Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-21 | Page 1 | St. Paul Elevator Boy Proves a Hero

ST. PAUL ELEVATOR ' BOY PME5 1! II Runs His Car Through Flame and Smoke, and Saves Many Lives. ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 20. To the coolness and bravery of a youthful passonger elevator operator, whose name is not known to officials tonight, because of the fact that he was working work-ing as relief, scores of omployces of the Louis F, Dow company, an office fixture manufacturing concorn, owe their lives. Ropealedly tho boy shot his car to tho upper floors of the six-story six-story structuro and brought girls and mon to safety from tho flames, which late today fatalh' injured two men and caused a loss of $310,000 to the company com-pany and building. In tho basemont where the firo started wore James Connelly, aged 40, enginodr, and Michael Zollor, aged 27, a finisher. Both of these, according to physicians tonight, will dio as the result of burns. Bcforo lapsing into unconsciousness Connelly stated that there had been some sort of orplosion which in a moment transformed tho engine room into a mass of flames. The fire, which was oue of the most spectacular seen hero in years, sprcud auickly. In tho heart of" the business istrict, thousands gathorod to watch tho progress of the Haines, to combat which practically the entire fire-fipht-ing apparatus of tho city was called. Many of the 250 employoos, forty-five of whom were girls, wero carried from tho firo escape, which euded at the first Btory, bv firemen. According to officials of the company, all oscaped from tho building, although it was tu-morod tu-morod late tonight that two had been caught in tho basement. Exploration of the ruins will not be possible until tomorrow.