The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
HEROES OF THE HOUR.
Six Women and One Man Snatched
from the Jaws of Death.

from the Jaws of Death.
BosToN, Nov. 2s, 1870 P. M-Police
Seargant Kimball and PatroIman Mayes
courageously rescued seven people
- six women and one man - from
a building at the corner of King and Bed
ford streets. Smoke had overcome them
and they lay PROSTATE on one of the upper
floors. Aware that the employees had not
all escaped from the building the three men
bravely entered and groped around in the
thlckening smoke, and as fast as the pros
trate forms were discovered they were
carried to place of safety. The rapid ad-
vance of the fire reached the place just as
the last of the women was being carried
from the building.
MORE GALLANT WORK.
A brave rescue from immediate death
was made by Officer Charles Maynes and
Officer Benjamin, about 945 o'clock, in the
building No. 80 Chauncey street. Edward
K. Whiting, a veteran fireman, piped with
hose on the building. 1t grew terribly hot,
the walls threatened to fall, and a cry was
raised to get back, as the roof was
caving in. A desperate rush was
made by all hands to get out of
reach Of the tumbling bricks, and all escaped
save Whiting He was struck and
knocked down and Immediately
covered by heated debris. The
fremen said that he must be killed. Officers
Waynes and Banjamin, however, thought
they braved the furnace like heat, and the
risk of falling walls, and tried to
fad the buried man. "My God,
can no one help meln was the cry they
heard. This directed them to a pile of
truck and timber, under which they found
| Whiting imprisoned. Franticaly they
| pulled and hauled at the hot debris. Every
moment they expected to be killed by fall
| ing stones or set on fire by the seething
| flames, which darted out in every direction,
| Bravely they kept at work, however. They
| got hold of Writings arms, and tried TX
| pull him out, but the burned skin and flesh
came off in their hands. Once more they
| dug away at the debris to free the burned
and injured man. They succeeded in this,
and got Whiting out. 1t was found that
| his right leg was broken, that he was fright.
| fully burned about the head, arms and
body, and otherwise injured. 1t is believed
that his injuries will prove fatal
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Among the seriously injured are:
MICHAEL ATKINSON, a policeman, head
crushed by falling granite.
JOHN HALEY, a hoseman, lacerated by
| plate glass.
THOMAS F. QU1GLEY, inhaled flames and
burned.
DISTRICT ENGINEER BARTLETT, dislo-
| Gated right shoulder.
EDWARD FRoHAN, a fireman, hand
nearly cut off.
j. DACY, fireman, crushed leg.
FIREMAN RUSSELL, of engine 3, leg
broken.
While Assistant Chief John Reagan and
fourteen men were on Kingston street
holding the spread of the fire in that
direction the Kingston-street front of the
building suddenly swung out and fell on the
street to where they were. Tons of gran
ite came down all around the fremen, and
rebounding into the air fully ten feet, fell
again among them. Nearly every one of
the fourteen were knocked down, but none
| of them received a scratch.
During the day the mayor received
numerous offers Of financial assistance from
other New England cities, all of which
were declined with thanks.
The city's assessments of the buildings
burned shows that they were valued at a
sum rising nearly S1,0O0,0O0 in taxes.
NOW UP TO $15O00,OO0.
BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2 A MA conservative
estimate of the loss at this hour is SIS, ,000,-
OO0