Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

Sylvester reached her and carried her
down the shaking ladder to the ground.
That Mrs. Merrill is living today is at
tributed to Sylvester's heroism. Before
the arrival of the firemen from the engine
house Sylvester had gone to work and he
did much to extnguish the flames.
In the ranks of the brave is also found
Private Adam Minnick who rescued Mrs
Margaret McQuade and Miss Mary Rea-
son from veritabe furnace of fire on the
second floor OF house on 18th street
northwest December II. 1905. The house
caught fire from an explosion of gas and
the women were made unconscious when
the fire started. They both slept in the
front room on the second floor
Minnick scrambled through a window
and went almost blindly through room
filled with smoke, flames and Illuminating
gas, with explosions occurring every min
ute. He picked the women up and carried
them to the windows. He got them
through the windows and passed them
down the ladder to Capt. OConnor. Capt.
Donaldson and PrivateS Purcell and
Tubbs Minnick's own story of this dar
ing piece of work pulsates with interest
When We reached the fire | told
that the women were burning alive III
the house. | saw the lower floors in
flames and knew the women must be i'll
their sleeping apartments. iran up a lad
der TO the second floor window. | smashed
the glass windows with my AK. At that
moment the flames began licking their
way toward me anu L Itit dIlnoSl over
come from the gas fumes. l heard the
gas pipes bursting. Before ] could crawl
in the window the side of the wall went
with crash. l could hardly get my
bearing under such adverse conditions.
But I jumped into the room and found
the two women lying unconscious on the
floor. / seized Miss Reason by the
shoulders and dragged her toward the
window 1t was about all l could do to
get one foot before the other, because the
oh hir,tyc look
to me and the heat was intense. One OF
the men took the woman and / rushed
back TO get Mrs. McQuade. BY this
time | was nearly fit for the morgue L
threw Mrs. McQuade over my shoulder
and carried her out of the window. IL
was pretty tough on me for awhile. but
was glad of the. experience as ! Will be
better fitted for similar Undertaking
next time" Private Minnick has been
in the department about twenty-five
years. most of which time he has been
fighting fires Capt. O'Connor has served
twelve years.
Another Sullivan Rescue.
An exhibition of bravery and daring
that will long be remembered by the thou
Mrs Harry Mckeldon from the fourth
story OF house on F. street northwest,
November 3. 1906. Again the redoubta-
BILE Capt. Sullivan in the limelight
and so was the why and agile ladder
climber, Logan l.. Woolard of truck >.
Mrs. Mckeldon and her husband were
asleep in their apartments. they were
hemmed in by smoke and fire The blaze
was one of the most dangerous the fire.
men have had to deal with for many
years. and the destruction of the central
part of the downtown district was threat
ened.
At this time Sullivan ran up a ladder
on the front of the building bored his
way through the fourth story windows
and soon emerged with the unconscious
form of Mrs. McKeldon across his
shoulder. In this rescue Sullivan was
partially overcome by the smoke, but he
carried the woman safely to the ground
amid the plaudits of the crowds. Private
Woolard assisted in this rescue and aided
Mr.. Mckeldon to make his escape.
Bravery and courage on numerous oc-
casions were the factors that won rapid
of Fire Marshal p. w. Mich
olson. the hero of many fires. Notable
among his valiant deeds as a fireman was
the rescue of Mrs. Cristi Beckert from
a New York avenue house November 20.
1900 Nicholson at that time was fore
man of truck d and when he reached the