大纽约消防新闻。

大纽约消防新闻。

大纽约，尤其是在曼哈顿和布朗克斯区的行政区，需要大量的新软管。据报道，这两个行政区的许多公司都在十到十八个长度的长度低于足够数量的时间 - 总计548次，乘以2 1/2英寸，3英寸的192英寸和63个3 1/2英寸。为了部分提供这种缺陷，已经为整个纽约的整个2 1/2的长度订购了。但是，软管，只有一部分将通过曼哈顿和布朗克斯分布。除了两个新的船只没有3英寸。软管已被订购，为此，提供的供应量为100个长度为3 1/2。和五十个4英寸。橡胶软管，所有这些都将在下个月交付。纽约市的软管必然会受到消防员的严重处理，部分（通常不可避免地）受到公司和个人的粗心，部分受到了拖延，被玻璃或锋利的石头割断，撞到 by trolley cars, mail wagons and trucks, and, not unfrequently, by pieces of fire apparatus. Often, also, it is crushed by falling walls or burned at fires. For the highpressure service suitable hose and hose wagons are required, as the hose and wagons in ordinary use cannot be used under the new conditions. The cost of furnishing all this hose will be considerable; it is unavoidable, if the city is to be properly protected.—It was time the mayor should come forward to plead the cause of the cast off horses of the city’s fire department. The S. P. C. A. people can well afford to undertake the task of looking after these animals. It can easily do so by spending less on fads and frills. In 1907 it had nine fire horses turned over to it, of which seven, being incurably lame or diseased, were shot. Chloroforming them would be a painless and an easier form of death for a society whose aim is to prevent and avoid needless cruelty to animals. The city, also, can afford to give the preference to such fire horses as are fit for light work, for which the park and other departments offer ample opportunities.—Patrick F. Ryan, formerly head of the bureau of construction and repairs, who was removed by Fire Commissioner Sturges during the Low administration, has been reinstated by Fire Commissioner Lantry, in accordance with the provisions of a bill passed by the last legislature, impowering the city's fire commissioner to reinstate a deposed officer, if the findings warranted. The Court of Appeals had refused to reverse the decision of Commissioner Sturges.—A fire destroyed, with a loss of about $15,000, the tw-o-story frame office at the corner of Alexander avenue and I42d street, The Bronx. Captain Charles Baxter, chief appraiser of the United States Appraisement company, had to jump out of a window in order to escape. He landed safely on a shed a few feet below, and thence reached the street in safety. All the tenants got away, although two Salvation Army officers. both women, who lived in the building were penned up in a rear room and were carried out by a policeman and several firemen, who wrapped big coats over their heads. Captain Baxter’s company appraised the properties of the Ashokan dam for the Esopus supply of water for New York city, and in his office were destroyed nine months’ record of the cost of the material used in the construction of the dam and the plans of the structure. Cornmonsen.se and the experience derived from the loss by fire a few years ago of so many public records in this city surely should have dictated keeping such documents and plans in a fireproof building. The lack of such buildings, and the fact that there arc so many frame structures allowed to remain and to go up in the more congested sections of The Rronx should quicken action in the matter of deciding upon the provisions of a new and improved building code for this city—a task shirked by the late board of aldermen.—Some of the automobile garages in greater New York would be none the worse of being more closely inspected. Unprotected iron columns sometimes support the floors which may run as high as three or four stories. Occasionally, also, the stairways are inclosed in frame, while the roof is pierced by thin glass skylights. Thus the iron columns, being unprotected, are likely to buckle and cause the collapse of the building, while the frame-inclosed stairway is likely to catch fire and not only cut off escape, but, also, to cause a rapid upward rush of the flames. In case of a fire outside of the garage the thin glass in the skylights would be powerless to resist the impact of burning brands thrown against them by the wind or to withstand the intense heat generated by a fire burning at short range. Garages so constructed are not only firetraps, but sources of danger to surrounding buildings. If the work of inspection is carefully carried on, the existence of such garages should not be long unknown to the proper authorities, whose duty in such a case is clear.—The fatal accident in the Brooklyn tube under the East River—the second within a few hours, due to electricity—again raises the question as to the danger of the subway and the probabilities of death arising, owing to the destruction of the cars by fire arising from electrical action. It cannot be too thoroughly impressed upon those who are operating both the elevated and the subway trains that nothing short of fireproof cars can be run on these tracks. The truth of this fact the Rapid Transit company that operates in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn (especially the last) are very slow to recognise. It is to be hoped the public service commission will at once take the necessary steps to compel them to bring about this change and not wait till some wholesale slaughter takes place, as in Paris some years ago.