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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-06

Charles W. Kruger. deputy chief Of
the New York city fire department.
was drowned on Feb. IA in a subceliar
i5iito which LIE had fallen through an
o,,en trap while leading 4 company Of
his men to point of vantage for fight
ii.g bad fire.
J No surer death hole could have been
lcontrived than the pit in which the
heroic old fire leader lost his life in
spite OF the struggles of his men to
save him. There was six feet of wa
tier in the subcellar, and above that
was the main, cellar filed with deadly
fumes from many broken and melted
gas pipes. No doubt the deputy chief
had been weakened by these fumes,
for his struggle in the water was short.
The last cry that came up from the
Ipitch dark hole was Save me. Andy.
! Andy was Andrew HerSenrother, the
Geputy's driver, who not only took his
chief to every blaze for many years,
but followed him like a shadow in and
out of danger. He followed him half
way into the water hole and would
have gone all the way had he not
found that he could render better serv-
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-06
Always Said g ''Cconle,' mot &c, :
Deputy Chief Kruger Of the New York City Fire Department Dies
! as He Lived Leading His Boys In the Peril
H. GUS Path of Duty.

Several drops Of cold water spattered
against the drivers outstrctched hands.
and with 4 fireman's intuition he knew
what had happened. But already ono
foot was over the pitfall, and he could
not save himself altogether from 60
ing down. He spread out his arms,
however, and checked himself as he
hung up to his thighs in the water,
managing to hold on in spite of the
fact that the first of the following
men stumbled heavily against his
shoulders.
For Gods sake, Andy, this place is
full of waterr came smothcred
gusping cry from the subcellar.
I'm coming. chief" replied the driv-
er rs he drew in one arm from the
swaying floor preparatory to letting
himself down. But he quickly threw
it back and struggled to strengthen
his hold for at that instant he felt the
arms Of the chief clasped about hia
leg.
Two Of the ladder men seized Her
gcnrothcr under the armpits and braced
for hard pull together, but the driver
could do nothing to help himself, and
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I his companions could not lift him, with
the added weight Of the clinging chief.
an inch So they braced again, mere
ly. to hold on.
Chief Kruger had stopped giving Or
ders. "Save me, Andy" he cried faint
| ly.
eyes, chief" gasped Hergenrother.
Then tho e was dead silence, While
| four men waited in the blackness.
The three who lived to tell the story
said that this wait seemed like an
hour. 1t might have been a minute,
surely not more than two, before the
others returned, dragging ladder and
led by Battalion Chief Galvan.
e..All right now, chief!" yelled the
driver, bending his head as far as he
could to make himself heard below.
But there was no response. On the
contrary, the driver felt the grip upon
his rubber booted leg relaxing. The
encircling arms slipped from his thigh
to his knee.
For Gods sake chief, hold another
second!" shouted Hergenrother, but it
was too late. The arms let go alto.
gether, and the driver heard splash
in the water as when body rolls over
At the same instant Galvan, impa.
tient Of the unavoidable delay in up
ending the ladder in a low ceiled eel,
lar, slipped by the driver down into the
water.
He also held to HeNgenrother's leg
with one hand while with the other he
CROPPED about in the water unit! he
touched the deputy chiefs fingers. He
grasped the drowning mans wrist and
shouted for the ladder. When that was
finally put down Galvan stood upon the
lower rungs and dragged his chief Up
to where the men above could take
hold of him.
Galvan had recovered the body, but
there was nothing else to be done. 1t
is not at all probable that Kruger was
alive when he was finally dragged up
the ladder and taken out to the side.
walk.
Long DelOFe llll Sulel SIOAci utlu
summoned doctors from st. Vincents
hospital, and they had arrived with
one ambulance and tank of oxygen
The surgeons knew that the case was
hopeless. but. urged on by Croker and
his men, they worked for hours, and ii
| was nearly daylight before the men OF
the department would admit that their
leader was dead.
Firemen who stood about with lifted
helmets did not try to hide their grief
when all hope was given up. Many OF
! them sobbed, and the taciturn Croker
himself was not ashamed of his tears
81 knew it would happen this way
said one Of those who had followed
Kruger into the basement. Il have
been to many fires with him. He was
always in the lead. He never said.
Boys. go into that place or this place
He always led us himself. He said.
Boys, follow me- And that's just what
he said this time when he led us into
| that basement-'RorS follow me-"
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ice by holding to the edge, so that his
struggling superior officer could cling
to his leg.
The fire which cost the city and the
department a man who had served
bravely for thirty-four years was at
PIT Canal street. 1t started at 1:3C
o'clock and practically destroyed 217,
spreading to two adjoining buildings
before it was under control.
After that came the hardest part of
the fight. The basement of 217 was
filled with closely packed bales Of ex-
celsior, and among them the fire ragged
like that Of q thousand furnaces un-
der forced draft long after the flames
in the upper five stories had burned
themselves out.
controlling the blaze above the side
walk level. next gave his personal at
ltention to the cellar. 1t was always
his way to lead his men rather than to
take advantage OF his rank and merely
send them. He also had the old fash
ioned paternal and friendly habit Of
calling the firemen "boys" when under
the excitement of action. Half dozen
times he tried to get into close fight
ing range with the blazing bales. but
just as often he and his followers were
driven back to the street before they
could do effective work.
Finally he reported to Chief Croker
that the only thing possible was to
flank the blaze at 217 by going into the
cellar at 215 and cutting through the
partition wall. Croker approved the
plan, so once more Kruger yelled
l"Come on, boys!" and plunged into the
cellar with an ak. Hcrgenrother was
right at his heels. and following the
driver We're Donohue, Jacobs. Fischer,
Krlcsler and McGrath Of hook and lad
der No. S, dragging a line Of hose and
carrying ram with which to attack
the masonry between them and the
blazing excelsior.
But they never reached that partition
wall Earlier in the night the fire had
Deeu III Alo, 81 luc Sclldl VI luo I
building was filled with smoking de-
bris and the fumes from broken gas
pipes, and progress from the steps TO-
ward the wall was slow and danger
Gus. Lanterns made but little impress
sion on the blackness. They only made
confusing shadows. and the glimRses
(which the men had Of the deputy
chiefs white helmet as 1t bobbed along
at the head of the Indian file. sort OF
guide and marker for the advance,
were less frequent than the encourag-
ing "Come on, boys" which they heard
from the lips of the wearer.
1t was just after one of these shouts
from the head Of the line that the
cropping. half asphyxiated laddermen
heard crunching Of the mutiled. sink
ing sort that comes from the breaking
of rotten boards. Then there was q
splash, and. not even Andy could see
the white helmet which an instant be
fore was not more than two feet IL
front Of his eyes.
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Disapp-. ..rcd Frierdchip.

