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! »"■ *' »* »■ m ■ * '« WEATHER fmtty duty «tt Matty*# thiter Suturdßy m« taaiii •■■■-- .'- ■ ' VOLUME TWO; NUMBER 143 Co-operative Market Opens Here Today MANY FIREMEN CAUGHT IN FAILING WALLS DANCE HAUL FffiE IEH BUTTLE 111 ■ HUT MIIS FIKI NT GMKTT 111 G Om BMc latrerfurm and Read* 89 Affldarßa and Other Re pMw WHI 77 Mare CROWDS fanNLARGK AN» NO INTEREST CUMBERLAND COUBT HIM ME, Va.. Aug 2*.—<Ky the Associated Fm« Developments were few to day la the Oarret-Plerre murder case, though it marked the opening of the trial of rqunty rleck. It O. Garret why with hta younger brolker. la»r-| ktn C. Garret. Is charged with shoot ing Rev E. H. Pierce. The predicted legal battle develop *ed at. had been promised but th< great Interest manifested when the cast was Bret called three weeks aa<> was lacklna today and uiknv empty chairs and (teaches marked the place wjblch oa the previous occasion tyere ■acked Mites court adjourned a few minute* before I o'clock only oar attorney had been hoard In argumeni oa the states' motion for a change of venue of renewed as the itrst strp after tfte'BpealQg ol court " nd with probably Sve others to apeak tber was evary - indication that It would be late tomorrow before B I) Whltr, prt.Jdlug will be granted opportnnlte to render a decision Meet of the day was consumed In reading affidavits Eight)-three her* introduced by the prosecution in support 44 iWkcouteatlon that h«- Vhuaa of dtrtdad feeling aud pelllhsi finding In the county n sass and Im Mrtlti trial cannot ha held In Cum bertaad V were presented by the defetLSe tn direct opposition Keverkl, W4t desses were called by hot It sltle fpr oral lesllmoay but these tike the kfTtda'lts developed little that bad not been placed In the record at the former bearing 4fTIIU ST hil l.* MM II Nice. FreUce. Aug 20 The Rev ■lram (Irani Person and Mrs I’et eon of L’ewten. Max*. Charles H tfray. two * omen who have not been Idaiitlhed and an autoifiohll* bus drh • W were killed today wheu the but Went over the parapet of the road leading frVm Nice to Evtan ami plttng *t» 30* feet tifto the river Var 0 Got. McLeod Take* l Up The Barrett? Caw ( olumbta. Aug. 20 Contending that criminal proceedings Inslltuted by J Lybraud. of Wpgner. H. C„ again. ! four members of the bankrupt cotton Brm of Barret anti r«mj)any of An ■> gu: ta. Oa, were primarily designed to .force pgymeul of a disputed at cuunt. attorneys for the defendant Urged Governor McLeod not to Issue tequl. Mlon paper* upon Governor Walker of Georgia for Ihelr deten tion. The governor alter bearing Hotb tide# of the cos, presented at g hearing wixlch was requested by fbt Barret* stated that he would an Epuncr hi* declstou later <Marten oraster RALEIGH. Aug J*—Charter* hgie . been granted the following Invorpo f ration. l by Hecretary of HUt* W N. ; fevggeit k /'Mhna and Itaughtnrs of Zion Htir tal Boclaty. PljmwutJk. Washington county, an orgnnlaat|Mß|> «»f negroes authorise! "to bury i»«d. to contrl- A. butt to the Ttceds of Indigcut mem ber* and to do general charitable *orh among tamM* C! * P r meufiieni us the society.” To become a member application unat be Bled acooaapa nted by a fee of 36 tents aud certifi cate of good character signed by t*o of the society and passed 0« W/m majority '«He. accordlu# to i.hcAf** l '** l ' Th * 'barter members are Job* Blount. A. D. Moors. George ipeXea. Fred White. J H Blount. W. .j Bnrher. J. H McMaln. James H Hyman. A D For, H H Reeve*. Horace f'hessou. M J. Mitchell. Colonial Motor Company, Incorpo rated.**! Ckartolte. Autbort*ed cap ital sflSkh fIOO.OW. IMM* of which baa ijrtßW nkl tn by W”. M Wilke*. 1.. H Wilkes and C. W. Kelly, all of Char luWc Tho corporation Is suthorU •d to eugags In the automobile busi ness. A methodlat church now being e- i i «ct«d in CRICkgo “Vtli be ike gktheet g*ru< tur* Ut 'ha* <s*;. