The evening world., 1914-05-28
FIRE IN T|FFANY'S
GA|NSASF|REMEN
BATTER At DOORS
Watchmen Delay in Admitting
Them and Smoke Fills
Big Jewelry Store.
THREATS BRING ACTION.
Steel Bars Come Down at
Sound of Hummelshine,
liar Case Downtown.
THREATS BRING ACTION.

A nsrcs blass In the basement Of
riRanyis. the great jswslry sstab-
lishtnent occupying . block on Fifth
avenue q Thirty seventh street. gave
Acting Battalion Chief sherlock some
worry when . Tiffany employee de-
laysd opening the steel doors on
ThIrty-ssvsnth street until after the
arsmsn had begun an assault upon
them With crowbars and sssdss ham,
msrs early to-day.
The IRE was discovered shortly
before O'clock. when the bAss-
mont Waterman rsportsd 10 others
In the building that Q thirty
foot concrete lined vault vas tilled
With flames from excelsior used Tor
packing. II II supposed detective
wiring caused The biass.
The wstchmsn. instead a turains
IN IN alarm. fought the nrs alone. At
last one Of their number. searched BY
the fast heating walls and ssarful
that the stores stock might bs dam.
agsd By smoke which was swirlins
through svsry floor. pulled an alarm
which brought out Capt. Cosmos
crew ON Truck No. ~ and Lieut..
Worthington with Engine No. 6.
or1gI 0ooRo FOUND LOCKED
AND BARRED.
When the fireman arrived they
found that the steel double doors on
the Thirty.ssvsnth street side were
closed and looked. Capt. Cosins
banged away until Q man insids
shouted that he wa trytng 70 set
the door open.
-opsa Il nowi" osdsrsd The ire
man.
AN risht: wait minuts.. vas thu
Response. O.
They walled I'VE minutes ana aGHau
ordered ths door opened. While the
truck and engine crews wsrS waiting.
Battalion CHEZ Sherlock. Who had
learned Of the trouble. came mp.
: Open that door right nowi- he
ordered.
tn do II ~ soon - I find the
key" answered the Waterman. and
further delay ensusd.
When the same answer was made
70 his second command. Sherlock told
the firemsa to set their crowbars and
slsdgs hammers. 4 moment later,
the bar thrust Into the tiny crsvics
between the aiding doors, the slsdSs
hammers were banging away.
i've got the keys" called the
Waterman when he saw the firsmsn
would not desist. "Dou't kick the
door down." .tt
A forty-ftvs minute baths WIN the
blass snsusd when the ftrsmsn finai.
" got down TO the vault. but the
flames were not allowed 70 spread.
Littis damage was done 10 the sur
rounding vaults. and Chief Sherlock
thinks the damage will b small.
This building might have gone up
Just ~ did the Equitable Building.
though" b said aftsrward. '"rhs
watchmsn are responsible for the de-
lays and they should b. blamed for
the damage. There will b no delay
while I'm around hsrsaftsr."
PASOgROY FINpO FIRE IN LOFT
BUILDING.
Fire In Wsssell's once building. Nos.
s. and . Cortland street vas dis
covered BY . Dasssrby shortly after .
o'clock. He called Policeman Fred
srscks. who found the NTH door Of
the six-story loft building ablass.
The floor v occupied BY Smith 4
Smith. manufacturing ststionsrs.
Fire Chief Ksnlon responded 10 the
alarm which Frsdsricks sent In. and.
- the flames from the windows were
threatening the rear Of the City In
vsstment Building. sent Capt Walsh
TO protect the skyscrsper.
4 Waterman met Walsh at NE door.
''You can't como In here" be told
him. We're protecting this build
ing. and wSvs got hose up thsrs to
drive back the IRE. Keep outi"
Walsh ordered two Of his mon to
push the Waterman out of thor path
ami went In. He found several watch
mon with hose playing upon the
sides Of the big building which were
being scorched. With his own hose
no soon fought tho flames back into
the smaller structure and In a short
~. A. >sak kss q