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VOUMijjKTNI MBEK 577
CARDINAL MERGER, “APOSTLE OF PEACE,” IS DEAD
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Pennsylvania Hotel Fire Causes Heavy Loss Os Life
Ueroic Figure Os
YWorld War Loser fy
Battle With Death
■•lff** Dalcta* Preble Pmw
Away at Aiwwcrt A|i et
Sweaty-Four
ACTIVE UNTIL END
CuM Pfg»l<7 Prateata. Oon
tiaMi CWem.ce. nnd Work
Throughout ninety
UP)
herak tevrw of the World
War. died to4ay at the age es
74, laaiaf lie bay battle
■fllHpt ljks decline that set la
ajbra* apration ea Dseeae-
Perihild Merrier was
dridw With ' influenza De
ceßWer 19. The news of his
4111% kMfea known when he
wap wmms to attend the cere
» atMy St which Queen Elba-
Mfr MMaed the golden fees
t mst hersy Pope PWin hon
ra# her twenty-finh wed-
MPf* pr s«ry•
W Shortly afterward it was announced
dergo an 0 pant ton. In a ;nstoral
letter be deprecated fear of danger.
Hie ailment' wee explained officially I
"pr-rataient dysp* -i*da. making 118-J
trltlon Insufficient for the active
life the t'nydlnal wlahea to pursue.?
He waa traoeterred to St. Jean Clin
ic from the err.hhieaoprlc palace at
Mailnes, Onoember 11. and wtaa op
erated on the following day. * He
waa given a local anaesthetic and
waa able to follow all the detail* of
the operation He atood the ordeal
well.
During the day* Imrfrdlately fol
lowing the operation the ('ordinal
■earned to lmprov-. and hla complete
recovery wa» predicted by those In
attendance upon him. Suddenly, on
January «. however. It became
known that the condition of the ven
” arable churchman had taken n turn
for the worae. It waa with difficulty
that be waa able to aaaimllate food.
He begau to weaken but hla robuaf
eonatltutlon and faith aided him to
wlthatand the ravagea of hie element,
much to the aunwlee of hla physician.
During hie illneea prayers were
aald for hla recovery In all the
churches and the heads of almost all
the nations of the civilised world anx
iously Inquired shout hla epndltlon
Ambassador Phillips, of tm United
State#, waa a frequent caller at the
hospital. Once he brought the Car
dinal towers, a gift frpifc. > Becretary
of State Kellogg.
Wbea the sudden turn for the
worse came the Cardinal fully real
i/ed thpt his end waa relatively near
st iMwd. stomach has failed
■du there la/hothlag more the doc
tor* L<n dSr the Prelate eald to a
prte# at the bedside. The Holy
Uacrwsaeat was administered. Title
prompted the Cardinal to say: "When
up health wan good I always wish
ed OSSo the last eecrament not
when ,was compelled to receive U.
but WhAe I would Mill receive It, and
I feel A little better now.’’
ArtULdal nourishment waa resort
ed to during the Anal days of the
Primate's (tineas. but this method
served Ha purpose poorly
Daring hla lUnese on January It,
the oerdtaal loft hla bed over the
protest* of hie physicians and conn
ferred with churchmen concerning
the Belgian tood Mtnation. Also he
waa deeply tntsrasted la. tha prospect
tt the union of the Roman and Ang
lican churches, a movement In which
Ke was the prim# mover, end held
numerous conferences on’ the. sub
ject In the sick chamber. During the
lament weak one of his visitors was
I,o rd Halifax, president of the Eng
lish Church anion with whom he had
a somewhat leagUfy conference re
garding the union of the two church
aa. ,
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GOLDSBORO IS THE GATE OTY OF EASTERN NORTHCAKOI.IYV
SEAPLANE FORCED
DOWN SATURDAY
Miami. n#.. Jsn. n— yiy—
Official confirmation or repnMs
that the navy »earjanc 8-1-4 Mi
been' forced down and *unk twriv*
miles north of St. Augustine. Ha.,
about noon today, was made early
tonight by nsvy officers follow-
Ingafrtval of ten soegdanee In
Bfecayne Bay.
