Evening journal., 1918-09-05
SICK and INJURED
SAVED FROM fire
Continued from First pase.

death. When Murray carried Mrs.
McVey out OF the house, while the
flames were licking up the front stairs
around his feet. other members OF the
nre companies that responded carried
the two smaller children TO safety. Inc
fire was caused by an oil stove explod-
ing in the kitchen Of the McVey home,
It just having been fllled with OIL py
Mrs Annie C. McNey, mother-in-lsw OF
Mrs. James II. McVey. The aged wo-
man endeavored to extinguish the fire
hv throwing water on 10, but when her
efforts proved unavailing' she called
for hel0
Nelghbors who notified the Phoenix
Fire Company, also made a request for
an ambulance. and when they inform
ed the flremen that a fire was In pro-
eress. the nremen sent the truck Of
the company to the scene. In the mean
time Leonard Travis, OF No. iii3 East
Twelfth street, who was passing at the
time, ran to Box No. 46, at Fourteenth
and Walnut streets, and sent in an
alarm
The Phoenix flremen were on their
way to the scene when the alarm was
being sent In and they arrived at the
FIRE Just as the smoke was rolling
from the second story windows in
clouds. The fire at that time had prac-
tlcally eaten It's way from the frame
summer kitchen in the rear TO the
main building. The dining room was
in flames. Murray. who lives opposite
the burned building. rushed to the
house and making his way 10 the sec
ond floor carried Mrs. McNey, who has
been bedridden for the past two weeks
with rheumatism, TO safety. using the
stairway which was fast igniting. The
stricken woman was carried to the
home of Mrs. Paul Blankenburg, at No.
1918 Walnut street. The other flremen
saved the two children who were also
IN. They were also taken TO the
Blankenburg home as were two older
children aged 6 and 10 years, who were
In the yard OF their home when the
stove exploded
After saving Mrs. McVey, Murray
went 10 the Moulton home and carried
Mrs. Moulton from the smoke-fflled
house. She was taken TO the home OF
Walter Dillman at No. 1896 Walnut
street. Both women suffered greatly
from shock.
a good start in the McVey home and II
required hard work on the part OF the
ffremen TO extinguish the blaze. To
make the task harder for the flremen,
women OF the neighborhood who had
fIocked to the street In front OF the
burning house handicapped the fire.
men in raising their ladders and get
ting the~lines OF hose into the building
and at the same time abusing the fire
men for not responding more quickly.
The Hremen were not to be blamed on
this score, as the police at police head
quarters when the flrst tap sounded
rushed into the street at Tenth and
Eleventh and French streets 10 remove
the safety signs and the fire appar-
atus at that time were dashing TO the
fire.
Before the flames were subdued all
the rear Of the McVey home with the
contents and the wood work in the
front OF the dwelling were damaged.
The frame kitchens In the rear OF the
Jacob Kolb and Moulton homes also
were damaged. The loss al both of
these houses was small but IL was es-
tlmated that the loss on the NcVey
home was $1,000, with a like amount
on the furniture. The McVey's carried
no fnswanb on their household
goods.
The condition Of Mrs. McNey and her
two small children following the fire
became so serious that the three OF
them were removed 10 the Delaware
Hospital in the Phoenix ambulance.