Evening star., 1922-12-07
FIVE D. c. F|REMEN
INJURED At BLAZE
All Occupants Escape When
Flames Threaten Apart
ment House.

Five members of the fire depart
ment were taken to Emergency Hos
pital from a fire in the basement of
Mount Vernon apartments northwest,
corner of New York avenue and 9th
morning. Three of them were over
come by gas. while the others were
cut by plate glass that had, become
, overhcated. broke and fell on them.
The three firemen overcome by gas
escaping from disconnected service
pipes were Privates George A. Nc
Caffrey. Daniel F.. Sullivan and James
Burroughs of No engine company.
while the men whose hands were cut
by glass were Privates Il. IL. STATE
and VI. II. Dagenett of No. engine
company. STATE and Dagenett re-
ceived treatment and returned to
duty. while the men ,who suffered
from the effects of gas had to remain
in the hospital.
Deputy Chief Philip W. Nicholson.
who was in charge Of the firefghting
force. sent in a second alarm as soon
as he reached the scene. Large
volume of smoke coming from the
basement of the building made it ap-
pear that the fire might get beyond
control of the companies respond
ing to the first alarm. he stated. and
he summoned the additional COM
panies as precautionary measure.
Occupants Escape.
Members of No. truck company
We're sent through the building by
Chief Nicholson to awaken occupants.
There had been a similar fire in the
building year or more ago. and
probably because Of their former ex-
perience occupants of the apartments
did not become unnecessarily excited.
They went to the lower hallway,
where the smoke became SO dense
that they were forced to go to the
sidewalk for a few minutes.
Firemen had the fire under control
in short time. however. and the
shivering men. women and children.
some in their night clothing wers
able to return to their beds. Police
man Browning of the first precinct
senr'ln the first alarm at 3:l5 O'Clock.
and it was only a few minutes later
that the deputy chief sent in the
second call.
taken from the gas-filled basement.
and his condition seemed SO serious
that he was rushed to the hospital.
Sullivan and Burroughs did not ap-
pear to be so seriously affected, the
deputy chief stated, and first aid was
gwen by other fremen on the side
walk. Suddenly they seemed to COL
lapse. however. and were rushed to
the hospital.
Privates STATE and Dagenett were
working in the basement near a cell
lar door when one OF the big plate
glass windows of the Goodacre lunch
room on the first floor broke, pieces
Of the glass falling on them and cut
ting their hands. making it necessary
for them to abandon their work and
seek surgical aid
Firemen Praised.
The fire is thought to have started
in pile Of trash in the portion of
the basement occupied by George
IGoodacre. proprietor of the 1unchroom
on the first floor
Members of the fire department
were praised for the successful efforts
to confine the blaze to the basement
in which it originated. and occupants
Of the apartments expressed them
selves as much pleased with the work
that made it possible for the to re-
turn to the building in SO short a
time.
Police reserves from several rre-
clncts were summoned to the scene by
the sounding u the two alarms. but
the number of spectators was not
great enough to require much work
on their part or to retard the work
Of the fire department. Damage to
the building and contents was esti.
mated at $1,000 Origin of the fire
was not definitely determined