The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-12
some of the Injured.

Those most seriously injured were:
William Fredericks. engineer Of En-
Gne Company 81. fractured skull and
multiple Commissions and decorations.
taken to Bellevue Hospital. will die.
Richard Young. Al. $50 West Twenty
seventh street. fractured right arm,
cuts and bruises. Bellevue Hospital.
Magdalene Bre,os, 81, of 400 Yves,
Thirty-irst street. cut face. Bellevue.
Paul Patti. member OF Engine Com
pany 10, overcome by smoke, New York
Hospital.
Frank Gardner. 10, 81 Horatio street,
Knocked down by bursting high pres
sure hose, Bellevue Hospital.
The FIRE Is supposed to have st .rted on
the third fool Of the building. east side.
occupied by the Independent Braid
Works and J. w. Schuer. maker Of
women's dresses. Flames burst from the
windows at :55 o'clock. and somebody
ran shrieking to Policeman Peter Finne-
gan OF the West Twentieth street station,
who sent in an alarm.
By the tine that Battalion Chief
Mcguire arrived with the first install
mert Of fircm-n the flames were spurt-
ing from the roof. A second and third
alarm quickly followed, II At 1888 a
fourth alarm was sounded.
Laboratory Blown Out.
Then came an explosion tina ripped
ne laboratory Of the MIN company TO
smitherceus, rocked the building and
sent a shower Of sparks hundreds of
feet In the air, causing much anxiety.
II was feared that the many old fash
ioned tenement houses in the block
might .gnite, aId the acting chief then
ordered a ff.n alarm. When all the
hremen had RESPONDED for what turned
out TO be 4 very nasty Job there were
twenty-five engine companies. ten truck
companies and two water towers on
duty And they all had their hands full.
The building had a $50 foot frontage
N Twenty xth street and n depth OF 10
feet. The ilm company occupied the
first, seco.d and fourth floors from
ll3 to III ard the entire top floor from
No. 2l3 to 227. on the west side OF
the structure We're the plants of the
Me;roiol.t1n Chair Company n the
Corrugated Paper Products Company.
On the top foor were a laboratory
and theatre of the film company. where
Us pictures we're tried out. and thtre
was stu another laboratory on the Sec
ond floor The laboratories were
stocked with large quantities of chem
ieals and large numbers OF films.
TIL lie sc smoke made 1t impossible
for nrenen to remain in the building
Tor more than twenty-five minutes at a
time, Rescue Patrol No. l arrived on
me second alarm. ard It's members
clamhered up to the roof with their
oxygen helmets fastened In place, They
had Just opened the skylights n
matches when the laboratory blew up.
$4,000 See Fire.
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jammed IN the streets for blocks around
and Deputy Police Commissioners Dun
nam, who was on hand early. sent In
oNers FOR all the reserves In Manhattan,
POLICEMEN came from all over the
borough and Inspector Schmittberger
eoon had order out OF chaos. The police
90 no time in routing people OF all
nations from the tenements on the
DOCKS, as il was believed at one time
That all were in danger.
Engines massed in Twe~nty-seventh
street played streams on the buildings
ana mo flames, rejecting on the whiz-
Eng water, resulted In a scene moi I'M
IKE mat OF a garden OF illuminated
fountains.
when the roof fell in a stin breeze
'dusn' up myriads OF embers and scat !
.or-a mem 10 the winds, causing a good
'' III IFf fIpWuS lVdl were
eneed in seventh avenue. Thousands
,rh 10 force their way to shelter in
and others ran through the
ross F'r"ets and didn't stop until they
"ad reached broadway.
Fireman Saves Lieutenant. i
Lieut. Glbney OF Hook and Ladder
r-hoPany - was on the third floor with
wS men when the root dropped In.
"neh IN" tiremen had rubbed the dust
Out OF their eyes somebody shouted that
u.ohey was In the w~reckage. George
.iauSef' a fireman. went alone after his
supe1lor and found him dazed and over
,ome h% smoke, He lugged the lieu
.snaht 10 the street, where he quickly
10Slneer William Fredericks OF En-
ERE company 81 was standing In
t~en'S-siath street near Eighth ave-
"u1 "hen a high pressure hose attached
W. nls engine burst. Tn hose shot up.
.ausht Fredericks In the pit OF the
SIolnhrh and jammed him through an
~ railing He was hurried to the
Capt Buttenschoen Of Engine 10,
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