Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1947 — Page 2

“Found in positions indicating pats of ‘John Thomas Moore, 48,

army sergeant; Ralph Lloyd DeHoff, 29, and Bernard Callon, 42,

fosinerty of Trafalgar, Ind. All three were sleeping in second floor rooms on’ the 1720 side of the double house. A’ Tourth veteran, $rancls Morley, 38, sleeping in a first floor room at the rear, was dragged out of bed by ‘neighbors as smoke filled his room.

Dense Smoke

The “deaths of ‘the three men on the second floor were attributed by, " Dr. Sydney -L. Stevens, deputy coroner, to suffocation from dense smoke, Firemen were unable. to determine . y .how..the fire started - uniess 4 was from a cigaret that might have been left in a first floor It was first discovered-by an unidentified Streetcar motorman and a passenger.” They ran to the house > and" knocked on the doors, finally ‘kicking in the glass on the side where the fire was raging. ° On the other side of the double at 1722 were Mr. and Mrs. Russell * Payne, who are the owners of the building. They were awakened by the knocking and rushed over to aid the men sleeping there.

Telephones Alarm | Thomas Inkoff, who lives in the rear of his tavern at 1712 W, Washington st., saw the flames and telephoned the fire department. Meanwhile, Mr. Payne ran to the rear of the burning building and, tided by William Heckman, 18, and Richard Anderson, '17, broke the

cuers Escape 1 Man

Wiese; Drsdovarad by Streetcar Motorman, Passenger Who Notified Neighbors

‘fhe fire department ad the coroner's office today began an invesinto the rooming house fire at 1720-1722 W. Washington st. in h three ex-servicemen died early yesterday.

futile attempts to escape were the formerly of Linton, Ind.,, and vet-

ave.; a brother, Sgt. Elmer DeHoff, in Germany; a half-brother, Robert J. Angrick, Acton, Ind.; two halfsisters, Mrs. Paul Oldman and Mrs. Frank M. Kearney. - Funeral services will ‘be held at Shirley Brothers chapel at 10:30 a. m, Wednesday. Mr. Moore, who retired from the army after 26 years, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in France, and

servéd at Panama after the war ended. He had been working here

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Thomas J. Moore; two brothers, James and-Ransom Moore, of Lin-| ton; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes, Bicknell; Mrs. Hazel Sering, | Indianapolis, and Mrs. Minnie Hurt! and Mrs. Martha Felker, of Linton. "Funeral services will be held at! 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Aiken | funeral home in Linton. { Mr. Callon, a navy veteran, was a native of Trafalgar and had been! working as a civilian employee at Ft. Harrison. He is survived by his parents, Mr.! and Mrs. Evan Callon, Trafalgar; | three brothers, Harley, Aubrey and Robert Callon and a sister Mrs. Roy Ford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Methodist church at Trafalgar.

rear windows. They found Mr. Morley asleep in 4 rear room. The! rescuers jerked the sleeping man from his bed and dragged him out! a window. Rescuers were unable to the stairway leading to the nd! floor where the three men were trapped

Firemen said the rapid spread of the flames from the first floor

Canonization - 0f 3 Approved

ROME, March 10 (U. P.).—His| Holiness Pope Pius XII held the second consistory of his reign to-|

probably was caused by a draft| day. Fifteen cardinals attended,

when rescuers broke the front door glass. Try. to Escape After the fire was extinguished, the dead men were found sprawled on the floor of their Second story rooms.

The body of Mr. Moore was on |

and approved the canonization of :

five persons. { Sixty American sailors received | unprecedented permission to at-| tend. | The Pope wore a red jacket and | red stole over his white robes. The|

15 cardinals wore” the purple of

the floor of the front room near a| their rank instead of their scarlet window where he apparently had cloaks since the ceremonies h : tried to escape before he was over-| held during Lent.

The cardinals were asked to

Mr. DeHoff was found half- way! TH votes on the canonization of out the door leading to the hall-|the five persons who already had |

way from his middle bedroom and Mr. Callon was discovered on the floor of his rear bedroom where he apparently collapsed as he got out, of bed. Three other roomers on the 1720 side of the double were Jack Bennet, Thomas A. Morley, brother of} Francis Morley, and Francis Campbell, also a war veteran. None of the three was at home at the time, of the fire. | The flames gutted the 1720 side] of the double and burned through the adjoining walls. -

Overseas Veterans

Mr. Campbell said he lost $175 worth of bonds in the fire.

lattained beatification, the second | {degree of sanctity. They were Giuseppe Cafasso,! ‘Italian; Tudovico Grignong de! | Montfort, French founder of the! Society of Mary, Michael Garicoits, French founder of the Society of | Priests of Betharram: Catherine] Laboure, a French nun, and Nich- | olas de Flue, a Swiss hermit. Each of ‘the cardinals stood and ! | pronounced the Latin word “pacet” | (I approve). The actual voting was | a formality since the Holy Congre- | gation of Rites already had accorded long study to each.eandidate

{ for sainthood.

Final approval of the canoniza- | tion will come in May at a meet-|

Mr. DeHoff, who was in the army! ing to be attended by all archmore than four years serving in| bishops and bishops living within | Europe, Africa and the Middle East,|a 60-mile radius of Romie. They| is survived by the parents, Mr. and [also will vote on the canoniza i Mrs. James DeHoff, 3047 Meredith | tions.

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FIRE VICTIMS — Three war veterans, trapped in their second-floor rooms at 1720 ‘W. Washington st., died of suffecation as fire swept the building yesterday.

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Commietee members for the annual Butler university junior prom were announced today by Dean Wildman, Peru, dance chairman. Committees chairman and members are: Jack Bailey, Bobert Coyner, Ruth Gaddy, Winnle Ham, Robert Price, Walton Wil-

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