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS ! BECOBNfTRTPIPERS HID U THE DESK SEdlil HUGHES N«RA Struclur* ml Amity And Fricndnfcip UM Between 11. 8. and HMe^RepuMic WIAMHNUTON. Aug 2« A plan de signed as the around work of a new structure of friendship snd amity be ’ tween Urn Catted Stales and Metlc£ was labl lormerlf liefore the Ameri can government upon Ihc retum to Washington of the two commission er* appointed by President Hsrdlng to negotiate * rrappronctimen. ti> the j government of Gen Obregon IM'talis of the plan us worked out by C. B Warren aud John Burton Payne with their Mexican colleagues on tho In ternational commission will not be revealed at the preaent nor Will of ficials make any prediction as to the future course of the Washington ad ministration until their has bhen careful stud} of the entire question Nevertheless the steps already tak en have aroused In official circle* an upparelfi keeling of confidence that the long breach may be closed ut last 11. BL Blalock Speaks In Chatham County RALEIGH. Aug 21 “Coperallv* Marketing Is a new thing", said U. B Blalock. General Manager of the North « uswlltia t'qtion "Co-opaln an address to t hatkaui ('ouaty f*r utura at thak laurth annual picnic at Pntaboro “Vou tmigt not Judge a new thing hy Us initial year's ra sujft and yet the first year of the co upe rmtßve marketing of cotton ha* deiiMmst rated the wisdom of the nnovg/nrnt ojul its posslbllllles" Aitef briefly sketching the history of the North Carolina Association, and re vie *1 tig Its liegtnltig. Mr. Bta lm k «ald that while a final settle nWnl of the years Imimllick* had not been made. It was a safe Im»I to state that tuetubers of the asaoctatton would receive an sverage of at least 116 a bale more than the average price received by non-member# 'who sold their cotton on the open mar ket by the old process In some Counties, said the speaker, the mem bers actually received as much as kill s hale runic 4*““ the avenge I paid for'cotton hy the old dumping ” process X | ! Mr Blalock called the attention of like farmers to the fact" that the pr ! thft good results of this felt by 1 non-inemlKifH a* well as member*. t (j 1 For this reason every cotton farmer 1 should nnJte with Ills neighbor In the i associations! work. Orderly market : Ing offers s solution for munv wor- I ■ rles of the cotton dally life. * If thls.gpluii Is made a success and “ there la every reason to e*|H!c* It to be even greater success, then it *lll eliminate the r fed it system which Is one of the chief burdens of the far \ tuer Itglves the farmer i ash .In hand throughout Ihc year snd en | abltie* him to purchase necessities without hating to alive a mortgage For the nest season, said Mr Bla lock. the association Is prepared to handle the crop to lietter advantage, More and lietter warehousing facili ties, s larger corps of classers. and additional selling force, togqther with the experience «»r a )car, will enable ! the aHMoclatlnn.il management to ov ercome many of the worrisome . things of the past season and glvo , to the membership, the cotton buyers , ■ aud exporters more efficient service. l .'.Mr. Blulock referred to endorsements (received from leadllta business men.) tiainters, cotton buyers and uiaptifac turers wbn realise the value'of the association to them and tn the farm ers of the state Looking forward, the speaker said 1 i that If the assorts I Mill Hint limed tn i grow as It ba<l grown during Us first , year that It would mean that at the i end of the live year period the aaau i elation would control the sale of ku per cent of the slate and this would mean, that the mark^ k would lie so , slablllied that North t'aroltna funn er* would tie ’receiving at least 114.