The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-10

formation he could get was that the star,
was in Il -toreroom Used by the SaVariu
and that ther" had been an explosion
of gd~oi"uc. \ ga>Oleue stove was IN The
~tpr"rOOm
What ar.eroG the Fire Department
heads and hruugnt sharp comment from
rok"r was that there was an unnecessary
delay of half an hour in slmmon,ug the
h"rm"n, The cooks Of the Cafe Sayariu
had gone to work TWO hours b.for" III"
alarm was turned in They were Oh the
job with fires gong AT 800 4. VI The
first alarm Was turned N at 5.3i 4 VI
People nn the street knew a few minutes
after that there was nla2C somewhere
in the kGuitaOl" and told policemen about
il; bat the policemen were told. when
they ran in and saw Equitable employees
turning water into q blazing room, to 60
away that the engiu" room crew coUld
put out the fire without any help. That
lcd 20 the delay of half an hour and gave
tn" fire a chance to -nr"ad upward, mush-
room through the top floors and get a
downward start.
POLICEMEN ASKED TO GET OFT.
Sergt Casey and Policeman Foley were
mun'ci 10 the chin al Pine and NASSAU,
etrocts about 5.O5 \. NJ when IA man who
had rl!U, they thoIcnt alt"rward. ont Of
: the tuuit able Building told them that The
building was on fire, Casey and Foley
hustled around IA" corner ~ the Pine
street side. which was occupied bv tho
Cafe Sav arin. Going through the rcs-
t0urant they pushed aside aus' cred cooks
and made their way TO tho rear, where
they found William Davis, the chief GU
Gin"or of Tn" building. and four of his
men ~plling water into small room
that "d- thick with smoke. The room
adiOGrd an elevator shaft near the cor,
ncr of Pine and Nassau. Davis had two
lines of hos" Connected with the stand
pipes ana was working desperately. Ii1
resented the intrusion of the policemen
What are you doing here" he asked
according to Cascy's story we dom
need you people buttlnG in here. We car
put this oGt ourselves. We've got good
apparatus and thcre are twenty men or
hand to help me"
Casey didn't like the look of things
WithoVt arguing any more with the chic
engineer n" walked outside with Foley
ald fingered near the corner, In htteer
nlnllt@ ne - " names ICklnP out tl lil'
top floor windows. The fire was noarl,
- the roof Their Casey ran to the ho'
AZ Pine and Nassau and turned in the 'r|
aia'in, III" fire mad been going hftcer
minutes Al least.
ROOF GAVE WAY WuEN FIREMFN CAME.
Deputy Chief Binns, head of the frs,
division, saw the minute he Jumped on
e his automobile that there was a lis
hg!i ahead Binns shot in IA second alarm
.; i:S3 4. NJ, and third at 8;0l A. "
lu"t thrilled through the whole Fir
Department and woke up tho whole Polio,
DEPARTMENT as well, Fire Chief Kenlol
got to tho Equitable just after the thirt
ala"m, henion saw the flames flowerin,
on the Equitable roof and sent in fourth
ard rfth alarms at 6:O3 A. NJ and 6:ii
A, NJ That meant that all apparatus soutl
of Fitty-nnth street was to make recorc
timo to Broadway and Pine street Polio,
COMMISSIONS Waldo arrived few min
utes later and took personal direction o
the police guard
!, YVES ~ dark at q O'clock as il hac
hcnn in tho middle Of the night Engine,
collected in narrow Nassau. Pima ant
Cedar streets and hose was rigged hastily