The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 14

FOURTEEN THE EVENING NEWS, HARRISBURG, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1927 in which the flames roared and twisted. The tremendous heat in the main auditorium and the balcony were filled. Fifty nurses and ESTIMATE LOSS fired section after section as fire- Riding Hannefords Long in Circus Business members of the nurses' training- MANYOBSTAGLES HINDERED CITY men hoped they, were making progress subduing the flames, Guards on Duty AT $1,000,000 handling discharged, the bullet striking him in the face. BLIND DOG CATCHER FAIRMONT, May 9. A blind man has applied for the position of municipal dog catcher.

Despite his Inability to see the mongrels, the blind man claims he knows every dog in town "by his first name." The city council is considering the application. Throughout yesterday firemen patrolled the smouldering ruins to From Page One FIREMEN'S WORK vesterdav morniner on the third floor. The body of Goodyear was not found until late last night, almost twentv-four hours after he Harrlsburg's volunteer firemen avert nre breaking out again and, exhausted by their constant vigil, were replaced last night by State Police and men organized by the State Department of Property and Supplies. Kuhn suffered the heaviest loss. He handled more than half the encountered a series of obstacles rs hflH entered the blazing structure school were included in the assemblage.

There are nine members In the graduating class this year. They are, Alice Kerstettcr, Shamokin; Martha Branthoffer, Thompsontown; Rachel Shroy, Middletown; Kathryn Leader, Harrisburg; Mary Ferncnick, Scranton; Sylvia Scheaffer, New Buffalo; Elinora Jacobs, Lemoync; Laura Zartman, Hershey, and Helen Brinton, Harrisburg R. 1. Thus far there have been fortf-five nurses graduated from the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, and at present there are forty-eight student nurses in the institution. Dr.

Brownmiller preached his sermon last night from St, Matthew xxv, 36: "For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in." and fought a winning uphill battle in Saturday night's spectacular fire at the State printery and Felton Both men were asphyxiated by the thick smoke that choked the through the press to thank the firemen, policemen and Boy. Scouts for the wonderful manner in which they co-operated. I never saw firemen do better or harder work. One fireman directed a stream of water for hours without relief and, when we finally found a man to replace him, he insisted upon sticking to his post, although he was so stiff he could hardly move." License numbers of several cars guided across hose are in Tawney's possession, he said. "I am going to prosecute as soon as I find a magistrate whom I am satisfied will give them the maximum fine for the offense," he said.

BACCALAUREATE SERMON GIVEN The graduating class of tlve Har-risburg Polyclinic Hospital heard the Eev. Dr. A. W. Brownmlller deliver the baccalaureate sermon in the Harris Street Evangelical Church last garage, which Fire Chief Tawney Commonwealth's printing.

Thirty Used Autos Burn building. Seven More Hurt today characterized from the standpoint of loss, the biggest fire William M. Felton, negro, owner Seven other firemen were in or tne f'elton buildinir. this morn- injured, three of them seriously, mg placedjiig loss at between $50, Isaac Winters. 128 South street this city has had In a generation, Some of the obstacles were summarized thus: uuu and SbU.UOO.

Retmirs will cost Leroy Zimmerman, 22, 1317 Mer- The original alarm was not close to He estimates, while thirty used automobiles and equip Oldest Secretary in World Holds Reception On His 92nd Birthday ROME, N. May 9. On the occasion of his ninety-second birthday, Henry S. Ninde, who claims the honor of being the oldest Y. M.

C. A. secretary in the world, received gifts totalling nearly $500. One of those on hand was Edward M. Willis, of Washington, secretary, of the Employed Officers' Alliance, who made the presentation of a $415 check.

They worked together in New York years ago. turned in until after the whole row street, ana liaroia ananer, 1510 North street, were taken to the Firemen's ward at the Polyclinic Hospital. Shaner plunged ment will approximate half of that back end of the Felton garage was ablaze and flames were tearing from the roof of the burnine bund twin, ne oeneves. lie pians to rebuild immediately. Felton carries $20,000 insurance and a bank an ino- and suffered arm and wrist in inripfl.

identical amount. tnrougn tne rooi. Exploding gasoline containers spread the flames. The fire chief's first general alarm signal was lost entirely be COL. HUMPHREYS DIES DENVER, May 9.Col.

