Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-08

complete the list of injured fol-
| lowing fire last night at 10
O'Clock, which completely destroyed
the residence of Mrs. F. A Jones,
of 1853 Washington street Dough-
erty's home was in Charleston, where
| lives his widowed and dangerously ill
mother, whom he supported, together
with two young sisters, two brothers
md dependent sister -in-l law, whose
| husband was killed recently while
| uniting
Dougherty's mother is said to be at
| Ieath's door from a protracted illness.
I and an effort will be made to keep
| from her the news of her sons death,
for fear she might die from the shock.
Two firemen have met death in At
lanta in the last two weeks, the other
being James l. Gillespie, who was kill
ed by falling wall at Whitehall street
and Trinity avenue. A subscription
| fund for Gillespie's family now con-
tains over $1,000, and a fund was i'm
mediately started for the relief of those
dependent on Dougherty. w. H. Rosen-
field and M. s. Rice, of 367 Washington
street, have contributed S5 each, and
many other subscriptions are expected
for the needy family. The Georgian
will receive subscriptions and forward
them
Cable Wrapped Around Him.
Dougherty was electrocuted by con-
tact with a cable which became wrap
| nod a hovt bis chOuIdare xrrta,, ;t bon,,,,o a
! disconnected from the burning build
| ing. He was pulled loose from the wire
| by companions and hurried to the At
lanta hospital in the automobile of Fire
! Chief w B. Cummings, but died on the
way.
! Purcell and HELEN were Badly burn
ed in pulling the wire from Dougherty's
| body Both will recover.
Mrs. Jones and her son, L. B. Jones.
escaped from the burning building
| through warning sounded in the
neighborhood by Rabbi David Marx,
who discovered the flames while going
| to his home. Dr. Marx helped the fam
| lily to safety and assisted in saving a
| few things. The only articles of value
| saved, however, were a piano and a
suit case. Everything else was de-
stroyed, the loss being about $4,000
First Company on Scene.
The quarters of Fire House No are
| only about two blocks away, and the
engine of the company was the first to
reach the scene Dougherty and two
hosemen from No 9 climbed up a lad
der and entered the attic. which was
full of smoke and fire. Purcell and
HELEN followed. The flames were soon
checked and, sezing an ak, Dougherty
battered down a partition, when an
overhead electric cable became discon-
nected and fell about his shoulders.
Screaming and writhing, he fell to the
floor tearing violently at the wire.
which clung to his neck Purcell took
hold of the live wire and was sent reel
ing five feet away, too dazed to come
back for several seconds HELEN
caught Dougherty about the waist, and
he, too, was shocked badly.
Hellem ran to the aperture and call
ed for help, and in the meantime
Dougherty was slowly being electrocut-
ed. BY this time he was speechless
and his companions looked on in blank
amaZement powerless. it seemed. to
help him. Relief came when Chief
Cummings found the switch downstairs
and turned off the current. The fire
man was then unconscious and beyond
aid.
Mrs. Jones and her son took refupo
in the home of w. W. Croker a rela
tive, on Juniper street. Their home
was of two stories, and only the hull
remains.
Dougherty's hremen associates at en-
gine house No. 9 will be his pallbearers
tomorrow morning at II O'Clock at pat
terson's undertaking establishment.
f. F. Anderson, H. Q. Rosser, w ID
stephens, NJ, z. McGhee l.. A. Davis
and j. C. Fincher
The ntermeut will be in Oakland
cemetery.