The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-23

iHllauelphla, December 22,--Four-
teen flremen and policemen are known
TO be dead, and more than forty are
in hospitals, suffering from injuries
from which some will not recover, as
the result of the collapse of the walls
of the burning fve-story factory OF
David Friedlander, dealer in leather
remnants, at 1116, Ills and 1920
Bodine Street. The Ice bound ruins
are still being searched for the body
of Charles Edleman, who is known tc
be dead, and to discover, If possible
the bodies of several other firemep
who are reported missing.
William Glazier who was held fas,
in the ruins for more than thirteen
hours. is in a hospital suffering from
pneumonia, but at a late hour tonight
his condition was reported to be great
~ improved. and the physicians have
hopes of saving his life.
Pinned beneath AN immense iron
Sirder Glazier gave one of the great
est exhibitions of fortitude on record
When he was found alive, held down
by tons of debris. physicians wanted
10 amputate his legs in order that he
might be removed. He protested, say.
ing: II Will get out all right and ii
plenty of time. What good would
be without my legs? / would rathe,
trust to the boys getting this junk
away"
Arrest Expected.
1t is reported that the authorities
believe that the fire was of incendiary
origin and expect to make an arrest
In the case. The police and tiremen
ta In,
up all ever the building at the same
time. There was nothing of an in
nammable character stored in the
structure, the floors being illled with
machinery and leather.
The mass of debris is frozen solid,
and it may be several days before any
additional bodies are taken from the
ruins. Although Edlemen's body was
almost directly beneath Glazier, as the
latter lay on the sidewalk, the re-
naming walls had to be razed be-
fore it was deemed safe to continue the
work of digging In the ruins.
Some of the fire companies whose
members met death and injury in the
fire and collapse to-day are practical
ly wiped out by the disaster. Engines
Nos. 6, 23s 2y and Truck No. lost
more than half their crews, while other
companies suffered less severely.
Hardest hit of all was the house at
Fourth Street and Glrard Avenue.
Five men from Engine Company No.
20 had been injured, the other men had
received burns. cuts and bruises Their
housemates. the men of Chemical No
2 and Truck No. Z, had suffered more
severely Each had lost two men by
death and more of the men are in hos
DifalS than in tho %
In each reported for duty.
Truck No. came back 10 pourth
and Race Streets at noon with two
men, driver and tlllerman. The
fremen had left the blaze in patrols
and ambulances. With five men hurt
and their foreman killed, the survi-
vors OF Engine Company No. Is rode
slowly back to the house. The streets
nearby We're filed with silently re-
spectful crowds as the doors were
opened to admit the battered crew. All
the men We're detected and showed
their feelings plainly.
Scared and Scared.
Four men Went back with Company
No G. They had lost one man by death
and five were injured Their record
was the same as that of Company No.
2s. Four men returned to work
SCARED ana scared by the flames; five
went to the hospitals and one man
died.
John Lattimer, chief fire marshal,
after an oll-day investigation. ex-
pressed the belief that the fire start
ed in the office on the first floor of the
factory building He was unable to
give the cause, The rumors of prob
able incendiarism, he said would be
thoroughly investigated The factory
building was tifty-eisht years old, and
expert building inspectors declared
that the age of the walls had some
thing to do with their sudden col
lapse,
Edwin Clark, chief of the bureau OF
building inspection. said the walls col
lapsed because of their age and the
manner of their construction. The
mortar, he said, was -sn- old that little
heat converted 1t practically into pow
der, so that 1t had no adhesive power,
Then the girders and beams, instead
of being Of iron and steel, as In modern
buildings he explained were of wood.
This burned out quickly, and took away
the only support of the walls.
Mr.. Clark agreed with many others
in saying that the flremen should not
have entered the building after the
girders were ablaze,
A movement has already been start
ed for the relief of The families of the
dead men. This afternoon City Coun-