A. E. Humphreys, millionaire oil operator, died at his home here last night from an accidentally inflicted bullet wound. He suffered the wound yesterday while examining his collection of Winters received lacerations of When the fire broke out Felton the left knee and Zimmerman. was at a gypsy camp at Nineteenth after bein'g overcome by smoke on cause another box alarm was being ana uemiock streets, where he went for rent owed him by the gypsies for occunvinir the dance the third Iloor, was rescued Dy to going on a hunt- nieht.

I guns preparatory i guns preparatory Patrick Finlev. 112 Locust street The church was crowded, all seats ing trip. One of the weapons ho was sounaed wnen ne first registered his two-threes. The steamer of the Susauehanna floor on the second floor of his Hum- building. He saw the red reflee Arthur Sweigert, 645 South Twenty-third street, suffered a burned left hand, and Herbert Dia- mil -ww Fire Company was disabled much of the first hour when it was most tion in the sky and hurried back to the central part of the city, un berstadt, 813 South front street, aware until he approached Cameron The maze of electric wires and left hand injuries.

Both were treated at the Polyclinic Hospital 1 i 1 and Market streets that it was his property. 1 cables, on poles, directly in front of the printery rendered the aerial water towerwirtually useless. dispensary. Mnrh Mnphinprv Damaged Uhe gypsies, because of the fire menace, had been ordered to vacate the buildine at the reauest of Fire In placing the loss at Fire Chief Tawney said that firemen in front of the four-story building had to direct their Chief Tawney. They left there on streams throueh the wires and inursday, i ii mm i Tin nil mi i i ii mi i-f lr T-t--ihiiii II Immmmmmmwm Ai cables and these cut the streams into more or less fine sprays.

I The Stewart Warner station, on the first floor, escaped with a $3500 it cost $125,000 to build the two top floors of the printery, which were destroyed. Fifty thousand dollars' worth of machinery stored on the fourth the top floor, was destroyed, while $500,000 worth of State records on the third story Report for Council Fire Chief Tawney will make a loss, protected by insurance, al though the rear portion of the One of the most interesting of cir report to City Council tomorrow morning, but he would not indicate building was destroyed. Part of the wall from the fourth floor of the printery caved in and damaced met the same fate. On the first cus stories is tnat oi tne lives oi ine Riding Hannefords, long connected and second floor was machinery today what it will be or what reference, if any, he will make to the valued at $250,000, which suffered the Swain-Hickman garage to tho extent of obstacles that confronted the a water loss of 820.000. But they ere not alone in entertaining patrons of the big show, for every conceivable form of amusement is included in the program.

Aerialists or trapeze stars are headed by the Flying Wards, the greatest act of its kind ever under any tent toft; wild animal acts are there with all their thrills; intelligent liberty horses; clowns of all nations and sizes; trained dogs; leapers; the aerial ballet with many XhOUSahdS of Erjectatora wjitrborl Records in the State Bureau of Documents were slightly damaged, City Electrician Clark E. Dichl said the now fire alarm control svstem. AWWIVEBSARY according to Tawney, and stamps worth $10,000 in a safe escaped. The Thompson and Nungesser the fire and automobiles were parked in solid lines in all nearby streets. Several hundred were parked alone in the area about the Reading Company station and beside the Pennsylvania Rail man which it la planned to install in the new city hall thia year at a cost of about will prevent the technical trouble which did not nermit with the tented shows of this country and the European continent.

Much has been written of them on both sides of the Atlantic of the hardships they have undergone and of the triumphs which have been theirs. All were born of the circus and they have done every sort of work necessary to keep the circus alive and moving, from the humble task of driving stakes and work in the cook house to that of thrilling thousands and making, them laugh as well, with their prowess as riders. This year the Hannefords are featured performers with the Sells-Flottf circus due in this city for two performances next Thursday. loss is estimated at between 000 and $15,000 apiece. The estimated value of the Felton build- Chief Tawncy's general alarm to new features; three herds of trained elephants; giraffes, of which there come through" when ha registered a few minute after the first box are very few in this country; riders, tracks north of Market street.

