The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-14
SORORITY HOUSE
PARTLY BURNED
Women Students Awakened
With Flflmes Leaping Over
Their Heads
Men Dash Into Burning Home
and Help Girls to Place
of Safety

pbRhELEG, Sept. 13.-Clad only in
their night clothes and such other gar
ments as they could hastily seize in
their burning chapter house. nearly
score of the women students of the
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority of the uni
Versity were saved early this morning.
when their handsome residence at 251s
Hillegass avenue was partially de-
stroyed by FIRE
Robert Flannery, a graduate student
IN law at the university: Edwin A.
-Abeel Donald English and other stu
dent members of the PaIomar club. ad-
Joining. did heroic service in leading
the young women from the burning
house, which was Quilted for story
and = half.
RoE J. foUng. president of the Berke--
ley school board, who lives in the
neighborhood. rushed into the burning
dwelling and carried out Miss Edna
'TatI el-1 who, blinded by the dense
N"lohe and overcome by Mysteries did
NOT know how 10 reach a place of
safety.
flannery, Abel. English, Oscar T.
aarber, r. F. Phillips and Others as
and a
University women were led from the
house. and much Of their furniture and
other belongings saved.
Inc cracking of the flames directly
over her head, and coming from the
trnnkrooun in the third story. aroused
Mss Jeanette Miller president of the
treble Clef society and member Of
the sorority. She awakened her room
nate Miss Ethel Foskitt. and together
'ty aroused the others in the house
y ISIS Miller then called the fire de-
"a Uaent by telephone
ne men Of the Pslomar club hear
the cries Of the women clad in
aattrohes and overcoats. ran to the
scGf Flannery Immediately rushed
t'SCaLIS 10 the burning rooms and saw
-a'E MISS Mildred Hunter. Miss Ethel
- Ter and Miss Edna Crossett sought
ia res Of safety
0hoItlN sfterward Roy Young ran
20 me building and discovered Miss
fi~' VINO lay Historically CRYING
"n ire floor Of her room. He seized
aHo carried her to the front door
"'sr6 her unstrung nerves were quiet
Cd nE the sight Of her sorority friends
I'D SAFETY on the lawn
nc hre in the fine residential por-
-'- OF Berkeley aroused the enr5~a
eighborhood. and among the mon w.
NeIl 70 The assistance Of the woman
we're Prof Frank Soule Ward Fsterl,-
-tt-l X Davenport
Ienen aided by the PaIomar Climb
most OF the furniture out on
lawn, and the household goods
"ltS the dainty hnery Of the universf+v
-1-' WIS piled in high confusion
ne women Of the sorority. who oc
-P-ep the lower and second Aoore
sclea me students and iremen in
iHs theN belongings Among tbe
Elf-s VINO resided in these sect,oY~ 80
,.o
5eofGla Meredith. Emma Black T5ri.7
-s-ee' Grace Weeks and Roberta Rovd
-AlJhoush warned by the IRE chief
James henney. that it was dangerous
10 Ie-enter the house several of the
rtLaen anxious about some dainty
t.e' TOOK their lives in their hands
~no sought their rooms for their trim
kets Walter Zerner and Bart Hebb
l-iehlens nnally succeeded In clearing
me burning structure of the students
Fsiclard Rowe. a fireman. was severely
shocked By an electric wire while cut
ing hole in the roof
The Palomar club was turned o,,ar 20
he Greek letter women for TO-DAY b,,t
Ste this afternoon home was secured
~ -9v9 Bancroft way, which NAV he
perinsirently occupied.
81 ISL how the fire started is a mystery
10 the FIRE department Chief Kenney
and the women In the house helsaya
were responsible. In this room the
women stored their trunks. and ali were
burned with such clothing as they CON
tanned
Miss Miller and Miss Foskitt were
heaVy losers. as their room was quilted
everything Of value being burned. The
remaining portion Of the house was
badly damaged by water and the loss
OF furniture viii be heavy
That there were so few women in
the house was due to the fact that the
Delta Epsilon convention and other
Greek letter society events had at
trscted many of the students who re-
NAMED in san Francisco.
The fire today, however brought
pack the entire membership of the
sorority. Among the women who ar
rived this morning to aid their sorority
sisters were Irene Flanagan. Florence
Weeks, Olive Cutter. Madge Kemp. Nav
Anderson, Mary de Witt. Norma Single
ton, Lucille Kistler, Rose Gardner
Elaine Standish, Blanche Alters and
Carrie Bright.
The house is owned by Henry Miller.
252l Hillegass avenue, and valued at
$4,000 II was built about one and a
half years ago and has been occupied
by the Alpha Omicron Pi chapter. The
loss was covered by insurance