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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
Beyond Control.

Beginning at $40, the fire was be-
yond control, and at six o'clock Chief
Kenlon called out all available appar-
atus from downtown Manhattan. At
s o'clock fire apparatus was hastily
summoned from Brooklyn, While at nine
o'clock Kenlon, for the first time in
the history of New York, sounded a
"five borough alarm. calling to the
scene every piece Of fire apparatus
in the five boroughs comprising New
York City.
There we're more than a billion
dollars worth of property endangered
by the flames at that hour a high
wind was sweeping from the west,
picking UP great blocks Of burning
and charred wood and hurting them in
every direction. Ftremen were scat
tered throughout the entire financial
district with the fire hose belonging
to each building ready to quell from
the start any fire started by flying
fire brand.
More than 100000 office men were
employed in the buildings in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the Equitable
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09

from the basement windows which
lighted the vaults.
The building was a pyramid of
flames. Fire Commissioner Joseph
johnson jumped forward. Regardless
of personal danger, he bent over the
grated window and saw tie agonized
face of Giblin between the bars
The Piucky Little Priest.
We'll get you out" he shouted.
and then turned to order steel cut
ting saw Fireman James Dunn rush
ed up with the implement, Before he
could begin work in the inferno, Faith
| er Mclean, chaplain of the depart !
ment, went to the window. Over his
head a dozen streams of icy water
played against the seething walls.
Showers of stone fell about the young
priest: chips struck and crt him.
Drenched to the skin, as the ice form
ed about him. Father McGean stood
| calmly in the face of that death until
he had administered the last rites TO
! the dying Then he was dragged
away, and Dunn set to his work OF
saving through massive steel bars,
while the heat scorched his face and
the water froze on his back.
A hand saw was never made to saw
, through two inch steel bars under such
stress. AS Dunn froze and baked and
cursed and worked, the saw bit
through the steel For half an hour
| nd
madman. Then his comrades dragged
him away and sent him to hospital,
], while Fireman Brown, of truck /,
: took his place with the little saw at
! the bars AS he worked and froze,
), Brown shouted words of encourage
ment to Giblin. Then Brown, after a
- half hour, gave up the task Fireman
y Young took his place, and then vii
/, liam Lark took up the task, and in 20
! minutes the bars gave way, Lark
didn't relinquish his place. He simply
dived into the basement, through the
! flames, and smoke, and passed Giblin,
, a small man, apparently dying,
- through the grating. Then, cropping
I, through the smoke he found Campeon
QeaQ. He sent HIS uOuE UP, anu ici
:, lowed it with the unconscious form o
"a William Sheehan
he
Eighteen Missing.
le At 2.45 this afternoon, Fire Chic
~ KenIon ordered firemen into the
is wavering walls to search for proba
he BILE victims At that hour Kenlor
said eighteen persons, including fire
ry men and employees of the building
I'D were missing He said that fragmen
" tary and unconfirmed reports make
as the probable death list twenty-five
The reported dead:
10 BATTALION FIRE CHIEF VIII
he LIAM K WALSH.
CONRAD sEIBERT, special police
OF man.
~ =, GUIsEPPI CONT, porter.
II. JOHN SAyzI, porter
,s JOHN CAMPEON, captain o
,,r vaults.
I'm UNIDENTIFIED porter.
ya UNIDENTIFIED citizen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
Mas Maanifloent BUILDING.

NEW YORK, Jan. s.-The Equitab {
building was only eight stories higi
on the Broadway side and twelve OF
the Nassau street side, but 1t covered
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
THE cLANe OF
THE FIRE BELLS
--
Some of Today's slazes in
Other Cities of the
Country.

o UNITED Press Leased Wire Ser =
q vice.
@ BOSTON, Jan. "a four alarm .
o fire is raging in the building oc- .
q cupied by ,ne Globe Wernicke .
= Co., dealers in desks and filing =
. devices. at 80 Federal street. A .
q high southeast wind is blowing. =
q Firemen say the loss will be .
. about 100000. .
q Flint is Ablaze. =
q FLINT, Mich, Jan. 9-With .
. the wind blowing terrific gale, .
. fire which has already destroyed y
. the big wholesale grocery ware .
o house of Moffatt & Son, is threat =
. ening the business district of this .
o CITY today. The wind is sweeping .
q the flames over the roofs of ad- .
. Joining building. Volunteers .
0 are aiding the fire department .
q Zero weather is making the work .
o of the firemen extremely difficult ,
q Two have been overcome fly the =
. cold
o Five Children Burned.
. MOTLEY, Mimi, Jan. 9.-Five y
. children of Irving Carlisle We're =
4 burned to death when the Motley =
. home, here, was burned early to-
/ . day. The children were from =
. two to fourteen years old. A =
q sixth child was saved. Carlisle =
. was severely burned trying to I
. save his children. Mrs. Carlisle 4
1 . is crazed over the death OF her Z
. children and her condition is crit 4
. ical.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
Curiosity Gone Mad.
Started in Basement.

