The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-06

Inc fire broke out in a subway Ms1arh was one of a long line of rush and 59th street stations by an earlier accident in the power house of the system which tied up the service.
 There were reports that there had .bsen collision between two trains but Mil&hcsEgh rome Of Che paniQrs BEackan sseneera referred to a' ssl7alze ups the police had not deffn-. l6aty established this report
 UnomciaI reports placed the cause of the fire as g. collision between ex- p9ese trains At the time of the fire the s1bway contained smoke from a Drevtosls fire. extinguished only a few Izidutes before. at the Spring street sta1fun.
 It was shortly before s:30 o'clock Nl1A3 wigps Of smoke began to curl betzeen the two stations The spot where the Ire Durned nercest was at a point opposite 5eth street.
 Chop Through Paw
 HAnpered in their efforts to reach hI1e blaze, the fren1en dug into the paving with their axes They suc- ceeded in making a hole above the subway at 53d street. From this opening there bedched a volume of smoke and ames. Hose was direct ed through the opening and even hand extinguishers were used For
 
 tho ne@t,oe ambulances that came from all over the city. A cordon thrown around Broadway by the police held in cheek tens of thousands of spec tatoxA.
 Two hundred persons in all were taken to che polycnnic, the surgeon said, but as far as he knew, with this une exception none had been fatally. anymed.
 Tn an effort to get at the victims in the SubWay. Inspector Eagan. of the burenu Of combustfbaes sent for a 10 rip up 3he streets.
 All manho1e covers were removed as We8 as the ventilator gratings. In tho openings fireEnen placed their hesa- Other squads of hremen crawl a down through the bHnding smoke Q street stEt1ons Into the tube itself and worked in relays.
 Flames VIsfbae From Street
 T1rough the smoke that rolled up From the mauhoIes could be seen the red Gmes below. The fire appeared 10 be very hot.
 The fire started in a train between Enc E0fh and 59th street stations Some af the hundreds of passengers wedg- ed tight in the cars said afterwards xhak Eh8e train came almost immediate 1y to n gtamdst1I1. Aboard the train SheE0 was a frantic rush for the end Daxs. Through the open doors at each and there poured a stream of men and women who struggled through the smoke apparently oblivious of the danger Of the third rail toward the two stations The platforms at these stations were damned and in the wild rush for the exits some persons were. thrown down and tramp1ed on.
 All AmbuIances Called.
 Emergency calls to hospitals brought to the spot every ambulance h Manhattan. As fast as the uncon- Hc1ous victims were removed from the tube they were laid on the sidewalk, rarr1ed to nearby stores and ofnces ana given first aid treatment by squads of hremen and surgeons. So great was the demand upon the fire lighting forces of the city to aid in the work of reviving the unconscious taat telephone calls were sent to Brooklyn for aid from thes firetnen sEhere.
 The transportation tie-up resulting Iron the fire spread to the Bronx and to Brooklyn and tens of thou sands of persons struggled at the ele- gated railway and subway stations in lhose beroughs in an effort to reach Manhattan.
 Twenty unconscious persons lay on khe platform of the 50th street sta aon an heur after the fixe start a .s|