Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
DAVIS HOME BURNS
IN CHESTNUT HILL
Fourteen Persons Flee to Street
in Night Clothes at Blaze
in South Philadelphia
2 RESCUED AT ANOTHER FIRE

Fire in the residence of Henry il.
Davis, Jr., 106 West Moreland avenue
Chestnut Hill, did great damage to the
second and third floors about midnight
last night. Because Of frozen water
the fremen had difficulty in getting the
blaze under control.
The fire started in a sewing room on
| the third floor, and was discovered by
| maid who awakened Mr.. and Mrs.
| Davis and their two daughters.
The house is isolated and difficult oi
access. The blaze spread to the attic
and to the second floor before it was
extinguished. Members of the family
were enabled to remain in their home
for the night after the fremen left.
Mr.. Davis is son of Henry Il. Davis
Of 6100 Wayne avenue. Germantown
and brother Of Mrs. Morris l.. Cooke.
According to the firemen, the fire
was caused by the current of an electric
iron not being turned off. The loss
has not been estimated.
Flee Flames in Nigltcl0thes
Fourteen occupants of three story
house at 942 South Fourth street, were
forced into the street in their night
clothes with the temperature near zero
when fire which started in the cellar
threatened to destroy the building
shortly after 6 O'Clock this morn
ing.
The fire was discovered by Mrs. Re
becca. Kantor. who lives on the first
floor, and who awoke, choking, to. find
the room full of smoke. Sne and her
huband, Abraham, awakened other oc-
cupants Of the house and their outcry
brought Patrolman Ierner, who sent in
an alarm. Two children Of the Kantors
we're taken from their beds and carried
to the street.
Samuel Seltzer, his wife and six
month .old baby, who occupied the sec.
opd floor, escaped to the street without
any trouble, but the family of Louis
Levy, on the third floor, was nearly
trapped by the flames. Firemen Of En-
CINE Company, No. 4S, Seventh and
CARPENTER streets, carried Harry and
Jennie Levy, eight and seven years old
respectively, wrapped in blankets Gown
a ladder from rear window, aud Louis
Levy and his brother Morris helped in
getting five year .old Louis and Mrs
Levy aud her mother out of the burn
ing building.
| The occupants of the house had no
time in which to dress completely
They suffered intensely in the cold street
until the blaze was extinguished by the
| fremen. They then returned to their
rooms. The origin of the fire was not
determined and the loss has not been
| estimated.
Lieutenant Samuel Fl. Mason, of
Engine 3, Front and Queen streets,
rescued two children from the third
story.
A truck ladder placed on small
| shed in the rear of the building en-
abled Mason to reach the two children
Tho fire was cxtingulshed with but lit
| tie effort.
Fire in Olney Home
An overheated flue was the cause OF
10000 fire in the two story frame
dwelling OF John Thompson, 435 Dun
cannon avenue, Olncy, about $3.50
o'clock this morning.
| The fire, which started in the kitchen,
DESTROYED the partition between that
room and the dining room and spread
to the second floor before it was ex-
t;nquished. Thompson, with the assist
ence of neighbors, took out most of the
furnishings in safety. The building /:
owned by Thompson.
Woman Rescues Two Children
Smoke, filling the house at 1922 Soutl
Eighth street, warned Mrs. Lena Goid
man that the building; was on hrc. Sh
gathered her two children into her arm
and fled to the street.
| Firemen found flames eating thei
vay from the cellar to the kitchen. Th
blazo was put out after damage o
| about $500 had been doCe.
Lyman Goldman, the husband, wa
away at the time.