Show ON TAll BUilDING BURNS Firemen Unable to Get Water Tater On Top of N. N Y Skyscraper NEW YORK April Dy By 13 By The Associated Press Pre City Iress City officials were pondering today on the difficulties of ot fighting fires fire atop lire fire fireproof proof skyscrapers It was impossible to get water last night on a n. blazing wooden scaffolding atop the story 38 apart apart- apartment apartment apartment ment hotel hote which is under construction con con- construction at Fifth Firth avenue and ninth Fifty street The scaffolding extended around a n story 15 tower toner atop a story 23 main building Firemen were help help- less They had to watch the fire tire burn Itself out Fireproof construction apparently apparently apparently is all that is claimed claim ell for tor It It for only a temporary wooden ture turc was ed lack Jack of ele ele- elevators elevators in the unfinished building prevented quick access to the blaze But Dut fire tire department lead lead- leaders leaders ers era and other city officials In In Informal in- in informal informal formal discussions suggested that It might be necessary to limit the height of buildings or forbid wooden structures so ISO high In the air Fifty thousand spectators in ht Central park and nearby watched the scaffolding send sparks and Giant embers flying lying over roofs In eight square blocks block The Tho blaze resembled re resembled re- re a a. giant Roman candle in inthe inthe inthe the sit skies lea A water pipe burst on the eighteenth floor Firemen climb climb- climbed ed 38 flights of stairs with hose But Dut water that reached the flames flame was a negligible trickle The In Interior In- In Interior tenor of ot the building escaped l 1 |