Evening journal., 1920-11-12
10 FAMILIES
NFIRE SWEPT
APARTMENT
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and she rushed screaming through The
crowds that lined the sidewalks. Ell Oft
was found fighting the fire with the
fremen later. he having escaped down
the fire escape and then Joined the
FIRE fighters.
While the women LIVING on the
fourth floor were making their way
10 the ground City Solicitor Huxley,
Patrol Sergeant John E. Devenish,
Charles Brown and Matthew Black
made their way 10 the third floor or
the build ng. The women and ch ldren
on that floor were found clustered
together 10 the hall crying FOR help
and they Nyere carried or LED 70
safety. Those rescued from this
floor were: Mrs. Arthur Hall, wife
OF DR.. Arthur r. Hall. dentist. and
mo children, aged I and : years ;
Mrs. Russell c. Swink and child,
aoad "a months; Mrs. George Ennis
and child, aged 4 months, and Miss
Margaret MacWilliams. a nurse.
The families living on The first and
second floors had little diihculty IN
escaping from the building. Mrs. II.
Fine. who lived on the first floor. said
she discovered the fire when she
opened the door OF the air shaft II
was her cries OF fre that aroused
those on the second floor.
According 10 Harry Brown. mem
Der OF the Elks, he and Traffic Ser
geant Devens sh were on a northbound
Shellpot car when they passed the
building and both noticed the clouds
OF smoke coming from the top OF ne
structure. They leaped from the car,
Sergeant Devenish running TO Phoe.
nix Fire Company headquarters al
Twelfth and King streets The IRE
men RESPONDED with their hook and
ladder truck and In the meantime
Patrolman William Hunter sent In an
alarm from BOX IS, Thirteenth and
Market streets. This brought the dis
, trict fire companies and shortly after
they arrived Fire Chief Lutz sent in a
second alarm, 1t looking at mat time
as II the flre would spread TO ue
Elns' Home. adjoining the apartment
The flremen soon had a score OF
streams playing on the burning build
ing and within an hour after the nrsi
alarm had been struck; the nre
| was practically extinguished. The
apartment immediate 10 the air shafl
was Quilted.
The clouds OF smoke that poured
through the building cansed much
damage to the apartments that were
not damaged by the flames and these
| clouds or smoke seen from an pdl u
OF the city, caused many persons tc
think that a large garage was burn
ing.
shortly after the first alarm wal
sent In details OF police under Ser
geants Devenish, Hahn and Fox wer'
hurried TO the scene and fire rope
were stretched to keep back th'
curious.
The police also assisted the flremei
| IN removing the bedding from M
apartments that had not been touche'
hv the FIRE. These were carried u
the Elks Home. where the women an'
children also were taken after beini
rescued.
Onlcials Of the EIks at once threw
lopen their clubhouse and the varioul
families that were made homeless bl
|, the flre, smoke and watr will b
housed and fed by the fraternity.
The apartment is owned by Harr'
Orenstein and while no estimate o
the loss was made 70 was said ina
life building was insured.
Following the fire Chief Lutz mad
an examination Of the cellar. accom-
panied by a newspaper man, ai'
! found that the flre had evidentl'
stored under the cellar steps wh 81
stored under the cellar hteps. whicl
Is only about two feet from the air
shaft.