Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
25bLAzES KEEP
F|REMEN ON JUMP
Families Routed From Mama
yunk Apartment House at
451 Green Lane
FATHER RESCUES CHILDREN

Twenty five fires and four false
alarms last night and this morning gave
hremen one of the busiest sessions they
have had in yenrs.
Several families were compelled TO
nee to the street in their night cloth
ing shortly after G o'clock this morn
ing when fire was discovered in the
apartment house at AL Green lane,
Manayunk.
Smoke pouring through d"mb
waiter on the second floor Of the
Green Lane Apartments awakened G'
". White, who occupied the rear
apartment. He quickly aroused the
household.
Cropping his way from room to room
White awakened the occupants and
aided many of them to the street.
Carries Ills Children Out
Fred Kelly, WHO occupies an apart.
ment on the first floor with mis- Wltc ana
family, carried his two children, Mary
and Rose. to the street and then al""u
in getting others to safety.
The fire started in tn" cellar ana
parts Of the house.
The damage will reach $4,000. TIE
house was owned by Misses Annett AMI
Sara Bovard.
The false alarms called out eleven
compan!cs and three engines, when
made their way with difficulty through
the rain and slush.
The first "f the false alarms came IN
at q 80 o'clock from Thirteenth and
n. a.
other came in from Thirty-third street
and Grays Ferry road and thlr"
alarm was suunued sn"rtly after mid
night from Thrty-third street ana
Iehigh avenue. Police believe the sam"
person sent in all thrr" alarms.
Another false alarm was turned IN
this morning ut ":iI O'Clock from
Twenty fourth and Chestnut streets
When the fircmen arrived there t'y
found nothing except small bonhTe
on Twenty-third street. wh'h was
built by workmon tu warm them.
While the number Of fires during u"
night was unusually large, 'i'te dam
age was done ut any of them.
Firemcn wore called ~ l"l' Porter
street at 3 80 O'clock this morning 70
extingu!sh n blaze in the cellar OF Il
fruit store owned by Henry Necrro~".
when some baskets and boxes caught
FIRE. The fire did no get beyond the
cellar and the damage was Slight.
A fire was cxtingui>hod with slight
loss last night at the home Of Leuna
Belcher, zoos South Ieithgow street,
when the roof Of the building caught
FIRE.
Oil Stove Starts Fire
An overturned oil stove set fire "a
curtains in the HON" Of Joseph Rich
ards. oJ34 Alter street. lat" last night.
and did damage amounting to about
$3.50.
Through the quick action OF two pR
trolmen "A row of private garages at
Sixty fourth street and Pas'hall ave.
nue. was saved from probable destruC-
tion shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning.
Patrolman Mckenna saw smoke pour.
ing from the garage Of Hamilton Far.
rel, on the corner. After turning in ar
alarm he fought the blaze. Another
policeman aided him.
They got small hos" and mn ax an,
went TO work lik" real tirem"n unit
the arrival of the tirrmrn. Two other
private garages were damaged.
Furniture in tn" dining room Of III,
home of Harvey Jackson. 1909 \Orti
Twenty-tirst street. was destroyed to-
day by fire. The blaze was discovcrc,
BY Mrs. Jackson, who ran screaming
from the house and turned in an alarm
1t was cXtingUished by tiromen before il
had spread to other rooms