El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-11

building and ran their automobile out
or the stable and into the street He
was not even scorched, but he took big
Chances.
Soldiers Give Valuable Aid.
one Of the soldiers explained that the
reason for their presence at the fire
Vas that they thought the IL Paso
storage warehouse, which the army is
using as a supply depot, was on fire.
lHey rushed downtown and reached the
IRE shortly after II started one Of
~ -le lIeutenants told assistant chief John
4. Sullivan that he had a number Of
men whom he could use II he so de-
stieu- sullivan accepted the offer and
ne soldier boys went TO WORK with a
VII mat won praise for them from the
1.o"qs at the fire and everyone else
"I1 heard about their action.
- VIII Reed was anotherof the civilian
IRE lighters who went into the barn
M-tn tle first ones and stayed there
S %-.l-L the fire companies were with
Some Of the soldiers and officers who
aqSsI5ted at the fire were: Lieut. l. p.
~ n! : CIllt Suer, of the 10th infantry; Lieut..
80 - els OF the 9th infantry; Carl
I'o+Ss, company T. 9Th infantry; John
-ld-e, company y, 9th infantry; J.
191-LS4eE' company K. 9Th infantry. H
l'Le..llan' company +, 9th infantry, "
~ company /. 10th Infantry.
80 +-eLI'- sh Aoyes, company l.. 20th infau-
- NJ u Mclean, musician. company /
18th infantry: E. r.. Knfght. comosny
y
- 4Otu lnIantryi Ed holland, company Z,
IN infantry; r Phillips. band, 9Th in
ie-llLIy BOD Harding, company A. 18th
5 ~ -s.lleLy NJ Mlkol- company B, 10th in
talllIyi Corp +. r. Benton, band. 9Th
lnIantrLi James Weaving, company /.
IN !ulahlryi F. Miller. company N
-glh infantry; Roy COST, company C.
5 5Stn lLLahJryi c. Deary. company X
n 5o-b g illSIy Harry Coldwell, company
u, -ot n infantry: George Dorman, com
pany h, 10th infantry: A Moran com
pany G. 9Th infantry.
Soldiers Trained Firemeu.
70 OF me soldiers were trained fire
men OF long experience and they quick
" applied their training to the task
before them These two men were
: m W eaEInS' OF company I. goth in
l - y, VINO was with the New York
IRE department for a number OF Years
and Ed holland, who had been q FIRE,
man IN chicago and who is now q HUSKY
44eInDer OF company A. 9Th infantry.
weaving found his olive drab shirt
more convenient for binding and Isad
ing horses from the barn Tba1 20 "a
back covering and he spent the after
noon III MS uuderShirt and a naf- oF
water soaked khaki trousers. When he
CaIlle OUT OF the rear Of the big barn
LOT olt OF air and a couple of crap
ping hooks, Weaving looked more like
2 halI-croWned rat than he did the
nero he was by all the rules Of the
water which was pouring from the sec
ono floor of the building on the heads
Of the firemen.
Refugees Heavy Losers.
IL v " allace. q resident of lTavfco
was probably the heaviest loser in me
IRE, outside Of Mr.. Burch himself. Wal
lace, whose present address is nm
known, lost enough furniture to eu11iD
a I'VE room house. Mr.. Burch said
Monday that he could make no money
estimates on any OF the goods stored
IN his building by outsiders. His own
loss, ne says, IS about $4,000, 10 per-
cent covered by insurance
Mrs Z. Y. Beecher, Of Mesa avenue.
was another who had property in the
buildin@
Mrs a. L. Americlz. a refugee from
Iorreon, lost much household furniture.
An odd feature was the fact that she
said Friday she intended removing her
property Saturday. but failed 10 do il
before the fire broke out
F. A Hodge. father of Ed Hodge. was
among the losers j. A Zauder's furni-
ture was destroyed He is employed by
the FL PaSO Piano company. c. ".
Nicely tailor. lost pressing machine.
L s Fisher. of Austin. Texas. is minus
several hundred dollars worth of house
hold goods. Dr. : F, NeWboIr. formerly
dentist here, lost n dentists chair
and furniture. Miss a r Cary, Mrs
J. Mack and Mrs C. L MaXer, all OF FL
Paso, had nearly $1,000 worth Of goods
in the building.