The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-02-09
FROZEN
TO A LADDER.
C8RIILfNG SCENE AT EARLY
MORNING FIRE IN PHIL
ADELPHIA.
EIGHT NEGROS
CREMATED IN CABIN
Were witnesses In . Murder Case,
and q Woman Arrested On Sus-
piciOn-GirI Saves Business POr-
tiOn OF an IllinC1s Town From
Destruction by Fire.

Philadelphia, Feb. 7.-Three men in
iured, four-story building practically
Quilted and fremen frozen to their
posts, were features OF a stubborn
blaze which early Tuesday morning
threatened that part of the city former
ly known as the fire belt"
The fire started on the third floor
Of the four-story building at 405 and
407 Market street, occupied by Glace
Ball & Co., dry. goods jobbers. Three
alarms were sent in and the street was
filled with engines and f1remen. Lad
ders were run up to the top story, and
at every 10 r1ngs 1iremen were placed
The. streams from the hose dashed
against the walls and few over the
men In q spray which, freezing as soon
as 1t struck. them, locked them tottheir
posts In an icy grasp.
The walls Of the burning building.
as well as those on each side, soon be-
came sheets Of ice. and the men and
hersea also found the street like fro
zen lake.
A thrill Of terror swept over the
thousands Of spectators when a lad
der upon which FIVE firemen were he
roically striving to get control Of the
burning structure. For a moment it
seemed as though the men would be
hurled into the flames, but they pluck
lily held fast to the rungs and the lad
der was rIghted. The loss was $780,
900.
Eight Negroes Cremated.
Baltimore, Feb. Eight negroes
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed a cabin >Sn Blanchard, in
Arundel county, seven miles from this
city, early this morning.
The police arrested Ella Webster, an
/! occupant of the house, who escaped.
The victims were witnesses who were
shortly to testify against her paramour
in an attempt murder case.
Girl Saves Marissa, Ill.
st. Louis, Feb. THE new $25, 0OC
bank building at Marissa, ILL.,, and the
large merchandise building of Edward
Walker were destroyed by fire early
Tuesday morning, and other structures
were damaged. Loss, SIS, 1000.
Miss Grace Carter, night telephone
| operator, saw The blaze, and teephoneG
| the electric light works. Soon the
shrieking of factory sirens awoke the
| town, and everybody turned out tC
| fight fire. But for Miss Carter's promp;
action the entire business portion OF
the town would have been destroyed.
Fire at Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, H., Feb. Fire at an
early hour Tuesday morning destroyed
! the immense double front implement
! and carriage warehouse of William
| Schermerhorn in the midst Of the bust
ness section. The loss is $4,000. The
st. Nicholas hotel on the opposite side
/ of the street, aroused all its guests and
had them prepare to leave, but the
{ flames were finally confined to the two
! buildings.
Post Office Burned Out.
Peoria, H., Feb. 1.-THE post office
ard store of O. B. King, at Chillicothe
Ill, we're entirely destroyed by fire al
about 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
/ fire is believed to have been Of incen-
diary origin. Loss $4,000, with $4,50C
I insurance.
Probably Fatally Injured.
/ b1h,,ouernup ~ M. Feb. 7--PreSi-