Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
WATER FAILS AS
FIRE ATTACKS
Bic PLANTS
Factory and Large implement
Branch on Lower Whitehall
Street Destroyed,
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dow. She awakened her father and
mother in the next room. and the
family fed into the street in their
nightclothing
Their house was on fire in the rear
when they reached the street, and
Thelma, forgetting the dog in the eX-
element Of the fire. rushed back into
the building to save her pet She
carried the little pup out and wrapped
him in a blanket, where he calmly
went to sleep.
Mr. Young, aided by volunteer help
eTs from the crowd of sightseers and
BY policemen, carried his household
belongings. many Of them scOrched
and damaged by the smoke. out into
the streets and then he and his fam
lily sat down and watched their house
catch fire three times.
Risks Life to Save Cat,
Miss Lillian Hightower, the pretty
daughter Of Charles c. Hightower, a
1remen at No engine house. dashed
INTO the smoke filled house al No. 56S
Whitehall street and risked her life to
save cat that belonged to her friend.
Miss Ola Taylor Miss Taylor was
the first person TO turn in the alarm,
She was awakened by her cat. which
climbed or the bed and pulled at the
covers. When she opened her eyes
the room was filled with smoke. She
rushed to the telephone and called
fire headquarters. and then dashed
into the street, forgetting the cat in
her excitement.
Miss Hightower who lives near the
scene of the fire, was among the first
10 arrive at the confagration. She
brsved the dangers OF the falling
walls and made her way over the
scores of lines of hose to the back of
the building, where she found her ia
Their, grimed and dirty with smoke,
but fighting the fire vigorously. See
ing that he was safe, she went back
10 her own home and awakened her
mother, and then mother and daugh-
ter carried Mr.. Hightower and his
comrades hot coffee and sandwiches
Engine Whistle Gives Alarm.
Mrs. Lott Parrish, who occupies an
apartment at No. Sos whitehall
street, awakened by the sound of the
Whistle on her husbands switch en-
CINE, over on Peters street. Mr.. Par
IRISH, leaning from his cab, saw the
fire He could not leave his engine,
but he pulled his whistle cord vigor-
ously. At first Mrs. Parrish thought
1t was his nightly salute, but the
scream of the siren continued and
then a red glow began creeping into
the room. Then she awoke the rest
of the families in the building.
BY 5 O'Clock Wednesday morning
most of the fire companies had re-
turned to their houses. but half a
dozen hose carts and a chemical en-
CINE were kept on the scene virtually
all Gay. As the sections of the wall
~ ri lou to he &c -
rounding houses and q detail of fire.
men were kept busy playing small
streams on the roofs to check the in
ciplent blaZes. Scores OF lines of hose
lay in the streets. and Whitehall from
Stewart avenue to park and Peters
streets was covered with a thin sheet
of ice where the thousands of gallons
of water had frozen. The entire east
end of the twin structure collapsed
during the FIRE Street car traffic was
held up during the early stages of the
fire.
Besides the alarm turned in by Miss
Taylor, Patrolman Harrison. from
No $40 Whitehall street, saw the
flames an dtelephoned fire headquar-
tiers
The blaze had got up from the first
floor to the roof Of the cotton States
plant before Patrolman Harrison dis
covered the flames, mounting from
the skylight. The entire fire depart
ment, excepting the small emergency
reserve, was turned out. Its best eff
forts were rendered almost negligible,
however. by the feeble water pres
sure
Hose Streams Very Weak.
Why. the streams wouldn't break
the glass in the windows on the sec
ond floor when | got there at mid
night" said J. r. Whitman, general
manager of the Cotton States Com