The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

| themselves among the children, carry
ing them to the rear exit from where
they tossed them out of the window,
which was close to the ground.
| The firemen were soon on the scene
ot the fre and their system of safe.
| guarding the public and the property
an this occasion will be one long re.
membered by Norfolk citizens who
witnessed the scene. Immediately
upon their arrival they stretched a
rope around the burning building and
no one but tiremen was allowed to
cross it,
Fremen Do Good Work,
Then they entered the theater and
made short work of the burning op,
Grating room. Chief Green then or.
| dered the ladders raised TO the upper
story, occupied by the Queen City ami
Pacific hotels, Ben SkalOWsk~
was the first fireman to enter one of
the Pacific hotel rooms. discovered
that the west hallway. which is mar.
tiuonea OF from the Queen City upper
rooms by only thin board partition.
was mass of flames which found
their way up from hole in the cell,
ing Of the theater. Here the scene of
excitement was at its height Hotel
guests eneeavoring to get their trunks
and belongings down took hold of most
everything movable Just as Fireman
Skalowsky opened the water on the
burning hallway, a hotel guest en-.
tered a room nearby and in his eX-
element started to drag out a mat
tress. He received the full contents
of the first shot of water and soon
could be heard screaming as he ran
up the hallway. He dropped the mat.
tress.
The hook and ladder company, in
the initial trial of their new system,
were highly praised by many who wit
messed the clockwork article they put
on, each fireman receiving his orders
from his superior, throwing up lad
ders and sticking by them. An axe
was called for and another hook man
stayed by the axe.
Fire In Pacific Extinguished.
The fire in the hall of the Pacific
was of short duration, having been
discovered in time to prevent much
burning. The door frames and casing.
a number of cots, carpets and storm
windows stored in the rear end of the
hall were damaged. In the Queen
City smoke and water did the most
damage The South plumbing shop
was soon filled with water coming
from the ceiling, but the damage here
is said to be slight.
The old lady who was rescued by
Miss Coryell was trampled on by a
man who later said, 1T was impos-
sible to keep from trampling on the
old lady; | was pushed and fell on
her"
Ed Hulac, who was being pushed
around by the crowd in the theater,
was one of the heroes of the evening
Little Angie Scates, daughter of Mrs.
George Scates, who is managing the
theater for A. Koyen, the owner, was
in the theater. While her mother was
on the outside crying for the girl HUI
lac bravely rushed in and carried the
little one out to her mother.
Others Bruised.
Frank Fox, limbs bruised.
August Ohmsted limbs bruised.
while making his way out through the
front door.
Mrs +. j. Schoregge, VINO with her
daughter were making their way out
through the front, was forced into the
little ticket Office, which is located UNI
der the operating room. Here she
called for help in vain, but after a
struggle managed to get out
Was Knocked Down.
w. II. Widaman, who was seated
we'll toward the front of the stage,
was knocked around by the rush and
slightly bruised about the limbs AS
sistant Fire Chief Herman Winter re-
ceiVed a badly bruised hand while
cropping about in one of the hotel
rooms.
When the fire started a large num-
Der of people were at the ticket office
asking for tickets and they are now
thanking themselves for being among
the lucky ones. The management of
the theater was putting on a special
vaudeville and short time later the
house would probably have been jam
med.
II was standing near the ticket Of
flee when the fire started" says S. w.
Warner. Il got as near the wall as
possible. The flames shot out of the
windows of the operating room and it
was only a second after the seats
were thrown into the aisles and the
lights went out. Women screamed,
but most of the men were very COOL
Not. once was the call of fire heard
the men doing their best to get the
women out"
The fire department had three lines
, of hose laid and did not leave the
scene until every precaution was TAX
en- to see that the danger was over.
They carried the seats back into the
theater before leaving.
TIL entire block was insured.
Harvey OBrien, bell boy at the Pa