Evening star., 1939-11-27
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directly above the origin of the fire
was awakened by dense smoke He
aroused his wife and two children
Jack, %, and Billie Jacqueline, 8.
Leap From Window.
Mr.. ShuttleWorth and his son
leaped from the window to shout for
aid, while Mrs. Shuttleworth and
the daughter battled their way
through the smoke to the building
corridor to arouse other occupants
of the floor.
Mrs Mary Ganim, who lived with
her family next door to the Shuttle
worth apartment, already had run
to the corridor to break the local
fire alarm with her hands. She
suffered slight cuts.
Occupants began running madly
from the smoking four story struc-
ture, clad in nightclothes and carry
ing small articles from their apart
ments. Many of the residents on
the lower floors leaped from win
dows; those higher up used fire
ESCAPES
After firemen had gotten the blaze
under control police on duty in
the area were called to an apart
ment house across the street, at
2305 Eighteenth street, where an
other fire repeatedly had been
started in the basement.
Janitor Puts Out Fire.
Taft Sullivan, colored janitor at
that address, said he was awakened
by smoke coming from a trash fire
near the basement lockers. He was
able to extinguish the blaze without
aid of firemen, with only smoke
damage resulting.
Several tenants, nevertheless, left
the building when smoke poured
through the corridors.
A man believed to be the pyro-
maniac responsible for the fires was
seen leaving the basement of an
apartment building at 1901 Wyo-
ming avenue NV. the third stop
in his flre-spreading antics.
Oliver Carter, the janitor, tolo
| police he discovered a trash fire in
the basement and just as he was
attempting to extinguish the flames
| another blaze broke out across the
room near the door. He said he saw
tall man dressed in a dark over
coat jump through the doorway
The two fires were put out Withou.
difficulty.
More than Is occupants of the
Wyoming avenue apartment house
had run to the scene of the Eigh-
teenth street blaze. not knowing tina,
their own building was afire.
At the same time, fire alarms
were turned in at 1747 and ITS;
Columbia road NV, a short dis.
tance away. These blazes were ex.
tinguished hurriedly, one being un-
der control before firemen arrived.
Three Overcome.
Two alarms were turned in at the
Calvert street blaze. Smoke filleo
the lower floors W4,en f1remen ar.
rived and many elderly occupants
had to be assisted from the building
Overcome by smoke in fighting
this blaze were 1t. w. A. Weber
Sergt. j. P. Dansky and Pvt. Arthur
Owen, all of No. 81 Engine Co. 1t
Weber and Sergt Dansky were
treated at Emergency Hospital while
Mr.. Owen was given first aid al
the scene.
Mrs. F. F.. Torreyson had to be
carried from the building by hel
husband when she was overcome
by smoke while making her way
downstairs from their second-foor
apartment. A son, Fulton, jr., IS
on crutches with foot injury, man.
aged to reach the street safely
while a daughter, Betty, 13, was
carried down a fire escape by fire.
men.
Lawrence Costley, 43, colored
janitor at the Calvert street build
ing, saw smoke coming from the
boiler room and ran several blocks
with Phillip Brown, one of the
residents, to fire station to sum-
mon aid. Most of the occupants
meanwhile, had dashed to the
street.
The last of the series of fires was
reported at four-story brick
apartment house at 1862 Mintwood
place NV, where the blaze was