts t'
come out into the runway 40 that they
could be driven to the stage when th'
transfer boxes were in readiness. Th'
biggest of the cats shrank back in terro
as the fire out in the park flashed from
building to building and leaped acros
the esplanade to the dancing pavilion
and to the central tower.
sTRU0GLE TO SAVE THE ANIMALS.
Sharp proddings and the explosion o
many blank cartridges almost into tn
very eyes of five of the lionesses and fou
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