The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-07-06
SCORES HAULED
TO SURFACE
BY RESCUE MEN
Doctors and Nurses We're
Rushed To the Spot To
Care for Unconscious
and the Injured Who
Were Laid Along the
Sidewalk-One Cool Po-
liceman Stood Out


New York, July 6 tBy the Associ
ated Press About $50 persons wer'
overcome by smoke to-day when |
1orthhonnd Jerome avenue express OF
the East Side subway caught fire neal
Lexington avenue at 6lst street. Doz
ems of ambulances were summoned
from nearly every hospital in the ci9
and Mayor Hylan arrived to direct tbs
srescue work
The accident occurred about 10 feet
underground. for at that point the ex4
press tracks run beneath the local.
The fire started in the motorman'
box after fuse had blown out. There
was flash Of flames and the smoke
swept through the crowded trains
rendering scores unconscious
When the emergency brakes were
applied and the train came to grind.
ing halt. guards threw open the prs
and passengers who had not been over
come scrambled to escape, Those un.
able to walk were carried from the
cars to the 59th street station. Fire
ladders we're lowered through iron
gratings at 6lst street and women
were lifted to the street.
The injured we're stretched out on
: the sidewalks for several blocks. A
temporary hospital was organized and
IA pulmotors put in operation. The
crowd of spectators became dense and
police reserves were rushed to the
scene. :
Men and women and children filed
the ten-car train. Guards fought the
flames with hand extinguishers until
the firemen arrived. They soon quelled
the blaze which in itself was small.
Many of the fire fighters also were
overcome.
Relief work soon got under way. Be
sides the doctors who FASTENED to the
scene in smbulances. many other ply
sicians arrived in taxieabs. some sc-
companied by their office nurses.
Bloomingdale's department store at
59th street and Lexington avenue or
nanized fire brigade of 75 employees,
who entered the subway 10 aid in the
rescue work The stores drug de
partment was raided for supplies and
pulmotors.
Many hremen were overcome as they
tried to descend the subway steps
When the rescue squad arrived, how
ever. its members donned gas masks
and attacked the flames.
Frank Hedley.. president of the In
terborongh Rapid Transit company,
left the Office Of the transit commits
sion for the scene. He was followed
by the commissioners.
MAYOR Hylan was driven back by
fumes when he attempted TO enter the
subway He was too badly gsssed to
make another attempt, bat he prompt
ly directed that city experts be sum
moned from the fire department and
the department Of water supply. gas
and electricity to make a thorough IN
Nestigation.
The Hero of the Hour.
A man who kept his head when
ing hero of the accident. He was
Pstrolmsn Frederick Norman of the
Ork street station, who took charge
of the train when il halted.
As clouds Of smoke began TO roll
through the cars. he commanded the
passengers. in the name of the law
To remain quiet Then he directed the |
guards 70 open the door and began |
dragging half unconscious men and |
women from the train. Then. he too.
collapsed and had to be lifted to the |
street. When he was revived he said 1
he had detected smoke in the cars aft 4
or the train had pused out Of the
Grand Central station.
Mayor Hylan az once picked ont Pa
trolmsn Norman as the special hero II 1
the occasion and ordered him taken to
his hGne in the mayors own automc-
bile.
Conductor Frank Bradshaw aid tnat l
the first flash came as the train wa
passing tsth street immediately. he /
said. the passengers became panic
stricken and rushed the doors. Brad 1
shaw held them closed. however. un
Ill the train came 70 . stop and then
bezan assisting the passengers to -
cape.
There i no station in the lower
tunnel 81 the plaor where the ain I
halted and the oniy means n escape
arr marrow wells. equipped With I'D
ders. iesdirz M 10 ,he surface II ne 4
street Sixtv passengers from car NJ
Z. on which Bradzhsv Vas riding. wcrc