a
gale. came sweeping through from the
west. sucked into the narrow fiues
caused by the great, towering build
ing.s above. the narrow streets, huge
fira brands were carried blocks away.
some of them flew nearly to East
river. Telephone girls, hastily ap-
nraised. notified night watchmen IN
all the downtown and Brooklyn dls-
tricts, instructing them to stand py,
with fire hose ready, on the roofs OF
their own buildings. to extinguish any
.blaze started by flying spark As
tho morning progressed, hundreds OF
thousands of men and women, employ
"a in the hives of financial district
beean disgorging from subway, eleyat
"A ana surface lines. With curiosity
gone mad they tried to force theiI
wav through the fire lines. though
tumbling walls were falling about then
and great masses of granite and mar
bIe were crashing onto the street
More than thousand policemen. witt
f,ra lines drawn taut. fought then
hack for the danger was great, anf
once that army broke through ant
penetrated to the fire zone. the los'
Of life would have been great
scores Of buildings in the immedl
ets vicinity Of the fire were ordered
closed by the policemen and ilreme'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
Famous LAWYERS, Club.

Buildings in the immediate vicinity
and adjoining the Equitable among
others are: The two Trinity buildings;
the Mutual Life building; the New
York Clearing house and the Chase
National bank.
The famous Lawyers club occupied
a floor of the building and IT. is
feared it's wonderful library, of SO
great and intrinsic value that it is not
believed it can be replaced, has been
totally destroyed.
All the records of the Equitable
Life are believed to have been destroy
ed, entailing a loss that may be stag
gering in it's greatness. Nothing was
known at this hour as to the fate o.
the vaults of the Equitable Trus
company. in the Pine street side o.
the building, or of the Mercantile
Trust company, in the Broadway side
At 500 1t was rumored that severa
employees in restaurant on thu
eighth floor of the building may have
lost their lives.
The Equitable building is one of tn,
largest in the world, in point of area
covering the entire block bounded b,
broadway, Cedar, Pine and Nassau
streets, in the very heart OF the grea
financial and skyscraper district.
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The Rescue Of GibIin.


dent of the Mercantile Safe Deposit
Co., with offices in the reimbursement
at the northwest corner of the build
ing was spectacular Notified at his
home of the fire Giblin rushed to the
scene to superintend the removal of
valuable securities, worth many mil
lion dollars. Three times he was
driven back from the building by
firemen, but each time he returned to
save the papers of his customers.
The fourth time he failed to reappear,
and for an hour was given up for
dead.
Then firemen, digging through the
fallen debris along Broadway, saw
Giblin's face pressed against the bar.
red window of the vault, which rises
| two feet above the level of the side
walk. William Sheehan, special
policeman, was with him, as was John
/ Campeon, captain" of the night watch
men, who had entered with Giblin tc
assist in salyaging the securities
Falling floors had cut off their egress
from the rear and they were pennec
in the vault, steel bars between then
and the sidewalk.
There was only one way the mer
] might be saved through the grea
steel bars that kept burglars ava!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
The First Reports.

+ NEW YORK, Jan. 8 - Fire which
started at 500 this morning, totally
destroyed the immense eight and
twelve story building OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, Twelfth and
Broadway, entailing loss early re-
ported by fire underwriters to be
SEC. 100000. The building itself was
valued at $7,O00,000. 1t is total
wreck Fire brands, swept by the
high winds, are being scattered all
over the downtown district and a
grave conflagration is feared The
| fire is in the heart Of the lower
! Broadway skyscraper district.
| Seven or ten men are believed to
have been killed, their bodies buried
in the debris of the immense fire
proof" structure
Shortly after the fire got undel
headway, four porters We're seen, II
the glare Of the blaze, to leap from
fifth story window. Tons of debris
fell Immediately upon the spot wher'
4 their bodies landed. Firemen hay'
not been able to approach the scene
but there seemed little doubt that tn
men were instantly killed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
|AE[SIROM Of TIRE laps Up
! BIC BUILDING EARLY THIS MORNING

and thousands of men and women, de-
MED access to their places of busi-
ness, poured to the fire. trying by
every known method to get inside the
fire lines. Time and again mounted
policemen were compelled to charge
through the crowds and drive them
back.
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Building Cost $1,000, 600.

