Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

| In the fifth story, in hay window nearly
sixty feet from the ground, stood man and
his wife, tar latter with two children'i in her
arma. and as the flames surrounded them on
| all sides and there were no visible means Of
escape. I g7oan went up from the strug
| Cling mass Of people in tho street below
| All were eagerly looking at them, when Mr.
| Moses Packard, n member of insurance
company No ;, ard Br. Geo, +. Dilling-
ham, seeing iourieen-iOot .ider from the
ladder truck which stood L by, made
their way through the bin lg smoke to
the root of the five story bull, .ng ad Joining
Between this and the burting building
there was passageway about thirteen feet
wide They then rested one end OF
the ladder upon the bay window
OF tho burning building and the
other upon the roof lilo line was
thrown to the man, and he with n GOODNESS.
which under the circumstances was remark
able, fastened one end of the line around the
waist os one child, a little girl about four
years of age, and gave the word to pull.
| The little one was then safely transferred to
the roof. The rope was again thrown to
him and the same operation repeated, anOth-
or little girl OF about two years being saved.
| | ne uhlltS ny luIS lllUU htEt very
fiercely, and his movements were watched
with the greatest anxiety by the people be
low lie then tied the line around his
wia's waist, and she. too, was safe. The
! iiremen at this stage were almost driven
from their position, 50 intense was the heat,
but they pluckily held on and steadied the
ladder while he crawled to the roof When the
daring feet had been accomplished a shout
went up from the assembled multitude
which was simply dcaiening. By this time
| the department was at work. Ladders were
raised TO all the front windows, and the
work OF rescue was fairly common need.
The members of Hook and Ladder No. ,.
| raised one Of the Bangor ladders to the
! fourth story window in front, in which Mr..
John Davis and his wife Julia were stand
| ing. Mr., Clarence Poland quickly ascend
cd the ladder, followed by Mr.. George NJ.
| Carr Again and again were these bravo
fellows driven back by the flames, which
| hlistered their faces and hands. and
again and again did they make the attempt,
| stream from one of the steamers being
played upon them all the time. The last
venture was success. and as Mr.. Poland
emerged from the smoke and flames. with
the ludy safe in his arms. the enthusiasm of
| the crowd was beyond description. Follow
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| 50 badly used up with fire and smoke, his
face and hands being badly blistered and
his fire hat warped out Of shape. that no
was compelled To drop the lady who was
| cared tor by two young men, who carried
| her To No. 30 WarrentOn street, where it
was a-certalned that her face, hands and
arms were badly burned. Her husband was
taken after his injuries had been attended
to. to tho Temporary Home on fremont
street
FATAL LEAP FROM THIRD STORY WINDOW.
| In the window below the ono in which
( Mr.. and Mrs. Davis stood, woman. Mrs.
| Carr, was seen gcstlculating frantIcally to
be saved. Jus. as the firemen were about
10 make an attempt to reach her, several
men were seen holding a mattress under
meath the window, at the same time shout
ing to her to jump. She did so, but miscal-
culated the position OF the mattress, jumped
too far out and her head struck upon the
wheel OF the insurance wagon with sick
ening thud Strong arms speedily raised
| her from the ground and carried her to
the apothecary shop of DR.. West, No.
% Pleasant street, where it was ascer-
tanned that her skull was fractured.
and both legs broken. She was subse-
| quently conveyed to the City Hospital
, where she died. Her little boy Everett, who
was in the room at the time, made his
escape by jumping from a third story
window TO a shed. Similar acts of daring
were being enacted in the rear also, and 1t
was IN tins portion of the building that an
aged man. Thomas Bissell by name, being
driven from his room in the rear of the
fourth story. rushed to the window. Mem
bers OF Hook and Ladder Company No. 3,
shouted 10 him to hold on for few moments
and they would make an effort to save him.
But, brighten ed by the fire he jumped wildly
on to the window sill and thence let himself
down TIL no hung from the windowsill.
For a few moments he remained suspended
thus. his body swaying slightly to and fro,
and them as his feeble hands grew stiff and
impOtent and his arms gaze way under tho
strain, no let 20 his hold. and was seen for
a second to 20 whirling down. Then there
was a sickening thud a. he struck the side
walk on his head and side. His ribs were
fractured and he sustained fatal internal
injuries The Hat above the one occupied
by Mr.. Blssell was rented by Mr.. Thomas +.
Ash and family, which consisted of son,
housekceper, his daughter, Annie. a little
girl, eleven years of age. who was sick IN
bed at the time. and married daughter
They, too, were cut off from all means of
escape and were driven 10 the roof. Here,
as at other places, did the fremen show
their mettle, and twenty minutes hard
work every member of the family was trans
terred to the sidewalk in safety, life lines and
ladders being used. the flames all the time
teating in their fhces. All of the above,
with the exception OF Mr. Ash and son. were
more or less burned