Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-07
FOUR ALARM FIRE
IN FACTORY BLDG.
CONTINUED from First rage.)

/ from E1Fst lAEt'1
Company. The second floor is occu-
pied by the Globe Tobacco Machines
| Company, Edward o. Chase Com
pany, manufacturers of fine machin-
cry; Frederick Bristow, manufacturer
Of office appliances. The third and
fourth floors were tenanted by the
Schultz Manufacturing Company,
whiting Paper Company, Arlington
Pearl Company and the Standard
Mirror Company.
The Mechanic street portion of the
| building, 91-93, which was occupied
| by John j. Jackson. silversmith;
| White 1t Co., wall paper manufactur-
ers, and Felzenberg Brothers, gas and
! electric fixture manufacturers, also
| suffered loss $.
| they smelled smoke as early as 10
| O'Clock last night, but were unable to
trace it's source
| Across the street from the fire in the
| hotel of A. B'redericks, at 80 Mechanic
| street, all of the guests were routed
out of bed and put into the street, the
| proprietor fearing that from tho in
tense heat his building would catch
| fire.
| Among the early arrivals at the fire
were Commissioners Frank Lagay,
| Thomas E. Burke and William A..
| Weber.
The Wilson building abuts on the
tract once occupied by the Wiener
| building, where at q fire some years
ago several firemen were killed and
about a score badly injured.
Two boxes were pulled almost
simultaneously for the fire, the call
from box 324 just nosing vut that from
box 1928 in the electric dash to the
central signal system station in the
City Hall. Box 324 is located at Mar
lSet and Ward street, while 32S Is at
Mechanic and Lawrence streets,
| within few feet of the building in
which the blaze originated.
The very fact. that box 324 was
pulled Indicates that when the flames
and smoke burst forth the effect was
so great as to give the impression
that the fire was in the vicinity of
Market and Ward streets. whereas 1T
started two long blocks from that
point. The boxes are on the same cir
cult, and an alarm from either calls
out the same apparatus.
Tive Calls In Quick Succession.
1t was exactly 12:4ls o'clock this
morning when box 324 was pulled, and
the operators at headquarters had
set the transmitter for that number
when 1923 came in. Box 324 was sent
out under the circumstances, but be-
fore the call for the second alarm, at
1859 o'clock, was received, the opera
tors knew of the location of the fire.
and, therefore, sent out box 1923. The
switch to box 1923 was good Judgment
work on the part of the operators.
The third alarm was from box 1923, as
was the fourth. The latter call was
telephoned in by Chief Moore.
There was no confusion in the first
call or alarm, as the responding APP
paratus were directed by firemen sent
out for that purpose to the scene of
the fire
On the first alarm engine COM
panies 5, 2, T. and g. truck companies
and and the high-pressure COM
pany apparatus rolled.
The second alarm brought out en-
CINE companies 8, IA, and 20, truck
company No. 2 and the water tower
company.
Responding to alarm No 3, sounded
at 1888, were engine companies 10, %,
u and and truck company No. 3,
while the fourth alarm, at 1909 o'clock.
summoned the distant companies 16.
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In about half an hour after the first
alarm had been. sent out $50 firemen,
exclusive of the Salvage Corps forces,
which We're promptly on the scene,.
were concentrating attacks from a
score of vantage points on the blazing
building and forming water curtains
to protect adjoining property from
the outreaching flames Back taps
were sounded at ELL o'clock.
Covering Plan In Effect.
. The Covering plan made effective
by Chief Moore was again put into
execution at this fire. According to-
this method outlying companies are
transferred temporarily to quarters of
inside companies called to big fires,
for the purpose of responding to other
fires that might occur in districts
ordinarily covered by the COM
panies at work at the big fire.
Following out Chief Moore's instruc-
tons. Battalion Chief Cornelius
Smith called in Hook and Ladder
Company No. 9 to locate for the time
being in the quarters of Hook and
Ladder Company No. 1; Engine Com
pany 25 to quarters of Engine Com
pany No. 20. Engine Company No. 10
to quarters of Engine Company No.
10, Engine Company No. % to quar-
tiers of Engine Company No a. and
Hook and Ladder Company No. to.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 8.
Engines companies 10. II. Is, 10, 81 and
"a and % and hook and, ladder COM
panies g. and were ordered to hold
thmselves in readiness for anything
that might turn up
While en- route for home after the
fire, about $3.50 o'clock, Fire Commits
sioner Burke and Department Sur
eeon Hugh c. Hart narrowly escaped
serious injury in collision between
DR. Harris car and a big motor truck
owned by Bender & Lefllhoff, bakers
of 1874 and 1856 Prince street, on it's
way TO deliver bread to customers In
the suburbs. AS DR.. Harris automo-
bile had almost passed Bruce street,
on South Orange avenue, the ponder
Gus truck rumbled out on the street
and caught the doctors car almost
amidships. Both the commissioner
and the doctor escaped injury, but
the smaller car was disabled. A.
wrecking crew came to the rescue and
toted the machine to the repair shop.
for hospital treatment.
While the men of Engine Company
No. 20 were stretching line of hose
across Market street a Central avenue
trolley car, No. 2412, crossed the hose
and severed II.