The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-06
CROWD CHEERED
PLUCKY WOMAN.
Rescued From the Martin Block
BY the Aerial Ladder.
A DAMAGING MIDNIGHT BLAZE.
Liggett and Sons Store Suffered Severity as
Did ID. a. Free and other Tenants In
the Block--Some Exciting
Scenes.

The Martin block, located on the
south east corner of East Third and
North Market streets, was visited by
fire Saturday night which resulted dis
astrously to some merchants who oc-
cupied the lower portion of the building,
and might have terminated in number
Of fatalities to the residents occupying
the second and third stories in the
block. The plucky and brave work Of
the firemen with the assistance of cool
headed citizens however, prevented any
loss of life and all of the people were
rescued in time.
Shortly after IL o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
o. d. Hogue, who occupy rooms on the
second floor on Market street, smelled
smoke, and after learning it's source and
seeing the Railways filling, they alarm
ed the remainder of the occupants of
the block who hastily scrambled down
the stairways and out of the block.
About the same time Mr.. Hogue tele-
phoned to the central engine house, and
the fire apparatus responded. AS the
hook and ladder truck was passing the
square, Tillerman e. J. Weber con-
cluded that from the volumes of smoke
| issuing from the building that a dam
gerous fire was in progress, and he
jumped off the truck and turned in an
alarm from box 80, on the public square,
at 1145 o'clock, summoning the other
apparatus to the scene. The firemen
quickly prepared to rescue those in
mates of the block who were not yet
out of the building. Many who resided
in the rear portion of the building made
a hasty exit down the fire escape as
sisted by the firemen and a ladder.
When it was believed that all had been
taken out of the block, from a window
in a third story of the block appeared
a woman who screamed for help. It ap-
pears egress had been cut off by the
stairways and halls filling with smoke
and for short time it was feared she
would jump out and down upon the
street. The aerial ladder. which stood
upon the Third street side of the build
ing was quickly raised and Fireman
Charles Pence ascended. and he found
the woman sitting upon the window sill,
with her head outside to avoid the
smoke which filled her room. He
grasped her and slowly conveyed her
to the ground below amid the cheers of
the hundreds of citizens who had ga TIL
cred around the apparatus. The woman
rescued was Miss Ollie NJ. Long, a ten
ant. She had nearly been overcom
of mind when being rescued. A number
of streams of water were hastily piled
through the basement doors upon q pile
of debris and coal from which large
volumes of smoke were issuing and the
firemen SUPPOSED the flames had oriS-
mated from.
1t appears that the smoke emanating
from the burning debris and coal which
lay in the basement, assembled the ele
vator shaft and filled the upper floors
of the building. The fire ragged fierceIy
in the basement and several props sup
porting the floor gave way and precipt-
tated eight pianos into the mass OF
flame beneath. The instruments were
all badly damaged and partly destroyed
The F. D. Liggett & Son, clothing stock
on the corner, also was badly smoked
and the south wall of the room burned
Clothing along that side of the rUom
was totally consumed, the rem aindcI
being smoked.
The occupants of the second Eo0r OF
the building were Mr.. and Mrs. D. D.
Hogue, Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Bockius. Mr.
and Mrs L. C. Conold, Mrs. J.. Z. Kitz.
miller and daughter Olive: the third
floor was occupied by Miss Ollie M
Long and Mr.. and Mrs. AL Hieronimus
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Martin. Mrs. Mary
H. Kennels and daughters Jessie and
Louise, and sor George. and Mr.. and
Mrs. E. c. DePutron. AS the occupants
made their escape from the building
they were Immediately taken to the
Yohe Hotel opposite and given quarters
for the night, through the kindness
of Manager Kuhns.