1t was eight stories tall on the Pine
street side, while 1t lowered twelve
stories on the Nassau street side,
housing the entire home offices of the
Equitable together with offices of at
torneys, insurance brokers, trust COM
panies and brokers.
The building was supposed to be of
fire proof construction, and was
declared to be one Of the most mas
sive In the lower Broadway region. 1,
was of steel, granite and marble, ano
its original cost is said to have ex,
ceeded $7000,00O,
Among other offices in the building
in addition to those Of the Equitable
were those of the Union Pacific rail
road, Kountz Brothers and company
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Roasted or Drowned.
During the frightful heat Of the
blaze, a fireman emerged from the
building and told the fire chiefs that
three of his companions, driven by
the heat from the sixth floor, had
retreated into empty fireproof vaults
in the basement of the building and
had taken refuge there. The doors
were clogged by tons of debris. Al
though great marble blocks fell about
them, a hundred volunteer firemen
poured tons Of water in the vaults
while others with axes and crowbars,
dashed in and out among the falling
debris, trying to chop out the men.
At o'clock, fireman emerging
from the structure, declared the
vaults were half full of water, threat
ening to drown the imprisoned men
but that 1t was necessary to keer
pouring in water to keep the heat
| from suffocating them. He expressed
| little hope that the three men would
be saved. but the volunteers kept al
their heroic task, facing death every
second.
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.
tons OF water that had seeped through
cracks in the building were freezing, !
shaking and throwing down the walls
as though by high explosives.
Started in Basement.
The fire was discovered i'll the
basement, near the engine rooms OF
the building, at the corner of Nassau
and Pine streets. Sucked up through
huge air shafts, the flames spread
like lightning and before the firt fire.
man arrived from six blocks away,
the entire building was burning fierce
ly, every floor being on fire, with
flames shooting from hundreds OF
windows on all four sides Of the mann
moth structure.
Then began the task of fighting the
most spectacular and destructive hre
New York has ever witnessed. Three
sides of the building were bounded
| by streets that elsewhere would be
called alleys. Rising on all sides were
| immense skyscrapers, forming great
canyons, with walls of granite and
marble. Even If they stood with their
backs against the buildings on the
opposite sides Of these streets, the. fire.
men had to approach within thirty feet
of the inferno that ragged about them.
i Alarms followed alarms. until three
thousand firemen were fighting-an!d
4 suffering. A sudden drop IN the
ltemperature caused the water to freeze
as it left the hose. Descending mist
i and steam fell upon the firemen ana
4 froze. Great pieces of marble ana
granite, d;slodged by the heat and
I the force of the high pressure
water, fell about them in the narrow
streets. Flames rose and biiloWed
. hundreds of feet in the air, outlining
. surrounding skyscrapers in frame
of red 1t seemed a living inferno
the bursting of volcano In The
depths of some great chasm that was
made by man instead of by nature
, Firemen suffered from heat ano
slcold. heat from the blazing structure
t land cold from the bitter water thai
r froze about them But it is to thu
credit of the smoke eaters that the9
!. never wayered. They stood to theeil
t tasks and suffered, fighting back th'
E maelstrom Of flames that, once out o
a their power, would have swept through
d the heart OF New York like a thint
4 possessed. And though they suffered
they won
Curiosity Gone Mad.
/. A high wind, that Appropriated
come sweenine through from tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09

from the basement windows which
lighted the vaults.
The building was pyramid of
flames. Fire Commissioner Joseph
Johnson jumped forward. Regardless
of personal danger, he bent over the
grated window and saw tie agonized
face of Giblin between the bars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09

building, in the financial district.
When in the late morning the subway,
surface and elevated lines began dis
gorging this huge army in the vicinity
of the fire, it became necessary to
call out the police reserves from all
the downtown districts and tighten
the police lines to the point of military
severity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09
,:reat Blaze in the Heart Of New York's Skyscrap
q District, When Mammoth Equitable Fire
Proof Building Burns Like Shavings
EVERAL LIVES WERE LOST DURING FIRE
Eyery Bit Of Apparatus Was Called Out for First
Time in the History Of Metropolis to Fight
Gigantic Conflagration

and thousands of spectators for the
tons OF water that had seeped through
cracks in the building were freezing
shaking and throwing down the wall:
as though by high explosives.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
INJURED
Is a Farmer on Crossing of the
Railroad Track.

