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Show S AFTEB ,IL HiO fiilESL J MEN W 'AY BE dCEN IN Tie -" '' , 1. "ORATION. Tl Tnrk Tli I Ireinan, futlaiftn, I ltrolMiffM nifl Adjnalra II. After e Are It orer, what then? Tho ate rage dtUen wen nnljr n heap o( nnok-lnff nnok-lnff ruins antl thinks that nothing re-mains re-mains to tilono but to clear tliein away ami biiiM Anew. Hut to tho initiated the deinils of tho work aro nmnlfoM. liters are four bodies of lata actively conrcnicl with the rnins. First, ttie lire men. Tlicr dUtrnt tho ml dragon, He maybe firkin under Any of the bear of bricks, reiy for a fn-sli ontbrtak, So they Jo what they call oTerhnHllnff. They turn over All the smoking piles anl drench tho e ruber anil ,vvt down tho neighboring walU And iflinaln on guard until everything U cold. Butnvtlmei they hava to vratt neatly a wcuk. And thttr work after the fire 1' Trry laborious, as tn the Park place fins where so many Urea wcrolost, Thf?- days aftr tho flro was out therifwero ext III fifty firemen At work on the ruin iccttfntf out tho bndlf and watching the ploro to mako turo that no flarae would start up 0 gain. Many of these fifty men worked for forty-eight Loon Incewmtly, wilh only thrvo hour Intcrrats for weak At the Rreat Cio that destroyed tho Ilnretnerer sugar ih f.ncry It wan inoro than a week Iwfuro the ruin wvrv cold though to bo safe. ttectmJ, the police. Thcyrrotect tho fj-rinen frotn the crowd of citizen who come to look 011 and the roirty rev cued from the rnbble who como to loot. They draw whit la called u fire lino about tho burning building and keep It up Af It It I burned till tho work cf the Airmen i done. Third, the fire patrol Till I a pro ftlonM band ef property rwcu!-, Maintained, by tho lmnraiico companies. It was organized forty sears nxo.and was then composed entirely of raemU-rs of tho volunteer f.ro department. In 1&3 It was inonrpornted tinder a charter lilrh commlsaUmM It to aavo live and property At tires. In tho tirst place It trolly wm a patrol, walking about tho streets from ?0 o'clock each evening till ft.80 o'clock ucit morning looking for fire. Now it U called to fire In tho Ntiito wajt m the reipUr firo depart inwit Iu m n n4 to wear tho aatno uniform! a the firemen, Imt there wai a row oi er that And now they Aro dlitin-guUhed dlitin-guUhed by red stripes. Tir, nnr. rATnou Tho men of the lira patrol go ont with truck, one truck from rach station, Knch truck carrie cluvvn men and axea, ladders, broom, shovels, crowbais and twenty-four luituuiiie tarpaulin cover-ihg. cover-ihg. with which tho fire pitrol ruihea Into a buiMiuK vouiparutlvily eafe from fire, but drenched with witter, and covrr up the good there. Tho patrolmen unally work under the firemen. IVr Instance, If the re 1 a firo on tho fourth iloor they Am buiy on tho third lloor and the lluor bt-Inw coverliitf up Kooda with tho tarpaulin and muotlni; them out of the way of water. They aIm follow tho how line where thewi line run through building not on lire to top all leaks In thorho or Mt, buckets under tho leak or protect yooJ t rom npnty. They can't tell till tho tire It over whether tho property they are mliiK Itlnnuredornoti thereforo they Koaliead without pnylnj nnynUcutlon to the question. Tho lire patrol follow tho firemen and fix thing up, wtvtns all they can for tho liihtirance companies and topping all tinnroefudiry ddiungo. Wh'ii the firemen fire-men ami pullco liavo Rono away tho tiro lutrol stays with the acuts of the own-trs, own-trs, ynnrdiiiff tho cood till the Imur-auco Imur-auco 1 settled or the rescued property is umoed to a place of safety. Alter all U said And dono At the fire propvr. cotno tho iusuruuco adjuitert joktuK about the ruins. This Is u entail, high priced lody of shrewd and esperi-1 esperi-1 ncol men, whofo buslneM Is to find out on behalf cf the insurance companies how much the Us was. An Jnaurnnto nJjuiter will Always tell yon that his is a Judicial function, jutt as n district Attorney At-torney Always contends that ho is actinic judicially, though the prisoner tnuy Dot think so. lh j lnxuret seldom airreu Villi tho Insnruuce lull ui tor, He Is sent on behalf of tint lusnrunco coiopaulvs, uud is on the watch for fraud. ntK AiuctTiin Montr, Tlie serious work dot not usually 19- Kin till the srhes are cold, luiuratico toitip mies don't take inventories of the projvrty insured nowaday. The contents con-tents of a store are constantly changing. ' They wait for the Iniured to make out lis claim In Itomlxcd fonu. Thtuthey cJl for the bouks and tho vouchers. Majlw all books and vouchers are burn-i-d. In that lusu the memory of the owner mut do its best to supply tho do-J do-J ficiency. J 1'raudsare freiucnt,and tho adjuster are unually in buslnesfor thviunlves not attached to any particular company, but hired by the job, just like Uwjersor private detectives. They hae to keep ' their c) es wido open. ? In cak'S Uko tho 1'iulc place fire, where tverythliiK becomes alienp of ruins In an ImUnt, and no Iwoks or iJwrn or mil-terlal mil-terlal evidence e.f any kind is left, the j udjntttcr h'tvu to depend on careful H'rutinyof the Iterolzud clahiu; but In numbers of other cases whore tho firo d pa run en t doe iU work rupldly the Adjusters Ad-justers mako moat aitonlthlng find'. After the Insuranco 1 bottled tho (wiirof tho building putA the ruin up for sale. There are n number of con- tractors iu the city who will bnythem on tpLculatlou, New York Uecordvr. |