The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-27
FEARF LII TYRE
 IN COLUMBUS, ]. Property les Will Reach Over
 RIf q Million FIREMAN DIES UNDER WALL s ThrIIIlls Feature of the Fire Was the Rsgcue of Lodser from a l ,fFourth Floor Room EnveI- " oped in FIames-
FIREMAN DIES UNDER WALL

/ Columbus, O., April 26.-Fire early this morning destroyed the Brunson and ljnion Clothing company's buildings at tHigh and Long streets, and several small CT structures and damaged the Nicholas block, entailing an aggregate loss of about $500, O00 Danied Lewis, captain of engine company No. H. was caught under fall Ing wall and instantly killed His body was cremated in the ruins The fire was attended by many exciting incidents, the most thrilling being the rescue of Philip Nation, grocer, from his apartments on the fourth floor of the Brunswick building, where he had been hemmed in by flames.
 The Losses.
 The principal losses are;
 Brunson block, Monypen estate, $s5,o0o; Insurance S260OO.
 Union block. Daniel Thomas, s4o'Ooo in surance $1000o.
 Munsey building, J. S. Bull, s75Oo; in- kurance $6OO0.
 Courtright block, Fleetwood Courtright, Js15, GOO; insurance $40OO
 Mithoff block E. T. Mithoff, $5oOo; fully , insured
 Nicholas block E. T. Mithoff, sSOoO; fully Nnsured
 Nv. L. Wiltshire building, Mrs William Nringer, $60O0; insurance SSooo.
 t1nion Clothing company, $S5.0O0; insur-
 ,e s65,OOO.
 stt Brothers, billiard supplies and
 ,5n, $65,OOO insurance $S5,OOO
 imadge Hardware company, $4o,oOO;
 nee sso,0OO
 sey and company, barbershop and
 Furnishings $2OoOO; insurance s10,500.
 ghatshire hotel, 5000.
 ,1ynas Brothers, wholesale grocers' SoV'- poo; fully insured.
 The fire started in the Brunson building on the west side of High street, just north of Long, and It's progress was south ward he flames being famed by a brisk wind from the north.
 The flames after gutting the Brunson, spread to the buildings south. The Union Clothing company building was com pletely destroyed and the Courtright building and the Whatshire hotel gutted. When the flames got under headway in \ the Union, with its five floors stocked with 1 clothing 1t became veritable furnace, lthe heat cracking plate glass windows across the street.
 Thrilling Rescues.
 One of the most thrilling features of the fire was the rescue of Philip S. Na- Eion, a lodger, from a room enveloped in flames on the fourth floor of the Brunson building It was supposed all the occu- pants of the building had been gotten out. The water tower was playing a stream Into the flaming front of the building when the figure of a man in underclothes suddenly appeared at window on the fourth floor, raised the sash and waved his hand. A shout of horror went up from the crowd as rescue seemed out of the question. The fremen, however. quickly started to raise an extension lad der Just as the top of the ladder touched the window sill he appeared wearing a derby hat, and before the firemen could reach him started to descend the ladder When he reached the ground he was in a state of collapse
 Captain Daniel Lewis, of engine com pany No. Il, who was killed, was caught by falling wall while carrying hose Into the Palace barber shop.
 Two companions had just emerged from the building and Chief Lauer called to Lewis. but too late. His body is supposed to have been cremated in the ruins.