The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-24
Still Unable to Identify the Two Men Killed
 in Early Morning Fire
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were removed from the infirmaiY to their homes, but it was stated that it would be several days before the men would be able to get on duty at fire headquarters. Their faces are swathed in bandages and it was stated that all of them were extremely fortunate in not losing their eyesight by the blast of flames which followed the explosion.
 Every effort is being made by the authorities to identify the dead men. Friends and acquaintances of Leonard Poss are almost positive as to one of the bodies. The other body is too charred for Identification. No funeral arrangements will be announced until
 quest.
 Regarding one of the unidentified men at Shaws morgue it was stated last
 night that he had four gold filings in
 his teeth which were very irregular.
 He also had a silver ring of Chinese
 make on his finger. There were no oth-
 CT means of identification.
 Spain to Investigate
 Yesterday the coroner stated that he
 would conduct an investigation for the purpose of bringing out whether the Hotel Windsor was equipped with the proper number of fire escapes and fire protection walls.
 At any time that there Is a loss of life," said Coroner Spain, there should be an investigation into the cause. I am going to aScertain in this disas- trous blaze whether the regulations of the fire laws had been adhered to in the destroyed buildings"
 Throughout yesterday nothing but praise was heard of the manner in which the firemen fought the stubborn blaze The bravery of the fire boys elicited much fav- orable comment. It was recounted over
 and over again how the explosion in the rear of the Robertson Hardware company knocked several of the firemen fiat. and threw others nearly across the street, yet they returned into the inferno of flames to rescue their comrades who were over come.
 Then came the ambulances, and fireman
 after fireman was hurried off to the in-
 firmaries. With never tremor at the
 thought that they might be next to fol-
 low their comrades begrimed with smoke and drenched to the skin they fought on
 undismayed, while ambulances noisily
 removed the injured, and later the dead.
 Capt. Jim Aiken of No. 1 g few mo-
 ments after reaching the scene of the fire heard cries in the rear, and goine
 up the fire escape climbed to the roof of the Hotel Windsor, adjacent to the
 American Trust building. The cries for aid still continued. They came from two men, and Captain Aiken, peering down
 between the buildings, saw 8 man beck oning to be rescued. The captain secured a rope and lowered it to the men.
 "Tie the rope around your waist" bel. lowed Captain Aiken.
 The man evidently did not hear, for he grasped the rope and swung out. Aiken
 braced himself and started pulling up his human load. Just as the man was al- most within reach, and with Captain Aiken imploring him to hold on a little longer, he said:
 Unable to Hold Rope Cap, just can't hold on--good-by,' ' and letting go of the rope the man dropped to the alley three stories below. It was later identified as J. W. Burney, brother of Harry Burney, a well-known news paper man. Burney suffered two broken legs, back sprained and internal injuries His recovery is not expected. After Burney had dropped to the ground, Captain Aiken heard a second voice calling for aid. which was sud- denly muffled by the sound of the ex- plosion which blew the wall down and | left Captain Aiken standing alone in a very perilous position at the top of the
 burning building.
 Tt was getting pretty hot" said Cap
 tain Aiken ''aater tho poar 8ellow had