Show THE fell III i new york firemen killed pinned under heavy iron girders traffic death of battalion fire chief john J bresnan and fireman rooney new ti ork pec 29 battaglion Bat tallion fire chief john J and fireman jolin ot truck no 12 were killed lay by the falling of a floor dur fiig n anro which gutted several stories of the electric fixtures factory of the manufacturing co wept twenty fourth street the did worth of damage As foreman william of engine no 18 had his leg broken am three other firemen were slightly ly in aured when alio alre was discovered it had made considerable progress the build is si stories in height and extends from twenty third to twenty fourth streets cherell occupies nos ami on the floor alic building extends through without a break but above that then is a well hole which leaves a space of twenty filc fee between the two buildings directly in the center of alie block when the firemen responded tho flames were bursting through alio three upper floors all the lire was on the twenty fourth eile the llames must leavo started in alio fifth bloor where tho theo delier arms are made there anro a number of buffing this floor and it may been ft smoldering spark from one of hew eliat caused be outbreak chief breenan was on the i burth floor directing the of hie men when suddenly ft heavy the root cam carrying wih it alie fiffi bloor A inasa of blazing debris fell on the firemen pinning a and kooncy under the girders the readied the in safety but the fell aa alicy were hurrying do n and the men tell in a heap on the floor assistant foreman right leg wag broken and fireman was injured their companions draia them lo 10 a 0 safety then a heroic effort was made to rescue bresnan and tho flames acro kept from attacking the bodies of alie unfortunate men but they could not lie reached by great fire louisville kyden 29 last nights fire was gotten under control at 4 was one of the fiercest eliat ever visited the wholesale districts ot main under tho ot major were algosi prostrated bythe by the cold was alic progress oll c checked and alie aloa from sixth to street saved from destruction the buildings occupied by stucky brent co on sixth street between main and water J II 11 quast A co main street JA G erst un wet mail street and C II 11 alisi aff 29 West main street acre gutted and lie stoc j atall ll 11 troyed the losses a far as k are stucky bent co insurance 83 TOO building owned bv mra mary lavie J M robinson norton co J II 11 quasti co inure tl for aliss A co e will reach partly lir gerst loss is not known betit is will lx alx about JOB II clinef 0 alic uro department is now lying in a critical cond i tion at engine company no 2 house having been carried from alic scene of the fire suffering from ft congestive chill brou gliton by standing in water a foot deen and exio suro to extreme cold several other freman were ex hausted |