Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
run FTRENfEN DIE, DOZEN HURT
WHEN WALL FALLS AT RIG FIRE

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tsaI'Hu e,-eans Of water into the larger
rl.as - tbis time. Some were blown
lip street and escaped with cuts and
ie IN None had time to jump or dodge.
and Hlllman were on the edge Of
.nall extension. Tney got the tull
,fe ~ tbs TONS of brick and debris.
force y t with the fist clenched, stick
An tron, A pile Of bricks, led the res
he - lanes. Part OF the wall which
ae Give way to the explosion, was
lia nS and occasionally loose bricks
tsls5 down. Disregarding this a score
sioppr,sn led by Fire Chief William S.
nv plunged into the debris.
anrF MURPHY HIT BY BRICK.
l.F struck chief Murphy on the
"a knocking him into the street he
ftso mack to the rescue work, blood
,',g down his face. James was
nat after nearly an hours work. His
aas -os crushed in like an egg she'll.
tbsr identified him at the Samaritan
uiD,tai nv the keys in his pocket and an
=. toe ON his right foot
ssls, ss.,-.s, was dead when the bricks that
.us him were pulled away. He also
iai s.sen TO the Samaritan Hospital in
~ .ere that life might not be extinct.
ur.a,,sy Chief Ross Davis had narrow
~ from injury. He was standing In
y. Avenue when the wall fell 1t was
e sark and he carried a fire lantern.
tsck struck this and smashed 1t,
+ Wing lt from his hand
~. roof of the big four-story building
..ssd when the wall was blown out
N fames shot hundreds of feet into
~ lighting UP the entire neighbor-
VA chief Murphy says he found the
-sts department of the company fight
~ flames when he arrived. AT that
" sut one alarm had been sent in, Two
- we're struck Immediately.
& -toissnds of persons from the SUR
@asno homes fiocked to the scene of
\. are The police had difficulty keep
/. ne streets clear. According to Chief
,s,nhy all the hose and apparatus had
ssr Inspected recently and everything
s,sfn the best of condition.
REGULATION AS TO EXPLOSION.
q iNhoush Fire Marshal Charles Whit
.sra believes that what the firemen
9ausht wes an explosion was really the
nrbe Of the falling roof, Harry Potter,
member Of the oil cloth firm, believes
amsthing exploded. He thinks it was
n scilon of the heat on gases in the
groeum department.
The building was equipped with a
y
q sshghters, this prevented the total de-
aficton of the two buildings that were
burned. 1t also prevented the flames
! hom getting beyond control and spread
& nr 10 adjoining buildings.
Nf Potter, who is nephew of William
Z p1iter, founder of the firm, and president
! Il the board of trustees of the jefferson
I HospItal, visited the injured firemen in
+ fe three hospitals. He asked that they
I k given every attention. He shook hands
4 uiH all the injured and complimented
/ fem on their heroism.
After the injured men had been taken
4 from beneath the debris, it was found
rcessary to tear down the remains of
hs wall, which threatened to fall and
4 rare other firemen. A rope was at
4 athsd to it and volunteers from among
hs SPECTATORS began to pull. Grundry
vas Injured at this time. when he fell
Is the rope parted.
Lieutenant Barnes is in the Samaritan
Hospital suffering from a badly confused
4 gide He was on the roof of the one
story addition when the wall fell.
I felt something was going to happen"
4 .e said at the hospital when we were
n the roof of the small building heard
ihs great wall above us start to crack at
he FAR end.
Here she comes said to the men,
We will take our medicine now.'
did not have time to jump. and the