Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-20
ONE MORE DEAD.
Acting Foreman kettIer Succumbs to
His Injuries.

Acting Foreman George w. Ke.tler of
Engine Company No. s died this morning
at Providence Hospital, about $50 o'clock,
| making the fifth member of the depart
| nent whose death resulted from Monday
nights conilagration.
He number one fireman, and was
as brave as a lion," is what was said of
him in Chief Paris office this morning.
Kettler was of the four men caught
in the first fall and the last taken out
During the four hours he spent beneath
the ruins he suffered untold agony, but
even through this intense suffering he ut
tered not single complaint, but probably
uttered number of prayers to be spared
from living DEATH as it We're
IN the death Of this young fireman, for
although he was in charge Of the COM
pany he was only twenty-four years old,
the department loses the ser ices of one
OF its best men, and the people of Capitol
Hlll, especially those in the neighDorhood
OF the engine house on North Carolina ave-
nue., feel that member of their own
families has been taken away.
We all loved him said Judge IIimban
today, FOR he was an exemplary man. as
well as a good and brave fireman.
lie was appointed a member of the fire
department in December, 1888, when he
was just twenty-one years old, and two
months ego he was promoted. He had
been married only about year, and lived
at No. 49, d street southeast. When ket-
tier reached Providence Hospital, Sister
be2trice expressed the opinion that he
could not survive his injuries. She had
seen many injured persons brought there
before, and probably knows as much about
their chances for recovery as do the ply
sicianS who attend them. Because of what
she said the injured mans friends were
prepared fer the worst, and the news of
his death was not a surprise to them.
All day yesterday the dying man was
conscious and was able to converse with
his friends. Judge kimball was among
those who called at the hospital but he
remained only short time. The ffreman's
wife ana mother were with him when he
died
Getting Better.
Arthur NJ. Donaldson and w. J. McElwce
members of engine company No s, the
only tiremen who are now in Providence
Hospital, are improving, and both men are
now thought to be out of danger They
were not regarded as seriously injured, but
the shock to their systems was so great
that they appeared much worse than they
really were. Now they have about re-
covered from the shock and are doing as
we'll as can be expected
The several other fremen who received
slight injuries are doing light WORK about
their respective houses, but none of them
are SO badly hurt that they are off duty.
New Firemen Appointed.
Chief Paris was busy this morning ex-
aiming applicants for positions in the de-
partment, and five new flremen were ap-
pointed to the vacancies. They were all
young able-bodied and muscular men of
fine appearance, and were assigned to the
companies needing their services at once.
Poor Joe MulhnIrs Hat.
A gruesome relic of the catastrophe has
been taken to the fire chiefs Office Il is
the hat worn by poor Joe Mulhall when the
wall fell and buried him The hot sbou-c
the terrible force Of the avalanche of
brick, iron and timbers, the tough, stiff
leather being broken in a hundred places
and mashed almost out of shape.
PickfOrd Not Burned Out,
Although buildings on both sides of Mr..
Pickford, No. 924 Louisiana avenue were
burned, his establishment escaped as the
firemen fought the fire from the rear OF his
store.