. St. Nicholas [serial] . hat part of Manhattan Island. The fire hadbegun, no one knew how, in a new warehouse,which had recently been completed at thewaters edge, between the railroad and a nar-row wharf built out into the river. This building,half filled with combustible goods, was blazingfiercely when Uncle Dick and Tom came outat the upper end of the Riverside Park, wherethey could look down into the fiery furnace onthe bank of the frozen river below. Tom found Cissy Smith standing there withhis father; and while Dr. Smith and Mr. Ra-pallo renewed their acquaintance, broken off 502 TOM PAU
. St. Nicholas [serial] . hat part of Manhattan Island. The fire hadbegun, no one knew how, in a new warehouse,which had recently been completed at thewaters edge, between the railroad and a nar-row wharf built out into the river. This building,half filled with combustible goods, was blazingfiercely when Uncle Dick and Tom came outat the upper end of the Riverside Park, wherethey could look down into the fiery furnace onthe bank of the frozen river below. Tom found Cissy Smith standing there withhis father; and while Dr. Smith and Mr. Ra-pallo renewed their acquaintance, broken off 502 TOM PAULDING. [May, since Uncle Dick had last been in Denver, fiveyears before, Cissy greeted Tom heartily. That s a bully old fire, is nt it? he cried. It s the biggest I ve ever seen, Tomresponded. carrying the flames toward the tall piles ofplanks, scattering sparks over the neighboringhouses, and freezing the water almost as it leftthe nozles of the hose. Despite the intense heatof the burning building, long icicles began to. UNCLE DICK AND TOM GO TO THE FIRE. From the first the firemen seemed hopeless ofsaving the warehouse where the fire had started,for the flames had gained full control over itbefore a single engine was able to throw astream on it. There was difficulty in gettingwater, as more than one hydrant was frozensolid; it took precious time to thaw them outby building bonfires all over them. The centerof the river was still open and the ice inshorewas not so thick that a resolute steamboat couldnot crush through it. Soon after Tom and Cissyhad taken their places to see the spectacle, afire-boat came up the river and forced its waythrough the ice till it stopped almost alongsidethe burning building. Leaving this boat to at-tend to the warehouse, the firemen ashore turnedtheir attention chiefly to preventing the spreadof the conflagration. There was a lumber-yard,piled high with boards and planks, within ahundred feet of the blazing storehouse, and thesaving of this was a
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