IISoPE@ ''ItIU Z TIT ''s~~''F n
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miSanthropy which springs from revul'
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Trial CatHrrh treatmeets are be-
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Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the
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Mrs. Henham-Do you remember the
day father gave me your hand?
Benham- Yes: you were palmed of
on me. --EXchange.
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SITUATION WANTED.

| WANTED-GI WANTS PLACE
! to work at general house work
Apply 263 Alameda avenue.
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classified ADVERTISEMENTS
ASSESSORS NOTICE.
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ASSESSORS NOTICE. (EOtJAl


ASSESSORS NOTICE (EQuALl.
zation Of 1908 Assessment, To
the Taxpayers of Clatsop County,
Oregon: Notice is hereby that the
Board OF Equalization for Clatsop
County, Oregon, will convene at the
Clerks office at the Court House in
Astoria on the 10Th day OF October,
1908, the same being the third Mon.
day in said month and the time fixed
by law for the meeting Of said Board
OF Equalization, which will continue
its sessions from day TO day, exelu.
sive OF Sundays and legal holidays,
until the examination and correction
and equalization OF the assessment
rolls for said year shall be completed
which said Board will continue in
session for one month from said date,
unless the labors thereof are sooner
completed. Petitions or applications
for the reduction Of q particular as
sessment shall be made in writing.
verified by the oath to the applicant
or his attorney and filed with the
Board during the first week il Is re-
quired by law to be in session, and
any petition or application not so
made, verified and fled shall not be
considered or acted upon by the
Board,
T. S, CORNELIUS,
Assessor for Clatsop County, Ore.
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Lauuhino Gas For Poets.


Sir Humphry Davy was the first to
inhale nitrous oxide. His experiment
was the result of report published
by brother chemist that laughing gas,
called by him oxide of septon, was
the cause and basis Of all contagion.
Cautious experiments made with the
diluted gas produced no Ill effects, and
Davy proceeded to inhale considerable
quantities Of the pure gas. Contrary
to his expectations, the effects were
highly pleasurable. Thrills of pleasure
pervaded his body, and his mind was
filed with ideas and emotions of the
most exalted kind, which, however,
were very indistinct when the effect of
the gas passed off. 1t occurred to Sir
Humphry Davy that the gas might
be useful in promoting poetic inspira-
ton, and he accordingly tried writing
verse while under its influence. but the
recorded result hardly shows close
connection between the divine afflatus
and nitrous oxide. Davy's expert
ments had the effect of making the in
halation of laughing gas for a time
highly fashionable, 50 that in 1902 q
French writer aludes to it as having
become a national vice in England.
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Coward
BY CLARISSA MAcKiE.
BY CLARISSA MAcKlE.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.

