The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1910, Page 1

SERVICE COMMISSIONERS HEDGE ON INTERBOROUGH SUBWAY GRAB WEATHER-Fair to-night and Thursday; colder, PRICE ONE CENT. CRASH BURIES SO MEN IN. BLAZING MINE Only Eight Saved From Eng- lish Colliery by Helmeted Res- cuers Who Dare Flames. SLIM HOPE FOR OTHERS. | Blocked Passages and Broken Lift Cage Barred Escape of Victims After Crash. BOLTON, England, Dec. 21.—An ex- Piosion followed vy fire and causing many fatalities occurred in the 1 Hulton Colilery of the Hulton Co Company here early 1 ery n after 24 miners had gone below the surface to-day si to he day's work The first rescuing party to reach the Scene succeeded in bringing up seven men and a boy in safety and later re- covered the bodies of ten victims whe had had no chance of escape. At the moment of the explosion flames spread through the passazes and smoke ‘4 poisanous gas fumes filled the shut. Thousands Mourn at Mine. The plight of the minors was rendered tore des: by a mishap to the ma- cidnery of the shafts, where the cag: refused to move for a time, prevating ® quick excape and Interfering with the | Ventilation. The rising gases were checked by obstructions and driven bury; Truck Company No. 8, Capt. Far- back upon the entumbed men. Mean- i » and Fire Patrol Company No. % ue, the fire raged flercety, and it Is t. Sydney Johnson, were the first of ppoxed that many who were not killed fire fighters to arrive. The fire- y noxh nes were burned to death. jen broke through the front door The rescuers were unable to go direct lon Hudson street and were enter- to the spot Where the miners were en- ing the bullding when a@ back tombed, and there was some delay draught bowled over the men and left hile they sought access to the place through adjolning leads, Word of the accident was carried quickly to the homes of the miners and thousands of persons surrounded the mouth of the colliery. As always on the occasion of such uisasters, the anxious throng included hundreds of half- crazed wives and children and pitiful! svenes familiar to coal-mining districts were enacted. At 2 o'clock this afternoon only eight of the 290 imperiled men had escaped and the outlook far the rescue’of others was dublous. At that hour a total of Bertha nny In the act of sha with ne en, eights operator in th machine |the Kiseh Manufacturh the eighth floor at Ne KILLS HERSELF STAB) IN CUTTING CANDY Uses a Pair of Shears Which Pierce * a Leg. & big aquare of h en years old, a e lace factory of ng Conypany, on ». 580 Broadway, Bsc coAlag: ad seen reocverel: accidently bbed. herself in the leg to- Little Hope for Victims. ay, puncturing an artery and produc- 1 Ups eolhatges esculng party who] ing a wound from which » in St came up from the pit after twilight ex- | Vineent’s Hospital pressed’ the opinion that there was! ‘The giri lived at No. 8 Horatio stre no for ¢ She carried to work with her to-day a rescuers 8 square of chocolate an inch and a halt trating only two hundred yards because of the debris waich so ocmpletely choked the passageway, They uncoy- ered a number of bodies. For a time the lives of 700 men were in jeopardy, as a mine communicating with the one in which the explosion occurred was also damaged by the hock, and st was some time before its thick in a white box. produced the oho: and several gome of it. the dainty, but it could not break It wit Used Shears t te 400 occupanis could reached and Vrought’ to the surface, ten bodies recovered were dis- covered lying close to the mouth of the | She was left Mt Placing the chocolate in her lap, | began to pry at it with the sharp ends | of @ pair of shears, seven Inches long. anded and held the choc- lunch time at her he machine § crowded around asking Bertha was willing to share! was hard and she h her fingers, fo Cut It, e pit, In each vase death was due to] olate in her lap braced against her right Jation. One of the elght miners] jeg, aped sald that sip ty 1 eon The chocolate resisted the shears for explosion t 2 a time, and she jabbed har nd hard piany. wert while 1 ine o | finally v rough the hove thes. He falled pi $ and punctu