The sun., 1912-07-20
CRESCENT CLUBS FIRE
MAKES MEMBERS WORK
Intimate Apparel Thrown out
Windows. I.ittcring
Up Lawn.
TROl SERS on THE TREES
After Twas All Over the EX-
cited Ones Had to Move
In Again.

IIte IN the resvent Athletic clubs cuuf-
Try house at Bay Ridge yesterday morning
caused slight damng" To the house but
furnished diversion for the members The
clubhouse occupies q site among the trees
and shrubs on the shore road at the foot
of Eighty NTH street u Is u big. pctur-
esdue, shingled building and the upper
floors are bedrooms. which AZ this season
are occupied by members who have to
spend the summer in the city. On the south
end Is porte cocherc and on the south and
west sides of the house are wide piazzas
II was about O'Clock when Guido Barizai.
the night watchman. who was making his
rounds smeled smoke Bari2zi was then
on the top floor and being satisfied that
the smoke was not one Of George Stebbins's
cigars he began TO investigate Following
the trail he reached the south end of the
piazza and then was sure that the smoke was
coming from n fire In tho basement. The
basement at that end of the house Is used
for the storage of coal When Barizai opened
the door of the coal section he was almost
Knocked down by the smoke which poured
out.
He slammed the door shut again and
quickly rang the fire alarm This alarm
rings gongs on each floor Of the house and
at the same time gives the signal to hre
headquarters.
Being fearful that the alarm gongs would
not disturb some members Watchman
Barizzi went TO every room and pounded
on the door until the occupant got mp.
Charles " Bull. better known in the club
rs Pop. who has held the Office of president
more times than can be counted was dream
ing peacefully OF "a0-loye" when the alarm
di.t1rbed his tennis H. and looking out Of his
donned clothes and went downstairs.
George 7. Stebbins. who loves to work.
sleeps in room over the porte cochere
and he too HOt ont when ne the sIpnkA
Bill t.illesby. ex-Depnty Police ,'ommis-
sioner \; X. Boerum and George Hichborn
in his room With A. u Byrne. who was
clad in pajamas. they at once got the club $
They rolled out the hose. Stebhins at the
nozzle and were lust attaching il 10 the
real 'f remem e arrived M % and '' the I "Iib msm wm
hers reluctantly retired while the flrernen
got to work. |
from a crude oil fire and II had gone all |
through the house. The iremen broke |
in a window under the piazza and smashed !!
n hole through the dining room floor and |
soon started 70 drown out the blaze. They |
were successful.
In the meantime the hfty other odd
and a shower of all sorts of articles were
thrown ou'. some landing on the trees.
reaching the lnwn. Members in their
excitement throw out their shaving glasses
and then carried down their tennis racket-
Still with Crescent men the rackets are
very valuable
Treasurer Harry Martin quickly hustled
al he could INTO q big trunk and with almos,
dumped il out strange TO say the trunk
was not broken Two big bags followed
fhe trunk and then Martin quietly walked
Col. J. Wriy Cleveland, secretary of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
not forgetting n box Of cigars. and holding
'he four corners of the sheet together he
shonldeIed the load and foiled down the
efdir-. nnallY depositing his load on the
lawn
lack HaIlock, crack shot and all around
SUITS Of clothes and when he reached the
lawn il Was noticed that hc had brought the
coat and trousers hangers with the clothes
Hallock did no, wish to disturb the creas-s
tie was seen carefully hanging his many
garments on n the low.r limbs of ,hSe trees
lawn urdi-,,!rbed Buck Bass who has
ing of the fire engine bells and reached the
scene in tim" To witness 10" Emery doing
tight rope act
Emery put the coil OF rome which dec crates
each bedroom into practical u-c AID while
he was not an expert az rope climbing to
demonstrated that The rome. could he used
Tended and h,t the piazza with n bump
Then pulling himself together he remarked
Nell, III ollt anyway,
\ second aHlrm had been turned in and
moro engines arrived and Chief I.ally took
charge. Two flrebOH's moored At the end
of the dock one from the lin-h stores and
one from staten lslaud. They we're no,
used At 40 ociocl the fire "hici declared
the fire all out Tie sad it WIS caused by
spontaneous combustion in III" coal bins
and that the damage amounted to about
900. The engines withdrew, but two
nrcmen remained in case OF further trouble
The members in the cold gray dawn
looked around the front Of the house
brushes. toweIs slippers. hats. caps shay
ing utensils. IA iamas. golf suits. cigar
boxes. ha.S, shoes. pipes and! a hundred
and one odd things from mems rooms
Uttered the lawn
Those who had LEFT their belongings
~ 'h"ir rooms had the laugh on their club
'na'e> and shouted Nov imoy" bnoh,'
The Disturbed men slowly collected their
thihe> and carried them upstairs agan.
IN IN" boat hoiIIe on the opposite side
or the ROAD many moro IN embrrs we're
-lePilnH Nugh IL the peace of mind of
tr"s"nni man thri not one OF these was dis
'hrbed hN iho fire or the noise These
inember- ~'roll"d oN"r 10 brcakfa AZ the
usual 'itn" and wondered why Il pair OF
Wa hanging from branch Of
one Of the hlg maple trees They won
dered more when they learned Of the flre