—The collapse of the four-story Flanagan & Nay company’s brewery buildings on Tenth avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twentysixth streets, Manhattan, with twenty tiptilted 6,000-gal. vats of ammonia, not only crushed the life out of three men and grievous injury to five others, but also imperiled the lives of many firemen who were called in to try to help to bring out the injured and the bodies of the dead, and to work among the suffocating fumes of ammonia. The men, wading in beer up to their hips, with sponges over their eyes and mouths, worked like beavers in the basement, whose walls threatened at any moment to collapse and bury them in the debris. They dragged out the injured to the ambulances, then went back to find the missing men. Where all behaved like heroes it might seem invidious to single out any one who was more worthy of notice than this fellow. All were working in relays and were unable to endure the fumes for more than two minutes at a time, and at last none could enter the place and live. Great courage was shown hv Henry Gillis and other firemen of engine company No. 19. The wall of the hrewhouse was bulging into Tenth avenue when Gillis and bis companions, seeing a hole in the upper part, placed a ladder there. Gillis climbed the ladder, put his head through the hole and heard the cries of one of the injured who was lying helpless on the floor, with the deadly vapor sweeping over him. While two men who had followed Gillis up the ladder held his feet, he wiggled through the quaking wall and was lowered by his comrades until he could reach the feet of the sufferer. The two were drawn up by those on the ladder and the victim was carried to an ambulance. Rescuers found another man dead under a beam and in a pool of ammonia. The firemen had to work in relays to get out his body because none could stand the fumes. It is believed that the weight proved too great a strain for the flooring when a wooden beam was removed, and before the steel beam was put in its place. Though an alarm was sent in for fire at the time of the collapse, the firemen found no work but that of rescue. Miss Beatrice Joyce, of 267 Tenth avenue, showed herself the firemen’s friend by keeping hot coffee constantly on tap and a pile of sandwiches always renewed. It is suggested that one or two Carnegie medals for bravery might find their way round to the firemen who distinguished themselves on this occasion.

大纽约，尤其是在曼哈顿和布朗克斯区的行政区，需要大量的新软管。据报道，这两个行政区的许多公司都在十到十八个长度的长度低于足够数量的时间 - 总计548次，乘以2 1/2英寸，3英寸的192英寸和63个3 1/2英寸。为了部分提供这种缺陷，已经为整个纽约的整个2 1/2的长度订购了。但是，软管，只有一部分将通过曼哈顿和布朗克斯分布。除了两个新的船只没有3英寸。软管已被订购，为此，提供的供应量为100个长度为3 1/2。和五十个4英寸。橡胶软管，所有这些都将在下个月交付。纽约市的软管必然会受到消防员的严重处理，部分（通常不可避免地）受到公司和个人的粗心，部分受到了拖延，被玻璃或锋利的石头割断，撞到 by trolley cars, mail wagons and trucks, and, not unfrequently, by pieces of fire apparatus. Often, also, it is crushed by falling walls or burned at fires. For the highpressure service suitable hose and hose wagons are required, as the hose and wagons in ordinary use cannot be used under the new conditions. The cost of furnishing all this hose will be considerable; it is unavoidable, if the city is to be properly protected.—It was time the mayor should come forward to plead the cause of the cast off horses of the city’s fire department. The S. P. C. A. people can well afford to undertake the task of looking after these animals. It can easily do so by spending less on fads and frills. In 1907 it had nine fire horses turned over to it, of which seven, being incurably lame or diseased, were shot. Chloroforming them would be a painless and an easier form of death for a society whose aim is to prevent and avoid needless cruelty to animals. The city, also, can afford to give the preference to such fire horses as are fit for light work, for which the park and other departments offer ample opportunities.—Patrick F. Ryan, formerly head of the bureau of construction and repairs, who was removed by Fire Commissioner Sturges during the Low administration, has been reinstated by Fire Commissioner Lantry, in accordance with the provisions of a bill passed by the last legislature, impowering the city's fire commissioner to reinstate a deposed officer, if the findings warranted. The Court of Appeals had refused to reverse the decision of Commissioner Sturges.