The Holt County sentinel., 1912-04-19
ESCAPES DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
reeon's Principal Business !. ocl
Comes Near bein y,
stroyed by o.,

north side Of the square including H.
Kelley hotel were entirely DESTROY"
by tire. The buiidirg> then we're 4
of frame. and 1t took but ~hu
time To reduce them 10 ashes. Tie
were all replaced that fail and IT,
following spring With subs,ariia
brick structures.
The tire alarm was sounded about
y. IN. THURSDAY evening OF last week
Apfil IL. and II wa~ promptly an.
swcrrd bv tn" company. and they
found lire had broken out H.
A~hv Grrene'> pressing shop. over ilr
koock clothing store. Prompt a..
ton On III" part Of the tire cumpan,
and heroic action OH the part of ih
citizens ~ general saved the build
ing and dpubi!r>S saved tie pni ire
business row. ~ a clever gale Wa
blowing from the southeast ~ III,
tim.
A~bN Green" occupies the from
ou,h second story room ui the Hind,
building. the hrSl ilour st"te ruom l.
occupied hy thafir. kuurR asa cloth
Ing store. Nhuut the hour named
A>hy Grrcn. vas engaged In cleaning
AID pressing some gents garments
Al III" south end IT the room he had
gl~ulin" stove. lighted. aud vel
toward tile Mouth end ic WAS ~ work
. a. al lst u Al Al
large quantity If gasoline. suddenly
hp heard an cNpluSipn. resembling
that Of a hca'il, loaded gun. and In.
stantly the room was ablalr. and he
escaped through the door near 10y
! leading down un tu the street chi.
lens rushed upstairs. Among them
were ollie Cole and steve Hayes. Cole
grabbed the stove. ihrcw u out the
window. then grabbed an open can of
gasolin" which was ailaIne and threw
this out. aud then threw ont live.
gallon can of gasoline tina, had moi
ignitcd. Steve Hayes also threw on,
q snialI vessel oi gasoline. This he
role act On the part Of Cole doubt, less
saved the building and perhaps the
entire row from destruction.
Cote wa> badl, burned on both
hands and lower arns. the left minp
burned almost ioa crisp. Hayes re-
ccived only slight burns.
| Fumes extended across the hallwa,
Ia the West wcIpi.d Toy Claud WIN.
Jams and family. vino has charge OF
the Farmers telephone Office. and the
wind drawn up b! thc stairway car
ried the flames into the Williams
north room, breaking the glass IN the
door, leading into the north room
where Mrs. Williams lay IN bed with
q 36.hour.old baby boy. Tie fame
burned III. curtain over the door, and
ignitcd a threc.winged screen which,
stood some four feet from Mrs. Will
Jams bed. The screen fell on the
bed and ignited the bed covers; Mrs
W. got up and walked across the room
and laid herself and baby on another
bed.
Al this time Henry Williams, liei
fat lier.in.law, got into the room and
with a rug beat out the tire and h,
and son Claude removed Mrs. ". and
the baby, carrying them downst IRIS
and they were put 10 bed. Some
twenty minutes after, Mrs. BievinS, Il
nurse. Went upstairs, and 10 her sur
prise she found the second bed occu
pied 10y Mrs. Williams, ablale, and
had burned through the bedding and
ma, trcss. and she picked ihcse up and
threw them out the window 10 IN,
ground IN the rear of the building
and Mr., Williams, being able 10 lcav,
his wife, rNriugui-hcd them,
IN throwing the burning gaSOin,
tout of the window onto the street
some OF the burning lluil struck +. :
Hin H., sci his pants legs attire, and Mr.
llindc In his excitement took up /
lively gait, running through III,
street east. several parties caught
him aui threw him 10 the ground
and rolling him over in the dust pul
out his burning garments, lie VA
burned about the neck, beg. and feet
and he i able ~ he out, hui is wear
ing padded slippers, his feet bein.
bi>,rrri.
Ashy Greene was very badly burned
on both hands, and both arms to ia,
elbow, the left being the worst, aud 4
was literally cooked. It's u miracl,
how his face escaped being burned Il
crisp.
The fumes Of gas spreading int
Mr.. Williams apartments were 81 IL
ling and seemed unbearable, yet Mrs
Williams kept cool and acte
throughout The trying and dangerous
moments witha wonderful presence
of mind and GOODNESS, and aS yet u,
| uuSat tSfuct ory SymUtOms have dpypl