. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . sely filled with smoke. The flamesspread rapidly, and for some time defied the efforts of the firemen, who werepromptly on the ground after the alarm was given. A large crowd gatheredin the street, among whom the greatest excitement prevailed. The occupantsof the building had not yet made their appearance, and it was not knownwhether or not they had escaped, although it was rumored that they werestill in the building. A ladder was soon brought and placed against thesecond story
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . sely filled with smoke. The flamesspread rapidly, and for some time defied the efforts of the firemen, who werepromptly on the ground after the alarm was given. A large crowd gatheredin the street, among whom the greatest excitement prevailed. The occupantsof the building had not yet made their appearance, and it was not knownwhether or not they had escaped, although it was rumored that they werestill in the building. A ladder was soon brought and placed against thesecond story window, when Thomas OBrien. Charles Wilson, Levi D. White,of Hose Company No. •>. and Gardner Van Brunt, of Engine Company No. 2,four daring souls, made their way through fire and smoke into the secondstory. Crawling upon their hands and knees over the floor, they at lengthfound the beds in the different apartments, all of which were occupied. Theysought to arouse the occupants, but they were unable to do so, as nearly all ofthem were about half suffocated and unable to help themselves. No time was. ENGINE CO. 21 (FULTON), 1855.(Located adjoining Old New York Hospital, Anthony St. (now Worth St.),near Broadway. Original painting in possession of John Tyson,Jersey City.] o I It F 1 R K M K N . to bo lost, ;is the smoke was becoming denser and denser every moment. Thegallant fellows seized Mr. Beebe and his wife, and carrying them to thewindows, passed them down the ladders to the street. They then returned andbrought three young women. Margaret Nagle. Kllen Nagle. and Mary AnnShannon, a niece of Mr. Nagle, also two sons of Mr. Nngle. Margaret,half crazed by the smoke, leaped from the firemans arms through the windowand fell heavily upon the sidewalk, injuring her back and ankles. Mary Annwas badly burned upon the head and shoulders. Kllen Nagle. while beinglowered to the street, had her ankle sprained, and was somewhat burned. and his wife were almost gone, and it
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