hi a heey y With 4 scream the giri Jumped to her The report W puints sey-| feet and ran the length of the factory dis thousands |to a retiring room. Her Might created a {ve ounding cours among the fifty girls ployed in » st! the pit ti the holiday | tha city te alr Julia Kussmaul, a machine Leliug repla sblems of mourn: | and Walter Minn, the foreman, | injured girl to the elevator Sarma eetineensee “LADIES IS VERY SCAIRS,” | HE WRITES ST. GAYNOR, An ambulance Hurried to Hospital, Was summoned by tel lephone. While awaiting its arrival tne improvised a tourniquet and “Ladies is very scalrs out here," | ¢ » fully to stop writes forty-five- de H. Higley of | ow of i Keith of St. V No, al Front street, Portland, Ore,, in| cent's saw that the case wag ser a uote to Mayor Gaynor wife, in quest of 4) and made a record rur 1 to the Hospital wah the p 4 tain Mr. Higley's letter ‘s as follows: jy few minutes after reaci ling the in- Sir:—will you do me a kind Fayore. | stitution. That is This, 1am rs old and Tr had been working at a ma Want a ‘ood wife is very |cnine ever since entering he xewire out Here. Now if you No of | sie was anaemic, and a loss of good Lady that wants a good Hus- |i, an extent tha vuld only band Tell to write to me if you | \veakened one in good health drained aca H. Higley her vitality, Se Fives World Bullding Baths Portland Oregon always open. Barber and.” Mai auce, 63 Par The envelope was addressed St. Gaynor, City Hall, Noo York rooms, $1, podist in attends Copyright, A910, by The Press Publishing w York Wot GIRL WHO! MET DEATH BY AN ACCIDENTAL, SCISSORS nates | | | |FIGHT SIX-HOUR BATTLE. | | tackled in my experience in the depart- | ment. | The six stories, cellar and sub-cellar dys VE NTO WALL -OF FLAMES WHEN | BUILDING BURKS | Firemen, in Peril Take Desper- ate Chance When Escape Is Cut Off. Blaze in Hudson Street Finally Quenched with 3,600,000 Gallons of Water. After a battle lasting six hours, in which three alarms were sounded, a fire in the Mercantile Building, a six- story structure at Nos. 174-178 Hudson street, which forms an running around to Nos, 21-2 Vestry street, was under control this morning. For fear the biage may start afresh firemen will be kept pouring water on the ruins the greater part of to-day. At) i o'clock Chief Croker said: | ‘This ts one of the hardest fires Ihave ‘NEW “YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, Public Service Coinmissioner. were occupled by Joseph Libmann & Co,, dealers in paper stocks, With the exception of the first floor, where the offices were located, the building was filled with paper, bales of rags in- flammable materials, The fire appar- ently started in the cellar, Before the firemen arrived the Names had a’cended through the elevator shafts and spread to all the upper floors, Knocked Down by Back Draught. Engine Company No. 30, Capt. Rox- | their hose snaking in the flames and |smoke. Before the firemen could gain thelr feet flames were shooting over thelr heads. The men had literally to dive through @ wall of fire to reach safety. A second alarm brought Chief Croker ‘LONGEST FLIGHT | RECORD SMASHED BY LEGAGNEUX French eect Remains | | in Air 5 Hours and 59 Min- utes and Covers 322 Miles. PARIS, Dec. 21.—All world’s records for sustained distance fights were TOHN E..EUST/S. id then a third was sounded and Fire Commissioner Waldo came rumbling up in his automobile. So great was the smoke that two searchlights, one on Hudson street and « second on V street, were of little use. Croker saw the danger to his men, and he ordered them back from the building. Warehouse Is Saved. ‘The Mercantile Building backed on a seven-story building, the Howling Green Warehouse, at N 44 Laight street. Deputy Chief Burns and a dozen fire- men took their stand on the roof cf bullding and saved it, were ordered to go through tenement houses and drive to the street, | In the six-story tenements at No 170 and 172 Hudson street six families came shivering down the stairs. Twenty the storage The police ; 3 oy families were driven from their homes niles in 2.20, In 1900 it was won by} 2 Fake . ae} ‘. Nha, at Nos, 166163 