Fireman Sues Concern for Injuries at Fire
On the May calendar of cases for trial in the New York Supreme Court is the complaint of Fireman Edward J. Chapman, against the Manufacturer’s Transit Company, Inc., for $5,000 for personal injuries sustained at the big fire in the Jane Street warehouse in July, 1922, where Lieut, John Schoppmeyer of Engine Co. 13 was killed and several others were injured, due to an explosion within the building.
Fireman Chapman, through his attorney, former Battalion Chief, Luke J. Flanagan, who was the first chief officer of the department to arrive and take command at the fire in question, charges that the Manufacturer’s Transit Company, in violation of law, had stored in the warehouse magnesium powder in such quantities, as to cause the explosion, wrecking parts of the building and injuring members of the fire department.
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