Rochester Firemen Overcome By Gas
One hundred firemen of the Rochester, N. Y., Fire Department were overcome while fighting an otherwise ordinary fire in the celler of a clothing store caused by an oil heater.
Fire was discovered by a passerby at 8:30 p.m., and a box alarm sent in. When the first company arrived, the men believed that they were faced by just an ordinary cellar fire. When they tried to carry in a hose line, they were driven back by the heat and smoke. A hole was chopped in the front of the store beneath the show windows and cellar nozzles used. At that time it was not known that fuel oil was burning in the cellar. Firemen began to fall rapidly and it was believed that the trouble was caused by illuminating gas. The gas line was shut without any effect.
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