The plane carried three occu
pants. Lieutenant J. O. Johnson.
A. B. Laporte. aviation pilot, and
J. I*. McLean, aviation mech
anic's mate, ffcbt clam, at) Wf
whom were believed to have been
rescued by another Mtaplane which
waa ordered to stand by.
LOCALS WHIP
WILMINGTON;
SMALL SCORE
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Coidahoro Take* Snappy G«bm,
15-13, (Obtaining Revenge
For Recent Defeat
| Playing boro bofore one of the
largest crowds which has witnessed
a game here this sen son. the Oolds
horo High School besketball teem
last night obtained sweet revenge
against the Wilmington Highs. by
winning a hard-fought game from the
New Hanover lada by the close score
of 16 to IS. a margin of victory one
point teas than "that by which Wil
mington last Saturday night defeat
ed the locals, the score In the first
contest bring 32 to 29. In favor of the
boys from the Cape Fear region.
Very little scoring was done by. ei
ther side in the first half. d A ring
which period Wilmington played
mostly second string men, the half
ending with Goldsboro on the lohg
end of a 1-2 score. Both teams dis
played more pep and action lm the
second half, however, each scoring
11 points and the game ended with
the Wayne county five hanging on to
a mighty shaky two-point lead.
The guarding of both baskets last
night waa particularly good. and
waa directly responsible for the small
score. Simmon* and Bplcec contin
ued (heir good work for the locale,
those two last players accounting for
J> of the 16 points accumulated by
Goldsboro. Haar. last year selected
all-state center, was the outstanding
star for the visitors, scoring six of his
team's II points.
The' Goldsboro five will journey lo
,Mount Olive Tuesday night for a re*
turp game with the quint represent
Ing the high school of that city. The
last tiv-etlng of the two teams result
ed In an 16-11 win for Mount Olive,
end the Wnls are determined to even
the count A game with New Bern
will be played on the M- mortal
Building (hurt here Thursday night
This contest gives promise of being
a scrappy affair, and another large
crowd will doabtleaa view the gamy.
lasi night's line-up-
Usldsbsre Wilmington
POSITION
Miller . { * t, Moore
RF
Gllllktn. P P. Roane
LF
Bplcev Parsley
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Honey Durkhelmer
RO
Btmtnons Dobson
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yiubstltutiona: Goldsboro- Waters
for Gllllkin; Wilmington—McGlaugbon
for J. Moore; Haar for P. Roane;
Referee, Crum. N. C. Slat*; Roofsrs,
Mahler and Deroaeett; Time of game,
JI miaul*..
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GOLDSBORO, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24. 1926
Dr. Frederick A. Cook Called
A Genius By Rapid Amundsten
FORT WORTH. Trxaa. Jan. 2J.—
fa— Dr. Frederick A C*ok * a
"genius" In the estimation of Cap
tain R«ald Amundeeen, and no mat
ter what he may or may not have
done In business, he deserve* the re
spect of the American people for hi*
Intrepid explanations. Dr. Cook
■ay uet have discovered that pole,
hut Commander R. 19. Peary also
JggjE net have, and the. former hae
aa good a data aa the latter, cap
tala Amundeeen said here today.
"I don’t knew whether he dearrve*
to he In prison or not,” Amundeeen
said. "To me hr was always a geni
us Wbea we were young mrn to
gether In a Belgian anarctic expedi
tion. he bald that If aay men ever
ranched the North Pole. It would be
Dr, Cook." o
"In 1601. Dr. Oook came back
from tha North as the discoverer of
the Pole. It waa among those wbo
greeted him et Copenhagen. He
began immediately te (put the story
GOV. SLATON
IS EXPECTED |
TO RUN AGAIN
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If—Mliaa Who Commuted Bcw
tence of Leo Frank May
Throw Hat tn Ring
ATLANTA, ii Jan. •».—(HV*
John M. Slaton, twice governor of
Georgia, and whoae commutation of
the death sentence of Leo. M Frank
In 1916 caused nation-wide comment,
will enter the doming race for gov
ernor only In the evept of a‘‘coo- c
fiction of duty for public service,”
be told tbe Associated Pres* today
relative to insbstrnt rumors that he
will be a candidate.
