. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . About twelve-thirty,I went down after the mail and brought whatwas left up to the dispatchers office. Therewas a package for Mr. Greenwood, which con-tained some kind of cards. This packageburst when I went to pick it up, and when Istooped to pick up the contents a big hole rippedin my trousers. I could not mend them afterI got home because I could not find a needleand thread. I could not let you know and hadto remain home imtil mother came. Signed Heroic Keyser Employes Sacrifice Livesin Fighting Flames IN a disastrous fire that destroyed the build-in
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . About twelve-thirty,I went down after the mail and brought whatwas left up to the dispatchers office. Therewas a package for Mr. Greenwood, which con-tained some kind of cards. This packageburst when I went to pick it up, and when Istooped to pick up the contents a big hole rippedin my trousers. I could not mend them afterI got home because I could not find a needleand thread. I could not let you know and hadto remain home imtil mother came. Signed Heroic Keyser Employes Sacrifice Livesin Fighting Flames IN a disastrous fire that destroyed the build-ing of the First National Bank of Keyser, , and adjoining properties, on February18, two Baltimore and Ohio employes gave theirlives in an heroic attempt to stop the sweepingflames. The Company- fire crew, under chiefT. E. Shelly, reached the fire soon after itstarted and took their post near a high brickwall in the path of the flames. They weredoing valiant work when the wall fell burying under it Leo Erotemarkle,. The late Leo Brotemarkle ?nd h s fnn ily machinist, and Charles W. Clark, one of thewreck crew. Trout Turner, another memberof our fire crew, was badly injured, but it ishoped he will recover. The Mineral Daily News, published in Key-ser, expressed the sentiment and regret of thefellow citizens of these two brave men in thefollowing news and editorial comments: A victim of the early morning fire tragedywas Leo C. Brotemarkle, a son of Mr. and Brotemarkle of B Street. Mr. Brote-markle was married and lived at 25James Street. He is survived by hiswife, who was formerly Miss Lillian , his daughter, Lillian May, hisfather and mother, a brother Leslej-Brotemarkle in France, and a sister,Mrs. Hazen Boehmas of B Street, thiscity. Leo graduated at the Keyser HighSchool in 1918 with the record of havingattended school for thirteen years with-out being either absent or tardy. This record has never been surpassedin the State and it is d
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