Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-10
F|REMEN RESCUE Il.
At BLAZING HOME
Three Children Tossed to Roof
Of Adjoining House in South
Eighth Street Fire
MAN HURT IN 15-FT. FALL

Eleven persons. three of them small
children, were saved in n thrilling res
cue when trapped by fire on a third
floor Of a building at 144l South Eighth
street at . o'clock this morning.
Three men and five women escaped
! by dropping from one ledge to another
and over roofs and down ladders. while
the three children were tossed by fire
men from n cornice on the third floor
| of the burning building over space
hrc feet wide. to the top floor of the
building adjoining.
The building was tho home of Samuel
Richman, who awakened and thought
ne heard burglars crashing through the
door of his wallpaper store, on the
first floor.
lie grabbed revolver and rushed TO
the front window and began firing. hop.
ing to frighten the robbers.
Then he smclled smoke and discov.
cred his home was in flames. lie reused
his family and started down the stair
way. but found it cut off by dense
smoke.
In the meantime some one had tclc.
rhoned fo' fire companies and before
they arrived the men had crawlcd over
n ledge extending around tho third floor
ana dropped to another ledge at the
second floor. from where they could
easily leap to rhe roof of one story
garage.
Children Left in Building
When the men had made tho rcrilous
leap they assisted the five women to the
roof OF the garage. The children. how
ever. were loft in the building
Lieutenant Joseph Moore. of Engine
'ompan% No. II. succeeded in rcnchinc
the floor whore the children were. and
bringing them ont to the ledge. ono BY
one, he tossed them across TO the ton
floor Of the three. story home of Ahc
MarkovitG, 1439 South Eighth street.
into the arms OF Howard Loiscnring. a
fireman Of Chemical Truck No. 10.
The RiChman home has three sleep.
ing rooms on the third floor. In thc
front room Mr.. Richman and his wife.
haty'. slept. \ room in the center was
occupied by the. three Richman chill
drcn, Isaac, eight; Nyoma, six. and
Reuben, baby.
Six persons were asleep in'tvo rear
rooms. Mrs. Rcheccn Schaffcr. mother
in-law of Mr.. Richman. occupied one
with her three daughters, Ida. Bcrtic
and Anna. Two sons, Abe and Isaac,
occupied the other room.
Tho fire started I'm the first floor in
the paper store. The second floor was
used as living quarters by the Richman
family. I
Becomes Excited, Falls
The Older persons who chose the
pcrilous route to the ground in prefer
cnce to the high ladders of tircmcn were
assisted by Lieutenant Shafer. of En-
gine Company No. II. and LaddCrman
Joseph Bronstein.
Mr.. Richman became excited. how
ever. when h" reached the second ledge
and, slipping, fell fifteen feet to the
ground. lie was not seriously injured.
Once safely on the roof Of the garage
and repair shop which adjoins the
Richman home on one side. those res
cucd walked across the roof and
crawlcd into windows of the home of
DR.. Louis Salvucci, 1447 South
Eighth street.
The children were brought to tho
street through the MarkovitH home
after being admitted through VIM
dow.
The Hickman homo i Il brick struc-
turc FiremPn confined most of the
damage to the first floor. The stock of
the paper store was destroyed. which
Mr.. Richman said would amount to
loss Of between $4,000 and $1,000. The
two upper floors were not seriously
damaged.