The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1899, Page 25

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. MARCH 19, 1899. JorHm WiLLS STANT A55‘5N6|NEER . PHOTOBYSEWELL . card story near us and it was getMng hot- v minute. Oh, no; I wasn't scared “pecause I knew whatever hap- I could slide down the rope in a I've seen ropes before. I gave a turn around iron, so I ¢ it out, and then dropped her ly down inside the ladder. Just then stream from the water tower ruck it seemed e her little. 1ldn’t do any had dropp the packed her an he would carry her to the “The ladder was getting prett ter the f I he fi z prett ¥y hot af- was get- in tell- up there she ng with water tower street. its opera- “streets, dashed up was getting into act Chief Sullivarn t as the in cting HE-Scannell medal does mord than ear rme herole cisco Fire u t district en- y way of re- porting for = o to Mark vas all the chief When I 1isky left her in t took her off t yok nning te He P S e b b b b o b i i St ot g coats. woman t to brave d oratory When ol + 24 5 o s puil- 4 B e e e r part of th air with it in her modern olden ad bro tion make-believe wa ut in green with blue, results. matter, however, when d warrior capers is the owner of e e okt mhtchers kuire n, which the white man h fte sharp point cut‘off. He wraps aught him to use, but he has the dle round with sinnett, so as to good grasp, and then woe betide enemy whose head lies at his nifi retory ent or cocoanuts an bananas ="n RS ‘7aguest ideas about taking aim. If it bd a question of a wood pigeon, hidden away, among leafy branches where no whllfl man’s eye can detect it, the Samoan gen erally brings it down at the first shot;| but when a_human body is his target he danger the best way is to stand apparent- ly out of range. When, however, he does succeed In killing or mortally wounding, the joy of battle begins. With the whoop and shriek of the victor he is down on the fallen foe, the nifi oti comes into vigorous action and a dripping human head is tri- need cutting dowu, but otherwise it comes mainly into play for mimic warfare and warlike dance. You may see an of- ficlal jester tossing it as he stands on the FIGHTING FOR A THRONE IN SAMOA. fires at random, and if you want to court ' That was how two medals were won. Shi ighnessy hurried on around to the post he had been absent from for eight or minutes in technical violation of orde and for long hours he and Assistant E fought the flames from the Cumisky down the ler like a squ went to work about the tower with little further thou rescued. Jater that the Away up on street side, but the excited man away up there amid the smoke did not see them. “I'll get him down,” said * rs, and he made a dash for the same f escape that had presented the spectacular feat of a few minutes before J. Christie. in an outs te rd that six stories abov ground, s back and window and sprang out upon t forth, half n b - smoke and broad cor Smoke fi quickly o be reache the eager all about He ran mes but mi on lad Look! Look!" yelled the crowd no possibi cape Fred Sayers, ly that he would not be bt No. irried back his Company There were two D R e o e e e e e R R R S to room, the co he stood there, + resolution 0d_ 4 a st thought to ¥ the wife , had_left 2000 + miles aw when he realized a loud, 4+ calm voice calling to him. LR o R o R S R SO w that ¢ o keep coo 11 get antly held up In evidence of his piroman AL the smoke, twenty “Keep vour he foig w5 fact way - e up. “F up your a bads i Now, can you climb?” is, however. itself to the It was di a habit of slic| multiplying their , and in this last rou drop your legs I'll help you both ears unw shoulders the this burden on his young fireman went quickly dow thr smoke, [ windows ngues of flame from wit With ward where : n womar and th um from the water.tower o hed BE were alternately striking and counterir ing c Safe a at la ace: 0 opposing visions, water—and occasion s information—to her belligerent relatives, and no finger has been raised to harm 1 hi quietl Tt her. A ngnt has even been temporarily stopped because a woman was seen cross- ing between the lines, and if a fatality occurred it was causéd by the similarity ‘of dress and headgear which made it o~ possible to detect sex at a distance. traveling nt Engineer Wills for heroism at the he Brighton lodging house at June 22, 18%6. An exca ur-story building under- sundations and the W g fell in a tangled mass of debris, score of people. Many were willing hands. Wills: perilous trips far into king and falling tim- out M ing a out who soon distinguished fire on Bu- which he was age beside a no- vard and stable street ge. A narro 1 store led to th of Jokn H. Rulffs, in the rear. Several cans of oil in the rear of the store quic set store and stable af Rulffs and a young man he employed ram to the stable to save three horses, but the cut off their retreat and ded them by fire. The aped through the stable but the older man was overpowered by the smoke and fumes. Dolan, working in the thought he heards groans. passageway, The little coal- rd was getting to be a veritable fur- but into it Dolan sprang. Past arest flames, I ped around in ck him ing him again Rulffs. The and Dola for nealy ment half overcome. He called Foreman William Ken- him and came. In a mo- her dragged out the old He could have lived in sphere but little longer. heard toget fety. they That is the tuff the San Fran- cisco Fire Depz is made of. They are proud of t gold medals, but to them their deeds were merely part of a fireman’s duty.