During Governor Riston’s admin
istration there occurred °n April 26.
1913. the murder of Mary Phagan.
a young rmrJoyee or a pencil fac
tory In (Atlanta. For thl» crime,
140 M. Frank, of Brooklyn. N. Y
superintendent of the faelory, wss
convicted end sentenced to be hang,
ed.
case aroused a gmcral pub
lic clamor for swift Juatlre and
likewise creeled »aflpn -wide com
ment. On the other hand atrenuou*
efforts were exerted In Frankh l*e
'hs|f on the gronnd that the evidence
adduced tended to throw the burden
of suspicion «n n negro who wa«
can rioted ea sn nceeeory
Used Sl«l* Trapp*
When the case came before Gov
ernor Slaton he commuted the sen
tence to life Imprisonment and a
turbulent period enuord. (luring
which there were open display* of
threatened violence directed again*'
the .Qoveroor. who celled out «b»
Btate troop* to restore order. The
Governors term oxjHed and he and
his family *r*nt n large part of the
time immediately following out of
the State.
Later Frank ,wsa formefly taken
from the State prison farm at sil
ledgevllle, to Marietta near Atlanta
home of the family of the Phagan
girl, where hr was lynched
Since that time. Mr. Staton'* name
heo never hem offteallr mentioned
In pnlidca and today’s statement te
the 'flrat Indication that he former
yovPrnor ought conalder \runnlnx
again for office
"Bo far *a the Frank cs*e Is eon
rergrd." be Mid. “that In rarely
mentioned. I acted In accordanee
with my obligation and conscience
In that matter and time has only
•erred to confirm the justice and
correctness of that act. I have nl
ways said and thought the people
of Oeorgia would approve my course
when they knew the facta.
Same Snggeelod.
"flaring been governor twice, once
st the time when, as ’president of
the eenatr. I bora me actinic gov
ernor and subsequently through
r I ration by the people. 1 bate h*
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of hla discovery and explore*Fa* !»
writing. Later. Commandar l’eary
returned with hla claim of.dtseovrry
and an attack on Dr Cook’a claims
The ultimate result was disgrace
for Dr. Ceek.
tom par* * Merles
"I have read Dr. Ceokfc story, and
1 have read Peary'a. In Pcarys
siory 1 have u»t found anything Os
tonaequcnce not covered already by
Dr. Cook.” » f
MucMlllau oat ■-itatcmenU from
the Bakimoo aa to the length of tune
that Dr. Cook spent In the heretofore
unexplored region* tn an effort to
prove he bad not had tUue M> reach
the pole, Amundn*en explained
“My experience has been that thr
native Bsktmoa will give you Un
kind of ansrwer you are looking tor."
Amundssen said.
Meta»am lHergrows
DENVER, Cole., Jan 23—O’)—
Vilhjalmur Btofatiseon. noted ArtUc
CAI*TAIN O’BERRY
“HOLDING HIB OWN”
f * Captain Nathan OT|erry. proml- j
j nent aijd beloved clttßcii of Golds
, boro, who was stricken In his of-
Ace Friday morning, was lain last
night reported to be "holding his
own" by Dr. V(. It fobh, tils phy- :
slrian. This Wtfl he eheoring new* V
Ooldaboro, whire Captain
i) U( rry la held In the highest ot
tfWk and a host of weil ; wlthors
will hops that his 7 hnprovvment
will be Immediate and rapid.
ALGONQUIN
CLUB ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
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Enthusiastic Meeting and En
joyable Barbecue Held in
Club Rooms Last Night
Enthusiasm and good fellowship
t ’ T -
marked the nnnual meeting and Imr*,
becue of (he Algonquin Club, tietd In
the (iuhmonis in the Borden Build
ing here last nlgft, A large prowd
wss In attendance, and Ihn members
beard with expressions of approval
a number of reporia and suggestions'
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brought forward during (lie business
seasiou. which preceded the
The meeting was o|>ened w^li^dhe
reading of the reporia of C. D. Grovej
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secretary-treasurer of the-eluh. P
was announced that’during the past
year a debt of 11.000 had been coni-,
pl'tely discharged, allowing the rluli
Lo start the new year With a dean ,
balance sheet. A motion that tlin j
charter b« changed from that of a;
social club to a civic organisation
waa approved by the membership, and
the Board of Gov .mors was Instruct
ed td take the ne<essary nctlon to
accomplish the change. In the event
such action Is taken, the < lull will
become g mender of the Goldsboro
Chamber of Commerce
Col low In* the submission of tho
various reports and mot ton a, th"