- . tnm.iKVo H year more for their cot , lon than If It were sold hy the old ij method of dumping It on a market within a period of sixty days. fUTTO' BA BEET New York. August 20. - Bp«rt cot ton dosed quiet Middling 26 in Cot (ton future* closed steady; October 34 30; December 24 16; II January R tty March 23 61; Mey | 22 It • <> CO-OP FARMERS LOOK OVER MARKET PRICES IN SOUTH CAROLINA » They Keel Jubilant Over Show inff Made in South and Pre dict flood Year SAYS CROPS KINK AND PRICKS COOD f Before the tobacco murk els of F.uhtorn North (-irollnu o|m*h, throe of us North t'aroltna coops itmld ed to see how our brother coops, of the Mouth t'arollns Bv-lt were faring In their second year's niarketlna The coops, like tile auction pcopl* in the Mouth Carolina Belt, may have made a slow start, hut one thing IS certain If the present satisfaction and price* of the coop*, continue they will finish strong and win the pace to get * majority of the biggest crop of tobacco that the Mouth l'aru_- llntt Belt has ever seen That I* what thrpe of us Eastern North Carolina coops who Zebu lon last Tuesday und visited I.um ber ton, FalYmostt. Whltevllle • anti Chadbourn markets for two * day* have to predict. ' \ We had hkrdly readied Lunitter tou oa Uie hottest day of the sum mer when t|ie bell In the blgoaurt house began ringing and Kolteaon t'ounty copps! .from all corner* of the town kegan, filing Into the court room T. C. Watkins, the manager of the association warehouses In all “ states, met with Uie tobacco farmers for a Btrlctty bualheas meeting, there was uo pleasant talk and n«> poltMng or hand-clapplaa. hot DtdecUir Wat kins had Jiaydly risen before he hit straight from the shoulder la»s' ytar ft 'would hgve been a kn<sk ovit blow.'. He said that no aaoela ilon could succeed »«d t»e half auc tion and half coop., and that he call ed upon all-' loyal member* to de liver ever pound of tobacco from, tlielr land to Hide own aaoaclatton and promised *fn place a fine of five cents a pound ou every member whose tenants called their shari* of tobacco In the auction firmr*. Mem ber after uie tuber lu min'd up and backed our warebottae mauager. 'and when wa reached the aaoclattou ware honseam In Lumberton and Kalrmon* we saw they meant business There was no doubt about It! Non-member tenants were delivering tobacco t< the aaaoetatlon and. s new ittl'kilieft I signing up on every nthrket We s«* three sign up while we were on tti< 1 floor at WTiltevvllle and heard tha' • rleven bad signed in ofm dsy a' Tabor The coops were to busy recel-- Ing tobacco to yf out after «:*>« tracts, but It limketl like the but alders were coming In everywhere That seems no wonder when tht advances on many grades are halt) as high again as last year and from 50 per cent to *>o per cent of ilo prices on theauotton floor* At t'hadbourn we saw a pile of to lihciii tin the co-operative fhsir bring 432 stKt*'r hundred first sitvsni i The highest pile thsl we eouhl fine a' the guctlon markets of four towns sold for $44 W« saw gissl ripe ruHers. f«»r w lileh only 4115 a hundred were of sered on the open floors, while wi saw many plies st the cooperative* houses brlnrf better thsn 42't |hm hundred first advance. I’lnlKsikers snd spimulatiirs oi most » fthc market* which we *ls Red were buying gmsl tolmcoo cheat slid paying what seemed high fo> l common gratles Very little tobacco i whs marked up for the companies anil nuinlier* of 'lndepcndent'VlhMtr* expreaad disgust with what tj»/y call ed a "pinhooker' market. / The coop.