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

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,in,b s,roc, and FROM E-ooLIvp ,au mn
,rcc.dentod thing, were massod and or-
pnr I'd for A ,crrifc fight They faced
cold tla, hif To- the bone Their racc-
were cut hv ,co whrlod iu The gale Th,y
toiled with scarce elbow room in narrow
streets wn.rr water fro2o ~ 1T tell and
where ice was rilad in rouuh hu,nm.rka
a foot high. LADDER, s..rt"I ana ,anr
crashing down Water iD,"f- a'alIrd
and we're ccmout"d solidly il tu" gilp ot
ice.
From tho corniCos nd ledge. - th'
Equitable buildings arca' stones. cri "'icd
loose hy srr,if" h"?t gAG 'rrn'jr- w,'"r
rci, const,rtlv. IA, men gtur, for ~"
rca-r Of ,hc 20 ~ .. ruilduc :hJ. WJt
I,itch dlrs -a,e whore ia" nl.u,., throw
nr,d aplr -he4 or .pi .rd vollu,v FLOORS
cove wcy w.,n iii" warning. Nanjo
t-slici thick & rough ti'a corridor. .:d
overpowernd moi. w'n 'I'u t. hc drFCg"d
20 safety hv comrades wcIjonrd Ivy
hours of struggling. That thcrr was not
greater los, % life ,ur r1ri.pd oven chief
kerlor. The victory no won IN his ,!r>,
big icb ma<rs ouc or lnn Hrcet ChnNi"r,
IN the Now Nor, Five De,8r' 'ncnt hoo,
of fno exploits
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po,,.,, ,or,rsn,. b.,,v,ap IA, ,r,n bnu,
ri the gate Of ;hc Broadway entrance
-,
.,,nscn ground floor two steps down from.
the Broadwav ,dewslk attracted thu
attention oy 4, ~ernr;er who was stanGinr
with tho Rev Father MCGcgn, a Chaplatn
cr the Fire nnrar.tner;. acros. the street
from The burning building.
There's somebody alive oyo~ thrr" IN
the ba>ament floor fa:her. the Reporter
SAID fT'to. NcC,can had heard no
cries .ro-' iro basement aoor hut h" had
,een hecr!nE giosnS from GoarS Gbovc.
He and Chief konlou ian ..rcsS through
the smck" and sur,.v t.Cc;hc,. The
stone lin elS oy or doorwGys wero crc> h
ing ia the ,treet all Ground III" grill worr
openias Already the dark opening wa
hegin;,nC TO I've cramcd with ~ thci pic
t,ire fr.me ~ .c.. hn'. for ba"ltground
was : dull glare as tn" ilrr a. outward
towgrd y mere he pres dent oC Ia. co;u-
vcny crouched against III" locked grating
beside Watchman William Campion. who
WAS dnrd, and Natrhn.,n william Shochan,
who>" .Sh, arm waa pinned against the
dea q man hy n" 'yii'n ceiling tiEh""s
tina h.d killed Campioa.
rt;RLr urx SAWED Ar ruF Srrrt. BARS
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obev,d orders and saved pre.,d.u, Gin.
l,, a,,L Sh.oh,, V-h.r r,,h.r Nic,oor
had hoard ,r lnb,,u,. conrcs.ioo and Ind
bso, ,,,Ic,l ouav from the grill hy Acttpr
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,sr,a ~, Win ,yo bacI,soN. vbic,, h,,
had found at il5 Broadway Pee; started
N VITA on. of the saws on the bars Of the
door and dropu q th" other President
Gih!n reached through the bare and 60;
hold of this -Gw and starred 10 try to help
Peck cut the inc! and ou"-half hag~ MIR
Gihln worked for ton minutes or until
the falling water had 40 chilled his hands
that he had 10 drop the saw. Peck saw
brcho
There was wal, Of fifteen minutes While
no one came n"a~ IA" iron door whsI" ~"
dead man stood frozen to the bars and
the president of tho company and Watch
man Sheehan called ON God for help
Then Fireman jim Dunn Of Engine 9
Jumped mp to n" grating jim Dunn had
a saw and started ~ to cut The bars
somebody. a superior oaiocr at any
rate ran up - Dunn through tn" fall
,ng spray and ordered Dunn 10 get away
from IA. ace Of the building where now
1ug chunks Of stone w"r" smashing down
more Frequently
-rh-Sa ,wo fellows are alive" yelled
Dunn % his caief I'm going o saw them
uut
>'dE 'h"h. N"" 100 'r''" III" 'i'le'
anu gov ou' "' idhS'o' INV '"i''' S''h'S
JIM ., M FINISHEp HE loB
For long Time then Sheehan saws
i, seemed abuu, an hour. but IT probably
was much les jim Dunn sawed away.
While he was worklng Commissioner
John ,on personally dressed that a stream
I've sent in through trn grating Ia keen
hack the tire, which waG creeping street
ward toward whore Giolin aud Sncshan
stood now too cold lui weak To help.
Tie stream struck Gil I'm and for an instant
rua, ,ed him back iorcibv agaiusi the
dihris that held him Close to the door
And drrug he rest Of ,hc timo the drc-
man VS. -lwing he bars ihe sin spray
al;ornatel-- was hitting Dunn and (ihllr