The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-20
.FIREMEN'S GOOD WORK
SAVES MANY HOMES
High Wind Makes Battle With
Flames Very Hard.

Marrjstown's firemen had another
hattie To fight in the cold, this time
aarlv sunday morning when fire was
discovered in the house, No. Is early
street owned and occupied by Mrs
Henry Walter. The house was dam
aoad nv fire. smoke and water to the
aytent Of 81 500. The blaze was dis
covered at two-thirty and when the
firemen arrived the kitchen was d
mass of flames.
Driver William Ridge, of Resolnee
Hook and Ladder company, was ene
first TO arrive, with the auto nook
and ladder truck, and with an extln-
gi,isher he attacked the flames. He
found the kitchen door wide open IN
stead of locked as he had expecteu.
Mrs walter. her sister and a
boarder. Nathan Glass, occupy the
house and all went away Saturday TO
snend the weekend in the CITY II
was not until the firemen had ran
sacked the smoke-filled rooms look
ing for the occupants OF the pidoe
that this was discovered. -
Herman Rosen, who attempted TO
enter a second story window from a
ladder. was driven back by the neat
ladened smoke and severely cut ms
left hand on the window glass. Inc
firemen kept the fire confined TO
the kitchen of the house but had 10
use considerable water in doing II
and the furnishings of the lower flooI
were drenched and the paint and var
nish ruined by the smoke and heat.
Two powerful streams from the Hu
names, auto pumping engine aided by
hydrant streams, were used to good
advantage in keeping the fire IN
check. The high wind made the
battle a hard one for the fremen but
the yamps won, otherwise the IRE
might have resulted in a confiagra-
ton for if it had got outside the wal
ter house the houses on either slde
would surely have caught fire.
A chimney fire ,pt the residence
of Charles e. Davis, No. 3S Water
street. Saturday night was extln-
guished by Driver Ridge, of Resolute
Hook and Ladder company, with
chemical extinguisher.
Just before six o'clock the automo-
bile chemical engine was called to
the Michael Sullivan house, No. 53
Madison street, and a chimney IRE
extinguished and, incidentally, the
chimney cleaned.
About eight O'Clock word was re-
ceiyed that a frame house in the
rear of No. 80 Flagler street owned
and occupied by Mrs Funzina Zarra
was afire. The auto truck and the
auto chemical responded to the alarm
and the firemen found a blaze on
the outside of the house. Chief Lay
had the fire soon under control ana
pronounced it out after a sharp battle
A general alarm just before mid
night brought the entire department
to the scene of the Zarra. fire. Dur
ing the first fire there Mrs. Zarra
and her son, Patsy, were at the Pal
ace theatre but when the second one
was discovered they were preparing
for bed. Chief Day is of the opinion
that the blazes were both of incen-
diary origin.
When the firemen got to the scene
they found the interior of the first
floor in flames Chemical engine
streams and streams from the truck S
big extinguishers kept the blaze un-
der control until the water was ready.
Humane's pumping engine connected
with hydrant on Speedwell avenue
and line was run across the CRU
pelli property to the fire but the
firemen experienced difficulty with
opening the hydIant and they had to
move to another hydrant at the top
of Flagler street hill to which the
First Wards had a line attached. The
First Warders were connected with
the pumping engine and two engine
streams were put to work seconded
by hydrant streams manned by Wash
Ington Engine company.
1t did not take the firemen long to
subdue the blaze but the men suf-
fered terribly from the cold. Many
ears were frost-bitten, toes and fin
gers also suffering. Joseph Pangborn
of Washington Engine, was overcome
by the cold and smoke and was
worked over by DR.. r. Ralston
Reed, Assistant Chief Sharrette, Fred
Day, Stephen France, Augustus
Wright, Eugene O'Neil, Edward Ducey
Thomas Markey and William Robshaw
were among those who suffered froz-
en- ears or fingers.
While the fire WAS at its height
water poured across the yard and in
to the rear of the brick building
fronting ON the street. The first
floor, occupied by r. Gurevitz, was
flooded. In a rear room were Mrs.
Gurevitz and five young children.
Their plight was discos cred by Louis
Gurevitz and his cries for help brough
several of the fire wardens and mem
bers of other companies and the wo-
man and children were carried out
and into nearby house.
With the aid of their automobile
chemical engine members of Inde-
pendent Hose company extinguished
a chimney fire at the residence of Jo-
seph G. Savage, No 3 Morris avenue,
on Wednesday evening.