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Show I NARROW E8CAPE FROM DEATH. Once When Senator Warner'a Daring Dar-ing Led Him Into 8erlous Danger. Hack In tho early '70s Senator Wan ner's daring led him Into an ndven ture, snys tho Kansas City Times, that nearly cut short his career then and there, according to Georgo C. Halo, ex chief of the fire department. "Warner was ma) or of Kansas City then," said Halo, "and tho city offices occupied the upper floors of a building build-ing on Missouri avenue. Tho city's flro englno house was on Uio first floor of tho samo building. The department depart-ment had Just hecomo tho owner of a now Dabcock extinguisher when a fire broke out ono night In a frame building at Missouri nvenuo and Dela-waro Dela-waro street. "Wo mado the run to the fire, taking tak-ing tho Babcock with us, although nono of us hnd yot learned how to work It. Tho fire mado headway and Mayor Warner volunteered to see srhat effect tho new-fangled apparatus would havo on tho flames. Ho strapped strap-ped tho Dabcock on his back and climbed a lnddcr to tho roof of tho building and wns Boon near tho fiercest fierc-est of tho flames. Suddenly thero wns a burst of smoko and flamo and tho crowd gave a shout as Mayor Warner was seen to stagger backward and then disappear from view. A second later wo heard his body strlko tho ground and wo rushed In tho direction direc-tion of tho crash, expecting to find him dead. Wo found him lying on tho edgo of a cistern, whero ho had struck nftcr a straight drop of twenty feet. To our surprise, and also his too, I guess, ho was unhurt, but tho Dabcock, on which ho had struck, was completely ruined." |