The traffic tU East Meets West in a Film Sensation whose daring is to dazzle and amaze; hippodrome races and others ing was $45,000 and its contents $12,000. In several instances, the owners' loss estimate exceeds that alarm was sounded. From the fire chief's viewtolnt. the lor nours and police were assisted too numerous to mention. Hells Dy.

cy, scouts in directing ma chines through narrow lanes. Floto, by no means strangers here, offer this year what Is claimed their very best effort as an aggregation of entertainers. INSURANCE IN fire probably would not have gotten the headway it did If, at the time of the explosion of gasoline in the garage the mechanics had pulled a box alarm instead of trying to subdue the flames with hand extinguishers. When the first alarm was sounded from Box 191, at Cameron and Market streets, Fire Chief Tawney and his driver were passing Front and Kelker streets on the way down Front in the back cart, and much refuse had dropped to the third floor. The boys worked all through the night, with only their searchlights FIRE IS SLIGHT also the Citizen and Paxton steamers, which are the last steam fire engines in the department.

The Susquehanna firemen were handicapped when they might have done their most effective work. Some of the firemen worked half an to show the way. They moved largo r1, "II- nllfvS To the People of TVM TiiO Harrisburg: (I My sincere appreciation fj Ukvfvpl "jgfjrc IImFT for your response and vs fek T' I support to our efforts. The Aov AT same high standard is our XV-rr 1 pledge for the future. fcflcjtf MARCUS LOEW Little Insurance is available to utreet.

The chief said he heard the first round and that by the time he quantities of paper and material by hand. Then yesterday morning we got a dozen forked spades and turned tons of watersoaked paper and refuse. First they threw large piles of it out cover the $1,000,000 fire loss at the got to Front and Verbeke streets, just State printery and Felton building Saturday night. five blocks, he saw the bright reflection in the Bky. His red car tore down Front street, at terrific speed, the window, and then after getting a John L.

L. Kuhn, secretary and treasurer of the Auirh Press, and for years, State con ana wncn ne to Cameron and Market streets he stopped to turn in a general alarm without first going to tho blaze. Sounded Twice Meanwhile, someone had turned in another alarm from box 1D2, at Cameron street, and that alarm was being registered when the chief had tried tract printer, is suffering from nervous shock. The printery loss is estimated at $250,000, with only of Tawney. Automobile Backfired Starting from a rather humble origin, the backfiring of an automobile in the Felton garage, the fire had entered the printery building before the fire apparatus arrived.

Joseph Robinson, negro, of 25 North Cameron street, the Felton homel and young "Sing" Felton were repairing an automobile when it backfired and ignited the gas tank. Young Felton played an extinguisher immediately, but the flames mounted the wall and burst through the roof. Shouting as he hurried to the utreet, Robinson, a cripple, attempted to send an alarm from an auxiliary box in the printery, but a locked door barred his entrance. Climbing the wall of the printery building, the flre cracked the windows on the third floor and were sucked inside as William G. Cupples, of 017 Susquehanna street, the watchman, was making his rounds.

Cupples had just reached the third floor when the tongues of flames darted through the windows. First Alarm at 9.03 Cupple3 sent in the first alarm at 9.03 and a second and a general alarm followed in rapid order, although confusion resulted in the general call of apparatus when it was placed while another signal was being sounded. John Capello, Steelton's fire thief, leached Fire Chief Tawney hour and more in a vain attempt to get the "hooky" truck, with its water tower, close enough to the printery building to use the flood type nozzle atop the ladders. They were balked to a great extent, by the overhead wires and cables. It was not a case of the wires being charged, for telephone, electric light and trolley electricians had cut off the current at that point and Cameron street was In darkness, Bave for the illumination made by the burning buildings.

It was more than mere man's task to get the water tower up through or along the wires, where it would serve to advantage. Bursting hose usually is one of the trying handicaps of a long drawn-out battle such as the one Saturday night but little trouble was had from that source. Steelton Services Offered small coverage. Valuable State documents and good footing they cut through the mass. "By mid-afternoon the firemen were exhaustcVi and many had to give up their job.

