NEW YORK CITY FIRE NOTES.

NEW YORK CITY FIRE NOTES.

蒸汽货船,先锋,在她被烧毁πer No. 24, North River. Her cargo was of a very inflammable character consisting of cotton, jute, dyeing stuff, cylinders of oil, etc. On account of the noxious fumes the firemen worked in relays, and many were temporarily overcome. Two fireboats, the New Yorker and the McClellan, four engines, two trucks, and Chief Croker responded to the fire alarm. Dense smoke enveloped the vessel when they arrived, the fircboats threw 15,000 gals, of water a minute, while the lines from the engines on land worked well. The fire was stubborn, however, and the water seemed to have little effect. The hook and ladder men cut holes in the deck and thus the streams were directed on the cargo, and a salvage crew of firemen was organised to get out the cargo. They could not stay on the job more than five minutes at a time and even then were more or less overcome by the fumes. When the flames were at last got under with a loss of $75,000 the firemen were spattered with ochre and other coloring materials from the cargo, and presented a motley sight. One end of the freighter had sunk; the other was charred and battered.—-The Wagner bill for increasing the pay of the firemen of this city has passed the assembly. There is little doubt of its passing into law, as not only New Yorkers, but, also, outsiders now recognise that these men deserve more pay on account of the splendid service they render in the way of saving life and property. Under the Wagner bill members of the fourth-grade w ill receive $1,100 a year; third-grade men, $1,200.-— The yellow journals of the city were all agog on Friday morning last and had extra specials out and secured tugboats and photographers to go up the river to write-up a river-steamer fire, with passengers jumping off to save their lives, lurid rod names, volumes of black smoke and panics galore, fireboats throwing giant streams and a second Slocum tragedy threatened. All this was because the captain of a river steamer utilised a quiet nook in the North river to put his crew through a course of fire drill! The intelligent reporter was badly ftxiled on this occasion, and sundry city editors took a very far back seat. John O’Hara, battalion chief of the Bushwick district. Brooklyn, has been promoted to be deputy chief; Martin J. Smith, foreman of engine company No. 151. Wallabout district, Brooklyn, becomes a battalion chief. — Deputy Chief O’Hara was appointed a fireman on Januarv 30 1X87. In his long service there has never been a complaint against him. Battalion Chief Smith become a fireman April 16, 1890. his record is also without a flaw.—On the afternoon of Saturday last one of the export piers of the old Pratt Oil Works, at the foot of North Twelfth street in the Eastern District, which has been eont ruled for years by the Standard Oil company, was extensively damaged and will have to be partially rebuilt. A considerable quantity of petroleum in bulky tins, incased in wood ready for exportation, was destroyed; total loss estimated at about $tM).ooo. The fireboats on one side, under Battalion Chief Kenlon, and the land force, under Deputy Chief Lallv, on the other, had a very bad time of it. Chief Croker was present for a considerable part of the battle with the flames.

蒸汽货船,先锋,在她被烧毁πer No. 24, North River. Her cargo was of a very inflammable character consisting of cotton, jute, dyeing stuff, cylinders of oil, etc. On account of the noxious fumes the firemen worked in relays, and many were temporarily overcome. Two fireboats, the New Yorker and the McClellan, four engines, two trucks, and Chief Croker responded to the fire alarm. Dense smoke enveloped the vessel when they arrived, the fircboats threw 15,000 gals, of water a minute, while the lines from the engines on land worked well. The fire was stubborn, however, and the water seemed to have little effect. The hook and ladder men cut holes in the deck and thus the streams were directed on the cargo, and a salvage crew of firemen was organised to get out the cargo. They could not stay on the job more than five minutes at a time and even then were more or less overcome by the fumes. When the flames were at last got under with a loss of $75,000 the firemen were spattered with ochre and other coloring materials from the cargo, and presented a motley sight. One end of the freighter had sunk; the other was charred and battered.—-The Wagner bill for increasing the pay of the firemen of this city has passed the assembly. There is little doubt of its passing into law, as not only New Yorkers, but, also, outsiders now recognise that these men deserve more pay on account of the splendid service they render in the way of saving life and property. Under the Wagner bill members of the fourth-grade w ill receive $1,100 a year; third-grade men, $1,200.-— The yellow journals of the city were all agog on Friday morning last and had extra specials out and secured tugboats and photographers to go up the river to write-up a river-steamer fire, with passengers jumping off to save their lives, lurid rod names, volumes of black smoke and panics galore, fireboats throwing giant streams and a second Slocum tragedy threatened. All this was because the captain of a river steamer utilised a quiet nook in the North river to put his crew through a course of fire drill! The intelligent reporter was badly ftxiled on this occasion, and sundry city editors took a very far back seat. John O’Hara, battalion chief of the Bushwick district. Brooklyn, has been promoted to be deputy chief; Martin J. Smith, foreman of engine company No. 151. Wallabout district, Brooklyn, becomes a battalion chief. — Deputy Chief O’Hara was appointed a fireman on Januarv 30 1X87. In his long service there has never been a complaint against him. Battalion Chief Smith become a fireman April 16, 1890. his record is also without a flaw.—On the afternoon of Saturday last one of the export piers of the old Pratt Oil Works, at the foot of North Twelfth street in the Eastern District, which has been eont ruled for years by the Standard Oil company, was extensively damaged and will have to be partially rebuilt. A considerable quantity of petroleum in bulky tins, incased in wood ready for exportation, was destroyed; total loss estimated at about $tM).ooo. The fireboats on one side, under Battalion Chief Kenlon, and the land force, under Deputy Chief Lallv, on the other, had a very bad time of it. Chief Croker was present for a considerable part of the battle with the flames.