The Detroit times., 1909-07-06
MAN MEETS HERO
DEATH IN FLAMES
Charles Pick Rushes Into Burning
Home, Thinking Members of Fam
lily Have Not Been Rescued.

In nre originating possibly from Il
stray skyrocket, which partially de-
stroyed his bakery and dwelling house
IN attempting, as he supposed, To save
his wife and children. who had ALREADY
left the building. Pick was partially
blind and this fact, doubtless. was par
TALLY 10 blame for his mistake.
Hattie Pick. a daughter. was also
painfully burned in trying To escape
but hire condition is not serious. MIS-
Pick. the wife, and Albert. son, sus-
tanned slight burns. William r. Mel
low. a neighbor. of No $50 Tiliman-
ave. discovered the fire and tele-
phoned in an alarm. When he hau
done this he ran out 10 md the flch
yelling almost mass OF flame. Al
bert Pick. aged 81. had returned nome
from down town in the meantime ana
aroused the family by kicking IN th'
doors. All had succeeded In reachlhH
the street when the father. Delevihs
that his 12-year-old son. Eddie. was
still In the blazing building. rushed
back upstairs He was overcome py
the smoke and heat and died before
help could reach him. Several per
sons made Intellectual attempts To q"
10 his aid, but were beaten back by
y.
ried out by firemen.
Mrs. Pick Is not SO sure that nre'
works caused the fire She thought
she heard a mole downstairs some
time before the fire and saw what APP
peared To be some paper moving III
the rear OF the bakery. However
when her daughter, Hattie, aged To-
returned home shortly before the fire
a., nj "a
her custom. and found nothing wrong
Hattie was carried 10 The home OF
Stephen Schmarch No 955 Hancock
ave. where DR. Sanderson. Tillman
and Warren-aves.. dressed her burns.
The girl and her brother spent the
night in the home OF ,'atrolman John
McRobbie. No. 523 Tillman-ave., while
the mother remained with the
Schmarch family. Another daughter
Frieda aged 10. was at the home or
her sister. Mrs julius Malzahn, No.
SOS Chene-st. when the fire occurred
Coroner Burgess took charge of Mr..
Picks remains and had them sent 10
the county morgue. temporarily.
The property was owned by John
Harrison a - L r. mOtorman. The
loss to the building is estimated az
nearly $4,000.
Monday broke all previous fire alarm
records for one day From midnight
Sunday TO IL o'clock Monday night 80
box alarms and nine still alarms were
turned In. making total OF AZ. The
record previous TO this time was ~
alarms for July 4 1908. With the
exception Of the Pick fire none was
3eriOus however.
Upwards OF 60 accidents due to the
celebration OF the Glorious Fourth,
were reported Monday. This Is just
about double the number reported lasc
Fourth None Of the celebrators WAS
Sc riously injured. however. and unless
complications develop no fatalities are
likely Firecrackers were the most
common source OF trouble They were
responsible for no less than 81 OF the
accidents reported
Clarence Sterling. aged 10, No 1876
Iivernois-ave. wanted To do something
different and. prompted oy an older
boy. took mouthful of kerosene and
began uuirting II in little streams into
q lighted match held in his hand. All
went well until he had to cough. The
oil OF course. caught fire and Clarence
was frightfully burned about the face
One brainless celebrator threw
lighted cannon cracker into the air
in front Of the Hotel Ste. Claire just
as a car was passing II exploded
almost In the face OF a woman pas
eenger, inficting painful burns. Dr.
w. &. Brown, OF No 1926 Mt Elliott
ave, attended her.
Frank Peranineta, 16-year-old ltal'
ian youth. stopped To watch a hre-
works display at l.arned nd ST. An
toine-sts.. Mondy night. when care
lessly placed sky rocket shot across
the street and struck him in the side.
burning the flesh His wound was
dressed in St Mary's hospital and he
was later able TO walk home.
The city physicians were busy all
day long dressing burned and LAGER
eted fingers due in most instances to
the fact that hrecrackers were held
too long
Frank Lee, lad OF 10. No. "a
I.orett.ave. may lose the sight OF one
eye as a result OF giant cracker en-
'ploding In his hand. a man threw
lighted "IIooligan" in the midst OF a
group OF boys on Lyman-pl Dell Ding
man. aged 10. No. IL Lyman-pl. sus-
tanned a lacerated cheek and an III
fured eye In the resulting explosion.
In every instance the accidents