| Show FOUR rini EN KIUED S SS l j 1I I 1 MEET DEATH WHILE FIGHTING S BLAZE IN PITTSBURG SS Sis Others are in Hospitals Suffering from Injuries Which MayProve Fatal PItlsbiirg Pa July Plllsburgs downtown down-town business section was visited by another an-other disastrous fire today the second Avlthln a week Four men arc ilqjul inrt sltf others are In hospitals nuttcrlng from Injuries which may prove fatal All of tho victims were Jircmcn i DEAD i t 1 John Grlllln St Clair Crawford t 7 3r MHX ttalterbiutsh John LewIs S V INJURED t Capt Dan Cjunnbell > iy i Stewart Burns tl Utlward Kearney S I William ICrb S George Munn unn 5 William Dcrllc S The fire had Its oriGin In tho basement of E G Evans to Cos china and glass ware establishment on Finn lAcnuc between be-tween Wood and Market streets TIio dense smoke from burning excelsior and other material used in packing china baffled the firemen for a long lime but after lighting for more than an hour they got tho upper hand though the building was deluged with water About 500 p S5 in when all danger seemed to have missed ten members of engine companies Nos I and 11 were working on tho second floor knee deep In water The weight of the water with the already heavy AvulRhl on the floor In the shape of a big jewelers safe of Goddunl 11151 Co was too much and the floor gave wily In its plunge doAn It dragged tho third floor along with It clear through to tIme collar Tho firemen were burled deep under tim debris ard It was believed at first none would escape Heroic efforts were made by l remaining firemen lo rescue their comrades and In a little while they could be conversed Avllli but they AVOJO still pinned down by the massen or debris To rescue Cant Campbell a Jack was pushed forward and Jacks were required to raise a large portion of the broken floor lIe was under < the floor two hours vet he WHS the least injured of nny other taken out They were badly bruised and cut and ono or more may die from time effects of their Injuries The money loss S I will reach 100000 |
