The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23

on Mint avenue, from which she was taken
to the hospital.
| J. G. Keown, a veteran fireman, secured
an ak and, cutting hole in the roof,
managed to rescue four men and two
women, all more or less bruised. "He
was so anxious to save those under the
debris that he did not take time to ask
the names of those he saved" said Thomas
Green of S73 FiIbert street, who related
this incident.
The fremen belonging to engine COM
pany II were startled by the loud noise
caused by the house when it tell into
Mint avenue.
John Conroy, the assistant foreman,
rushed out and at once took in the situa-
ton. He ordered the horses hitchod to
the engine and hosecart and directed the
driver to back out into Stevenson street
and drive round on Fifth. In the mean
time he turned in the alarm, and with
Thomas Atkinson, John Murphy, William
Nicholson, Thomas Mulldeny, Claud
Brownell, Frank McCloskey, all members
of the company, who were joined by John
Doherty, the foreman, and Assistant
Engineer John Dougherty, proceeded to
extricate the unfortunate people who were
caught in the timbers.
About half-past o'clock piteous little
whine could be heard above the noise of
the chopping and the splintering OF the de-
bris as the men worked like beavers upon
the top of the avalanche of broken boards
timbers and plaster near the rear wall of
the wreck. The sound grew more audible
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roof of wreckage were being steadily
hurled aside, and then very little dog
suddenly dashed out through the first
available opening, frisk ing about and wag-
ging his bushy tail. He was soon grabbed
up by sympathetic but dirty-faceu little
boy, who disappeared down Mint avenue
hugging the pretty little black-and- white
creature to his breast.
During the course of the afternoon sew
eral men more venturous than the rest
forced their way under the building to see
if they could render any assistance to the
men who were pinioned under the wreck
age. They succeeded in reaching one OF
the laborers, who was taken to the Receiv-
ing Hospital, but they were unable to
reach the Others.
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who was rescued through the roof is the
one who some time since donned diver 3
suit and walked under the water at Sutro
baths.
Every patrol-wagon had been called into
requisition to take the injured to the Re
ceiving Hospital, and as they drove up to
the entrance they attracted an immense
crowd of men, women and chilcren, all
eager to learn how the manned men and
women came by their injuries.
Drs. Thompson and Hartley and Stew
ards Bucher and Mogan worked like beav-
ers stitching aud dressing the wounds,
and in an incredibly short space of time
the wounded were properly attended to.
Friends and relatives of some of the
injured were present and it was pitiful to
hear their pleadings to the doctors and
stewards to hurry up and attend to the
one they cared for.
Nine of those injured were taken to the
hospital, and one man, whose name could
not be ascertained, died on the way. He
was supposed to be one of the graders.
With one exception, none of the nine were
dangerously injured.
AhSNSOWll, AuSUdnQ VI lie pro-
prietor of the rooming-house, was seri-
ously injured internally. He was in a
room on the middle floor and was iammed
between two beams.
Mrs. Joseph Byrne. MeKeown's sister,
in-law, was also in her room on the mid.
die floor. She had been on top of the
building putting out some clothes to day
and had just returned to her room
when the floor sank down. Mrs. Silver
stein, an old lady, had been talking to her,
and when they were dragged out of the
ruins Mrs. Silverstein was dead. Mrs.
Byrne had narrow escape. A dressing
case fell on top of her and left clear
space of a few inches above her. When
found she had her arms around the dress
ing-case. Her only injury was confusion
on each of her arms. When she saw her
broth er-in-law sitting in a chair in the
hospital bent almost double she gave
scream, threw her arms around him and