Hudson street, and at|Henri Farman, who flew is miles Staff in W ous Hospital Christmas Mail Burned When No. 46 Latght street twelve families | in 4.06.25. | 5 p — , 7 Were temporarily homeles: OHALONS, France, Dec. 21—A non-/ Worked All Night Over ennsylvania Fast Train Chief Croker had hardly ordered hfs] stop aeroplane flight, with a passenge., | = . men back from the walls when the|of 14 miles wax made to-day by Lieut Walter Benson lakes Fire After Smash. burning root crashed down, carrying |Cammerman, accompanied by Capt eon, every floor with it to the basement. Hugon!, Léeut. Cammerman piloted his | ee “Now we can keep n check,’ said | machine from this city to Montieny- | pers Croker. ‘the Chief then added that! gur-Aube and return. The ree oe A dozen doctors and a earns of nurses p 1,000 gallons of water hud eer|made in four hours and thes minutes | ail night in W pure Hos seniate thrown on the biage. Pie flight, Which establishes a world’s ) rouse Walter Benson, 4 young : fanhatt T « | The origin of the ere is not known. record £0 ein & non-stop pas- | rdical ae the Penn, , aid = 7 ae ewe r fight, dertaken nd minating ga son ¥ ne bod ty t LINERS CRASH INBAY, orders trom the Minster Wa nating: gus: olaons ath aman oh sie etavae sll | —. ave a life was never e city The tovon are Away Rall AVIATOR | pita ive us thrown off the t ‘A RECORL, |!" ‘ The steamer Kor in get r s % — nde 4 in t orld’ t * alte College and r t . : ty women were hroken (his afte street, Willlamsburg. The yd : ¥ stean na lle: Bragon ft ful in disposition wad @ general favor , serious milos, remain nd | ite, Mie, Auguste 7 minutes before desce Dis} He went to lls room at 4 0 0 ren, en rout j ; pi | serdlay afternoon to take & and I Rae aide near besa Bloated manos | gas stove, ‘Three hours te was und trampled ane, found unconscious. The ruvin was ful 4 jthe I of gas, and the tube connecting the |and were destr te thel quarantine heat t=] fret woman to drive a monoplany|tove with u gas Jot was disconnected |In the front end bali GA was alongalde the) alone, and “nt The stove was away from its usual pos) part first burne ul heen i tugs in time. The) pedi Ontend, Belgium 1 [wition and it was apparent that sn, nount o nas mail, all Sop Ad as far as could be ween, | Fin distance cigiit [in moving 11, hd accidentally p the ‘ as undamaged mee Jtube from tt position: “ Betsy BBCON tRe S ; An amoulance Was called from W © Ginds CONGRESS ADIOURNS ted dlemieetiersiree| t Man mf of | FOR HOLIDAY RECESS. ea iss tte woman, Dui : i In to-day's flit Mile. Dutrlew , of dines W. : : oe, neer's overalls and tong f the accident 10 t ww 5 WASHINGTON, I 41,—Cong haginne raile and tal, and doct ig dining uh an ras adjourned for tie holiday 1 ind gaiters, She au aa We f ; th until Jan, 6. Little business was from tne M ttle for t {in eit owing to t nsedt pl t kne " 1 diMculty of keeping enough members in | refusing but siled y) veapund to r unas. thelr weats lo insure & quorum, mex, treatment. bad We, . — saietueerre ct TCT Sa ee ~ a ZT broken to-day by Pau! Legagneux, fy ing in 4 Blerlot weroplane. when he} covered 322 miles in 5 hours and 6 min- |WHO WILL BE TH MILOROY MALTBIE 1910. 20 Who Have Betrayed the City By Opposing Subway Competition E NEXT WEATHER-F: 4 Thareday; colder, PAGES “PRICE ONE CENT. ‘ESTIMATE BOARD LIN ED FOR WAR, PROMISE DEADLOCK ON SUBWAY ——-s Pr ‘McAneny and Steers Ignore Party Pledges for City-Owned Lines and Refuse to Oppose In- terborough Grab. COMMISSIONER MALTBIE NOW RAPS WHOLE SCHEME 'Essentials He Finds Faulty Are “Basis of Operating Extensions, Character of Sub- way, Methods of Financing Extensions and Terms for City’s Taking Over.” Public Service Commissioner Milo R. Maltbie said late this afternoon: present time. ‘There are certain features that are not satisfactory to me, and the offer should be modified in certain essentials before it is aceepted by the Commission.” “What are those essentials?” was asked. “Without going into details, | may say that they relate: “To the basis upon which the extensions are to be operated. “To the character of the subway itself. “The methods of financing the proposed