Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-23
Work of Digging Into Fallen
Philadelphia Building Ex-
tremeIy Slow, as Whole
Thing Is Solid Block of Ice
DEATH LIST ABOUT 20;
CHIEF HAS CLOSE CALL
One Fireman Has Miraculous
Escape, Lying Face Down.
ward, Pinioned to Ground
Tons of Debris Above Him
Rr A,soci.ted Press.N

CBy Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22.-Thirteen
known dead, Il firemen and one po-
lieeman. and more than 50 injured. of
whom % are still In hospitals, is the
record OF last nights fire at the leather
I factory OF Daniel Friedlander in this
city. The monetary loss will not exceed
J $4,000
What Is believed to be the last body
in the ruins was taken from the ice
coated mass Of debris shortly before
noon.
After steady streams of water from
one whole fire company had cooled the
ruins. the bodies Of Joseph Murakeski,
pipeman; Capt. Patrick Collins, Capt
Dennis Doyle and an unidentified pipe
man were recovered IN a few minutes.
Coroner Hoffman arrived early and
empanelled a coroner's jury which sat
in Mortified silence watching the flames.
AS the bodies were brought the jury it,
self joined with hundreds of civilians
who were lending hand to the firemen.,
After all-night search in ruins of the
leather factory of d. Friedlander, 1114-112o
Bodine street. destroyed by fire last night.
1t is thought the number of firemen and
policemen killed by falling walls is under
20. John c. Baxter, chief Of the fire de-
partment, who had a narrow escape from
death. said at a. m. that his reports
show that from IL to IA firemen lost their
death, said at 3 a. IN. that his reports
ale not complete. superintendent of Po-
lice John Taylor believes the number OF
dead will reach %. Up to a. m. II
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
The difficulty In determining the num-
Der of men killed is due to the fact that
when the catastrophe occurred a gener-
al alarm was sent in for ambulances
and police patrol wagons and the injured
and dead were taken to widely scat
tered hospitals and other places.
DIGGING VERY SLOW.
The work of digging into the ruins is
exasperatingly slow to the policemen and
firemen, who have been on duty all night.
This is due principally to the extreme
cold weather, which froze the wet ruins
into an almost solid mass.
1t was one of the coolest mornings OF
the present season and the rescuers suf-
fered keenly in the wintry weather.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Lying face downward, with tons OF
bricks less. than a foot above his head
and with his lower limbs pinloned to the
pavement, William Glazier, a member of
engine company No. 6. at daylight held
frequent conversations with the scores of
firemen and policemen who were strain
ing every effort to reach the machinery
which held him a prisoner Brother
firemen of GlaZier were able to crawl
beneath the debris and provide him with
usf~1 M 20 La m hla
as possible. A huge tarpaulin was drag
ged into the narrow passageway to the
helpless fireman and spread about his
body TO keep his clothes from becoming
saturated by the water which was being
thrown upon the smouldering ruins. Gla-
zier, unless some of the ruins fall upon
him will be taken out alive in a few
hours.
HORRIBLY BURNED BODIES.
Some Of the bodies removed from the
debris were so badly burned that the
limbs dropped of. When the body OF
Assistant Foreman Fred Kalberer was
taken from the ruins IL was without the
head, the foreman being recognized by
his uniform.
THE LIST OF DEAD.
The identified dead:
JOHN COLLINS, truck No. 4.
THOMAS PASS. engine company No
SAMUEL PARKS. alderman, truck
A.
MORRIS CELLS, policeman.
! GEORGE MACKINSKY, truck No. Z.
WILLIAM BELMIER, truck No. /.
4 JOHN f. CARROLL engine company
/ No. 6.
FRED KALBERER. engine company
F., No. s.
THOMAS ENTwIsTLE. engine compa-
Il nv No 81
HARRY BERToLET. engine company
I No. ..
ROBERT STUART. fireman. died in
hospital.
CHARLES EDLEMEN. engine company
No. 6.
WILLIAM MCCONNELL. engine com
pany No %.
injured will total nearly so, of whom sew
eral may die. The injured are scattered
about in dozen hospitals.
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
| While the firemen were lighting the
/ flames from the roofs of adjoining dwell
ing houses. the south wall OF the factory
| collapsed. burying nearly two score OF
flrenien. As soon as the extent of the
calamity became known, policemen were
hurried to the scene in an effort to save
those who were still alive in the debris.
by tearing down the north wall, which
was tottering.
This body of policemen had scarcely
! got TO work when the north wall crashed
i upon them. At the time of this second
| fall there were between IS and 80 police
| men and firemen at work, directly under
I the high mass Of bricks. When the crash
came. Is of them mans ged to rush to
safety, but the others were crushed be-
meath tons of bricks and girders. Eleven
| dead policemen and firemen have been
i taken from under the north wall and nine
| from beneath the south wall. Other
! bodies can be seen lying under the debris.
1 but the work of reaching them is neces-
/ sarfly slow, owing to the ice-coated beams
and bricks which are tedious to handle.