* growers are marketing I their tobacco without hurry. They are twlkg advised hy the sssorlstlon 'wßrehouaenv*n to ma||c cert In U» harvest their crop, and that there will be plenty of time In which to market It. They do not aeem to fear a drop In the assoctaglon'e price* * On the other hand, the aiirtlon crew* are poahlng the farmer* to deliver fast, and there Is the same old nervous haste and fear of fallng price* among the nnnrganted grow ers, who are rushing their crop In hopes of catching the hlght dollar while It Inst* And before their neigh bor* get* It. iy* on# tn tie South f'Brodina border oountte*. either tn or out of the esoctatlon. could d»ny tnet »*• —W »•! we— »■*« • Continued on Fago Twtt) GOMMHOKO-. N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST. 21. IU3 t_ : : IGOMIBiS W WID DEBT HT ID DE HlSTTMEllffl Secretary of Tmaaorv in Kinit Slutemenl Is I'Msiniißllr Ov er Oullodk in Knnipe WASHINGTON Aug 2« The American governmeut will probatUy, take uo Immediate effivrt to hasten negotiations with Its foreign war time creditor* as the result <*f Ihforiua tton brought Jtack to the treasury to day by Secretary Mdlun. .Jh'terruination upon *uch a |«dlc; was aasured wheu It be came known that Mr. Mellon who Its Just returned from a two mouths' va cation In Ear ope, would remain tn the cabinet He cooMrred with President Coolidgn today, the an nouncement coming late. Mr Mellon who ts rimlrmun of tile American debt ■■ommlMkta was dc dared to be pessimistic regarding roinpletulon In tli« near future of ad ditional funding settlementa He wa* represented as believing after his study of conditions shroud that the present, was not a gtsul time to at tempt enquiries ms to That the for eign government* contemplated In the way of repaying foreign loans MAJOR IAI IN PIERCE . IS IN HOSPITAL Well-Known Officer of .101 h Division rkiimed sty Wounds * of The War GoldslMim Is saddened at the death »f MaJ. Wentworth W Pierce, of this, .city, which, occurred at the ferteraT hospital In Mlllldgevllle. Ga Hat nr lay nlahl. where he had recently Irnen » patient, suffering front the effect of gassing and shell shock .sustain-) *d by ittm while In the world war! vervlce overseas MaJ I'lerc* wi* a West Point stu-i tent when the tfpwnlHh Amurtcan warj •roke out. and from that Hobool he vent Jlilo active service doing duty n theW'blllppliles At the close ofl bat war be resigned frum the army •nd was made a itaymasler In the It 4- Navy, wblcti position lie subse tnently resigned to take up the prar tee of, law. papafikaaatty hHatlng tn his city, to lie near hi* home, bolus j i native of Warsaw. Duplin county, v lie re his mother *llll resides (jWhon the United Mtates went Into he world war MaJ. Pierce promptly j nndered Ills services and was au horDed to orgaelxe a machine gun ■onipany, which he did. golug first toj Mexico and then fiverseas. where lie 'onnnandad the intti machine gun' I liatalllnn of the 30th Division, am' was In 'continuous Service, notably at Yprea. Ly*. and In the storristug of the ''Htndenburg IJne" and after wards gofhg with the army ol ocen 1 patlon In Gannanv f)n tils return home with’big. com maud, and after tietng mustered tutt. he resumed Ilia of his pro fession here: but it was discovered that the gassing and shell,. Shock lie had undergone In Flanders. MaJ. Pierce Is aurviVpd by his de voted wife, who was Miss Nell Mmllh of Wasblligtotf? D •'. where she has been standing the time of MaJ. Pierce's liimpltal ordeal with tier mo ther. Mrs K Most Mmtth. and by three "hfldreti. Wentworth V\ ly . EUxatmth *nd Eleanor: l>> tits mother, and three brothers, one of whom, t'aptalu Diuttey Pierce. Is In the regular ar my und accompanied his brother, to the federal hospital und Is now with the reipaln* conveying them to Wash Itlgton wftere the funeral Will he held on Wednesday, and where the Inler iii nt will la- made wlih military hon ors hi Arlington Cemetcrv * \ Bandits Hold Up Kxpress Train • ~ i,j liattlesv isle. Ok la Allg 2« Mis souri. Kansas and Taxus ta-Nsengi'r train No 23 was held tip hy handitn one mile south of Okeesa. tlklu, at midnight The train