extensions to the present system. “The location of certain lines. * a the terms upon which the city may take over parts of the system. “The size of the bore is one of the items to be considered,” he con- cluded. He intimated that he would stand pat for tunnels large enough to admit standard size cars rather than stand for tunnels so small that only the Interborough cars and those of its allies could enter. UUsTIS ALSO HAS AN “IF,” Commissioner John E, Eustis, formerly a Park Commissioner in the Bronx, sald: “The Interborough proposition, to my mind In a general way, is a very good thing If they will withdraw from their demands on certain details, so the city's Interest shall be better safeuarded, I shall be in favor of the proposition if the majority of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment endorses it and are willing to vote the money, “There has been considerable criticism of the fact of doing away with competition, I should like to say that even if the Interborough proposition is not accepted and we proceed to build the Triborough, it will not meces- utes, without alighting, Unless beaten ! sarily be a competing Une Betas ae 4 ait He ii ux becomes TO ) BETRAY | THE CITY? “Xt would have to be put up at auction, and the beet bidder for equipment the winner of this year's Michelin | orn Cup, valued at $4,000. Legagneux in a famous French avia- tor, who first flew in a Volain biplane later used a Somner biplane and then a Bleriot monopl In addition to to- day's record, Legagneux holds the , world’s altitude record, being the first { man ever to ascend 10,000 feet In a : DOZEN DOCTOR avier-than-air inachine Ae va LY] France, he recently vose 10,407 one hour and forty minute ‘The rapid advance in the aeroplane | art is seen by the winnings of the] Michelin Cup, It was first offered an on in 190, when Wilbur Wright ff ei ; FAILTO SAVE HIM DIES FROM GAS, MANHATTANFLYER IN A COLLISION, DOZEN INJURED And operation Would got it, and if the Interborough saw fit to bid, they are in a position to make more favorable bids than anyone else, and the city officials would have to eventually give them the contact, “Personally, If I thought the mon would be forthcoming to finteh the Triborough from end to end without delay, I would prefer to see that work go on, but in view of the fact that the city has only one-half the mone: jin sight to build the Ine, and there was no assurance when the balanc | would be available, It seemed to me the Interboroygh preposition offered r thing which would be very complete and at the same time furnish more to the three boroughs than does the Triborough. The Bronx would get Route 18 (White Plains avenue) contplete, while Brooklyn would get a Hne down Flatbush avenue, and out Eastern Parkway, and Manhattan would | get a new north and south line.” |\How Board_ot Estimate Stands | On Interborough’s Monopoly son Here is the line up as it stands to-day in the Board of Estimate and i Apportionment, which will meet to-morrow to receive the surrender of the | Public Service Commission to the subway grab of the traction monopoly; FOR COMPETITION, Number of Votes, Comptroller Prendergast... . : 3 President of the Board of Aly fermen Mitchel, 3 n Borough Presiden Miller of the Bronx........ 1 Jorough President Cromwell of Staten Island... { (enweEs@eceee eens wae ties > 8 “FOR MONOPOLY, @ Numbe 1 of Vote : } eh President MeAneny of Manhattan... 2 7: Bor yrourh President Gresser of Queens i 1 Borough President Steers of Brooklyn........ 2 “pou BTF UL. Number ot Votes. Mayor Gayn fale sinisinsieaseaee eye. | tr a x votes in the { Hstimate and Apportionment rit on ea would be a deadlock, ‘That Borough President George ipAcnny s to the Interborough plan will not de surprising te omi9 perso MeAneny was president of the City Club elieve t de pf making, MeAneny to an Evening World reporter members of our body commit thems to-day on thie que yor) “Phen you are for 1opoly?” Waa, mpetition bef y up for asked, y decksion te altogetuer vad Mr., "L didn't say so," was hie reg ‘ , i ' ‘ “Iam not in favpr of the Interborough proposition as it stands at the - 4 By 4 “y ; ; 4