The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-26
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Street. in London were startled by a loud crash and for moment some FoE them thought the city had been visited by an earthauake A great cloud of dust f1oated up from Exeter street. and when it cleared the fr1ght-l ened Spectators saw great pile or ruins. Two large dwelling houseas sfa1a homes of many poor families, had scollapsed and fallen in, and from the gBeckage issued pitifu cries for help. Among those who hurried to the scene Of the disaster was big, stall vrart youth of typicaIly Hibernian sor1as oH agony which came from the sruax1s aroused him to immediate a'c- ton
 -sssltaxsu paeA, youa.- he eaAed. s1aEsan& men t0 the right and left as zna plunmed through tho mass of on-5 fcoksw gathered at a safe distance <9zuua f1se Wreckage Parts o6 walls st1us stossd bat threatened at every xnoGneaa4 to fall. and masses of ma 6sonrx and 8rSa4 beazns were topping
 UCdeing t1as turnhains dsbrls that kyzeu7d have crushed him except for 1as agility. the youth vartshed Into tho dust-1aden atTnosphefe of the 1Gclxed buildings. all unheedinB of tae cr1es chat he ret1szn-
 xaons z1zrxneuks passed for the erow6 SE spactatorE, ande they had about decided that the Irish lad had x1alxad his life fn vatns when his A1srarny hgnre climbing over the perflous tisnberB and scaling the freacherous walls, making his way toward those who were calling so pafeousIy 1or assistance.
 A single n1ts-step would have spett destruction for the brave lad, and death Threatened him every second of tfae Journey but he kept on Again. he vanished from the sight of the on- lockers, but m a few moments he re- appeared. carrying in his arms a. young girl. Back over the per1ous way he staggered with htsa precious burden and a great sigh of ralief, followed by . tremendous roar of ap- plauses greeted the young man as he placed the child. safe and sound, In fae keeping or ths crowd
 Hesdta41nk not 6 moment he re- turned fp tha work Of rascue7as task so dangsPoug that no one else dared to brave the per1Ie- Again and again dux aabxsa and brought eut two moro etafadren-
 T1Sas next day all London rang with Inc praise of Jen Burke The news papeEg discovered tha4 the hero was by name lem B1zE&e, that he 4s of 1rish paren4age, and That he was a Jack-an-e1e wscter by trade Hds home was a tavern fn the 6trands called the Spotted Dog, kept by Joe Parish, a retired pug1ltst. He made precs'rl-
 
 at Strand stairs, but, undeE the guidance of Jos Parish, he was am Bitious to become a pug1Mses and nsd 2 already displayed much gameness and some science in bouts with other bows Tha Irish lad had been. par tfalIyss deaf from infancy. h speech he had the amusing and original pe- culiarity of always putting words in the plural
 Him famous, and Scores of nobles and men Of wealth floeked to the Spotted Dog to see the hero. They sTaowered gold coins upon him, and encouraged him to continue his pur- suit of pug1listic glory The money he received seemed like a fortune to Jem Burke, but every penny of it went to his old mother whom he had supported from his earliest boyhood.
 The Spotted Dog was Famous sporting hostelry ip those days, and Joe Parish conducted a bodng school in connection with the tavern. Thencaforth he devoted much time to developing his young protege, and Burke was soon matched to fight a Hast End Chicken.~ = Jem wzaB vic .tor1ol1s after ASS rounds of hghtlngi lasting nearly fhree hcrirs.
 Thanks to fha celebrity he had gained by his hekoic exploit in Exc ter street, tethe Deaf 'Un,' as he was known to the faheys was well started along the road which was to lead him to the championship. Many times crooked sportsmen sought to lure him from the strai ghf and nafroWi path but Burke always rejected their pro posaIs with scorn. He had one in variable answer:
 ssNo; there's a Gods aboves su, what sees uss and Hes wants us tc fights stra1ghts. I won't have it's. g
 It was a quaint phiIosiphy for 2 prize-dghter, but it animated Burke'I whole ring career.
 within eight years after he hal hrst tasted fame Deaf Burke wa recoxnized as the best lighting ma1 In England, and claimed the cz1am pionship, although Je5n Ward stii clung to the title and refused to de fend 1t against Burke Disgusted fine Deaf Bn decided to try his for tunes in America.
 At that time another n4Sh1nau Sam O'Rourke.g was claiming th American championship. He ha1 fought and won fourteen battles ol this side of the Atlantic, and had big following Burke believed tha he could. easily whip O'Rourkes am thus win in the New World tn laureIs which had been denied him | the old. f5;
 Arrived in America JeTn was wei comed by William Fuller. an ex pueifist who conducted gymnasium in fhatscity, and also visited Philadel p4afA under the patronage of AndreN M sKe1san noted Philade1pht brfIiser. Tn New York Burke made bit of money by. posing as '1iytn statues'' in a theatre
 t3sRourke was then in New Or leans where he was running a. ga loon. and although he challenge Burke he was taken ahack when tha worthy appeared in the Crescent Cit prs6ared to do battle. Saunf refuse to light for less than a thousand do lars and poor JeTn had no such sun but lie found a couple of angels i James Caldwell. then proprietor { f1aez sx Charles Theatre in New Or leans and William BrandraEn,