Il must give you back your free
dom. will not tell you why, be-
cause you would call my reasons ab.
surd. In justice to you II must be so,
Try to forgive me-" So wrote Jack
Brierson when he broke his engage
ment and Miss Abernethy pressed her
white lips together scornfully and sent
back the betrothal ring by registered
mail In a very practical manner.
Then because the long, enervating
spring days had robbed her cheeks Of
their wonted bloom and the germs Of a
convenient malaria" had dulled the
brightness of her brown eyes Rose
Abernethy's guardian aunt carried her
bodily away into the braclng Adiron-
dack region, where they lived the sim.
pie life of the woods and inhaled vigor
and peace with the sweet air.
Gradually the cynical lines faded
from Roses face, and when the sum-
mer brought greater influx OF Wis
itors to the large hotels she found her
self back In that whirl of pleasure of
which she had always necessarily been
a part.
One afternoon she went to her fa-
vorite retreat on the brink of the Fall
ing hill, where huge bowlder under
the pines afforded comfortable seat.
Here she had come every day to wit
ness the glorious pageantry of the sun
set, and her joy in its recurring splen-
dor was always tinged with dread of
the sheer precipice that yawned at her
feet.
Now she was reveling In the solitude
Of the spot when slow, hesitating steps
broke the silence. She turned as a
man came into view, parting the bush
es with a familiar brown hand. 1t
was Jack BrierSon.
Apparently he did not see her. for
he continued his faltering advance al
most TO the very edge of the hill. Then
he stopped and looked away toward
the west with level eyes and face so
stilled from all emotion that its very
tenseness was eloquent of pain.
Rose Abernethy's face paled as she
watched him curiously. 1t seemed
very strange to be watching Jack at
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HOUSE MOVERS.


FREDRlCKSON BROS.-We make
a speciality of house moving, car
penters. contractors, general jobbing
prompt attention to all orders. Cor.
ner Tenth and Duane streets
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this remote distance with that empty
feeling in her heart and brain. She
1idn't even hate him. Some girls might
have done so after being Tilted, but
somehow she didn't care She leaned
forward breathlessly as he suddenly
raised the light stick which he carried
and made another step toward the
bring of the precipice.
"Don't!" she cried involuntarily,
and she stepped around the pine and
held out a protesting hand
Brierson turned sharply, and bis
blank gaze met her own-unrecogniz-
ing, Indifferent.
Il thought | was Alone" he said
courteously, removing his hat.
IL thought you did not see that
you were so near the edge of the preci-
pice," she said in a low tone and with
burning cheeks.
He felt about with his stick in a
clumsy, unseeing manner and dislodg-
ed stone, which went hurtling down
the steep incline with an alarming
crackle of twigs and earth He stood
in listening attitude until the echoes
had died away, and then he extended
one hand with helpless gesture.
'I am sorry to trouble you, madam,
butt am blind. Will you kindly turn
me about into the safe path?"
Something warm came into the girls
heart as he spoke, and her lips culver
ed painfully. She laid a small hand
on his coat sleeve. AS she did so the
turf crumbled under his feet, and, with
a startled cry, he sank away from her
over the brink of the precipice.
Strengthening her grasp on his
sleeve as his weight pulled her down
ward, she threw her strong young
body on the ground and clutched with
her free hand at the tough branches of
stunted cedar
"Let go!'' he said hoarsely. "You
are risking your lifer
II shall not let CO. she replied de
cisively. Except for your blindness
you are a strong man?"
"Yes," he said impatiently, "but you
must release me at once, madam! II
have been foolish enough to jeopar-
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First Old Lady-Oh, do so love par
rots! Second 0. $50 do |; they're 50
intelligent. First o. L.-Yes, was
down the street the other day and saw
one in a cage at store door. | said,
"Pretty Polly" and he cried. "Get
away, you old fooIw Second o. L.
Well, what appropriate remarks they
do make!-Lippincott's
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8 years old; must be good driver and
gentle, also city broke. Address AS
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PROPOSALS.
BIDS REQUESTED FOR TWEEN

BIDS REQUESTED FOR TWEEN
ty million gallon reservoir. Sealed
proposals for furnishing materials,
and constructing twenty million
gallon reservoir, in whole, and in sec
tions, will be received until IL
o'clock noon Friday, October 2, 1908,
at office of the Water Commission,
City Hall, Astoria Oregon. Plans and
specifications may be seen, and blank
forms Of proposals obtained at said
office. Certified check in the sum Of
not less than 10 per cent Of the
amount bid on each contract must
accompany bids. Right to reject any
and all bids is reserved. City Water
Commission, by G. w. Lounsberry,
Clerk. o-l5-10
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SIXTEEN PEOPLE DEAD
Packet on Lower Mississippi
Wrecked by Explosion.

New Orleans, Nov. 21.-The river
packet H. M. Carter was blown up
near Plaquemine, La. -Four passen-
gers and twelve of the cYsw were
killed.
Fire followed the explosion. adding
to the horror of the situation.
Survivors arriving here were badly
scorched and they report that the ex-
plosion was Of such force as to COM
pletely wreck the vessel.
The disaster was due to defective
boiler, according to the survivors.
The flames spread so rapidly that
most of the passengers were compelled
to leap into the water to escape death.
The pilot refused to desert his post
and with the flames rising about him
endeavored to run his boat aground
end give hts passengers an opportu-
nifty to land He succeeded partially,
but the boat burned to the waters
edge.