crew engaged the ban dit* In a gun fight and It was re ported that tome had been wimnded An ambulance was ordered to fin et the train ar'Nalogany All leaven made by the early t'hits ttaa hwktsr* *sr» rta*,.. t with j erpa* COOPS DRAW FIBS! i ;BLOW 111 Pin CO ! I BFFOBE COOPTS' _ * # Special Venire of" Jurymen Drawn Following Favorable Ruling of Judge Horton C ASK THK FIRST OF OVKH A H(iNDKKI) It.VI. Mi 11. Auk. IH pedal to | N*w«.i Tlic entire Jury list In ih< . ; trial of (i. ii Putman for recovery ,of hi* contract I rum the Tobacco j Grower*’ t o~o|ieratlvc A*»m latum wa* discharged today In , Greenville | when uilgc J IJo yd Horton, of the 1 Kopcilur CaitfL.. found It Improperly . I drawn under the statute*. Attorney* for the asaocUiilon dial j tensed the Jury **l«>rtion on lln ' ! kround*! hoi M. M. (TrW. county com , mUsloaer* and huatnra* partner o I*lll uihn In hi* oiriclgl capacity hid u part Pit drawing the Jury Hat Judg* J Horton denied quit lon* for change ol I venue mid for a continuance of tin j iho after fudge Hrngaw. of Wash lngton had read the name* of a lutu dred re*tdent» of Pitt county who had j madegffMavll* aiming la their opln lon Abut the defendant the* Tobacco Grower*' Co-operative Aanoclulloii could notget a fair trial in Green rifle and jmliited out that material wltneMie*. Including Dr. B W Kil gore, Clarence Poe. editor of the l*rogre«*lve Farmer and J. B. Bwaln of the field .Service Department of j the Marketing Annotation were out , of the (date Colonel W T. Joyner, | of llaleigh. I.«ore lice laity, of Ban Kranr.lMO and Judge Hrngaw, of; tlnahlnglon. representing the Tobac co Grower*' Association and Athlon Dunn and Judge Wbedbee spoke to day 111 behalf of llie plaintiff The court house wa* packed with, |nt* retted farmera today and Ihe youngest-Judge of the Superior Court of North J'arollna kept *trtct order | where the lensf |hicre*t of nppoKltiM faction* called for fact and patience J A m**'Jury 11*t »a» drawn at the I Clowe of today'* prixWllnga and , court reieiMd until eight thirty to-j morrow uiornlng GRKKNVLLK. Auk 3d, n ihe hrsl j I<h*c In which fraud on the part pf the North Carolina Tolmwii Grower!!' ; j 'Co-ofieraUve Association I* alleged | | the aaaoctatloii partly won ll* pre- I llnilnaey *klrml*h today when Judge I J t.loyd Llorton ruled Dial the Jury I venire had been Irregularly' drawn and diKiiii»M*d th i-entire panel s A * pedal ventre of HHi Juror* >' wa* drawn late (til* nffemooii and ordei ed |o report for duly -at llie open lug of court tomorrow t. The case which ha* been hroifghl agaln*l the association by G It Pill man a*ked for annuliiienl of contract oo the ground* of irrisreprcMoiilatlnti and deceit* The ca»« I* *uld In he one of a number of Bled, of (ti pro lee*.- of Itllllg. by fftemhtr* .igalTlst the association The f case will go to trial itimorriMiK.morning II la *uld and a Jury \l to vvChdectjut Ju*t be fore court cjfoae* today The defense opened lialay with a iiiolion for a fining* of venue on the ground lhal the grower* of Pitt county are prejudiced/ again*! the grower* ami Dial sentiment In the court I* Much that a fair trial could not he obtained The defenne then tirade the motion that a special venire, of Jurytuenf from adjoining counties! be drawn thl* at*o bring dr illed by III* Judge Tire defeiiHe then j made lla motion i barging Irragulafl tie* In the drawing of tine venire, Iroiu which llie Jury for the ca*e war; 'i drawn reoucMln it* di*uil**al after' hearing evidence In Gil* codQpctiou | i Judgr Horton ruled with ih« defense O’Reene Property In Hands of The Receivers Today Augusts, Aug SO D O Fogarty. I«m*i attorney **• thl* afternoon ap .