New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
FIREMAN KILLED.;
ENGINE HITS CAR
Passengers Cut by Glass
Two Horses Lost as
Apparatus Skids.
TWO HURT IN CRASH
OF HOOK ANDLADDER
Score of Women Escape as
Fumes Fell Four at
Factory Blaze.

One man and two horses were killed
and several persons injured by flying
class when the engine OF Fire Company
GS. i'm responding to an alarm during
thunderstorm last night, skldded at the
bottom of Ogden Avenue hill, near Mac
Combs Dam Park, and crashed INTO
trolley car.
James W. Thompson, driver OF the
engine, was so severely injured that ne
died in a few minutes. carney one
Of The horses. was killed outright.
Birnfeld, another, was shot TO put
him out Of pain. None OF the car s
passengers was badly hurt, although all
we're cut and bruised.
From l65th 10 lG2d Street on Ogden
Avenue there is steep bill. when laSJ
nicbt had been made slippery by a
th,indershover The engine was re-
spouding to an alarm, and IN gong
down the incline Thompson lost con
troll Of his horses They were made
nervous by the lightning. and wnch
the driver tried to turn them they pc
haved so awkwardly that the engine
skidded and crashed into car when
was. standing still at the time OF the
accident.
Thompson lived long enough to re-
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Church from Father Farrelly OF the
Sacred Heart Church, Ogden Avenue
and l69th Street. The priest was one
of the passengers on the car.
Physicians from the Lebanon Hos
pital attended 10 the injuries OF those
in the car. Fire Chief Kenlon arrived
AT the scene of the accident few min
utes after it occurred. He expressed
deep regret at the death OF Thompson
and praised his record as fireman.
An autopsy performed by Coroner
FLYNN showed that Thompson had met
his death through a fracture OF has
backbone and a broken skull He leaves
a wife and four children, the Oldest
twelve.
Two Firemen Injured.
In attempting 10 pass 4 strectcar on
Third Avenue at Twenty fourth street
last night Hook and Ladder Truck no.
=. which was responding 10 an alarm,
struck its rear wheels against an ele-
waited pillar tearing the axle loose
from the body and lnJuring two nre-
men.
Al Twenty-fourth Street Third Ave
nuo is being repaved, and in trying to
keen the truck from slipping into the
excavation James Creighton, the uller-
man. miscalculated distances. The rear
OF the apparatus bumped into the front
of the car. carromed off, and the hind
wheels locked with the elevated pillar,
pulling loose from the truck. Inc
hack part of the ladder truck fell TO
the street. Earring Creighton from ms
seat and knocking another fireman, Ed
ward Mccartney, from his place on the
running board.
Creighton was unconscious when
pickcd up. lie was sent to Bellevue
Hospital. where it was found that he
was suffering from decorations of the
scalp and knee and probably a tract
ured skull. Mccartney sustained
wrcnched back.
Four firemen were overcome oy smoke
in blaze at 442 Pearl Street late yes
,erday afternoon, and a score OF women
employed in the building escaped IN
Jury by climbing to the roof and max
ing their way to safety through adJoln,
ING structures. The fire was discovered
in a mass OF rubbish IN the cellar OF
the building, occupied by Irolano q
Dehno, dealers in paper stock. In ad,
/ dition 10 the dense smoke, several
( lead pipe connections were melted, and
/ the fumes from these further handi-
/ capped the ilremen.
! Fire escapes Of neighboring houses
and the street and sidewalks were filed
! with spectators. and the reserves of
/ the Oak Street station were called to
| keep order.
Acting Battalion Chief John Dona-
hue. of Hook and Ladder Company 10;
John Mahoney. of Engine 9. and Frank
Wintrick and John Dillon. Of Hook and
/ Ladder Company 6, were overcome in
! the cellar and carried to the sidewalk.
Here they were treated with pulmotors
and revived by surgeons from the Hud-
SON Street and Volunteer hospitals.
B Samuel Josephs was the only person in
the cellar when the blaze was discov-
cred Patrolman O'IIara, Of the Oak
Street station. carried him out, and he
( was soon revived.