•lection of offtceys for this year was
held, with the following r-suits; Kd*
•In Borden, president, re-elected; 1
John D Gullet te, v Ipresident and
C. D Groves unanimously and en !
thuslastically rt-ellnd sw-rriggy
, treasurer Alvin Ifbwell. Horace R.
King. K. II liraiham. Hugh Dortch
and Dr. R. B. Miller wage named|
dve new members of Ihe Board of
, Directors lor a period of iwo years
Immediately after the business
session, the assembled members and
guests udjoiiru<-d to thr hull Ynrriii of
the club, where a delightful barbe
cue. aecompanled. of course by the
neoaeritfaa without wfclsft a <■• Is
not a .co*. waa enjoyei by everyoas
The snUre orrariosi WO*_JI «MUoct
success from every riiwyahri.
X *
explorer, tonight took Issue with the
statement made m ibtl Worth, Tex
as. today by llaeld Ainundasou. who
declared Dr. Frederick A. Cook’*
claim to discovery of tha North
Pol* was a* plauglblo as ttios* of the
lyric cummunder Robert L. Petry.
"If quoted AmuadMcn’r
•tateuieut la most extraordinary',
Ptcfanasim said. “I have disagreed
with Amundssen —even on lutporttßt
point* hut never more violent!)
than this
Call* Cask rater.
“IVa; y hod a Ufe-flme of integrity
behind hint wl-.He < oog* carter hga
lean oue o. Lou*is>«nt faklnff. ever
since ha (aked Ike Mount McK>aley
climb, wlii u he claimed to have as
tended io the crest, and it was later
I roved that hr never wet more than
half-way to the top.
"His career of faking continued*
f;om that time unMl l» liaded him
in the federal penitentiary”
DOOMED MAN
AGAIN SAVED
FROM DEATH
SfttSn'*
Hour by Gortriur
• OSSUONO, N- Y„ 11-4*V
Ambrose R,«aa, for two days a puwn
to * game of life and dafcth. today
for tha sucond Hmr off tllr
black suit that mark* those about
ta b.- executed In Ring Ring prison.
Three hsur* befare hr was to Imi
electrocuted, Governor Alfred K
Smith telephoned from No*’ York,
•ml ordered him icprleved. Yen
terday hr, waa saved fourtoen hour*
before time f*r rlrctraucUea by •
uynr/’rary , atay of execution from
a juatlce of the Supreme fvmrt.
That *tay waa vacated la Braok
lya. *d<l erao RM 1 fllMfMy* gave
up hop..
Ordered l *4d Ural.
Itu* again pi ,A» thr Mack anil
he bad doffed Whan court* at*y waa
received. He wont to Ae Isolated
call reserved far thooe wha have on
ly a fey h»«r. to live. Again ha
ordered bta taat meat.
rnthrr McCaffrey. the prht«a
chaplain, came In far the aeeood
time to pray for hint. Rota told
hta sweetheart, Mk»s Obrletlnia O*-
ttrtrn. he had given *ip hope.
Rhortly l»efera I o’claek Friday
night Roaa wa, taken to tit# "rial
tor* cage* In tho death 9 Room
There be creuobcd. while an thr
* 'gvi f thr heavy
I'oo Ihtca brottiera and bla whiter
t Ik v '« fl m Wi whlapera
Mi anehllef In ..the prison offer*
, v »rd> n lawnn hiker McCsffrry
iJnmre l, 1/wk thr state ■uprriiile'h
: dent of prison* apd the uauil group
o' O' w*>aper r» porter* and Wlt
ii *. re wsth'ng the ho ir« drop
! *1 we,
I v rut Inner Wa* Bruit
gon •••'.*lo • b.'clr In the prison a
r w • itei-iiflotier waa preparing far
t.i* flr*t "Job"
Tti- office Merhana rang. Rnprr.
intrndeni I-on* oak ika massage
'lum I p„lavv which »ar* prison
anthorltle* cun net act on any in
formation not conflrntrd by offletl
I document*,, but t/mg kn*wa ihe gev
,roor'e voice.
lie uiartrd at a run for the death
hoigm. with fVirttar'MidTkffrry f«»i
lowing him.