—A fire destroyed, with a loss of about $15,000, the tw-o-story frame office at the corner of Alexander avenue and I42d street, The Bronx. Captain Charles Baxter, chief appraiser of the United States Appraisement company, had to jump out of a window in order to escape. He landed safely on a shed a few feet below, and thence reached the street in safety. All the tenants got away, although two Salvation Army officers. both women, who lived in the building were penned up in a rear room and were carried out by a policeman and several firemen, who wrapped big coats over their heads. Captain Baxter’s company appraised the properties of the Ashokan dam for the Esopus supply of water for New York city, and in his office were destroyed nine months’ record of the cost of the material used in the construction of the dam and the plans of the structure. Cornmonsen.se and the experience derived from the loss by fire a few years ago of so many public records in this city surely should have dictated keeping such documents and plans in a fireproof building. The lack of such buildings, and the fact that there arc so many frame structures allowed to remain and to go up in the more congested sections of The Rronx should quicken action in the matter of deciding upon the provisions of a new and improved building code for this city—a task shirked by the late board of aldermen.—Some of the automobile garages in greater New York would be none the worse of being more closely inspected. Unprotected iron columns sometimes support the floors which may run as high as three or four stories. Occasionally, also, the stairways are inclosed in frame, while the roof is pierced by thin glass skylights. Thus the iron columns, being unprotected, are likely to buckle and cause the collapse of the building, while the frame-inclosed stairway is likely to catch fire and not only cut off escape, but, also, to cause a rapid upward rush of the flames. In case of a fire outside of the garage the thin glass in the skylights would be powerless to resist the impact of burning brands thrown against them by the wind or to withstand the intense heat generated by a fire burning at short range. Garages so constructed are not only firetraps, but sources of danger to surrounding buildings. If the work of inspection is carefully carried on, the existence of such garages should not be long unknown to the proper authorities, whose duty in such a case is clear.—The fatal accident in the Brooklyn tube under the East River—the second within a few hours, due to electricity—again raises the question as to the danger of the subway and the probabilities of death arising, owing to the destruction of the cars by fire arising from electrical action. It cannot be too thoroughly impressed upon those who are operating both the elevated and the subway trains that nothing short of fireproof cars can be run on these tracks. The truth of this fact the Rapid Transit company that operates in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn (especially the last) are very slow to recognise. It is to be hoped the public service commission will at once take the necessary steps to compel them to bring about this change and not wait till some wholesale slaughter takes place, as in Paris some years ago.—The collapse of the four-story Flanagan & Nay company’s brewery buildings on Tenth avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twentysixth streets, Manhattan, with twenty tiptilted 6,000-gal. vats of ammonia, not only crushed the life out of three men and grievous injury to five others, but also imperiled the lives of many firemen who were called in to try to help to bring out the injured and the bodies of the dead, and to work among the suffocating fumes of ammonia. The men, wading in beer up to their hips, with sponges over their eyes and mouths, worked like beavers in the basement, whose walls threatened at any moment to collapse and bury them in the debris. They dragged out the injured to the ambulances, then went back to find the missing men. Where all behaved like heroes it might seem invidious to single out any one who was more worthy of notice than this fellow. All were working in relays and were unable to endure the fumes for more than two minutes at a time, and at last none could enter the place and live. Great courage was shown hv Henry Gillis and other firemen of engine company No. 19. The wall of the hrewhouse was bulging into Tenth avenue when Gillis and bis companions, seeing a hole in the upper part, placed a ladder there. Gillis climbed the ladder, put his head through the hole and heard the cries of one of the injured who was lying helpless on the floor, with the deadly vapor sweeping over him. While two men who had followed Gillis up the ladder held his feet, he wiggled through the quaking wall and was lowered by his comrades until he could reach the feet of the sufferer. The two were drawn up by those on the ladder and the victim was carried to an ambulance. Rescuers found another man dead under a beam and in a pool of ammonia. The firemen had to work in relays to get out his body because none could stand the fumes. It is believed that the weight proved too great a strain for the flooring when a wooden beam was removed, and before the steel beam was put in its place. Though an alarm was sent in for fire at the time of the collapse, the firemen found no work but that of rescue. Miss Beatrice Joyce, of 267 Tenth avenue, showed herself the firemen’s friend by keeping hot coffee constantly on tap and a pile of sandwiches always renewed. It is suggested that one or two Carnegie medals for bravery might find their way round to the firemen who distinguished themselves on this occasion.