The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-14

HORRIBLE NEMENT FlRH
ontlnled g rom E:ifst5s Pasea
rear irs sseaP III III jaInpe tsi
|lthssg round and RefeE injured.
Heroes here we're Il and many Gfl
them. Lieutenant Bonner, son ~
former Fire Chief Bonner, scaled tile
red hot fire esca Pc: i've times; and
each time brought down a woman aud
| as child The last time his strength
gave way and he and his charges
would have been plunged ITO the sideal
walk had they not been caught byi
another fireman. Bonner; fell against
1.-THE fire escape and would have been
roasted TO death had not some Are.
men scaled a ladder and brought hin
down H n IL u.
a human chain$lwas formed @l,y
Lieutenant Hannigan and Firen,an
McGrath andsswalsh. Of Hook and
Ladder Company No. 9; u together
with Fireman Poggie, Of Engine No.
4 %. and Special Policeman James.
i NNartals'iy.5a and score or more were,
rescued. Those who were clinging
I 10 the fire escapes on the top floors
!, and did not Jump we're slowly roast
ed, and their cries were. horrible 10
] hear. They could not descend be.
j cause the fire escapes we're cloggcl
with furniture and ash cans which
had been left there by tenants in
i lyiolntion OF the law. a mother threw
!, i;her babe at Policeman Wartalsky
/ and he caught It. Then she; plunged
\ lafter it and fell upon Wartalsky's
head. He was knocked unconscious.
, The woman was slightly burned but
[ otherwise she and her baby escaped
A unhurt. In the rear, scaling ladders
e We're run up, and many were alien
!, down6insthe face .of! the greatest dan
G ger from the flames. which came ont
e. = q - d q HIt 10 Z :
o from the windows In angry tongues
i The. firemen and policemen, with
Q their faces and hands burned, stood
/ by their work and many times. were
d forced to]descend when their cloth
j, ing caught fire. ~
n One woman with her night attire
i: blazing was seen to crawl from on
G the flames and smoke onlthe top jluoi
i and start to creep down the, fire es
\ cape. The hot iron of the escape
ii bllstered and charred her feet, bn
IL She made no outcry. She careful
Il " removed the clogsing ash cans am
e gradually worked her way down L
i where the iremen with scaling lad
4 ders were ready to save her. The.
J. We're about to take her, when a grea
o surge of flames burst out OF the win
It dow and enyeloped the woman from
Il her head to her feet. She fell bacl
) and was seen no more. No one l;ney
o her name She was about twenly:iy
years old. ts.s
On tho top Of The fire escape la.
II three bodies, those Of Mrs. Solomon
:. and her two sons, Jacob and !, Isaac
le,I They We're endeavoring TO make tliei
s. descent when they were caught i
1t the flames and were roasted In til
IS sight Of hundreds. Others who tric
lie to escape by the fire escape fol,n
"a their way blocked by ash cans an
r. furniture. Two men and two ,wolne
~ We're seen to come down and whe
almost within the reach Of fireme
to found themselves caught in a barre
Of fire escape and then fell victims {
II. the flames. - s.. LIS
,e Many were seen TO come to III
e. windows and then fall back in III
N, flames. The fremen did little I
m check flames except TO keep thel
hit from spreading. They were too bus
saving lives TO attend to much els
II The building was completely quite
. The bodies OF the dead when reno
4 cd to Eldridgc street station, whel
hundreds plead for admission to 5,
the bodies. Relatives. and fricnt
tried to effect identihcations b
many of the bodies were so burn,
b and charred that Identification vi
almost impossible. ss .a..
Ambulances We're summoned fro
p Gouveneurs, bellevue, New Yor
Hudson street and st. Nincent's hi
pitfalls and the wounded and burn
were treated on the street, aft
which they were removed TO the III
~ pitfalls.
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