|”tK»lnted receiver for ihe property of' W. J' O'hccNC, AugUMta huelnna* mail! who ba* been mlalang from th* ctly "lore Cilda) and for whom warrant* ar* out charging larceny after truat In connection with an alleged short - age of til bale* of cotton from the , wa re bon *e of Ihe Allied < onrpre** of which he wa* «u|i«rlnlendenl. The appointment wa* made by the local j referee Included In the (CKeoee j holding* t* a bathing roaort which I I 1* declared to have coat betwew I |{pi,Mw and .»». Roof And Wall Carries jDeath To Over Fifty In Huge Conflagration DEMESQUITi KILLED WIH PUK FIIIS VO BlliS BOOffS | Publisher of Thr IHirhiun Sun nnd Th* FnyetthviH*l>Wrv er Vlrlim Traffic Accident | ONR Or THK I.RADINC* PIMII.ISHKRS OF STATE WIRT BRAGG/ Ad* 2« Alfred B iH'Meariulta, prealdeill of the Fay ettf villa Publishing ( <i*mian>, pub lisher* of the Durham Bun and Her- K. A Hoe*. 34.’ of the IS Aerial Squadron were Inatautly killed «i , Polk Field here tilt* afternoon when Ihe plane in which they warw fly* ,! lag went Into a no*«* and fell frmn an elevation of 116 feet The wrack burnt Into flans** and both i victim* were burned beyond reeog nlllon i The p|an* which wa* *aty to have Irecn privately owned, »** being utl i IDeU lor Ihe purpo*c of giving Mr lHrM**oultn laaaaa* In flying U *** i mil known at Ihe held which of the men wa* driving the plane when the 1 utcidmil oiCurred A hoard of In ' rpilry ba* been appointed A* a mark of re*pact to the do reawed publleher the Durham Bun ~ a!Rr"nic Fiyistnrrm* fmamrenr win suspend publication tomorrow, y _ - » —„.y— NF.W YiIKK. Auk 2" Alfred De- I .Meautllta one of two men killed loda> 111 ail .i*(Mleiil at Polk Kbilrl. l amp j Hragg, N I*, wa* the mm of J, II I Dr*Me»<|ulta. treasurer of the .Vinorl ! can Safely It amir Gompany, of Hrook l)n lie wa* 26 year* old. unmarried anil up |o a year ago had been tn the 1 employe of the N. Y American. At the office* of Ihe company tonight It wart *ald that Alfred wa* the eld inr of two hoiim Hl* mother *«r *nhi 1 to have been 111, o ■ . & '_ . KABTKKR I HAMHKH TO HOl.lt • N KKTNIU V KINSTON. Aug 21—Friday. Aug u*l 24. at Greenville at 2 o'clock th* miiHi finporlant meeting no far of the Hordern Carolina o i'btfmber of (Tom memo will hr- held, to which many Klwani* ami Itota/y Club* of thl* r y»c tliui rtf thri atate and ■ Chamber* ol Commerce will aend delegate* The of lice ra. etecutlve commltte eand dl rel'lora of the Chamber together with all member* who de*!re to he pres ent, will hear explained to them tn fuller ilcl.iSfWuin at any time In the pa*t the program or. the Chamber e*|ie<'lally regarding ' the next Ka*l ern Ca’rtiUna Kxpoaltion, at Wlloon.' thl* coiirinv April. Secretary-Manager. hT. G, Hartlert. of Ktnatolj, will lie preaunt rod will al*o outline the general wore of the hasterii Chamber and iry to gel 4he varloiiMClvlr Nelle* liner, up a-ilve ly tor coop at ion ml* veer , 'l'lh> PHI Cirafliber of Commerce I* i coup* ruling In thin meejlng Dr. < J Bllen, (iieenvlll*. H I Morgan, ! Farurvill. ' ~i, director*. P I, clod ! feltcr. ul*o of Graenvllle. I* Ihlrn ! vicc-prealdent. II I. Snillb. aacratgrj )of the Pitt County ( Humber. 1* aid I lug greatly In wprklnr up the .naat | lng Hint gelling a tare number there I Ibis Friday. Goorti C Hoynll, prealdent of tin h.iMlern Carolina ('tiainl>er ol <mu ; meri t , ol Golda'aitp, hoped lhal ev ery lojuuly In K«‘« , i in Carolina will tm repreaenled by m*t dierv of the K|. want*. Hotary, Chainbera of Com llieire and individual* He ‘ eiped* the maeilng to be the iuiml IntereM i illg and land foi (he developnvent of 1 Mil* aectlou ever held and la Vitally Inlerealed 111 gettlag Ihe very be*l po**lble Mllcndanr'e. The •oiniiHin corn marigold hr re garded by aorne *uperatttlo>M folk a* a inugh flower, and If picked ou the thirteenth day of the month, dried tn the aunahlne. mixed to a powder and then aw allowed In tug, It la gald to bring good health «Vd haplnesx The margueitte