We got into touch with Mr. Rambo, deputy superintendent of Properts and Supplies. He gave orders to have an emergency light line put in the third floor, and Contractor Charles W. Strayer was authorized to hire men. That was about 7 o'clock last evening, and just about the time the lighting circuit was put in Goodyear's body was found.

"I have no doubt that Goodyear went into that third floor hoping find a bose line in the building to drive water across to the garage and that he was overcome by smoke. In my opinion he was suffocated long, before the fire reached the point where we found him." ther. material stored on the third to send in his two threes. But the chief didn't know that, and his general alarm was lost in the shuffle. It was some time later, when the emergency apparatus failed to report, that the chief again nulled tho floor were damaged to tne extent of $500,000, according to John C.

Dight, director of the Bureau of general alarm. By that time tongues of flame were Documents. It will ba imnnsaibln leaping high into the air over the garage and, fanned by an east wind. were swirling Into the back windows The fire had been raging just about an hour when John Capello, of the printery, on the third and fourth floors. In fact, the chief said there wb fire in the back end of tho upper floors of the printery when he arrived.

approached Chief Tawney and offered The new alarm system, which is to Motorists Seriously Hampered Firefighters An indictment of motorists for replace the obsolete one now in the police headquarters, will work much faster than tho present one. City Klectrioian Diohl said it will register in half the time of the present sys Steelton services. "I can use a pumper, Johnny," Tawney told him and Capello ran to a telephone at once. First he called the West Side Hose Company and then the Baldwin. That was at 10 o'clock.

Af 10.16 the West Side lads had two streams of water on the fire. Traffic was heavy, on their route up Cameron street, but motorists gave them a clear sweep. Fire Chief Tawney, who got to bed last niht at 11.80-o'clock for the first time since he went to Market Saturday morning between 5 and 6 o'clock, was profuse in bis praise of tem, and that if the city had had the new system Saturday nirht the alarms from both boxes doubtlesa would have been registered and the wires cleared, before the chief pulled his first general alarm. In the new speed system, the rapid recording of the volunteer smoko eaters, the po lice who worked so hard to keep tho box number or numbers will be done In the flre houses, but sec-ondard system, which will work about like the present one, will still take care of the alarm bells such as the one in the Courthouse tower. hampering the work of firemen at the State printery blaze Saturday night and a threat that charges will be lodged against several who drove their machines across hose were included in a formal statement by Fire Chief Tawney this morning.

"The motorists who attended the flre were the most lawless people in the United States," Tawney said. "Their disregard of firemen and their conduct was a shame and a crime. They ignored the State law. which prohibits interference with working firemen and apparatus. Such a conditidn occurs time after time, and I intend to break up this lawlessness if it costs me my Job as fire chief.

I will be criticized for censuring motorists, I know. "I want to take this opportunity Inadequate Pressure When the Susauehanna vo1untAr arrived with their steamer, which had not been In service since it ON THE STAGE ON THE STAGE automobiles out of the flre zona and the Boy Scouts who helped tha police. "Until we found Sadler's body In several inches of water lying Inside that front doorway on the third floor, we had no thought of any boys being lost In the fire," Tawney said. Then when Goodyear was reported missing the firemen worked just as hard as they did in stopping the flre. "There were tons ami tons of paper on that third floor where tho State Division of Documents was lo- wrecked In an accident several to duplicate a large number of the documents, although a mailing list, recently prepared by the department, was saved.

The fourth story wag used as a storage room and contained shoe machinery which had been purchased for $75,000. Several thousand dollars worth of garment making machinery was also stored there. An investment of $200,000 had been made on binderies ana presses on the second and first floors, whore the heaviest damage was caused by water. However, machinery in the rear of the second floor was damaged by fire. James J.

Nungesser and J. A. Thompson, of the Nungesser Printing Company and the J. A. Thompson County Printing and Binding Company, have stated that their loss will reach $20,000, partly covered by insurance.

They are subsidiaries of. the Aughinbaugh Press. Tbe law book publishing business of Soney and Sage sustained a loss of $50,000 in paper stock, books and plates. Insurance of $20,000 is held by William M. Felton, negro, of 25 North Cameron street, to compensate his $60,000 loss.