KEYsBR, w. va, Mar. s.
W. HI Baba, farmer, was serious
ly injured and his wagon wrecked
by section of Baltimore and Ohio
fast freight No. 81, at one of the
main crossings in Keyser. The team
was only slightly bruised. The
speedomcter showed that the train
was making over fifty miles an hour
and the team came onto the track
from behind buildings SO that the
engineer did not see the wagon I'M
til he was only a few feet away.
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MORE FIeH.T
BY Nicholas soyer Chef Of Brooks
er,1, Club, london,

BY Nicholas soyer, Chef Of Brooks
Club, London. s
Sole 5oursuiaone: Thoroughly but.
ter a bag, place inside a well trimmed
sole or founder, add three small peel
ed uncut onions, a bouquet 'garni and
glass of claret. Mix a large tea
spoonful OF flour with an ounce Of
butter, place this mixture ON the sole,
seal up the bag and cook for twenty
minutes in hot oven.
Sole or Founder or Cod, a la Com
tesse: Grease bag thIckly. Take
six or eight fillets of soles, dust them
lightly with salt and white pepper
and squeeze a little lemon juice over
each fillet. Put them in bag and
add to them an ounce Of finely minced
mushrooms, half heaped large tea
spoonful of finely minced shallot or
chives, a heaped large teaspoonfu1 of
minced parsley and a heaped dessert
spoonful of freshly fried breadcrumbs,
all mixed together. Add also half a
wineglassful Of sherry mixed with the
samo amount Of either good fish
stock or ordinary stock. Close the
bag and cook in a moderately hot
oven for eighteen to twenty minutes.
Dish up. Pour the liquor and herbs,
ETC., over the fish and send to table
at once.
To make the fish stock, put tho
bones and trimmings from the fish In
a clean small stewpan with a gill Of
water and a bit Of turnip, carrot,
onion and celery, all first well washed
and sliced, and simmer nfteen MN
utes. Strain on and use.
whitehall: Clean and dry one pound,
whitehall and roll in -four. Melt one
ounce Of butter, season with little
cayenne pepper, a finely chopped
shallot, and a tablespoonful OF vine
gar. Sprinkle fish with this mixture,
seal in a well buttered bag and cook
for five minutes In a very hot oven.
copyright, 1911, by sturgis & Walton
Company
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
SOCIAL
ME Great Gossip

+ E
The presentation Of .The Great
Gossip" BY Nine Labadle Friday
leveniag n the Hoffman hall is Of
dual interest to the drama loving
public IN that the first appearance
IN this city Of an artist who is res
puted by Critics to be anequalled
as dramatic interpreter of the
modern classics, viii bring into
.prominenes the supreme dramatic
reinforcement of Jose Echegaray.
This author is comparatively un-
known, in America, but his name Isl
unseparable linked with the open.
ing Of the new epoch in The history.
Of the Spanish stage 1t was at
period when the drama had sunk
,intoaa decadence before unknown
that non Jose Eehegaray, the scien-
list and politician, upon whom King
Alfonso has since conferred the or
der of the Golden Fleece, first ap-
peared in the new light of drama
fist, reviving the romantic tradI-
itions of the Spanish stage, peopling
1t again with noble and heroic fig
ures, in whom, however, ,the chiy-.
alric spirit of the Middle ages Is
strngely Joined to the casuistic MOD
ern conscience. This results
doubtless. from the mental constis
tuition Of the dramatist. in whom the
analytic and imaginative faculties
are united IN marked degree.
Author of more than fifty plays,
in verse and prose, his lei Gram
Galeoto". marks the point in his ca
reer when he attained his greatest
fame In this drama of thrilling
interest the principal parsonage, the
great Galeoto, never appears upon
the scene and yet he is the one who
animates 1t with life, who creates
the situations nd who precipitates
the catastrophe.
In the English version of Cos
sip" much of the sublety of the
original is lost, but in her presenta-
ton of the play in the form of a
dramatic Interpretation, Nine. La
babe, succeeds in bringing our
clearly the authors intention. The
moving spirit of the play, malevolent
insiduous, omnipresent,-he who fiji
tiers slowly; but reIentlessly into the
soul the sure poison of suspicionI
and evil thinkihg-is shown not as a
person but as a thing-a thing with
a thousand tongues, whose deadliest
weapons are a. meaning smile an up
lifted eyebrow, a curious look, a
dubious nod, forked sentence.
Such a work lends itself readily
to dramatic Interpretation by ID
single artist.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
Daughters to Meet.

