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Show THREE TRAPPED li M MQITS Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wilcox, With Son, 5 Years Old, Rescued From Fire. WOMAN IN HOSPITAL William Davy, Fireman, Is Hurt Seeking Victim Overcome Over-come by Smoke. Thrrf pr.uons narrowly rti. ipH rrema- , I Km at. ':?,() o'clock ypbterda y morning I a iifl othrra were dnvon inin the chill mornlncr air, rwiny In their nl:?h Mollis, whnn fire pari.hilly -Jr-Ht.royt.vl the Drm'.ii ipiirlmontM. a thrft-stnry brl'L siru--tirc .it Hi?, South Third Kawt utroct. Mm. Flulli Wlli-o.t. V8 yens old. tviio of H. Wilcox, .10, who wilh h"in family . r-1 1 pl-r ii p;i rt nifiit 7, w.'is t)if; most ncri-ciM;,ly ncri-ciM;,ly injured. It was h iirv.;-i iur ;l time f 'i.-i.i nho could nor ro':ov.:r hh it -a f-u i-fl flic hid inhaled name, tflio ir. nt Mm Holy Crown li'i.spliiil ;iik! wna .viid to le rriUniK t-antly Inst ninhr. Mr. Wilcnx jj Inrd fiovt-rr burns Hh.nit tlic honil n ii. I horly. hut after I ix-rt t nu-n I at the L-mftrK'ni'-y ho.pilal w;ifi ;ihlo tn homo. Ar-rorHliiir tn Fire Chirf W. If. iiv- wati-r, thii hlaao rf-snltr-d froni an over-healed over-healed J'i ir ria-ii anil eaiiKht. t hp inmates of the upper floors In a Lr;ip. Thoro were no Urn escapes and owmjf to thr, ron-&t ron-&t ruction of the tmildln,' the stairway ar.t.'d as a flue ami became a veritable inrl furnace. Family Is Rescued. The occup.'tnts of the low pr floor es-r.ipo.d es-r.ipo.d through windows, and several .minpecj Hfifply from the second lioor. The Wilcox family, who.se door opened directly onto the HUiirway, had their only means of eacapo cut oft'. According to Mr. Wil- ox, hip wife, hearing the cry of ftr, onened th door and was met by a sheet of name that set her scanty nlqhtciothijig ablaze. She fell unconseioLjy Just Inside tho floor and It required the efforts of several Jlre-meii Jlre-meii with smoke liulmetH to locate her. When tsho wuh found, according: to Chief I iywa ter, all signs (jf lire had departed, and Ueulenant J. T. Bo wen of company . I, assisted by Vipeman Rudolph Ber-t Ber-t a noli, worked o'er her twenty minutes, using a r Hilda I respiration, before she showed any sicus of life. I'lpcinan II. LiHntienbHckcr rescued Mr. W'ihov and his fi-year-old son, when the former, frani U was about to attempt a lean trom ilie third Hour porch. Langen-ba Langen-ba ker carried lath pi ami child to safety flown a, ladder placed by other firemen. Tiie boy was uninjured. . Fireman Cuts Wrist. William Davy, a memher of )ioh company com-pany No. 1, while a t tempt inj? to reach i he prostrate form of Mrs. Wilcox, stumbled stum-bled over a hole burned into the floor nn,d In falling caught his left wrist on a large null in a beam, severing several ligaments and arteries. F.leedhis profusely, he was rushed to tho emergency hospital, where it waa said he may lose the use. of three lingers as a result of the lorn ligaments. After treatment he was sent home. The damage to tho building and con-r con-r cms is estimn ted by Chief Bv water at a houl $5000. Most of it is said to be covered by insurance. |