The building adjoins the printery and contains Felton's sales rooms on the ground floor, an Auto Mechanical School on the second floor and a hall for dancing. The Stewart Warner Produce Service Statioin, on the front of the first floor, escaped with a $3500 loss, while the collapsing of the fourth floor wall of the printery caused $1000 damage to the Swain-Hickman garage. Thirteen years ago the Aughinbaugh Press, then located in North Court street, was destroyed by fire and the North Cameron street building was erected under the supervision of Kuhn. It was be-Ijeved to be fire proof. Fourth State Printery months ago, the engineer was unable to maintain adequate pressure.

It was probably an hour before it was discovered that an exhaust valve had tipped over. When this was corrected wit ltn an emergency repair, the old 4 shortly after the latter arrived and offered the services of Steelton apparatus. The Baldwin and West Companies, both equipped with pumpers, weie brought here and the West Side connected' with a plug near Cameron and Market streets. The Baldwin, although available, was not used. Menaugh Knupp, city highway inspector, was the first to notify John L.

L. Kuhn, 2112 North Third street, secretary adn treasurer of the Aughinbaugh Press and for many years contract printer for the State, that his establishment was burning. Standing along Paxton Creek at the rear of the garage, Knupp saw tongues of flame climb the printery building and then hunted a telephone to summon Kuhn. Rescued Valuable Documents Prevented from entering the building when he first arrived, Kuhn was later led inside by Fire Chief Tawney and rescued a number of valuable documents. Fire Chief Tawney also explored the printery to see that the fire doors between various units were closed.

Eighteen streams of water poured on the conflagration, with the Hope, Camp Curtin, Friendship, Good Will and Mt. Pleasant pumpers in action. The Citizens, Susquehanna and Paxton were the streamers there. The Susquehanna, which was damaged to the extent of $2300 in a recent collision, was located in front of the printery but for more than an hour was handicapped by an exhaust valve tipping. Repairs have already been made to the valve.

steamer worned to perfection, as did eated Thn fourth floor was down I the Fire Despite SID GARY "THE GENTLEMAN 1(1 TAI1" "JIHUY" WALKER RADIO "ABE" Musical Moment Popular Songs ORGAN PRESENTATION "THAT'S MY BABY" Dedicated To Loew's Regent MABEL H0RMAHD LOEW'S HEWS "Should Men Walk Home" Topics of the Day DON'T MISS THIS GALA SHOW AT IIARRISBURG'S ONLY DELUXE THEATER We Are Still Doing Business as Usual at the Same Location Although handicapped by the. To Be Destroyed by Fire NEXT THE LAUGH HIT OF THE SEASON NEXT WEEK WEEK SALES SERVICE RADIO AUTO ACCESSORIES 66 fa) OKIES hundreds of automobiles drawn to the scene by the reflection, firemen tapped plugs for several blocks around and poured water on the buildings. Although -the rear of the printery was obscured by flames, firemen attempted to enter. They were driven back, however, when the floor started sagging. Rapidly advancing along the third and fourth floors, the fire then swept across the roof, which was burned away within an hour.

Wires in Cameron street formed a barrier that rendered it virtually impossible to shoot water over the front walls and a -Jadder was raised seventy-five feet above the ground, which offered a dangerous point of operation. The Kuhn building was quickly converted into a gleaming furnace, Four times in slightly more than a half century State printeries have been destroyed by fire in this city, although the most damaging occurred Saturday night in North Cameron street. About fifty-three years ago fire swept the plant of Benjamin Singer-ley, located on the site' of the old Star-Independent building. Singer-ley was doing the Commonwealth's printing at the time. The plant of Clarence M.

Busch, in Herr street, who had the State printing contract at the time, 'was destroyed about thirty-two years ago, while thirteen years back John L. L. Kuhn, then us now State printer, suffered the loss of his plant at Court and Cranberry streets, STEWART-WARHEH EK STATION A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture The World's Greatest Comedy Team KARL DANE GEORGE l(. ARTHUR 42-44 N. Cameron St.

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