Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
Attempt Will Be Made to Fix
Responsibility for Death of
Fireman Gillespie.
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The rescue of the nine sleepers in the
| building was dramatic in the extreme
| These persons, all grown, were all in
| bed in the third floor rooms at No. 1875
| When the wall at No. lao fell the col
| lapse carried with it great portions of
the walls of No 1873. In fact, the reay
| wall at No 1873 was torn, ripped and
rent to bits. Firemen placed extension
ladders against the tottering structure
and hurried to the roof of the building
! adjoining, There. via a. human chain,
the fifemen handed women and men to
safety.aS r Rls@u1a q, ..,sl..y.
Hurt by Runaway Fire Team.
q Policeman Chapman. who heard the
crash as he was in Pryor street walk
! ing his beat, was injured when a three
horse team hitched to ladder company
No. l ran away after becoming fright
ened at the deafening report of the
crash and was cut about the face when
he was thrown against the curbing as
the team swung into a fire plug.
Building Inspector Ed r. HAYS was
| on the scene, and he asserted that the
Workmen of the constructions company
appeared TO be to blame He said a
/ thorough investigation would be made.
! His opinion was that the workmen had
dug too many holes for underpinning.
thus weakening the support Of the
middle wall, and that perhaps the
Workmen had gone home last night,
intending to strengthen the work to-
day
Superintendent Sullivan, of the
griffin Company, was early on the
scene investigating. and Mr. Griffin ar
rived at $3.50 O'Clock and at once began
looking into the cause Of the trouble
Fire Chief Demands Probe.
FIRE Chief Cummings as soon as the
fire was under conhol, demanded Of
Building Inspector Ed R. Hays an i'm
mediate probe of the causes for the COL
lapse of the structure. He showed that
ne was deeply grieved over the death of
Fireman Gillespie and he declared if the
! tragedy was caused by criminal negli-
gence he would do his utmost to place
the responsibility on the proper per
sons
Inspector Hays agreed that a probe
should be made at once and as soon
as the tiremen cease throwing watar ~,
the building the building inspector, AS
slstant Inspector Bowen and Fire In
spector d. H. Otis will begin Il detailed
investigation. Their work VIII be yerv
dangerous, for the adjoining building
threatens TO fall any minute.
thlef Cummings said the loss to the
fire department was fully $4,000 In
the stampede of the horses the hose
wagon Hof No. ? station was so badly
broken up that it had to be taken IN
| the shops. The horses raced = down
Whitehall street for two blocks. crash
ing INTO telephone pole. The horses
were badly bruised.
| The aerial truck from v.bicgt Tho
ladder on which Fireman Gillesnfe was
s'aholng' was so badly damaged by
iaIIihg bricks that Chief Cummings said
II would have to be sent to the factory
! for repairs.
Buildings Were Landmarks.
Inc two buildings at This corner are
two of the Oldest in the CITY and tbo
general criticism Of the crowd that col.
'ecisd was that they should have been
condemned by the city authorities and
torn down long ago. They were built
by Judge Weldron Mitchell more than
% Years a8o. Each was three stories
high ..>. ...- ,.,.. -.
81 am sorely grieved at the death Of
Fireman Gillespie" said Chief Cum.
mings, He was a brave. honest fell
low and he died a glorious death-try-
ing to save others" ."
The northeast corner of Trinity ave-
nue. ana Whftehali street vas bought
sons lime agQ bNsJ. r.! f"Chuck'0 An
derson, OF Marietta at the rate of 81
500 front foot, and Mr. Anderson was
spending $4,000 on remodeling to house
the Bauknight Furniture Company as
tenant. The adjoining building. it is
understood, was formerly the propertv
of Carlos H. Mason.
The Mason building chung to the new
George w. Scipe building. Just north
of it, and it seemed that strong south
wind helped to keep it from falling
Police Officers Sam Long. w. l.. Pavno
and b, s. Haslett and Sergeant r. J.
Brown continually warned the crowds
of the danger in standing too close