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Show Father Witnesses Slow Suffocation and Is Unable Un-able to Assist Kansas City. Aug 24 Whll William Wil-liam Mayer, a fireman slowly suffocated suffocat-ed la the burning building of the J. W Jenkins Sons music house hero this morning, his father, Captain j John Mayer stood on the ground floor j of the building, below the dying boy. cognizant of his son's dajger, but un- j alio bfi go to Ms assistance. i Tlio fire started on the top floor of the building Captain Mayer order- ! oil several of bis men to go into th? building and clear away as much j merchandise as possinlo before the fire reached it. William Mayer was one of the first to ohey bis father's command. J Tho flames soon came near the j I men, tho smoko became thick and : I water drenched them. All but the ; j captain's son left the floor. Then 1 i suddenly he realized lw was cut off. j Creeping to the elevator shaft the Imprisoned tirc-man frantically rang the electric bell. His lather heard It. but there was no way to reach the boy "Willie's doomed," he said When the Are was out the blackened black-ened body of the lireman was found fear the shaft of the elevator. |