Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-22
NINE PEOPLE SAVED
FROM SUFFOCATlON BY
BARKING OF PET DOG
Continued from page /.

InOnaS PnllpS WAS passing alonE
King street about five minutes after
three o'clock when he was attracted BY
the loud and persistent barking OF
dog in the apartment house which Is
owned by DR.. +. w. Ryon. who has
store on the first floor. Philips then
discovered the flames In the Jacobs
house. This building Is owned by Dr.
l. II. Kreshtool OF 400 West Twenty
first street. Philips ran to Eighth and
Market streets and sent In an alarm
from box No. 7.
Engine Companies Nos. /, and 7,
and Truck Company No. Z, responded
Deputy Fire Chief Edward Donohue
was In command. He reported that
when the firemen got into the build
ing they found what he described as
banana straw and excelsior strewn
about the floor of the kitchen and din
ing room and on the floor at the foot
of the stairway leading to the second
floor. The fire. apparently had start
ed at the head of the stairway leading
to the cellar and under the stairs lead
ing to the second floor. There was no
odor. however, OF gasoline or other in
liammable fluids. In the middle room
on the second floor the firemen found
a partly burned mattress. but nothing
else in the room had been touched by
the flames. The blaze was raging
fiercely when the firemen arrived,
being fed by the dry straw and ex-
celsior, which was found in quantities
about the floor. This material was still
In evidence there this morning
BY effective work. despite the diff
ficulty in getting at the flames, the
firemen had the blaze cxtinguished be-
fore it could spread to the upper
floors. The lower rooms were badly
gutted, causing a loss of about 81 900
to the building and more than $500 to
the furniture. The building was insur-
ed as was also the furniture. The
store on the first floor front was not
damaged. II was unoccupied. neigh
bors this morning having told the fire
officials that the former occupant had
ceased doing business some time ago.
The firemen could not learn where the
Jacobs family had gone yesterday
afternoon. or why they had left the
house. Marshal Ainscow said there
was nothing he could find about the
premises that could have possibly
started the fire. unless someone had
deliberately applied match and he
believes this is what happened.
In the adjoining apartment house
! OF DR.. Ryon's. the front apartment
on the second floor is occupied by Mr.
! and Mrs. Louis Korngold and tn
rear apartment is occupied by Mrs
BlanCh Doughten and her daughter
Mrs. Berl Brown and the latter's hus
band. The front apartment on tn
third floor IS occupied by Mrs. Ber
tha Perry and the rear apartment 4
/ occupied by Mrs Della Booker. Tn
latter had as her guest last night he
sister, Mrs. Alice Kelley. OF Phila
delphia. and the latters daughter. Mar
garet. aged about u years.
Dog on the Job.
The korngolds have a small blacl
dog which is a great pet and this !
the animal which probsbl saved tn
lives of all the people in the building
The house was filled with suffocatin
smoke from tho fire In the adtoinin
property and the dog. which was a.
most choked by the fumes, starte
J to bark eoon after 3 o'clock. The noie
II made aroused Mrs. Doughten on tn
second floor rear and she jumped froI
bed TO find the room filled with th
smoke. She aroused her daughter an
her husband and then called to III
Korngolds. The latter were hard I
arouse from sleep but when they di
get awake and heard the noise of III
fire engines outside. the calls of Mr.
Doughten and saw the smoke IN the
home they lost no time in getting on
In the meantime Mrs Perry, Mr.
; Booker. Mrs. Kelley and the latter
daughter. all on the third floor, ha
heard the barking OF the dog and al.
the calls OF Mrs. Doughten in tryir
= 10 get the korngolds awake. Whe
: they found they could hardly breatl
: because OF the smoke and realiz,
what was going on they. too, ran in
the Railways and started for the stree
= Little Margaret said this morning 81
nearly checked in the thick smoke.
All of the tenants We're scantily clf
but when they found the fire was n,
n actually in their home they return,
> to snatch up some few articles
wearing apparel. The firemen and p
: lice. however, would not permit the
TO remain in the building, and help,
: them TO the street. None Of them WI
any the worse for their eXperienc
once the fresh air revived them, b
- all were much frightened.
In the Feinberg store some damaI
was done by the smoke. Mr.. Fei
berg said this morning no water
!. fire had gotten into his premises b
the smoke had damaged the stock. b
to what extent he could not .dete
mine until he had made a thorou.
examination. He said whatever 10
there was would be covered by I
surance. This store, located in o
of the largest buildings along Xii
street, and well stocked with furr
ture. rugs and the like, would ha
furnished a hard problem for 4
% firemen had the flames succeeded
getting In there.
2 DIR. Ryon's store on the first flo
Of his apartment house was on
t, slightly damaged by the smoke. II
. fire or water did not get in there.
y Fire Marshal AinscCw Is continui,
p his investigation Of the origin of q
NJ blaze in an effort to determine ju
how the incendiary. If there was o.
T in the building. started the outbrea
T. He is also trying to find an explain
J. ton of the presence of so much stra
: and excelsior and how the bed in Z
second floor room was burned wit
l. out doing damage to any Of the 9th
furniture of the room. lie is hop
y ful that he will be able TO loca