BROOKLYN, NY: NOV. 3, 1909 — Three firemen were seriously injured while battling a blaze in a three-story tenement in the Williamsburg section. While a family was being rescued over a portable ladder, a 35-foot wooden ladder was raised to the roof and Firemen Carlton and Roessler of Engine 113 and Fireman Derby of Engine 121 started to the roof with a hoseline. As the trio reached the second floor, the ladder broke and they fell 30 feet to the ground. The men were rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.
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