Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
POLICE AND F|REMEN
RESCUE BERMAN FAMILY
Department Kept on Jump All
Night by Box and Still
Alarms.

Firemen and policemen were kept |
busy early this morning rescuing |
people from the building at 71S King
street when the building filed with
smoke from the burning Of rubbish in
the basement, which is used. together
with the first floor, by the Liberty
Furniture Company. Patrolman Ell
lott discovered the fire and sent In
an alarm from box No. Z and Engine
Companies Nos. I. and 7 and Truck
Company No. 3 responded.
In the meantime the policeman with
Patrolman Reilly had returned to the
house and aided the occupants to the
street. Jacob Berman and family live
on the upper floors. officer Reilly car
ried Mary, aged 2 years. to the street
and helped Max. aged 10, John, aged
5. and Margaret, aged 4. to find their
way out. A woman on the top floor
created much excitement when she
appeared at a window and screamed
and became hysterlcal, believing she
had been cut off from escape by the
stairway. She finally tainted and the
fremen carried her to the home 0f
nelghbors.
The firemen found The first floor
filled with rolls OF floor coverings and
furniture and more OF the some ma
terials stored In the cellar. where the
fire had started from undetermined
causes They had much difficulty In
making their way through the build
ing. However the blaze was extin-
guished before the loss became seri-
GUS. The condition OF tho property
was this morning reported to Fire
Marshal Il. Morton Alnscow for in
vestigation.
Fire broke out last night about 10
o'clock in a work room in the rear Of
the second floor of the building at the
southwest corner OF Third and Mar
ket streets, occupied by the Delaware
Hat and Cap Company. Patrolrnen
Purnell and Faulkner were passing
when they saw the smoke. They sent
In an alarm from box No. III and
Engine Companies Nos. !, 2, and 7
! and Truck Company No. responded
Z Tho cause of the fire was not deter
mined. but the blaze was among ma
, terials used IN the making of hats. It
/. was extinguished before It had spread
The loss was estimated at 5000, cover
} ed by insurance.
>. About IL o'clock last night a still
$ alarm was sent to Truck Company No
S 3 when fire. was discovered in a thirC
stord front room of the house at 10;
I East Sixth street. This is a roominl
:, house and the blaze was in the fla
c tenanted by Mrs. B. Kershaw A win
{ dow shade and curtain We're in flames
= when the firemen arrived and the,
!. extinguished the blaze before ther,
= was any serious damage. 1t was re
o ported by the firemen that the blaz
e was caused by children playing witt
:. matches. During the excitement
n Mrs. Crawford, a tenant, tainted. Pa
Q trolman Reilly gave the alarm whel
i the fire broke out.
n A short time after this fire blaz
was discovered in the garage of G.. w
), Booker at 4o3 Walnut street. The fir
e was in pile of rubbish. Engine Com
e panies, Nos. 4 and were called an
e the fire was put out before it cause
y any damage. Prompt work by tn
=" firemen prevented the flames fror
e communicating to a delivery truck j.
: the garage.
n An alarm was sent in from box NJ
221 about 3.07 o'clock this mornin
when fire was discovered in the gar
: age in the rear of the property a
a Chestnut and Monroe streets, occupie
e, by Leo Kuzeca. Engine Companie
= Nos. /, 2, and s and Truck Compan
T. No. responded, The cause of tn
= fire was not determined. but it wa
d quickly extinguished. Two automC
ID biles in the garage We're gotten OF
q without damage. The damage will NJ
y exceed 500. Other companies in til
department had not returned frol
Is responding TO an alarm from box NJ
rs when the alarm from box No. 22
came in and for time it was thosgf
10 there was an unusually big fire 1
TX progress.
g. A costly blanket was dropped frol
N Fire Chief Lutz's automobile last nigt
TX while going from Second street
lie Tenth and Market streets. He wi
n appreciate its return by the finder.