The evening world., 1912-01-17
Whole Waterfront Threatened
as Terminal Storage Building
Is Damaged $4,000.
MANY NARROW SCAPE
Twenty-Five Engines, s Fire
boats and 5 Truck Com.
panies Fought Flames.

1yrsmen Ia one of me most punish
ting battles In months during n Ave
alarm blaze IN the big seven-story fire.
Dfoof building Of the Terminal Storage
Wasshouse n Bonding Company IN
ere block bounded by -Twenty-seventh
"a Twenty-elghth streets and Twelfth
anA Thirteen avenues early to-day.
Two OF them are In tho hospital ana
ssoess Of others are suffering from ex-
posure and minor injuries. The est.
OoAsd damage to the building Is $50 90.
and for . time the whole water front
wAs In danger.
sAch section being divided by nroproof
WaiIs. Railroad tracks run through the
eenuc from Twelfth TO Thirteenth ave.
nues. One section Is occupied by John
wanamakcr & Co and another by Gin
~ Brothers. and both were filled with
furniture packed In excelsior and bnrl,p.
Timothy Morgan. a Waterman. dlrcov-
Arad the nre on the third floor OF the
southwes corner on the T~wcnty-sevcnth
OtTOtt HNu a'put L " IibNh ll4N morning
and notified Policemen Lynch nnd Shu.
bart of the West Thirty-sevcnth street
station. This part " the building II
occupied by Wanamaker.
After the arrival Of Fire CHIEF Ken.
Son and his assistants and nvo alarms
had bect sent In, twenty-five engines.
nve fio boats ana fvo truck companies
were engaged In nghting the flames.
IRON shUTTERs MADE IT Diff.
4. CULT TO GET At FIRE.
The nremcn had a difficult time reach.
Ing the IRE because of the iron fire
proof shutters. The blaze soon spread
BY way OF tho roof 10 the seventh
eoer of the other quarter occupied by
0imbei Brothers on tho Twcn,y-cight1
street end. This section also was nilcd
With iniammablc material. and the nrc
dropped through the elevators 60 the
elAth and NTH iioors. ana iinaiiy to
the ground.
The water towers were put IN use and
the hreboAts Duane. willc,t. New York.
Or. Strong and Hewitt, ala good work
under difncuities. They could hardly
KEGS their positions because of tile Ice
In tho river.
A stiff southeast. wind was blowing.
ana Il was feared the brands would be
carried TO the piers Of tho Panama
Steamship and Railway Company and
b Lth!gh Valley. Chief Kcnion sta
Toned nfeInen on the piers 90 protect
titan and also TO the south In Twenty
seventh street to prevent freight In the
Lehigh Valley yard from catching IRE.
SPECTACULAR FIGHT FOR LIFE
ON A ROOF.
this time %fireinen were on the
roofs Of the sections OF building not
touched by the fire. pouring water
over into tho Wanamakcr section. the
roof OF which had fallen. II was there
that the ircmen suffered most. and
nAa two OF them had as spectacular "A
aght for lie A. any some Of the oldest
N recall.
0SAney OF Engine Company No. 2 had a
Ne OF hose with a tremendous pres
sure on the east end OF the building at
Twenty-secenth street.
Tho spray from tho powerful stream
concealed into ice tho minute Il hit the
roof. the ircmen. bufreted about by
. wind that cut through their heavy
SsetAing like a knife. could hardly hold
shs nozzle because of their numbness.
suddenly the line got away from them
, began shaking around the roof
Tha RENE tried TO dodge the wrlthing
OSsdgson. but tho i~ce-coated roof pre-.
vented their getting a foothold and they
supped time and again as the nozzle
wh'r'cd around n struck them ana
the water drenched them and coated
them with quickly forming ice.
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS By
HoSE BEYOND CONTROL.
Finally Capt. Comfy Of Truck No. &
90 some OF his mon succeeded In cap.
eurhs the hose. Brennan and Blancy
we're unconscious by this time n were
hurried 10 the ground. where DR.. Archer
q the Fire Department attended them.
1esona was suffering from many con.
tusiens and the exposure and Blame,