The evening world., 1911-01-12
Three of Them in the Down
Town District and the Other
Two in Harlem.
- FlREMEN ri INJURED.
Deputy Chief Binns, Battalion
Chief Daven and Capt. Tighe
Among the Victims.

During the late nigh, and early morn
ing three down,.wn fires and two In
Harlem caused injury to twenty-five
nremcn and so ~overw6rked the depart
ment that when daylight came men and
horses were exhausted.
The most disastrous OF these nres was
at Nos. los and ITO Duane street. a i've
story building. which was completely
destroyed and which continued 10 burn
from II O'Clock last night until s this
morning. When the fire was under con-
troll thirteen men had been carried to
the sidewalk injured or unconscious
from smoke.
Truck No. !. In command of mig
John Sullivan. was the first IRE p
ratus TO arrive. The ire had started on
the third moor OF the building In the
storeroom of the Wholesale Typewriter
Company. and paper and rubber sent
great volumes OF smoke all through the
neighborhood. Suddenly the flames shot
up the elevator shafts and stsirways
and broke through the roof with a roar.
Thirtesn Jowied over.
A second alarm was sounded. This
brought chief Croker and the high
pressure system was put in operation.
Deputy Chief Binns. Capt. John
TiGhc OF Engine No. Z. Battalion chief
John Davcn. big john Sullivan. Capt.
Patrick Walsh. Lieut.. Michael Healey.
tircmen Mahen. Daily. McCabe. Allen.
Henchel and Casey went to the third
floor hallway door and were entering
the burning floor when there came an
explosion. caused by a backdraught.
ard tho thirteen men were hurled down
the steps. Flames rushed out on them
as the fire dropped to the lower fioor.
and before they could get to their feet
every MIN was more or less hurt.
Croker ran 'rio the hallway n car
ried out Chief Blnns. The other twelve
we're got out by their comrades.
The explosion broke every window In
the building and instantly the house
wAs burning In every corner. The mon
were treated py physicians from the de-
partment ane surgeons from Hudson
Street Hospital and taken back to quar-
tiers, Capt. Walsh. Lieut.. Healsy n
Firemen Hauser and DAILY would not
remain at quarters. hurt az they were.
and they limped back to the fire.
-Four Again in Peril.
Things were looking more and more
dangerous when the four took a hose
and climbed to the third floor fire-ss-
cape. Suddenly flames shot out at them.
Walsh, Nealy and Hauser were COM
pletely Frustrated this time and they
were hurried to the hospital suffering
from exhaustion. smoke and numer.
Gus burns.
Later Ryan OF No. Sc engine and Man
ming OF No. : engine fell unconscious
from smoke.
This Are had lone more than 500, 900
worth OF damage. but the firemen stili
were heaping water on It when an
alarm was sounded at Las o'clock from
No. 81 Pine street. an L-shaped build
Ing Of six stories which WAS burning
furiously. The building runs back from
Pin street to No. f2S Water street.
Five Men Burned.
Under Lieut.. Hayes. OF Truck No. 10
Firemen Zeigier. Morgan. Boyle and
Quinn elm ed to the second floor. The
i've men AL were burned. Before this
hge had gone lar Croks. who had
come down from Duane street. sal d
the damage was &2S.VOo already Aad
there would Do more.
AT 2 O'Clock there came n third cal!
for the engines. This time the nve-story
builainS AT the nor. IA est corner OF Cen
tire ana Howard streets was burning.
The hre seemed to ave started on tn
hfth iloor from defeItIve insulation. \
damage OF 5000 MAS done there ana
euIn.ns emoers fell on The firemen an
noTses "a sreat quanuu.s.
The nIst Harlem ARE Vas at No, 3Jis
lhild aytnd1 when Fireman Leo Hack.
barth OF Truck No. 80 Vas so badly In.
lGred tie doctors at Fordham Hospital
say he nil die. Hackoarth has only
Ueen married a few weeks,
At gt5 o'clock this morning rame,
sHot up through Nathan shennan's
tailoring shop. OIL the sround foor o.
q Ave-s.ory tenement house at No. 10
East one Hundred and Fourteenth
street.