The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-14
Three Bremen Injured Yes terday-Negro Woman
 Burned to Death
ELEVEN FIRES RECORD
 FOR SUNDAY THE 18TH
Frequently Fire Companies Hurried From One Blaze to Another Without Returning to
 the Station.

ham fire department, on yesterday, Octo- Der 13. It equaled the record of 10 fires in 12 hours. but did not surpass it.
 The boys were on the rush from early morning till late at night, fighting mean flames, loading hose and going again. The elang of gongs and the rush of horses resounded on almost every street During four hours at mid-day there was hardly a wagon in any station. The wagons rushed from one fire to another, without time to return to the station house.
 There were three fires during one hour, two of them burning at the same time South Highlands took notion to burn up between the hours of 12 and D. m, but gallant fighting held her down.
 Negro Woman Fatally Burned.
 The most horrible accident of the day was when Lela Thomas was burned from head to foot by lamp explosion. The negro woman was so terribly blistered that there is little hope of her living
 Fireman Jim H. Roddy and Sam w. Jones suffered painful injuries in their hips when they fell together from the third floor of the Electric theatre building on Second avenue Luckily the ladder and a pile of hose broke their fall or they might have been killed
 J. H. Wheeler suffered painful injuries when fingers on both his hands were nearly mashed off. While at a fire on South Fifteenth street the extension lad der was lowered on his hands, mashing three fingers on each hand and breaking several of them.
 The endurance and ability of the deparr- ment was put to a test, and it proved itself worthy of all the good that nas ever been said of it. The boys of every station put in all their strength and skill and fought with a will. Assistant Chief Walton, who was In charge, was on hand and directed the maneuvers at every point.
 To them is due the fact that the losses for yesterday will total only about $10,- 900. The fires were due to the cold weather. yesterday being the coldest so far this year. Most of them were caused by defective fues or stoves.
 Began Early in Morning.
 Things began at 215 a. m. at the Elec- tric theatre building, Second avenue, be- tween Twentieth and Twenty-first streets a three-story structure owned by Dr. F. H. May and Dr. Neighbors, and rented by Roegener Bros. The flames began in the moving picture show. This is the first large fire yet caused by moving picture film The flames rnapbpd nd burned most of the wood work out The only other occupants were the Barker Sign company and the Birmingham Union Paperhangers. The loss reached sS000 When injured the two firemen were carry Hing hose line up ladder. The water was turned on suddenly and the nozzle knocked them backwards.
 $40 a. m.-Fire broke out in a negro house occupied by Alice Smith in Alley D, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, with nominal loss,
 10:42 a. m.-The one story frame residence occupied by Mrs. Speaker, on [ Twenty third street between Avenues E and F, was damaged to the extent of s2oo
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 11:46 d. m.--While the firemen were still loading the hose the alarm was turned in from Twenty first street be- tween Magnolia and Eleventh avenues The two-story frame residence of J. F. Graham was badly damaged. the roof being burned off. and loss re- suited of about $2000.
 n Graham . 70 cidapca was just out when half of the depart ment had to rush off to the two-story residence of c. Chisolm on Fifteenth street between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, south. The roof was burned off, and the loss was about 5000.
 12:5S D. m.-Twenty minutes later, a man came running to the chief stating that there was a fire just around the corner, on Thirteenth avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. The chief ran a line of hose around and put it out at the same time. There was little damage.
 1:1S D.. m.-About twenty minutes later the negro shack occupied by Alice Murphy, on Alley B bteween Twenty first and Twenty-second streets caught, but little damage was done.
 2:3S D. m.-The tired boys had just pulled into their station when No. was called to the city trash pile tSex- terminate flames that had broken out
 3:0s D. m.--Th ere was about $2 dam age to the servant house of Mary shannon on Fourth alley between Twenty first and Twenty-second streets.
 5:30 D. m.--A lamp exploded in the hshhds of Lela Thomas on Alley D be- tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth streets. The negro was burned from head to foot. Carried to St. Vim cents hospital by Shaw & San. She is not expected to recover.
 7:15 D. m.-At the home of Mrs C. T. Long, Twenty first street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, where de- fective stove burned a hole in the floor As that was all the monster could do, he probably gave up the hope of outwitting irningham's faith full fighters and retired sullenly to gather his forces.
 People who suffered from Rheumatism have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla and found