Raved b> M'tione Tall
A* they entered Iloa* Jumped "P
frightened, a» »hbugli he
hour already bad coma.
"ISie electrocutlan Is put off. "I'll
tell yol more tomorrow. The gev.
ftmt ha* given y<*«t a reprieve.'*
Long Mb^ipldly
Ann R<v*. Amhroar'a
yesr.n Id sinter, began to err« !!•»•
•aid. I'm swfuily tt»n»kfu|." Tlien
leaned ag*ln*t the cage front »f
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Eleven Bodies So &*' * ;
• n • *•*
Far Recovered And
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More Thought Dead
FELIX HARVEY
HERE MONDAY
Watrlct Governor W. Felix Her
vry. ut Kinskui, will be a guest
:ilt the Goldsboro Kiwattle t'-lub
at the regular weekly meeting of
that organisation, which wIU he.
held in the banquet room of the
Uoldaboro Monday evonlng.
Mr. Horvcy, an able and bril
liant speaker, who haa been pro
flnmtly Identiftad with KI.
anls activities for a number of
yeara, WIU no doubt bring a m«b
tage of cbeer and Inspiration (a
member* of the local clnb, all of
whom know and love Him. It
U obllcverl that a full attaaflaace -
will b« seen at the Monday night
meeting.
BURBANK’S
VIEWS DERIDED
BY SCIENTISTS
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PrtiMiHWit ('kif r—« amt Oth
er* Scofat PUftt Man's
Siaiemcnti on Religion
t WU-AGtt, Hla, Jan. ». <&—The
published opinion of £utber Burbank
that "all ratlgiona are on a tottering
foundation," accompanying hja ra
lon ad avowal that ha "la an Infidel
in the true aonao of the word." were
dismissed by prominent clergyman
fcara today aa unscientific.
The clergyman manifested the
highest reaped for tho plant wlanrd a
opinion on-horticulture, but suggest-*
ed that "the shoemaker stick to hla
last. ”
"ilia sssortmant of Mr. Burbank's
beliefs printed In newspapers," said
Bishop F. P. McConnell, of Pittsburg
IM ihttllst. who once debated with
Clarenro narrow, about agnoatlca
"hure no scientific basis "
"Mr. Rurhank la not talking of
what he knows, but of what ba be
lieves, and hla vtewa ns published,
are decidedly mixed and lumplad * '
"Mr. Burbank haa confunad rail
glon with such current acclcalasti
dsme," said Dean Hhuller Mathews, of
the Divinity R hnol of the I’nlvemiiy
of rhlcago. "The questions. If they
are correct, would argue that he Is
not Inform'd as to present tendencies
In the world of thought
( arrell's View*
BAJ/riMOUK. Md . Jan 13. (At
Dr. Alexia Carrsll, famous surgeon.
lo** not concur In I.other Burbank's
viewpoint of religion In relation to
science. The famous horticulturist In
i stalcrmnt. admit t<d he Is an In
fidel, said: "As' a sciential. I can
not help but feel that all religions
re on a lottcrlng foundation.'
n.-'w"tn true science and tni- re
;'nn there mu be no conflict," s.ild
ur ( ,»rrrll "They operate In en
•lrelv illstlni-t Helds "
iii kurgeon Mid he did not be
liar* that a "theory of peraonal res
urrectfon or rHncarnallpn of ibr In
dividual la Irnalilr; us slated by Mr
Itiirliwiik. but instated, In reference ti
'ils v ry brief cumiment shat "rell
don I* not u matter wtstep i> u b
flamlswd *o quickly.
