The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
FlREMEN BURIED
BY FALLING WALL
i<eintz ana Woodward Badly In
Jurcd While Fighting Bins
wangcr Blaze.
HAD NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Engines Pump Water on Smol.
dcring Ruins ioi More Than
Twcnsy-Four Hours.

Buried under tons Of fSlling brick
ana struck by heavy beam while
,heS were stii playing water on the
BINS wangcr lire at $3.50 o'clock yester-
aay morning, Lieutenant c. II. RelntZ.
OF hii East Marshall street and Lad,
GERMAN X W. Woodward Of 2sl2 &.
street, both.of Truck Company No. 4,
were probably fatally injured
Glancing up as he heard the wall,
crack. Lieutenant KeinIx called To his
comrade to Inmp from harms way.
Ihey Jumped. bu, too late Bricks fell
about ana Oh them. and botn were
rendered unconscious Other t,rcnop
eus them out, and removed them from
Tue uanBer zone. The city ,niptJlunc,,
WAS called. ana Dr. Watts responded.
ao nu..naht remit was immcn.atcly
conveyed To tho. Memorial uospitni.
,moohward asked 10 he taken to his
nome, and n. was carried from tho
mr. In private ambulance.
lieutenant, iscintz was paraiyzed from
The waist down. several Years apn
while tillerins Truck No. down lie.
I,frr street a ths truck turned over and
suffered s,rome Of paralysis.
Hundreds Sec Accident,
;, ood"hri's injuries are less SERIOUS.
,as was struck on the head ~ the
,'''S pNoh VIC lsEt sac fuyn
Sc!ns badly crushed.
hundreds OF people Witnessed the
accident, aud the report that two
iiremGn had been badly injured quickly
charles r. Taylor president Of the
Board OF Fire Commissioners. was APP
nr!scd Of the accident. and visited both
men. lie promised that every aid
would he afforded them.
Both men have made fine records for
themselves In the service OF their city.
lieutenant lieintH was born In 1853.
aud has been connected with the Fire
Eepartinent for twenty-ninc years.
during which he established for him
seii splendid record for fearlessness
connected with Truck Company 40. L.
ana was promoted TO q iieutcnancy
Later he was transferred to Truck
Company No {. in the service OF which
ne was when injured yesterday.
l-adderInan Woodward Ia siNty-tive
Years old. he has been with the Fire
Dspartmeht Tor twenty years He, too.
was connected formerly with Truck
Company No, l. and was transferred
70 Truck Company No. 1, and, like
NE officer made. for himself an en-
liable record. He has wife and
Other bremen were more or less
iniured. but none was hurt scrloualy
The tirc ragged all through the long.
Engine No, 10 was kept on the scene.
stlll playing water on the shoulder
ing, ruins The big, triangular build
ing Is total nwreck. y large portion
rt the north and south walls has
given way. and the walls still stand
ing gaunt against the sky will prob
ably have TO be ra.ed
Great Work by Fircmcn.
Though the building was utterly de-
stroyed, the efforts OF the hremcn were
beyond criticism. Whe nthc hamea
struck the elevator shaft on the north
eide Of the building and tho one on the
Fouth side, the light became hopeless.
All that could be done then wac to
stand by and protect other buildings
and extpgu!sh the fire as beat the
men could. The big automobile en-
zine perfor med fine service, never
missing stroke during ten hours Of
steady pumping.
Thousands OF people visited the
scene Of distinctions all yesterday. and
even late last night people continued
to now to the wrecked building.
Arrangements are being made by
the Binswangers to continue their