The March meeting of the Daniel
DAWSON chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will be
held at 8 o'clock next Monday after
noon in the home of Mrs, Bland
Brannon. Interesting papers on "The
Battle .of Bunker 'HIl1,"' and signlf-
icance of the Battle and Its Moral
Effects will be reid and discussed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
Union VIII Meet

The stealey Heights Woman's
Christian Endeayor Union will meet
in the Dun street United Brethren
church "Wednesday afternoon at
n 30 o,slock instead gofg q O'Clock.
There vlli be a short business ses--
SION and Their the union will go to
"a Morgan school to hold short
chaeel exercises All the members
gre urged to be present. F
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05

B, $. wooden, of webster Springs
Is. a.-Waldo guest .s.ss..
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Good Rehearsal.

"A most successful and enthusiastic
rehearsal of The Ross Maiden" was
held Monday evening in the barior Of
the First Presbyterian church. The
chorus work was well handled and
gave great satisfaction to Miss Helen
Boardman, who is In charge. Several
new parts were rehearsed. Quite a
number were in attendance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
Wolf summit wedding.

The marriage Of Mr. Thomas e.
Williahs, OF this city, and Miss Mar
garet stroup was solemnized at q
O'clock Tuesday morning at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. P. G, stroup at Wolf
Summit, parents Of the bride, Ths
Rev: Lewis E.. Peters performed the
ceremony
Mr.. Williams is a son Of Jehu VIII
liams, or Bridgeport, and an excellent
young man in the employ Of B. A.
Mann as an oil wen drllIer. His
bride Is popular young lady. They
wHT reside here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
Eastern Star Dance.

A social dance will be given by
the Queen Esther chapter order OF
the Eastern Star. Thursday evening
in Hoffman Rdll.a9eA fine y PROGRAM
Of dance music viii BE- played BY the
cadenza orchestra" The COMMITTEES
in charge of tie dance VIII include
Messrs. H. D. Godfrey, j. III. Bailey,
George P, Linger and B. H. Post.
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Kings Daughters Meet.

An interesting meeting Of the Kings
Daughters circle was held this after
noon in the parlors OF the First Meth
lodist Episcopal church: Quite num-
Der of members were present and
business of the circle was discussed
and arranged.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05

and scnIptors and Some az TheIr
Works ana by.lrs George Leather
burg on Th sdsa6ee 81 Natural
Science 81 Amer cans were read ana
enjoyed ~ ne members 81 TIE Tuss
day Literary club tits afternoon.
which met IN the hespitabie home d
Mrs. John j. Davis. The federation
topic, Progress in the Enforcement
Of the Pure Food and Drug Laws,,'
was infinitely and inteltigently dis
cursed BY Mrs. Harry 3. Curtin.
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Program at shinnston.

What is known as the Normal
Concert Party will render the fol-
lowing program in the Methodist
Episcopal church at Shlnnston We'd
nesday night.
Miss Nellie Casseday, reader; Mr..
Aubrey w. Martin, baritone, accom-
panists, Misses N Cox and Maude
Bailey
March-"The Wedding Feast j..
...... ....... 49,. Taylor
Normal Orchestra
Quartet-"speed On" :.
-. ...... Roecekel-MarshaIl
Normal Quartet and orchestra.
Miss Casseday
Vocal sOlo-"The Bandolero" :.
...... -. .......... Stuart
Mr.. Martin.
1dyle-" Smiles and Cdresses" :.
Normal Orchestra.
Quartet Sleeping, Why Now
sleeping?" ........... Browne
Normal Quartet.
Vocal solo-"clang of the Forge"
...... ...... ...... Rodney
Mr. Martin.
Violin ANGELS serenade"
........ ......! $50. Braga
Mr.. Alloys B. stenger..
Duet-"oh, Vert Thou in the
cauld Blast" 80. Mendelssohn
Miss casseday and Mr.. Martin.
Quartet-"Fair Shines the Moon
Tonight -Rigoletto. -. Verdi
Normal Quartet.
Vocal solo-''Blow. Blow, Thou
Winter Wind" ....... Sergeant
Mr.. Martin.
March-"The Favorite" :. McFall
Normal Orchestra.
Tuesday Club Session.
Well written papers by Mrs. j.
Carl Vance an American Painters
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Mrs. Peters l0iN serOe at Refieshnent Table