The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-23
By Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Dec. 22.-Fourtsen fire
men and policemen are known TO b
dead and over forty injured in II
hospitals. as a result today of the col
lapse of the walls of the burning five
story leather factory OF Davis Fried
lander. The ice-bOund ruins are being
searched for the body of Charles Ed!e
man, who is known to be dead, and
also for sevreal o1afer firemen are re-
ported to be missNRs.
William GlaZier was found after a
search Of thirteen hours pinned under
the immense girders and when the
physicians wanted to amputate his
legs to release him, he protested. say
ing that he would trust to the boys
getting the junk OF him.
1t is reported that the authorities
believe the fire to be Of incendiary
origin, and an arrest is expected. The
police say the flames appeared to
spring out all over the building at the
same time. The mass is frozen solid
and it may be several days before any
additional bodies are found. Three
engines and one truck were lost and
over half Of the crews either dead or
injured.
The Freidlander factory was a five
story building.
The building had been completely
burned out and the fire confined to
within the four walls when the disas-
ter occurred.
Il WALLS ,CoELApaEs
ssC3 q ~ 81 r 5sss :. 81 e aS4se Or
and~ ,Mas dtrecting the men for the
final fight to suDuue the names. A
water tower truck had a ladder
against the front on Bodine street
playing great stream Of water into
the flames: and just inside the build
ing at Bodine street a group of fire
men were throwing water on the
burning ruins. Suddenly the Bodine
street wall fell inward, burying all the
men who were within the building and
carrying down the big ladder OF the
truck on which there were half a
dozen men. -Four of the firemen Oh
this ladder were amolg the dead.
The cries OF the firemen caught be
meath the ruins spurred their brother
firemcn to renewed action without the
thought of danger to themselves. Nc
sooner had they climbed over the
smoking ruins than part Of the north
wall came down.
This caught not only the fremen.
but also a number Of policemen who
had plunged into the thick OF tbs
rescue work.
In the second crash Chief Baxter, ]
veteran and who IS about to be re-
tired on full pay for his work in the
department. narrowly missed death
Plsnking on which he had been stand
ing was knocked from under him by
the falling wall and he was lost in the
thick smoke and steam. Few who
saw the chief disappear thought he
could come out alive but he escaped
uns cratched.
Baxter Immediately gave orders fol
more help and three hundred police
men were brought 10 the scene.
Baxter at first sent in a selected
few firemen with a warning to beware
of the south wall. which swayed ir
the wind. The wall held while the
men went to work and the more cage
workers we're sent into the mass
Glaciers escape from instant dealt
bordered on the miraculous. His heac
could be seen from under the manglet
body Of Fireman Charles Edelmon
When the Imprisoned man was frs
found By the rescuers. he called out
I'm feeling pretty good: III hold ou
as long as | can" Father Englert, o
St. Peters Catholic church. crept a:
close 10 Glazier as he could aud ad
nlinistered spiritual Comfort