| Show fought flames in a burning soap factory new york aug 11 twenty firemen were carried burned and unconscious from burning soap five of them badly burned in a alre in daggers sons factory in sixteenth street today tanks containing gallons ot soap fata exploded after a alre in the three story building had been brought under control for five hours thereafter firemen fought this new danger crawling on their stomachs on sidewalks outside the building unable to stand in 9 poisonous cloud of smoke which came from the fiery soap grease aad continually exposed to little rivers ot the scorching fluid which flowed out of the building water seemed for the first three hours to have no other effect on the burning soap fats than to canse them to flow mora ly with greater peril to tho anro fighters after the vats had taken alre acting chief banns was forced to divide his men into two parties one to enter the black smoke cloud the hose and the other to stand waiting out in the air to rush in and rescue ta inting comrades whose cries tor help came from the alre every few minutes the black smoke was even more deadly than and sometimes even the men lying flat on their faces were forced to inhale it by the constant back draughts in no case did the injuries of the firemen come from a single experience in the smoke and grease but from repeated dashes into the alre zone attar having been dragged out helpless by comrades A physician was among rescue brigade and by first aid treatment succeeded in removing some of the firemen several firemen who were taken out unconscious and restored to their senses refused to obey orders to go to the hospital but ran back to their posts of duty for an hour fred barry fought the fire from the cellar with the scalding grease trickling over him As he felt his strength giving out for the last time he screamed for help and chief hoac in another part of the building heard him barry was found lying unconscious drowning in the hot water and was carried to the hospital fireman andrew oneall sustained the most serious injuries when the first vat containing gallons of soap liquor exploded several members of company eighteen ware so near that the explosion knocked them down they ran out of the building ing that oneall ONel ll who was one of the party was left behind ho was quickly missed and searchers found him lying on a stairway in a email pool of the soap grease before the alre was under control six firemen had been carried to the hospital and many others who did not go were barely able to walk the loss was estimated at about FIALA IS ENGAGED southern girl to be hla wife new york aug 11 news of the rescue of anthony alala head of the second flegler expedition in search of the north pole yesterday caused the announcement by his family in brooklyn of his engagement to miss clare puryear of nashville tenn the southern girl promised on the day fl alas expedition sailed to be bis bride but the engagement was kept a secret pending news of his return the explorer first met miss puryear eight ears ago when he visited nashville with a troop of brooklyn cavalry which took part in the new york day ceremonies at the tennessee exposition announcement was made yesterday at the office of the late wm flegler in this city that the members of the fiala party will be brought back to this country and sent to their homes when that has been done no further attempts backed by the flegler estate will be made to reach the north pole as the executors have no desire to continue the vork of arctic exploration CHINESE ALARMED shanghai aug 11 the alarm regarding the impending commer caal crisis in consequence of the anti american boycott is hit drw that the information has gor abroad that president roose ha instructed minister rock hail 10 warn the chinese govern arnt that america will insist upon hr lull v aff bv china of i alf 1 0 fa 1 1 n T a creaty |
