The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-20
HOWARD The HERO
He 1t Was Who Carried Raw
mOnd Bauman to Safety.
Ed Stone Risked His Life in
Search for Boy.

Two year old Raymond Bauman,
who was rescued from the burning
| Schmidt home at 800 West Tenth
street yesterday afternoon. owes his
| life to H. 3. Howard of the Howard
Electrical Supply company. Mr.. How
ard is the hero the Fred Bauman
| looking for. He is the unknown
man. who rushed through the fire
and smoke to the third floor of the
burning house, found the little tot
| wandering around in the hall, dazed
with smoke and gas, and carried him
to safety.
81 was at Tenth and Kansas ave-
nue. when I saw smoke coming from
ard today by the time l got there
four or five fellows were running
around but seemed to hesitate about
going in went on in and they fol-
lowed. told them to cover the first
and second floor and arouse everybody
and 1 would go to the third floor. AS
I went up the stairs some one living
in the house was trying to send in
the fire alarm.
1.-THE third floor was filled with
smoke and gas and it was hard wet
ting around. I looked in every room
and ran into one where there was an
elderly lady. I guess she thought I
was going to kidnap her. She was in
tell her there was fire but guess
she was hard of hearing. She was in
no immediate danger so continued
my search through the rooms and
halls. 1 found the little boy wander
ing around and picked him up. When
1 took him downstairs 1 sent up others
for the elderly lady and understand
they found her all right I left the
boy in safe hands and left the fire in
a short time.''
Last night Mr. and Fred Bauman
were anxious 20 find the person who
had rescued their boy. For time
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little tot had ben forgotten and Mr..
and Mrs. Svhmidt, his grandparents
with whom he had been left, were
frantic.
Stone RisI1ed His Life.
Not knowing that the little boy had
been rescued, Ed Stone. who lives at
1880 Lincoln, risked his life to make
a final search for the boy. The fire
was at its height and people who had
been carrying out furniture had been
forced to quit. When Stone heard
there was a child in the building he
threw his coat over his head and
rushed into the smoke and flame. He
fought his way to the third floor and
made a complete search. He was con-
WINGED there was no child on that
floor. He was almost overcome and
staggered down the stairs through
falling plaster and burning brands.
When he returned to fresh air the boy
had been found.
The fire almost completely ruined
the roof and third floor of the big
brick residence known for years as the
Snattinger home. The building was
constructed about thirty years ago and
cost in the neighborhood of $25, 900.
About five years ago it was purchased
by Albert A. Schmidt. Since then it
has been used as the Schmidt home,
also as an apartment house. The third
floor was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred K. Jordan and Miss Caroline
an employee of the state
supreme court. Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan
were away for the day Their goods
were greatly damaged by fire and
water.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Deutsch, parents
Of Mrs. H. A. Auerbach, occupied the i
second floor, and they spent the night I
after the fire at the Auerbach resi- |
dence on Buchanan street. Other peo- !
pie who made their home at the I,
Schmidt residence were Mr.. and Mrs. |
Walter Hays, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles |
Otis, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Huber.
The damage to the building is estf- |
mated at $4,000. Part of the loss is |
covered by insurance The fire de- |
partment did not have a great deal of |
trouble extinguishing the fire after it |
got on the ground. 1t saved all of the !
walls and the two lower floors. How |
ever, a great deal of dame ge was done |
1n the lower floors by water. Mr.. :
Schmidt was trying to put out the
fire with hand extinguisher when
he department arrived.