The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-27
SAVES TWO WOMEN
FROM FIERY DEATH
Michael e. Buckley Hero of
Blaze in Flat.
MRS. HESTER LLOYD MAY DIE
Wife of Army officer Probably Fa-
tally Burned and Her Aged Mother
seOrehed by Flames Following an
Explosion of Oil stOye-Three-year-
old Daughter Tried To Assist.

one woman was probably fatally
burned. another was scorched, and
man proved himself hero by saving the
lives OF both. after an oil stove ex-
ploded in a fat on the third floor OF 1859
Twenty-hrst street northwest about
o'clock last night
Mrs Hester Lloyd. thirty years old.
wife of an army officer stationed at Fort
Monroe. Is at Emergency Hospital, suf-
fering from burns which cover her body.
arms. and head. It is feared she viii not
recover.
Aged Mother Frustrated.
Mrs. Della Sherman, seventy years old.
mother of Mrs Lloyd. was so badly
burned about the face. arms, and hands
that she may be confined to the bed for
several days. The aged woman Is suf-
fering from the shock OF seeing her
daughter burned almost to death.
The lives of the women We're saved by
Michael Z. Buckley. thirty-five years old.
proprietor OF a buffet on the ground floor
OF the building Buckley was burned
about the face and hands.
Buckley. hearing a woman scream. ran
up the stairway. He broke open the
door of the apartment and ran through
hallway to a bathroom, from which
smoke and flames were coming. He could
hardly see. but he could hear two women
crying for help as he went TO their as
sistance.
Mrs. Lloyd ran from the bathroom and
fell in Buckley's arms. her clothes and
| hair blazing. Bring me a blanket. quick. ."
shouted the man, drawing handker-
chief from his pocket and stuffing IL in
Mrs. Lloyd mouth to prevent her from
suffocatng,
Mrs. Sherman was in the bathroom. try
| ing to put out the FIRE, burning her skirts.
She ran past her daughter and Buckley
/ into a bedroom, returning in a few sec
onds with a blanket HeE dress caught
fire as she ran from the room, and she
threw herself against the wall to extin-
/ guish the flames as she dropped the
blanket at Buckley's feet.
The man had torn nearly all the cloth
/ ing from Mrs. Lloyd, and he quickly
wrapped the blanket about her, placing
her on the floor and rolling her over. In
| less than minute after he was given the
blanket he had extinguished the fire which
enveloped Mrs Lloyd. Then he turned 10
Mrs. Sherman and tore away her burning
dress, putting out the fire with his hands
Child Cried for Aid.
| Meanwhile, Mrs. Lloyd's three-year-old
| daughter was screaming franticauy. She
was held in the arms of Mrs Anna Burke.
/ sixty years old. who was visiting Mrs.
Sherman and her daughter when the stove
exploded. The child tried TO break away
and run to her mother. but Mrs Burke
held her and carried her into a front
room. where she could not see her parent.
| Michael Curtis. an employe of Buckley,
| ran to No. truck house when his EN-
| ployer ran to the aid Of the women. In
a few minutes firemen appeared in the
I fat They extinguished the fire in the
bathroom with chemicals and demolished
/ the blazing oil stove. An ambulance was
summoned and Mrs. Lloyd was removed
/ to the hospital. a physician attended
/ Mrs. Sherman and Buckley.
/ Mrs. Sherman could not explain how
| the stove exploded. She said she lighted
/ 1t In the parlor and carried il to the bath
room. AS she placed it on the floor
! there was a flash and an explosion.
| Burning oil flew on the walls and cell
| ing. setting fire to Mrs. Sherman's cloth
ing. She screamed for help, aud Mrs.
Lloyd ran to her mothers assistance.