. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . of thebasement),and was eight storiesin the rear. It was of a composite styleof architecture, was built ofblue stone, with Nova Scotiaand terra cotta trimmings,and presented an imposing ap-pearance exteriorly. Placards were hung just in-side the entrance, giving thetenants to understand thatthese flats are absolutely lire-proof. When once the firestarted this so-called fire-proof structure burnt with thefierceness and rapidity of a tin-der box. and defied all the ex-ertions of t
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . of thebasement),and was eight storiesin the rear. It was of a composite styleof architecture, was built ofblue stone, with Nova Scotiaand terra cotta trimmings,and presented an imposing ap-pearance exteriorly. Placards were hung just in-side the entrance, giving thetenants to understand thatthese flats are absolutely lire-proof. When once the firestarted this so-called fire-proof structure burnt with thefierceness and rapidity of a tin-der box. and defied all the ex-ertions of the ample force of firemen that was on hand to stay the fury of theflames until they had consumed every perishable thing in the building, and leftnothing but the walls standing. The building was arranged to accommodatetwo families on each floor, one family on either side of the main were seven rooms to each flat, and an extra room on the top floor, tobe used as a storage or a servants room, to suit the occupants. The maindoor was in the center of the building and almost on a level with OF ST. (iEOliUF. FLATS. 10G2 OlIt Flit KM EN. The person who pave warning1 of 1 he fire was Louis Cast a nig. t In* elevatorboy. He wasaboul sixteen years old. He proved to be the hero of the hour, and almost sacrificed his life to save the lives of others. The firemen who assisted in the rescue of the imperilled inmates wereBinns, Barrett, and Oraham. of No. :; truck. Mrs. Lock wood, and her childand her maid, were rescued from a rear window. Four men held a ladder ontheir shoulders standing on the roof of an adjoining building, while policemenKelly and (Jilbride went up and rescued them. Four men of the Insurance Patrol No. :i were cut oir from escape on thefifth floor. They escaped through a side window by letting themselves dropa distance of two stories to the roof of an ad joining building. They escapedunhurt. They were Lieutenant Locour. Sergeant Moore, a
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