Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-29
FOURTEEN KNOWN
TO HAVE PERSISTED
Forty Suffering from 1n.jurie
Received in the Philadel-
phia Fire.
RUINS ARE FROZEN SOLID
Remarkable Fortitude Of Fire
man Who Refused to Have
His Legs Cut Off to
Save His Life.

! Philadelphia, Dec 22.--Fourteen firemeT
and policemen are known to be dead and
| more than ~ are in hospitals suffering
from injuries, from which some will MOI
recover. as the result of the COLLAPSE
| to-day Of the walls OF the burning five
| story factory Of Davidr Friedlander, deal
er 1u leather remnants. The ice boum
ruins are still being searched for the bod,
| Of Charles E.dlenan, who IS known ts
be dad and to discover If possible tho
| bodies Of several other firemen who arc
reported missing
| William Gazer, who was held fast in
| the ruins for more than 10 hours is In q
| hospital suffering from pneumonia but
| at late hour Tonight his condition
was reported to be greatly improved and
the physicians have hopes of saving hi4
| life.
| Pinned beneath an immense iron girder
| Glazier gave one OF the greatest ex
| hibitions OF fortitude on record When ha
was found alive. held down by tons Of
debris, physicians wanted to amputats
his legs in order that he might be rex
moved. He protested saying: II will ga
out all right and in plenty of time What
good would I be without my legs? s
would rather trust to the boys getting
tilS JUNK away,
| INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED.
II IS reported that the authorities arc
convinced that the fire was Of incendiary
origin and expect to make an arrest IN
the case. The police and hremen say
that the flames seemed to spring UP all
over the building at the same time There
was nothing stored in the structure Of an
infammable character, the floors being
filled 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.
Some OF the fire companies whose
members met death and injury in the
fire and collapse, are to-day practical
ly wiped out by the disaster. En-
gines No. s, No 2S. No. 90 and truck
, No. lost more than half their
crews, while other companies suffered
less severely.
John Lattimer, chief fire marshal.
after an all-day investigation. ex-
pressed the belief that the fire started
IN the office on the first floor of the
: factory building, He was unable to
give the cause. The rumors Of prob
able incendiarisin. he said, would he
thoroughly investigated
BUILDING IS YEARS OLD.
The factory building was IS years
old and expert building inspect tors de-
clare that the age Of the walls had
something to do with their sudden
collapse.
a movement has already been start
: ed for the relief Of the families OF
the dead men. This afternoon the city
: council passed resolutions OF sympa-
thy and Mayor Reyburn has called a
meeting of the citizens permanent re-
lief committee to be held tomorrow.
Besides the funds to be raised by
this committee and by private sub
scription the families and minor chill
dren OF the firemen and the one police
man killed will be provided for by the
police and tremens pension funds.
Nearly all the dead men left famil-
les John Collins, fireman. leaves a
wife and six young Children Harry
Rcrtolet fireman, leaves seven moth
erless children and some of the other
- victims left wives and two and three
c | children.
t PATHETIC CHRISTMAS SCENE.
The case OF Bertolet Is very pathetlc.
His father who lives at a soldiers home
had come home to the sons house IA
: spend Christmas with him. and the grand.
children whose mother died 10 month,
ago Everywhere about the house were
> evidences OF preparations for the coming
OF Santa Claus and even though the rea
Kris KrnEle of the household lay colo
, in death. the little children. who range
from less than two years to TO- talked Of
= the expected visit Of the mythical one,