New Britain herald., 1915-12-14
THRILLING RESCUE AT $l5,000 BLAZE
 ON LEXINGTON ST.
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suffocated. She was taken into the home of Arthur G. Kimball Taken To Hospital Today. Miss Englesty was in bad condition today and this afternoon was removed to the New Britain General hospital for treatment She is suffering from a number of bad cuts about the body particularly on the wrists and lower limbs received as she was pulled through the small window frame. fringed with broken glass. She is also suffering from a severe nervous shock as we'll as a slight congestion of the lungs resulting from the smoke which she was compelled to breathe while her rescuers were climbing to her aid. It is not thought that her injuries vii prove serious.
 Flee in Bare Feet.
 The entire household was asleep when the fire was discovered. The smoke woke the two families and when the extent of the fire was as- certained both MT. Thompson and MT. Sloper hurried to carry their wives to safety. MT. Sloper shouted warning to the several servants and then, with remarkable coolness, es- corted Mrs. Sloper to safety. MT. Sloper did not have time to don a pair of shoes and Mrs. Sloper had time only to put on a pair of f1imsy Ja- panese slippers. hurrying from the burning house she fell and injured her back. The first step into the deep snow caused her slippers to fall off and both she and MT. Sloper were compelled to walk through the knee deep snow in their bare feet to MT. Kimballs home.
 Japanese Valet d Hero.
 MT. Sloper's valet, Takaharu Iguc- chi, covered himself with glory at fire and by his historic acts won the ad- miration of all who saw him. It was in his room that the fire was the fiercest and when MT. Sloper woke him he at once grasped the situation Rushing from his room, clad only in his underwear, the brave little Jap raced through the kitchen door, out through the snow drifts in the back yard to the garage in the rear where he secured a garden hose. Returning tt the furnace-like kitchen he at- tached the hose to the faucet and played the little stream of water on the fire until relieved by the f1remen. When the department arrived the muscular little Oriental was almost exhausted by his almost superhuman eNertions in the cold. This morning, however, he had completely recovered and received the praise of those who had witnessed his act with modesty.
 Society Leader Serves Coffee.
 It was daylight before Chief Dame decided that the fire was out and the department was permitted to return to it's quarters. After the flames had been subdued, Mrs. George w. Corbin, l who lives in the next house, served l hot coffee and sandwiches to the l shivering firemen.
 Although the flames did great l damage to the house, the interior of which is of the highest grade and the l furnishings most elaborate, water l also added greatly to the general loss. ! Each floor is equipped with baths 1 and toilets and the fire melted the !! to the water turned in by the firemen, the water esca ping from the melted l pipes flooded the building.
 Chief Praises His Men.
 Chief Dame of the fire department vas loud in his praise of the work or ms men under their handicap last nlght. He states that never tSfore in ms experience had he seen fire at "n1ch the men were at such a disad- ratage from the very beginning. 1T give my men all the credit in the world,' he said. They worked like lroJans ana I'll put them against any