The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-10
E1REMEN RESCUED
from RIVER WHEN
m Y. c. PIER BURNS.
lHdght Train on Eleventh Ave-
nue. Blocks the Fire Fight
ers' Efforts.
nkAMLY IN GREAT PERIL.
Barge Captain, Wife and Chill
dren Overcome by Smoke,
u Carried to Safety.
nkhAaLY IN GREAT PERIL.

a long, cumbersome freight train on
~ Eleventh avenue tracks Of the New
York Central Railroad prevented nre
appartus from getting to the trans
ler bridge Of the Central lines at
- foot of West Twenty-third street for
dftsen minutes to-day. and as a result
Of this delay what might otherwise
have been a trlfiing blaze waxed into a
flll-grown three-alarm fire that re-
CURED the services OF all the city fire.
boats on the North river front. beside
tAs New York Centrars fleet Of seven
0Ss-fghtinx tugs.
The FIRE was discovered shortly after
II O'Clock by Frank Walsh. bridge ten
der. and Foreman Donohue. and a. near
- they could determine It was caused
BY sparks from the stack of an engine
which had run out on the transfer
bridge to be loaded on q barge. This
transfer bridge Is more In the nature
af q ferry slip than q bridge. The
barges upon which engines and cars are
lsrrtsd over the river are run into It..
~ the time the fire broke out the
bridge contained two trains Of cars and
four barges.
The hrst battalion OF IRE apparatus.
accompanied by q hospital ambulance,
had 70 walt a quarter OF an hour on the
east side OF Eleventh avenue while a
kaight train trundled past, although all
lhs time the frantic nremen could see
~ apaylks and danes from the burning
Uck whirling higher. Deputy Chief
Martin. who followed them. sent In the
DID alarm. which brought Chief Ken
N. WAo toek personal charge.
0ANo9e WERE SURROUNDED
~ FLAMES.
- econ - the companies could ret
q The vstr 'front.' thsy bent their ef-
1Dkts On che sa1vaSe Of tho basgss
witch wore IN tho s,tp and which had
6ptesu badly scorchsd ~ this time.
QSsounded - they we're by flames.
1Nh The ssslstanos Of the crsws Of
tie nreboats tho bargss wsre hauled
a. and the hose hnes were then con-
oantrated on the pier itsslf. with q view
a keeping the IRE from spreading to
the surrounding piers. At tho height
OF the excitement four fremen were
thrown into the water by the col
lapse Of part of the bridge. but they
were all rescued by the crew OF the
fireboat New Yorker. which. with the
James Duane and Thomas Willett. had
steamed up to help the railroad COM
pany's private fleet.
Despite the efforts OF the fire hghtinS
forces. the flames caught hold OF the
adjoining York Central Pier. No.
rs, at the foot OF Thirty-fourth street. a
freight shed. where considerable guam
titles OF oil were stored. And from
Pier 70 they rapidly leaped toward Pier
rs, belonging to the Italian line. For
tunately. there were no vessels Of the
line In port. but four scows belonging
10 the municipal government were towed
out Of danger by tugs while the Pier
superintendent, Capt, Disimone, got his
men In hand, laid down hose lines. put
gangs on the roof and kept both roofs
and walls OF the structure wet to pre-
vent them catching fire from the hail OF
sparks that drifted over from the adj
Joining New York Central piers.
BARGE MANS FAMILY uNcoN-
SClOUs.
While the property involved did not
figure much above 100000 in value. the
FIRE was a highly spectacular one and
dangerous for the itrenen.
Shortly after the tre started II was
discovered that the New York Central
barge Ludlow. aboard which were Capt.
1T ,afif a
their two children, Mary. aged ton. and
Irene, aged nine, was in pocket adj
Joining the main pier 70. Lieut.. John
Heenan and Fireman MerrIk got onto
the LUDLOW and g"oped through the
thick smoke walsh hung over II 20 ne
shore end OF the barge where they found
the captain and his family, all OF whom
had been overcome.
The two french contrlved TO drag The
four unconscious forms to the stern,
whsra they passed tIem TO the freboat
Duane, aboard which craft the Delks
were revived,
The fire rCl M business in the entire
district adJoining tHlt part Il the water
front Ere enEinCs Gll amhdlances
were crowded for several blocks N
Thirty-fourth street, and men worked
Ike beavers on the nearby piers for some
distance IN each direction spraVinG
water on the roofs and removing goods
beyond the bulkhend line H. G. Cul-
kins, assistant engineer 81 the Depart
ment OF Docks, sent hllf dozen OF hlf
inspectors to wato" the threatenr'
docks. -. traf'c over the Central :
Eleventh avenue tracks was suspended
after the passage OF tho long train which
caused the initial delay In getting to tie
Are, Sergt. D1nohue Of the Wes'
Thirty-severth street station had jnm7ed
into the engineers cab and forced MIR
10 haul out OF the way OF the vaitlnH
engines.
THOMAS A. BRENNAN I'LL.