Deseret Evening News | 1908-03-10 | Page 1 | Twenty Firemen Seriously Hurt

TWENTY fiREMEN SERIOUSLY HURT HURl Loss of Caused by Fire In New York Building B DEPARTMENT STORE ESCAPES Blaze BO Was WiS ns Door to 10 SI SIl l 1 anil Every J to U New ew York March 10 A score of ot firemen were eIo 10 Injured several enl o oC them seriously hundreds ot of persons were thriven driven from th their lr homes and many buildings were threatened by b a tire fire fre ear early early ly Iy today which destroyed destro ld tho the 81 tory brick building at nt No 38 08 west Eg street street The big SIegel Copper department store was WW seriously threat threatened threatened threatened ened at at ono time The fire fre also nl got Into the adjoining building Itt at Nos Os OH 32 and 36 west Eighteenth l street and be before before fore It was wall checked had caused a a total loss Ot of o HAD lAD FULL SWEEt SWEEP SWEEtA A Abaci back draft which blow blew out every window in the burning building bull anti and scattered a shower hower Of broken was responsible tot for the injuries of oC many litany ot of the firemen Some Somo of ot time the men were ero so severely cut by the flying JIM that they are ara In imi a condition With li lithe the free tro draft dratt furnished by open oel win windows winowa windows dows owa the tho flames names spread rapidly through the building and within a few tew minutes several nearby buildings were wore threat threatened cued ened Several persons in iii II a u boardinghouse adjoining this the burning building escaped with considerable difficulty Window frames in the To Siesel Siegel Cooper store storo caught tiro several times Umes but but the tho flames Hames were vere extinguIshed be before tore fore any serious damage was done