New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
venlon. Shaken by Tube
scenes, Lauds Men in
Rescue Work.
WOMEN VICTIMS
OF PANIC BRUTALITY
freed of Company EXEC
rated" Sappers'" Call
Made History.

-. Commissioner AdamSon and
80 Ee,lon 10 the rawest rookie"
~ yorks frcmen attacked yester-
,.., catastrophe with the matter-Of-
y, eallantry which has placed them
10 ton OF the worlds honor roll.
- the moment that the double sap
~, csl~ summoned them from Man
- The Bronx and Brooklyn. they
.haf history was being made in
~ y. sc,srtmert. and department his
E 4 generally made by dead FIRE
~ ~. man faltered. though when
n Them arrived unconscious
80 Uttered the sidewalks. In the
- smoke which Shrouded the
80 each waited impaticntly the call
49, should send him into the sub
..--srear furnace. suffering with
1....-ors fumes. When the call came
y. -ssponse was as prompt as when
u. Commissioner. once a year, calls
~. Ten or a dozen 20 step forward
.i...be MAYOR may decorate them with
~ Commissioner AdamSon;
ne situation which the Fire De
-.-.-ert had 10 face was the most
IONS in an its experience. Chief
r,,io, informed me that he had never
LING his service as a fireman faced
.o15ition so difficult. The iiremen
- n 60 into the subway by ladders
.i.red In narrow openings and through
5s,se and choking smoke. They were
.rsrCome by dozens and had TO b
brought out
Chief Kenlon's first words were char
...sristic Of the firemsn's attitude:
aTtsrk God. we've got them all out,
b. ssid. cor al least ! hope we have.
y .bere are any deaths IL Will b.
,-ong those who are now IN the hos
rtals. e. -,
hare Never in my experience as
-. fcbter have / witnessed such q
...re Fully 700 persons were IN the
no trains which were stalled opp0sl'@
,,eb other under 55th ST.
when got down the ladder at ooth
&. and entered the train nearest me.
10 sight that met my eyes was APP
r,iliBr. I saw men and women sitting
Z heir seats with eyes glazed ana
i.s,s upturned. unconscious. DINERS
vsrs sravline around. tramplng those
~ Law on the floor. Many had pc
,s-s p3eonscious while trying 10 CLIMB
.,-orgh the windows. Others had
AZ, in their frantic endeavors 70
srs,s .he.r wav 70 the nearest --atlor.
I'VE found men propped against the
,ubvsy walls beneath venulatots'
mere they had crawled TO seek ar
0,lsrs Law on their faces between tne
.7sks or on the rails themselves
No Mercy Shown Women.
aThe manic in the two rear cars OF
q, stalled south bound local must / ave
N indescribable. In those two cars
=, most frightful scenes Of women
,-sr terror and mems brutality must
ave occurred. Most OF the passenger
, hose cars were women. Ihey hau
a,sd badly in the struggle to get out
nd Law on the floor. trampled by the
-sa who had fought their way out g,
Extreme desire TO get the nlcKei
I'd keep the trains running almost
Iueihed everybody
n was more than an hour after the
gn-out before a fash Of disaster
reached Fire Headquarters. At VIA
Am man who thought the evil
. i-ellng thick smoke that rolled up
CROUCH the subway gratings at ooth
! s. should be investigated called up
IRE Headquarters. He suggested tnaV
| touple OF men be sent around.
A, about the same time man car
| red the news TO Engine Company ., IT,
! Nest 50th ST.. and the whole company
isrned out. The men Of Hook and Lad
| lsr 1. answering the first still alarm
md their mates Of Engine 3 set TO
vork Immediately 20 tear up the graz
ms and lower ladders. As they ar
n1,d box was pulled at Broadway
md 5s.h St. and at 9:24 SECOND
iarn Vas sent IN.
About eight companies were at WORK
we've minutes after the first telephone
call was sent Chief Kenlon started a.
oaee from Great Jones st. On ms way
uptown he met Commissioner Adamsohi
Eto joined in the race.
Dense smoke and the gasplng reports
q fremen who had had their turn pc
I'V gave Kenlon an inkling OF wha'
eonffoated him. He sent IN the Tour
s' calling ninety-two men and OF
GERS without apparatus. As his men
nne staggering out in patches TO fail
unconscious the chief saw that ne
resld have 70 call on his reserves.
! For the first time in the history OF
re department the "four 3's," or Old
uppers' call" was sent TO Brooklyn
nd The Bronx, calling men 10 Mammal
AZ. The last time the call was SOUND
IN Manhattan was many years ago
ven a burning cigar factory at 99th
and Third av. threatened TO dry w