The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-29
Cbief Could Not be Found.

To tell il, the word spread among
the flremen that their leader had
gone down undre the ruins and
their efforts were doubled in at
t'cking III" furnacc-like building
which was now enveloped from the
ground to the roof by the flames.
| As time wore on and the marshal
| was nowhere To be seen, il was ap-
parent to the men that he was
either lost or had been removed to
hospital. Frantic inquiries were
made at all hospitals and search OF
adjoining building made, but he
! could not be found Likewise the
ether men were missed At 6
& clock there was no trace OF any OF
the leaders, and captains had re
ported several of their men missing
IL was stated that the explosion
which caused the drop of the can
"py was from the bursting of an
amonia pipe.
Discovered in Basement.
The fire was first discovered in
the basement in what is known as
| The hide room. \ watchman max
iLg his rounds heard an explosion
and Immediately turned in an alarm
| by telephone and then fled from tn"
! building
The Death Trap.
The long wooden canopy. which
played its part in forming the
death trap for the firemcn, ran
along the entire east side OF the
huilding. Railroad tracks hindcred
tn" work of the men and made il
necessary for the fire fighters To
climb upon tn" platform beneath
the covering
story of Collapse
I liz CanOnN itself Formed t,I.t
! 'orm for other fircmcu who wur"
| iIEhting tn" Flames from above it .
S'udinG streams of water into th"
second story of the building. \
Gr:phic story OF the collapse Of the
/ est wall which carried tn" men to
I death beneath Tia" wood covering is
i"lc hy Lieutenant IicptCuunt 10
s"Ph MaCkcy. who was leading n
company OF fiTcmCU from the top
"t tn" canopy
Saw Walls bulge
Mack"y said as he looked up he
SOW the walls bulge and he immCd-
lately shouted warning At the
same time he jumped from the plat
| form himself and was followed i'm
| mediately by ten or twelve OF his
! men. None Of these lost their life
| but their escapes were miraculous.
II knew Marshal Horan and Bur
| roughs were beneath me with al
least two companies of men," said
Mackey, and | shouted to them
| that the walls were coming down
| heard some one below shout a
warning and l got my own men and
myself out of the way
/ The Men Groaned.
| Immediately after | jumped
heard the groans of the men who
were beneath III" and | knew they
must De caught. Although nearly
an OF my men and myself were
more or less hurt, II flashed upon
/ u' 'hat tioran WAS among those
trapped ana W" bent every effort "a
save 'h"In.
could DO Nothing.
| II was bcyond human power ca
| 81" ""SthlhS '"r IN" noth"ni !"T
: ''HH "I nrl'K hhu com" down. Nh"h
go "G"l,S are iohhu the! Viii O.,
"'"!"'h inns mn" or nrirk and w"'-
'"f
h"l" .Nh'nd"h'h.
iinIr TOT the ilr"m"n ana the
! hundrnds o. admirers oi Ftrc. Mar
'h',' .'oI"h 'hii IN" ilrrliEht"i
! '-" ms men ha" "ot roF!Sh"H was
/ '''l''aiiH los! Wn"h hathlInH 'hl"i
,.'ai WI" Is III 'h"Fs' 90 IN" St"c.'
B ."'"S U'NlS'"", '"IN ~ seems IN"
-. LH''aI an" horT"HIhN. '"G"i h"r
! M''n - OF =" men % "o"H ""-
''''' ,r,i ti'' in.I'!S "",i'
! inc N"''i al 'ii' h"Hh.
| thici iiOran was IN front of tn"
' ilremcn. said Lacy. and Bur
i"uShS short distance behind