The New York herald., 1922-10-10
Boy Of II Accused After Mar
shal Brophy Sees His Joy at
Helping the Men.
MATCH SET TO HOMES
Two Blazes Start in Baby Car
riages-Third Does Heavy
Damage to Factory.

Nobody, professional or vamp, ever
worked harder at a fire than the boy
Morris Gold. While flames were sky
hooting through the roof OF six story
factory building at 375 Blake avenue,
Brooklyn, at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning, Chief Fire Marshal Brophy
observed him.
Morris was helping with the hose
as the men coupled on and stretched
It, He was running from place TO
place, urging on the firemen with in
spring cries, encouraging the engi-
neers to pump harder. the hook and
ladder companies TO swifter movement,
raising a cheer as the battalion chiefs
came changing into action and swing
ing his cap when Deputy Chief John
O'Hara, after one appraising squint
/ ordered a third alarm.
Police reserves cleared the street or
| spectators who had sprung from bed
to sec the fire. Poor Morris Gold was
swept back with the rest. but still he
raised his voice, melting and applaud
| Ing the fremen. IT'S dandy he
cried jumping up and down. "Oh, it's
great to see the firemen work"
Marshal Brophy had just come from
61s stone avenue a block and a half
away. where a baby carriage behind an
apartment house stairway had been
found ablaze When he got TO Blake
avenue he was struck by the enthusiasm
Of Morris Gold. Standing apart.
Brophy and his deputy. Richard Walsh.
watched Morris for while, then spoke
to him.
Hear about the fire over in Stone
avenue?" said Brophy.
"Did I2' said Morris. II was going
by and heard a woman hollering that
the har was burning. Two men ran
past me TO box. tried TO turn in an
alarm. but they didn't know how. so
did IT,"
Brophy gave the boy a ride TO fire
headquarters in the Municipal Build
ting.
Morris" said Brophy. you are a
typical pyromanaicr Know what that
is? Fire bug"
"Oh," said Morris.
/ Morris didn't say much more then.
but they drove back to Blake avenue and
| on the way Morris said 'T might well
tell you all about g." Brophy said the
/ DoY tNnleNScu llldl ne NNtINtu HbA UlitE
! the Blake avenue and Stone avenue fires.
but another I'm "A baby carriage at 404
Dumont avenue about midnight The
story was that he carried a bag Of waste
paper UP to the third floor Of the Blake
avenue factory and lit Il from n gas Jet
Then he sneaked out TO await develop
ments. which were more satisfactory
than at the other places.
IL was dizzy and wanted some excite
ment." he told tho marshal. II want TO
be fireman It's the only life. But
say. It wac funny 10 see those FIRE pre-
ventiou signs around. wasn't ~"
Which caused the marshal % recall
that Yesterday was Are prevention day
and TO note that Morris Gold had done
his part by setting three fires in order
that the iremen might prevent their
spreading The boy. who Is II and lives
at 305 Lavonia avenue and who said his
head was injured several years ago. was
sent 10 the Liberty avenue police station
and will he arraigned this morning In
the New Jersey avenue court, charged
with arson.
The factory fire burned from the third
floor TO the roof and did between $50. 800
and $4,000 worth Of damage. The
others were easily smothered. Several
men Of Engine Company 2S3 were caught
by back draft i'm the factory and Lieut.
Alexander Gets stepped through a hole
in the floor and was falling 10 the floor
below when comrades seized him. His
face was cut 50 badly that a hospital
surgeon was called