The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-31

FRANK LEONARD NorSTs A BOTTEH LADDEk
AND REscUEs THREE PEOPLE IRON BURS-
ING TENEsEET.
A few minutes before II O'Clock yester-
day morning a FIRE broke out IN the mat
tress factory OF L. Samuels, AZ No. - SUI
folk street. Almost a. soon a. the IRE was
discovered smoke filed the building from
basement 10 roof. The threc upper floor
were occupied By tenants. and among
them there was great CONSERVATION y
general rush was made for Tie street.
and IL was supposed that al had
got out Of the building, when san
uel Fransel, his wife, and a young
woman named Rose, made their ai-
pearanee in one o. the windows o. third
story front room and began 70 shout iran
tically for assistance. Crowds gathered -
the street below in . few seconds. They
run from al the side streets. and there Wa
great excitement among the Grand-street
shoppers, who saw people running IN al
directions and heard the cry Of . Pre-.
The smoke IN the building made II impc--
sible % render assistance from within o. the
imprisoned man and woman. They crleo
louder and more pitiful for help - they
feI the smoke grow hotter and thicker, AND
restured wildly 20 The crowd. which became
more gnd more excTted. i policeman who
had sent out the alarm OF IRE We power
less in its centre. and was swayed % and
fro bv the frantic people. No hook-and-
adder truck had arrived. and il seemed Is
L the people must either jump or Oe suno-
Gated. Search was made for ladders, and
one abou- fifteen feet in length wa- found
Fireman Gillespie, Of HOok-aDd-Ladder
Nc. 6. who happened 70 be IN the neigh
bOrhoOG had raised tne ladder 70 his Shout
de-s. a. the tender o. Engine Company No.
I5 tore down the street with IL horse ~ ful
gallop. Fireman Frank Leonard. hgtiess and
coatlesS. was driving. Leonard TOOK II the
situation in az instant. Before his horse
had hardly stopped he jumped from ais
seat. climbed upon Glliespie's shoulders,
and lad begun % ascend the ladder 20 the
rescue. The ladder was very rotten. and
the first three rungs gave way N s1cce>-
sion under his weight several more gave
wsv before be reached the toy. BY this
time = Logger ladder had been raised and
on II Leonard mounted 20 within SIX feet
q the window IL which the people were.
The man sat upon the sill % the wiz
dow A. II about 20 throw himself -ieul-
and the women clung 20 him from
behind. Leonard called out continually %
the three. eutreztlng them @ wait until be
could reach them. When b. cot % tue top
% the ladder there was Sill SIX feet De-
tween il and The window. he saw thai be
must net quickly. 50 braciuc bis FEET on the
side - the ladder. he called out % the
younger woman 20 jump. With some
hesitation he stepped upon The window
siI and dropped. The ladder trembled
and creaked - Leonard caught her
Oh his letI arm and strained IL
muscles. but bis equil 5riUm was r.
tanned. Without losing the hold On the
ladder with bis fee. b. passed the woman
lv hi. body. A. he looked up again be
saw Mrs. Frausel just about 20 drop from
the windoW-Siil The ladder <yaveL even
worse than before a. b. caught her around
the waist and lowered her il the same way
n the other woman. Had he not caught her,
I'll three must have been dashed 90 Tie
ground. Cheer after cheer went ~ tr0U
lie crowd - Leonard caught each O,
the women and guided them down
the ladder. AM the applause w-'
deaIeuinc when the man W. helped out
and 81 three had gained the stree B0ti
women were bewildered when they lad
passed from the danger and their friends
hurried them away. When the Fire-Ds-
parrmeut ladders arrived the danger VA
over. and IN twenty minutes The flames II
TIE building were exringui>hec. The nrs
had been caused by defective ga>-pipe,
and the thick smoke ~ The burning nat
tresses. The los i trifiug. Everybody
who witnessed the r. thought that th'
whole building WIS ahlazs within.-Asa
York H0r.d q yeS.e-1Gy.