Evening journal., 1908-12-07
MANY FIREMEN
HURT in BLAZE
Falling Wall BurieS Men in
Shower of Bricks, But No
body Seriously Injured
FIRE CAUSED
$4,000 DAMAGE

As a result OF FIRE last night in the
building. No. ais West Front street. occu-
pied by Christopher +. Pfrommer, dealer
in rags and junk. as the head Of the Peo-
ple's Company, the building and its con-
tents were destroyed. entaillng a loss OF
$4,000, and eleven nremen were injured
None OF the latter were seriously hurt but
several OF them had narrow escapes from
death The list OF the injured follows:
chief Robert Porter, member Of the
Washington Company. cut and bruised
about the face and head and cut about the
hands.
First Assistant CHIEF Patrick McGm
member of the Weccacoe Company
slightly cut and bruised by bricks and
falling through the roof.
Second Assistant chief Edward Me-
Nally. member OF the Union Company,
cut under the right eye
Dennis Haley, Union Fire Company
head cut by falling bricks.
John Appleby Union Fire Company
crushed by falling bricks and hurt in
ternaly.
John Corriean. Delaware Company
hand badly cnt by falling bricks.
william Greenwell. Union Company.
bruised by falling through the roof.
Miles McDermott, Union Company.
bruised by falling through the roof.
Matthew Kyle, City Councilman, Union
Company. shaken up when the roof col
laPsed, but not seriously injured.
Charles Parker. Delaware Company
head cut and body bruised by falling or
ladder, 90 feet 10 the ground
Earl Thomas. Delaware Company, leg
hurt by falling on a ladder.
Building Entirely Destroyed.
Nothing was left Of the building but
the four walls Because Of tho innam-
mahle contents the blaze spread quickly
and when II was discovered by Edward
Butler a colored boy Of No. 40 West
Front street. about O'Clock last night
the entire interior was aname An alarm
was struck from box No "a The iremen
could see that the blazing building was
doomed The fire was confined 10 the
building where II started. Some Of tho
buildings close by were damaged by
water and the house at No. 400 West
Front street was damaged by a falling
wall
Injured by Falling Wall.
The hremen who were injured were on
the roof IN the rear Of the house No.
i20 West Front street. when suddenly the
wall OF the burning building above them,
collapsed and the men were caught under
the shower OF bricks and motar. The
weight OF the falling debris caused the
roof OF the house on which the men were
standing TO collapse and they were car
red 10 the floor below.
The men on the roof az the time we're
Chief Porter with his two assistants. Nc
Gin and McNally; Firemen Haley APP
pleby. McDermott. Corrigan. Greenweli
and Kyle They all went down in the
crash and First Assistant McGll went on
through TO the room below. He was
houndering about in the water when
some of the fremen rushed to his as
sistance and helped him out.
Thought Men Were Killed.
An Immense crowd had collected about
the scene Of the fire and when the wall
collapsed there was intense excitement
and a rumor was started that six fire.
men had been killed This canard did not
conhne Itself to the vicinity Of the blaze,
but spread over the entire city and the
police at the City Hall were KEEP. busy
denying the report
/ A pool table In the room under the roof
o. the house No. 420 West 'front.' on which
the men were standing, broke the'~ fall.
and prevented the entire roof and the wall
from falling on them.
The origin OF the blaze is put down to
spontaneous combustion.
Mr.. Pfrommer said that the stock IN the
building was valued at about 5000 on
which there was no insurance. The build
$500. on which there was part Insurance