The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03

Honorable
Mention
IN
Fire Dept.

At the Everett Hotel nre Privates
J. Il. Suit and w. l. Reeves, of Truck
Company No. 2, assisted Mrs. NJ. e.
Mabrey down a ladder from the fourth
floor TO the ground In safety.
These men. as well as Prlvates J. -.
Watt. of Truck Company No. 3: Pri-
vate John Burke and II. NJ. Hoover,
aids to the second battalion chief.
were officially commended for their
bravery and courage.
LIEUT.. WARREN COMMENDED.
Lieut.. r. r. Warren. OF Truck Com
pany No. g. was commended for Tex
traordinary judgment. zeal and IN
county" for rescuing Mrs, Catherine
Heating from certain death in a fire at
s43o T. street northwest on Novem-
Der IS.
Warren dashe ed into the fiame-swcpt
dwelling and fought his way through
smoke 10 the second floor. There he
stumbled over the unconscious form
OF Mrs. Heating. picked her up and
carried her to the street In safety.
EIGHT FIREMEN DISPLAY HERD
| ISM.
| Twenty zone persons were rescued
| from the Irving apartments. 3014 Dent
4 place, Georgetown, on November II ,
| eight members OF the fire depa rtment
| displaying rare courage and valor
and being highly commended therefor
by acting Battalion Chief w. J. Gar
| ner.
The firemen who came in FOR lau1a-
| hat
| were Capt. w. j. Garner. OF Truck
Company No. q Sergt. X. q. Amber
son, OF No. / Engine Company; Pri-
vate s. 4. Porter. of Truck Company
No. 2: Private b. s. Follin, of Truck
| Company No. 8; Private A. J. Sims,
of Truck Company No. 5: Private q.
G. Fletcher, of Truck Company No. {,
and Private l.. G. Kengla, OF Tuck
Company No. 5.
while bestowing praise upon all the
men who participated in the rescues.
specifically laudcd Private Porter in
the following terms:
II wish to especially commend Pri-
| vate S. 7. Porter ior displaying ex-
traordinary zeal and ingenuity. l
sent him to the box to turn in a sec
ond alarm and upon obeying this
command and returning to the scene
Of the fire. he noticed three persons
at a third floor window. hysterical
and threatening to jump to the
ground. Selling a ladder he COM
mandeered the services of several
citizens and went up and rescued the
! three persons"
The following persons are carried
on the records in Chief Watson's Of
fee as having been rescued at this
| fire: Mrs. A J. Draper, Miss Ger
trude Draper. Gordon Draper, w. F.
Wilkeson, Charles Turner, Mr..
Cooms, Mrs. Ethel Cooms, Miss Ethel
Cooms, Mrs. Arth, Mrs. Engle, Mrs.
Thomas. and Paul Thomas.
DWYER REsCUES TWO WOMEN.
! On November 2 Private f. ]. Dwyer,
of No. s engine company, rescued Mrs.
Harry Utz, and Mrs. w. +. Petty
from the second floor OF a burning
building at 324 Eleventh street north
east and was officially commended
for his heroism. The rescues were ef-
fected with considerable difficulty.
both women were fully conscious and
were born to safety without struggles
on their part.
| II sNATCHED FROM DEATH.
Twelve aged and helpless men and
women were rescued from certain
incineration in the fire which swept
the Hebrew Home, AT M street
northwest about 1 o'clock on the
morning OF March 0. The twelve
rescues were made by four men who
were highly commended. They are
Battalion Chief J. J. Hanlon, truck
company No. 4; Lieut.. NJ. d. Murphy,
of truck company No. A: Private A.
Snyder, OF truck company No. 4, and
Private e. r. Curtis. of truck COM
pany No. 4.
Mrs. Marks, eighty years old, was
rescued by. Private Curtis, while Bat
talon Chief Hanlon and Private Sny-
der rescued the following: Mrs. Lena
Milage, ninety-four years old: Mrs.
B. Shenes, seventy-four years old;
Mrs. Segels, seventy-eight years old (;
Mrs. Harris, seventy-five years old:
Mrs. Given, eighty-two years old;
Mrs. Mallett, eighty-six years old:
Mrs. Every, ninety-four years old;
Mrs. Applcstein. eighty-five years old !:
Mrs. Mullinaugh. ninety-four years
old, and Mrs. Stein, eighty-one years
old.
Lieutenant Murphy carried Samuel
Werner, sixty-two years old, down a
ladder to safety.
Because OF the advanced age Of
the trapped inmates of the home,
| their enfeebled ana nysterlCAi Cohui-
ton, these rescues were rendered
doubly difficult and only the utmost
cool judgment and level-headedness
made II possible to save their lives.
PORTER COMMENDED AGAIN.
Eleven nremen were officially COM
mended for rescuing eighteen per-
sons from the fourth story Of a
burning building at 14o1 Massachu.
sets avenue northwest on January
4. Among those commended was Pri-
vate s. T. Porter, who won additional
high praise in November
Tho firemen mentioned In the COM
mendatotry report made to Chief Wat
son arc: Lieut.. f. ID. Gibbs, No. l
Engine Company: Lieut.. T. Buckley,
No. Z Engine Company; Lieut.. A. d.
Rurch, Truck Company No. 2: Sergt
Frank Chinn, Truck Company No. 3;
Private A. c. Kefauve, No. l Engine
Company: Private ]. NJ. Swami, No
I Engine Company; Private A. j.
Werning, No. . Engine Company
Private Il. w. Howard, No. Engine
| ronn,pv. prIyate & It Porter. Truck