Asked If. as Mr BarlssM. he ba
lleveil there Is no ball. |>r CwmOl
lam; bed:
"That It a mere desall." Kj aOTUrer
«d "I know Mr. Burbank He is u
fine mini "
B OOl>l.Of 'k MIT I,ONE . . |
AVIAHHINfITON, J*n. W- (JV- A
request that President Osdidge wall- i
drew the nominal I>u of -Tltomar V . |
Wmsllvck. of Nr* York, as a mem. .
Lcr of the liiiersi'ite <>asmav«c y-imv.
mission is under congtdersftan ks!
some mlmlnlsctratlon n ielvfw ta the |
Senate.
W mm ■
I ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
4- s 'o' ifT
rrr=a-.,r-," ,
rmcE five CM/rm
Twlv. PIWM, UiUMUtM
For, BwiiavbA ta Ratal «fT •
Bufldtag
, TWENTY ~~irillM|
rnmmmmmm m
of G«Mta IbJeMMMS
By Bum* (MhaniJMW"
tag to at—tg
ALLENTOWN. Pm. 'ifil.
U. (AP)-EtaY««i
> Mtam us VS
trlry, w|mjwte q—troyjrf
to hi in th« ruin*
Rilled tßy, Itg 1 tg iMlw
ijuik of lh« «Hraii«n mm
dangerous, .
The cause of Ota Mum fli
Mill undetermtaod tap|g|
Herbert W. Guth. ioK|;
public aufety, said iIMM Mffl
be a (borough invim(lgm«il|
of a report that Just mtm
(he Aral aldhn ot ftfig
Ihe ugper floor. This rapfl
-i-X 1 _ . .. * .»
c *r» t Ana MtitcniliM uniWf § %:
newspupor worker, g tadgsr
•t (he hotel.
tfasyr had Ju*t reached tka hotaTM
tar hla nlgbt’a He dagyM |a
talk with the sight dark.’ Tkatr
conversation was laterruptefl. hr «
terrifying cry of "fltw" from usaMlia,
Both ran to the second Boor mad
; aroused tboa« rooming tkaaa. hot Mg'
spread of the flamaa was Bo mpM
they had to flea to agv* (Mr Uvwa.
Neither heard any asplgotaui praradlag
'he first alarm, they aakL
oneats on the fourth had fltlh
I top) floors, unable Ui mags through
*h« hallways were hanging from the
windows whan tbs Hr ana an arrived.
\eja wery of little turn becaaae of aa
dd-tlme narrow roof ad porch that aa*
endad lha whole width of the Ant
floor.
ftoe Falk ta flpptt
Otle matt lost hla Hfls «%gn ha MD
mm a window eh ggo lap floor of
'our were foam# NfldtaM tagothor la
. corner •« Ma hard floor.
Ya ttata «a Draaa
The Are ktflA out shortly after I
• cinch Am* sgraad no rapidly that |* <>
ut sff iha ascapa pf moot of th*
Taeats who had‘to ho carrtgg flown
adders by the firrm*n Thor* was
" time to drees. and the guaata '
rare fon-og Into the cold Maats of
vlntr* In thobr light clothes. . The
•emiierniur# hovflgofl lulwm if aafl
> '* above zero, t «? ■>-
BwMaely laiored ~
i Twenty of tha,guesta. all anterlag
from luirna or Injurlan rocslred when
they lumped to the streets, ware tak
♦n to boopltala. Six at one hospital,
arc unidentified. Throe of them, floe
tore said, pfobnbly will die. One
of th<» six had bitten off part of hla
tongue.
fries For Help
Ihe cause of the flrv had aot bean
'•mined aevarai P* - after the
The InsMa of the hoSol waa'a mass
, *f flamaa whoa flrensaa a- rlwd. The
*B»aye aad etsirwaya ahlaaa aafl.
j "nahta to Waaaa shfllr aguni. friskt
‘“cf and Im wiidrrcd guaata atoofl at
i 'hi* windows, walling for tholr rea
. ogam. HpfN tatore could aaa the oe>
cupants of lha burning bolldtng. aad
h*ar thrlr ertae for help.
( averafl Witt l<«
Few of ihoae raacuod reached the
sidewalk without a drsneblag of Whs