Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-04
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of the firc.racked hotel lie was known 20
be heavy sleeper.
"Brdgie' weber. a beach guard. was
hero of tragedy. Weber who is AN
athctc and hardy, dcvil.may-carr chap,
helped several from the hotel including Il
woman whom he was compelled to carry.
When the fire made it impossible for him
To go back he took Il position on a roof
and instructed several men how to reach
the ground by cItngug to wires.
WOMAN. REAL HEROINE.
According to both men ana women
thankful for their escape from the tire,
he real heroine Of the tragedy which
has shocked the city and started Il dc
mand for "a rigid official Investigation
was Miss ella Lawrence. huuscEccpor Of
the Overbrook.
When she discovered fire was raging
in the rear Of the hous" Miss Lawrence
hurried "a small negro belEop. hcr sole
assistant, To the top floor Of the hotel
with orders to spread tHe alarm. Then,
to make certain none should he oycr-
looked, she threw in the lines Of her tele-
phone switchboard and set every tclc-
phone on the sleeping floors ringing as
notice to the sleeping guests.
Even then not satisfied, Miss Lawrence
ran the elevator to the top OF the SHAFT
alone, and began round Of the occU-
pied rooms, drumming upon the doors
until she received response. She was
pale and gasping for breath when she
finally returned to her post to lind flames
sweeping into the office, FTomen forced
r,rsn sba ,,,,,II I ,,,I,i,,,, e.. IL 49,
fortunate persons who hag"cd' ro, boIn ~
tho windows ' 80
FIREAIAN'S DARING DEED.
Truck 4 who scaIad the hla,ir" ,n,,.or
of tbc Ascension church Win -, sc,,rh.
light which he pIuyad unon tbn vaIIs
and windows NJ tbc bIn,i,,, bnrel r,.,I,
it possible for the Grcmrn 10 save many
,vbn mint otha,,,.i. h,,,a 1,, "i""S
narb,'s rIotriu.. ,,as ,ti'a i",' ",p" ,uSl,
discovered his neriI Tha,. rnst,d bi,,
with water which nromntiv ,nrnal ~ irn
Mavor Riddlo dcrIarnd tbo imrns,i',,,io,,
would he as rigid as is possible 10 make il.
Efforts are being made to find and re-
ward the negro bellbOy who ran through
the halls sounding an alarm and who kent
his elevator running unttI the shaft was
afiame
The tremen were unable to save Rita
Hall small boarding house Of two
stories in the rear of the Overbrook.
l,l,,,ao, on Mount ne'nSn non avenue y II was de-
spread further nIo1g NIount vcrn"n ,,.a1 yiae
nue..
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CT ESTS NJ HOTEL.
Pfan furnished the police a list OF the
guests in the Overbrook last nfgat So far
as he could recall them. The register is
said to have been destroyed The list
given to the police and now being
checked up follows:
Richard II. Mott, proprietor and Mrs,
Mott Charles chmidt, philadelphia, Mrs,
Schmidt and Two children; Miss Anna
Doughty, John +. McNarren Mrs. Nc
Carren' Alexander Andrew, MIS-. Andrew,
William Gllroy Mrs, NJ /" Murphy, Miss
NJ, murphy Nlcholas DELAY, Miss Ada
Ginger Ernest +, Jacob, Mrs. Jacob,
george H. BenCker' Johh T.. Mccoy, Mrs.
Edith \. Miller IhomaS Mott Mrs.
Mrs Charlotte johnson and two chill.
dren, Mrs. Josephine Garsee, Mrs ~.
Johnson.
Ernest Jacobs. who is employed at the
Traymore. today furnished a clue to the