The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25

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entrance and climbed to the second
floor, but the building was then fill
| ed with smoke. The floor of the
second story was double and the fire
had worked it's way between the
! planking and the smoke came up
| through the cracks in such volume
that no man could stand it for any
| length of time.
| Came to Window For Air.
f, Mr.. Fallenstein was seen to come
! to the window for air several times,
but he always went back, and stay
ed inside until the fire was under
Fcontrol. At last the siding was rip
ped off on the Second street side,
and this gave the fire between the
floors a draft and it started burn
ing more fiercely. The firemen on the
inside were then in imminent danger
of being suffocated or burned to
death, for the floor might have fallen
at any moment. According to Chief
Leas, he met Mr. Fallenstein on the
second floor about $50 and then the
captain remarked that he was not
| feeling well. The chief suggested that
he had better 80 outside and get
some air, or else go home, and Mr..
Fallenstein said that he thought he
would go home. On his way out of
the building he. met Second Assist
ant A. ID. Beach, and he spoke to
him about not feeling well. About
ten minutes later Mr.. Beach took
| buggy, and Mr.. Fallenstein walked
! into the house He complained that
his lungs were hurting him terribly
and he went in the house and was
put to bed DR.. j. A. Hielseher was
called, and after making an examina-
f, ton said that his patients case was
not serious but that it would be bet
ter to go to the hospital. Accordingly
he telephoned to st. Joseph's to
have a room gotten ready, but before
the ambulance could get to the
house on Fifth street, Mr.. Fallen
stein passed away. DR.. Hielscher
summoned an undertaken, and left
the house.
PuImotor Sent to Bedside.
Many of Mr. Fallenstein's friends
think that this was just the time
when the pulmotor should have been
used, but no effort was made to
brin gthe instrument into action in
about . half an hour r. E. Brown,
who had heard of Mr.. Fallensteins
death, succeeded after much tele-
phonng to several physicians in get
ting DIR. j. S. Holbrook to operate
the apparatus The pulmotor was
rushed to Mr.. Fallenstein's home on
North Fifth street, but it was too
late. His heart had stopped beat
ing about forty minutes before the
pulmotor was applied. 1t was the
opinion of DR.. Holbrook and others
that if it had been applied immedi-
ately after the heart stopped there
would have been chance of reviving
the suffocated man. Death came at
1920.
Michael L. Fallenstein was born
near Pittsburg, Pa, November II,
1856, being fifty-seyen years old at
the time of his death. He lived here
with his parents until after the Civil
war His father, Ernest Henry Fal-
lenstein, served in the war and was
killed in the battle of Antietam.
After the death of his father, the
family moved to New York city
where they lived for several years.
With his mother and brothers and
a sister he came to Wabasha, Wis,
when he was about fifteen, and work
ed for short time as cook on
Mississippi river barge. Later he
worked in the city of Wabasha in
barber shop, where he learned his
trade.
Came to Mankato When Boy.
When he was seventeen the fam
lily moved to Mankato and after
working for two years in Toms bar
Der shop he started shop of his
own and has run one ever since. In
1877 he was united in marriage to
Miss Emma Dauber, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Dauber, and three
children were born to this union.
They arc Mrc Nan Praollp of Min