New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
iBunclled Fires
i Give Firener1
| Busy Evening
Three Bla3es Simultaneous
!: " in Same Territory,
: Two Of Them Subdued
| Without Moving Engines
Eight Families Driven Out
Patients in Bellevue TN
J disturbed by Flames Two
. Blocks From Hospital

Z disturbed ny rIameS Two
|. Blocks From Hospital
Four fires. three Of them in build
ings in Manhattan in such close prox-
unity to each other that the same ap-
paratus was used in fighting two of
them, while the occurrence of the third
hecessitated hasty relocating Of fire
engines. kept firemen busy during the
Earlier part of last night. The fourth
blaze occurred in a two-story factory
building at 129th Street and Fulton
Streets, Richmond Hill.
Z The fire was discovered by Frederick
Hoffman, watchman, who said that
1t started in an oven used by the Chi
nese importing firm Of Fo Sing Yuen
TO bake hand painted crockery. The
watchman battled with the flames for
6ome time with hand fire extinguisher
but with little effect. When the ground
door Of the building was filled with
and informed patrolman that the
place was on fire. He then collapsed.
: Three alarms wero turned III in
rapid succession, but the building
practically was destroyed The dam
( John Dardato, manager of the Madi-
Bon Square Wet Wash Laundry Cofa-
pany, was working with six men in the
laundry on the ground floor of 337 East
Twenty-sixth Street, when the room
began to fill with smoke. Dardat6 and
the six men fed from The building and
burned IN an alarm.
Firemen discovered blaze on the
second floor Of the structure, which is
less than two blocks from Bellevue
Hospital, had burned up an airshaft
and was raging on the third and fourth
Hoors. Deputy Fire Chief George Ross
turned in second alarm. Ten engines,
three fire trucks and one water tower
were rushed to the scene.
The flames, besides spreading up the
Airshaft, mushfoomed out on The Sec
.ond aoor, and firemen were sent to the
Twenty seventh Street side Of the
building, occupied by the Universal
sCircle Paper Box Company and the
Real Doll Company.
= Eight Families Ordered Out
2 Though the blaze was confined to the
building in which it started, the fire.
men ordered eight families who live in
AN adjoining tenement to the street.
The firemen we're cautioned to make as
slittle noise as possible. owing to the
rnearness Of Bellevue Hospital. None
sOf the patients was aware of the fire.
The cause of the blaze has not been
learned.
j. When Smoky Joe Martin, who had
sresponded to the second alarm, sent in
a third, he was told that the emergency
sapparatus which should respond on this
ssalarm was busy fighting blaze at SO
West Twenty-fourth Street. A call was
ssent into fire. headduarters and two
fngine companies were "re-located" at
sonce and rushed to Che scene.
= The West Twenty fourth Street blaze
soriginated on the top floor of a build
Eing which is occupied by manufactur-
ssers. The four top floors were burned
ssout.
; When the fire in the Wet Wash
ssLaundry Company building was re-
Eported under control; Smoky Joe, with
sthe additional relocated" apparatus.
rushed to West Twenty fourth Street.
"a second alarm on this blaze had Just
been sent in.
While fremen were battling with
this last blaze, which was roaring and
throwing sparks and flames across the
sstreet and to adjoining buildings, word
was received that a five-story build
ing at 10 West Twenty second Street,
occupied by furniture concerns, was
esablaze. Smoky Joe and two engines
companies were dispatched to the scene.
Rush from Building to Building
/ This last call appeared to completely
.disorganize the downtown fire district
and fire apparatus was dashing in and
sout through side streets, rushing from
burning building to burning building:
= The firemen succeeded in confining the
IN M ack kxve
Estructure to the floor on which it
started, the third. The damage was
ESTIMATED at $4,000.
: Fireman Edward Connors, attached
20 Engine Company. 1, was fighting
Eaames on the roof Of the West Twen-
sty-fourth Street building, when he lost
rhis balance and fell through skylight.
aThe skylight was open at the time and
sConnors landed on fooi which was
covered with burning debris. He sue
sceeded in making his way out of the
smoke filled structure and was rushed
sto Bellevue Hospital. His injuries are
wnot serious.
Fire Marshal Brophy. accompanied by
sseveral inspectors, visited the three
I blazes In Manhattan. He refused to
make any comment on his investiga-
stion.
{ GREENWICH, Conn.,, Nov. 26.-Twc
I buildings were destroyed, two others
sslightly damaged and many threatened
: by fire which started here this even
Ting following the explosion of boiler
!. in the basement Of Redmen's Hall, or
sGreenwich Avenue, the towns main
Fthoroughfare.
! The. lack of water pressure handi-
scapped the fifehden to a large extent
sElectrical power was shut off when
wires were broken and the main section
OF the town was in total darkness. The
damages has been estimated as high as
ssi0o,000.