Show Thrilling ng Examples of Heroism Not Noted d V Editor The The Telegram V Nearly Nearby every gre great gret t catastrophe b brings with it some gleam of encouragement V V V VV V When a fire tir and and an explosion sent clouds douds of ot poison polson g gas billowing through tie the building ot of the the V. V Cleveland Cleve- Cleve Clove Cleve V land and clinic sending 12 People people pl to their d deaths deaths' there is on thing that stood out out like a abright bright abright beacon of hope in the bl ck e s of ot tragedy raged That was Was Was' a the thi- extreme her heroism displayed by th the men nen and women om n who did what what- they could to h help lp till victims V V V Firemen dashed into the building to get those thoe who Vicho were trapped l lit iii it to safety V VV V V It ltV wasn't on a 3 f assignment Flames were ff fighting for lor poss possession of ot the walls waIls I D own w i in the basement basement basement base base- ment ment where huge qu quantities of chemicals were ere stored It it was suspected sus pe ted that hat another r explosion was being generated H Halls l s and nd rooms rooms w were re tilled filled with a haz hazy Jel yellow ow gas V Almost hut but very very d deadly dE Those e ebie wHo ie b breathed ed Jt either collapsed where they stood or lived for fora a brief while white and then without warning turned a a. horrible green gree color c lor and nd died V VInto Into this sort of ot thing went ent the fIremen and th the police On One policeman potI po po- tI m n. n c. c carried sl out twenty t ty people before beor the gas he had Inhaled made hint him dr drop p unconscious s. s They took him to a a. where V he died V A dozen fir firemen men followed him to th ih hospital shortly after after- Some of ot them liv lived d and nd some ome of ot them died Girlish V n nurses s Incongruously i dainty in in i ica white hite uniforms were ca caught jn in the b building when fire and gas clogged th the stairways They rhey calmly went wert tt to work helping drag tl the e victims to the roof where they they- I practiced first aid methods and saved many lives V A taxi driver l left ft his V cab and andst st struggled in Into the building w working working work work- orkIn ork- ork In ing beside the firem firemen n until oVercome oVer oVer- over over- con cone come by bythe the s-as s gas V V A VAV r T orld ot d famous amous' physician V VV pe persisted persisted per per- in going into the building to minister l' l to t the sufferers until he lie too collapsed He ile H died hours afew hours later victim o of his own own n uris unselfish elfish bravery V V V V On One of ot the nurses urs s ot of the tile Institution tf tion n off duty was downtown She heard of the tragedy taxied the scene scene and went Into ti the b building t to help revive reI those who v viere were ere lying unconscious in the filled gas titled chambers cham chain bers an andt corridors An Incredibly long list 0 of cases like that hat be made out Yet this story of ot the disaster st r at Cleve I land nd is not not In iri that respect in n any anyway anyway way unusual Every great reat catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe catas catas- brings with it its us stories of at bright heroism and arid gallant self sac e V VV V The plain fact V is' is is that t. t th the tho human human V race is pretty admirable No 1 matter matter mat mat- ter w what at the th emergency th there r will HI always be pe some some- to respond nobly Sometimes it is a a. fireman or 01 a 30 po policeman po PoV P paid f for r risking i hl his life ie e V U It ii is 1530 a Cal cao driver a it ita sa a doctor a a. a. a st str street et cleaner a mechanic me me- a housewife Heroism can be found e everywhere It never fans falls And through the blackness of the tragedy at Cleveland the acts of ot the thes people who laid down don their lives for tor strangers shine like bright b beacons beacon's of hope V VV V V RE AS ONER ER 1 |