Rope Fire Cause of 4-Alarms
Damage estimated at $250,000 resulted from a fire in a Baltimore rope factory on June 8, in cork stored in the basement. Flames mushroomed up two elevator shafts and involved every floor of the five-story building.
A Captain on his way home from the day shift saw smoke and sent in the alarm. Nine companies, including a fireboat, responded on the first. Firemen made their way into the building but were soon forced out by heat and dense irritating smoke. Four alarms were pulled, calling out twenty-six companies and seven Chiefs. There were sixteen engines, six trucks, two hose, one water tower, and a fireboat working at the fire. The fire did not spread beyond the building.
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