daisy shares the l tame superstition a* « Inegy.brings. MV MBKK OK j ASSOCIATED TRKBB | -a:ir« prick kivb ami RKBCUE WORK IS , “ OOINO SLOWLY AS HEAT IS intensk, - I Women Go Into Hjt teria Ah Scene (vrow« More Horrfbk mHi Minute 1 ■ ■ »« NSW YORK, Aug II All uumher of firemen ware beltovad (9 have been hilled early today whin , the ri*of of one of the w«ltg of g‘l* story building hou*Htf the new Pt((* dance hall In Brooklyn cO»epg«4 HaT\ lag the course of gUre Between 16 and fifty Qreipwii Ilf a number of civlllana *CA»e rr—M4 ire anath the long of brick u 4 me son iy.. Ambulance* ware rualwd to tfe seen* from Brooklyn and MeelwltMi. doctor* and a corps of feprgee fc* aisled lit the yaaeoe wort. alarm* of lire brought adunioaal ftTf men who also aaalatefi. The rtt'nmen had carried line# ’of hone Into the atraelfre end wgew lighting ihe rtro uetfer the ftm ■ a hair dogell WRRh# warning the entire the walls crashed all UMMf~ In tie building * hilhner clone »« *e walls were heffovad itML to have been vtcUcgg. J' - 3-^ Seven ttremrg were m tie mL, when she crag* fbrhre *var , plunged into the naming' lefMhif. Between U end 60 Hr eigen, tee off! Tats eatTroatev Were TSeldHnl MT lie ; a roup I liable the building. ‘ The cellaiMe of the roof Carried I < huge Steel girder* Info tfer tdhihted ruin* aad theae are HoHevid R plpuing many of the vtattul Ole* and gn%a of Ihe vRBRng Jets Ihe worker* greatet Mtort (he work of rescue Wg* offered To- thg poeelblllty by the aoHapeThg bf lAia remaining wgß* The flame* hrohv out *f reek-no |bp well collapsed - After M mloatax’ef deeporate work reecuer. bruaghl oaf one body that of a fireman aid fir* badly Injured Bre fighter* who were - sent to a hospital Tb* -mouldering ruin* boil I at«p ulcbre four feet high end covert** helf a block Flremrh. goi Icemen end volunteer clef Ilona attack ad Mtg idle from eVery side' in thelt eßOrt to gel the firemen Police tinea hastily formed held , *hc crowd* In check agg p reveal id s many from throwing thetnanlvg* upon the mine In which the nggfM 4 erma end leg* of many Aend nnd In jured could be scan In the gfnrg at the lame. Nr*e of the hotecauet earring Ip the wind and score* of wamnig and '•"•tor car* of nil deeerlhtton. tr.f c-oeu'cj to the scene Thoee pm - ' melee the building have nmgjl chance of reecure aa It I* the n «bat the flames are fiercest. That pfgc* we* 'lke a furnace end It woe thinight tnei nuns '‘ould be brought ou» dive from .pi center of Umi ruin* The roar of the croah, heard from block* around brought uinar thoo *andß to the tragic geene Tin hor ror of the scene drove women Into hysteria and their crlee were bear! alovev the nr men* and eereout* cf those burled In the ruin At three nVIm k eleven boding, had been dug from tty ruin* although seim - were Htfwreutly- deed. *m rushed to th* ho*pltgla In th* hop* that emergency might save th»tr lives. The building ol tragedy I* nt 124 Grand Hlrert, Brooklyn, an old atmo-V lure that formerly housed tha nut aonii temple The building In one ol the oldest atract pr*e of th* “TfHiurtT burg dtntrlct. It bordnrg tn Ihn doth tenement* whose crowded thousand! (Millrad forth to add to tb* conruafou Two (Ire department automoMi4« were < rmUied In th* fall of the root and well The roilapoe gnat hrteke hurtling eleven hundred feat A Ira nian atop the wgur towgr forty font from the street wa. struck gad fall on a spectator and both war* gnat to hospitals In a dying condition Deputy fire chief O’Mare who «g» at first reported ktUed hod e narrow escape He waa ontsMe thn.hulMlM directing work whnh the. 4ntf «g| lapsed. He waa * I rock by oovornl brick* but In *pU* of hmM* oontinu ed to direct hi* men
The Goldsboro News (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 21, 1923, edition 1
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