Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-05
Hero Dies;
His Mothers
Kiss on Lips
~pu See You in Morn
;nn." GilloUay's Fare
~" nell to His Parent

a.. r,,.n Galloway. mother OF
Mrs f,;iioyoy, one OF the victims of
JhoWWasa WWsa;ro street fire. bnde good.Oy
tne n ~ her son last night as he ieit
twice on ~ NJ i)2D New Market street;
their no",' sisscd his mother when I've
Ihomas nnoine house. He had not
eN fol n Until 6e discovered that he had
ss."oi,en sOu. M his handkerchief. ;u
forsgt,n'" sg,, COO 100 YOU in the morning
tr m hc called as he left the house.
m nSer asain kissing his adorins pa'en.;;
ane! anT:,,a%oy lived with his mother ana
foay ay"mas S" wns one Of the most pop
ln,ornhers of his company SAID MS
ulsr ulan me''; George, today. "He has been
olv, ,.s ,hc fre department ever since ms
ur ,.turn from France year ana a "'"'n
az ssSS:u,oSov wns member OF bntteryy
T. "rrnrr.h Corps Artillery and served
,,n than year in the active CAM
paHlETns HTs III wife Of Albert Fisher, Mrs:
r,rrie Fisher, has not yet learned OF
~. death OF her husband. .,
with her three small children. ,ne
.,a.st Ave years old. she is spending
s'ur,c uracation at Churchville, near Willow
Grove. w ,,tor,,,oj "a ret in
,onch with her but have been nnap'e
J" Isurn her exact whereabouts.
Mr., md Mrs. Fisher went to Church.
.uia for their vacation. Albert re-
.e.j VIE r. 70 his home here September y.
tn, his wife remained. Every DAY
.',co Js his return here, neighbors say. he
~ sailed his wife on the telephone.
Mn.r bav, been married six years.
Fisher had been with the fire depart.
rosnt for only short time.
Edverd Pnxon. another Of the vic
.,ms lived with his sister in law, Mrs.
rdn: Davis, at 400 Berks street. He
tsS heen fireman for a little more than
Pnron also had been a World War
,.,cran. having served with the Twen-
,,..irth Engineers. He was n meln-
H. NJ the II. l.. Smith Post Of the
American Legion. lie is also SUR
rlved BY one daughter. Emalinc. sixteen
One Of Paxon's closest friends at the
Ere house was Henry Ncwland. who told
today Of conversation with PaXcn
r,stsrday afternoon. Paxon had been
making a cord cushion at the fire house.
"You had better quit thnt. y Ncwland
had told him, and get ready to 60 to
mo. I won't" Pazon replied.
There aren't going to be any fires
today
Murray was killed when he unselfishly
went to the assistance Of his comrades,
although hc wns detailed last night as
chauffeur for Acting Fire Chief llumph.
flsy. g,
Murray was sitting in the patrol
wagon OF the Eighth and jefferson
streets station when his lieutenant asked
him to 60 into the building and assist
ether frpmen who were having trouble
with hose line.
His mother, Mrs. Mary A. Murray
collapsed when the news of her SON. 8
death reached her.
,"It seems so terrible for a thing like
that to hsppcn when he was 30 young"
he said later. "Patrick was JUS.
twenty. eight years Old and had been Il
member of the department since jan
uary Is. 1917.
He was soldier, too: he fought
overseas and when he returned moth
ing in civilian, life satisfied him hut
being q fireman. lie was good boy
and always looked after his father and
me. lie seemed to be happicst when
he could come home to ny and spend
q night. That wasn't often. you know
because he was on duty most of the
time
Murray took an examination ycstcr-
day afternoon in the rooms of the Civil
Service Commission at City Iinll for
lieutenant in the Fire Bureau. Hc was
one Of 800 below the rank of lieutcn-
ant, who took the examination.
Before entering the department MUIR
ray helped his father in the moving
business. His fathers warehouse, near
their Eleventh street home, burned
doEn several years arn