The evening world., 1913-07-18

ing with his other hand to the belt OF
his companion. The second man grab
bed the girl as she was about to fail
and pulled her out OF the window.
He swung her out, nifty or more feet
above the sidewalk, and yanked her into
the room In the window Of which he
stood. There he and his companion tore
the girls clothing from her and beat
out the flames. She was unconscious
and they worked over her until Or.
Ivory arrived from New York Hospital.
The girl was the nrst hurried to that In
stitution. as her condition was dan
gerous
BOYS SAVE SCORE ON SINGLE
PLANK BRIDGE 100 FEET hioH.
Meantime. two boys In . building In
Twenty-first street which backed against
the burning building ran . ladder from
one OF the windows on the sixth floor to
the rear window of the loft building. On
this they laid q plank and over this
fiimsy> bridge they led to safety . score
or more Of terrified girls.
But this improvised bridge was OF
no avail to two boys who were trapped
In the front Of the sixth floor. Flames
were already sweeping up through the
middle OF the room and they were held
BY them at their posts at the front
window. where they stood yelling for
help Flames from the lower floor
swept by them each moment and the
heat which rose was 30 intense that
the boys could look out the window
only an instant at . time. long enough
to yell. and then dodge back out OF
the smoke and heat.
Capt. Callaghy OF Engine No. ! ana
Lieut.. Reed Of Truck No. II. the nrst
firemen to arrive, saw the danger OF the
boys, and Reed and his men ran an
eighty-five-foot ladder up to The sixth
floor. Flames. leaplng from the three
| stories beneath 1t. swept about the lad
der. and It was impossible to pass w
II until Callaghy and his men mounted
| with a line OF hose to the third moor Of
No. 1&3. There they directed a stream
which swept the ladder up and down,
keeping II yelled In a mist Of water
and through this torrent Reed and Fire.
men Frank Costello and Frank Malor
ran.
At times the men were out Of sight o
i
OF smoke enveloped them. There wer'
cheers when they reappeared and . wild
yell Of announcement when Costello
was seen to disappear through the win
| dow. lie reappeared q moment late
dragging the two boys whom he ha'
found half senseless further back In tn
room. He passed the boys out to Rec
and Mallon and the descent commenced
FiREMEN HEROES RESCUE sov
sTiFLED AND HALF DROWNED.
1t was really only q moment or tw
before the firemen had the boys on tn
street, but 1t seemed like hours to tn
watching crowds. for only for second
at q time were the rescuers and tn
rescued visible. Then they would pas
out OF sight IN q cloud OF smoke. or
burst Of flame from one Of the lowe
windows would sweep around the lad
der despite the stream Of water whic
Callaghy and his mon kept playing o
It. But finally they reached the street
half-stihed by smoke and haif-drowne
by the water which had poured owe
them. but the boys were safe.
4 second alarm was sent In whs
the hrst nremen to arrive saw this
they could not cope with the bl..ze. an
Il brought Chief Ksnlon. who ser
some Of his men to the rear Of II
building and others to the adjoinin
roofs. 1t was more than an hour. hov
} ever. before the Ore was under contro
and then II had burned out the four to
Z doors.
. The hremen kept the blaze fro
spreading. SIX hundred girls employs
. In No. 143 were marched out In
: fire drill. There was no panic amor
y them and they were kept IN perfe
q order. The lower floors OF the burn'
o building were vacant and all the dan
age was sustained by the Model Butte
? owners.