The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-27
Aids Painter Rescuing
Youngsters w lille
Flames Wreck Home
in Highspire
LITTLE ONES
ALONE IN HOUSE
Snatched From Their Beds in Second
Floor After Eldest Brother Gives
the Alarm-Neighbor Prompt in
Clothing Tiny Refugees

-Four children, from to years old,
were rescued from flames which de-
stroyed large frame double dwelling
at Willow street and George avenue,
Highspire, this morning, through the
plucky work of Lloyd Bailey, a painter
at work on the building, and Miss
Verna Etnoyer, girl of nineteen
years.
The children were alone in the build
ing when the fire was discovered and
the flames spread SO rapidly that Bailey
barely escaped being overcome by
smoke as he CROPPED his way through
the halls with the last of the youngsters
in his arms. AT the bottom of the
stairs he was relieved of his burden
by Miss Etnoyer who also assisted him
out to the fresh air.
The fire, which had its origin from
an over.heated stove pipe at 7,S0
O'Clock, completely destroyed the large
house, together with almost all the be.
longings of two families, who were
made homeless and almost penniless by
the blaze. The loss on the buildings
is put at $500, partly insured, and
the tenants lost $1,000 in furniture.
Building Was a New One
The~building was owned by Bailey,
the man who made the reseues. 1t was
new; in fact, not quite completed, and
was occupied, on the one side only, by
Mr.. and Mrs. A H. Wolf, who have
Hall, who are the parents of five chill
dren, ranging from to II years of
age.
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Wolf are sisters,
and the former had moved in temper
arily, storing her household goods in
the second and third stories until the
Halls would be able to obtain a per-
manent house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall last all of their
furniture with the exception of one
couch and two rocking chairs.
The rescue of the children from the
burning structure was spectacular in the
extreme and was made possible by the
strenuous work of Lloyd Bailey, assist
ed by Miss Etnoyer, who resides nearby.
Bailey.wa painting in the unfinished
part of the dwelling when the eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, youngster
of IL years, called to him that the car.
pet was burning in the sleeping room
of the Hall home and that baby sister
was in danger of being burned UP. The
boy shouted that his mother had Just
gone to the store for bread.
Thrilling Rescue Work
Dropping his brushes, the painter
hurried to the Hall apartment and
bounded up the steps. The boy who
gave the alarm was safe in the street.
Bailey, hastily getting the four remain
ing children together, ordered the big
gest one to march down the steps.
Bailey carried the three youngest, ono
at time, to the bottom of the stairs
where he turned them over to Miss
Etnoyer, who rushed in from the street
to give aid.
On the last trip Bailey was almost
filled the bed room and the halls in the
upper stories from ceiling to floor, but
knowing the direction to go managed
TO make his exit from tine room Just as
the flames broke out over the bed which
had just been emptied of the sleeping
children.
Miss Etnoyer took the children from
Bailey as they were brought down
stairs and hurried them out into the air
where they were taken in charge by
kind neighbors and given shelter. On
Bailey's last trip down she supported
him to the air, as he was weak from
smoke he had inhaled. He, however.
quickly recovered. Other persons at.
traeted to the scene began canvass of
the neighborhood and gathered such
children g clothing as was obtainable
for the use of the fire refugees.
Children Alone as Fire Starts
An alarm of fire was sent in by John
Ii. Palmer, grocer, and the High
spire auto chemical apparatus was rush
ed to the scene, but the blaze had made
such headway that the iremen could
not save the building. When they saw
the structure was doomed they turned
their attention to saving the adjoining
properties, none of which was damaged.
The fire was visible from almost all
parts of Highspire, and half the popula-
ton of that town tramped to the scene.
Those VINO got there early assisted in
saving some furniture from the first
floor.
The heat pipe from the kitchen range