Blaze Damages Boston Hotel; Fire Called Worst Since 1913
BOSTON — （UPI） — Boston's worst hotel fire since 1913 flashed through three upper floors of the Sherry Biltmore before dawn today, spreading death and injury among some 150 guests.
Four persons were killed and 24 injured in the blaze which whipped along carpeted corridors in the fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the eight-story hotel.
Some guests, trapped in their smoke-filled rooms, were rescued spectacularly over aerial ladders.
Among those who fled to safety were 25 members of the cast of the Broadway road show "The Sound of Music" which is playing here. One woman guest fled with her parakeet, and another escaped clutching her income tax returns.
It was the fourth time the road company had been involved in fires in recent months. The last time was in Baltimore, Md., two weeks ago. The others were in Columbus, Ohio, and Minneapolis, Minn.
Five of the 24 injured taken to city hospital were held for treatment.
The first firefighter on the scene quickly sounded four more alarms bringing about 35 pieces of fire apparatus and 25 ambulances to the scene.
Officials said it was the worst hotel fire here since 1913 when 28 persons died at the old Hotel Arcadia Bill, Q.Bricken, of Losing, Mich.
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stage manager for "Sound of Music" said." There were about six children connected with the show who were staying in the hotel. Thank heaven, they all got out."
The fire broke out about 4 a.m. when a staff of only five was on duty. One person smelled smoke and night bellhop Charles O'Connor, 51, investigated and found smoke coming from a fifth floor room.
He kicked in the locked door and
as met by a blast of flames. O'Connor notified the resident general manager after the fire department was summoned, the hotel staff raced along the corridors pounding on doors.
The hotel was heavily damaged throughout. By the time the "all out" was signaled at 8:30 a.m., water was three inches deep on the floor of the lobby. The three floors where the fire was centered were burned out.
Speaker Discusses American Morals, Ethics, Laws, Rules
Society has reached a level where no one person is expected to rise above his present social condition.
That is the opinion of Richard Brandt, chairman of the philosophy and religion department at Swathmore College. Prof. Brandt, who is on campus to give the fifth Lindley Lecture, spoke yesterday afternoon to the KU Philosophy Club at the Kansas Union.
He said that technically, a moral code is "a rule subscribed to by 30 per cent of the adult population of a society." For example, he said, it is an adult rule to take one's hat off at the dinner table, to give wedding presents, or to carry life insurance for one's children.
Prof. Brandt spoke on the subject "Ethical Reasoning and Moral Codes."
No one person is condemned if he does not do more than the required minimum, Prof. Brandt said. But he is challenged if his level of production falls below the standards.
A rule becomes a legal code, or what is sometimes mistaken for a moral code, according to Prof. Brandt, when courts begin to uphold it.
He said that anything the courts refuse to defend may be called illegal.
Speaking of the English language, Prof. Brandt said correct grammar is what "adults accept." He said, for example, that society tends to disregard the correct phraseology "Whom did you see," in lieu of the easier to say, "Who did you see."
Neither form is incorrect, he said; it depends on which is generally acceptable. Quite often, he cited.
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But when one's moral obligations to society cease, Prof. Brandt said, there is still a duty to society. The actual moral codes do not set standards for society, he feels, but rather one is bound to society by his individual desire to serve.
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Youngster Swallows Moth
LONDON — (UPI) — Dr. David Langley said in today's issue of the British Medical Journal that he had a recent case where a four-year old boy accidently swallowed a moth and then took a moth ball to "catch it."
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