Kwaphela iminyaka engamashumi amabili umbhalo wesandla ongaqondakali ubonakala ewindini lesiteshi somlilo saseChicago. Ayikwazanga ukuhlanzwa, isuswe noma isulwe. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ngekaFrancis Leavy, isicishamlilo obehlanza lona lelo windi ngesikhathi ebikezela ukuthi uzokufa kungekudala ngo-1924.
Indaba Yomshayeli Wezicishamlilo waseChicago uFrancis Leavy Kanye Nesandla Esiphefumula Esineminwe
UFrancis Leavy wayengumcimi-mlilo ozinikele phakathi nawo-1920. Ubewuthanda umsebenzi wakhe, futhi ontanga yakhe bebemthanda ngokuzinikela kwakhe nobuhle bakhe. Wayengumuntu onobuntu, owayehlale ekulungele ukumomotheka nesandla esisizayo.
Inhlekelele yoMlilo ka-Ephreli 18, 1924 eChicago Curran
Ngo-Ephreli 18, 1924, ozakwabo bakaFrancis babona ngenguquko ekuziphatheni kwakhe. Ngokuphazima kweso, wayengumuntu ongamamatheke, okhalazayo ogeza iwindi elikhulu eMnyangweni Wezomlilo waseChicago, engabheki muntu noma okhulumayo. Ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa, uLeavy ngokuzumayo wamemezela ukuthi wayenomuzwa ongajwayelekile - umuzwa wokuthi angafa ngalo lolo suku. Ngawo lowo mzuzu, lwakhala ucingo lwaphula umoya osindayo owalethwa amazwi omcishamlilo.
Kusha umlilo eCurran's Hall, ibhilidi elinezitezi ezine eBlue Island Avenue eChicago, ebelikude kakhulu nomnyango wezomlilo. Ngakho-ke, asikho isikhathi esasizomoshwa. Emizuzwini embalwa nje, uFrancis Leavy nozakwabo izicishamlilo bebesendaweni yesehlakalo, behlola isimo nokusiza labo ababebhajwe ezitezi eziphezulu.
Isakhiwo Sawa Ngokushesha
Konke bekubonakala kusendleleni yokutakula wonke umuntu kulesi sakhiwo. Kwathi kungazelelwe, amalangabi agubuzela ingxenye engezansi yalesi sakhiwo, nophahla lwangena ngaphakathi. Ngokushesha lapho lokhu kwenzeka, izindonga zawa, zafaka abantu abaningi ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu - kuhlanganise noLeavy. Isimo esibi sikaLeavy sagcwaliseka. Walahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngalolo suku ezama ukusindisa abanye.
Ukufa
Ngalolo suku, izicishamlilo eziyisishiyagalombili zoMnyango Wezomlilo zashona, kwathi abangaphezu kwamashumi amabili balimala. Isicishamlilo esingu-XNUMX sashona ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili kushile umlilo, kwathi oyedwa ongasekho naye washona ngesikhathi ezama ukusiza ukutakula izicishamlilo kule doti.
Injini engu-12 yalahlekelwa ngabacishimlilo abayisithupha ngesikhathi kudilika: uLieutenant Frank Frosh, uMcimi-mlilo u-Edward Kersting, uMcimi-mlilo uSamuel T. Warren, uMcimi-mlilo uThomas W. Kelly, uMcimi-mlilo uJeremiah Callaghan no-Firefighter uJames Carroll, owokugcina kubo owafa ngenxa yokulimala ngo-Ephreli 26. INjini 5 ilahlekelwe izicishamlilo ezimbili: UCaptain John Brennan noMcimi-mlilo uMichael Devine, noFirefighter uFrancis Leavy bebevela kwa-Engine 107.
Imibhalo Yesandla Engaqondakali
Ngosuku olulandelayo lwenhlekelele, bezama ukwamukela ukulahlekelwa okukhulu, ozakwabo bakaLeavy bahlala endlini yokucisha umlilo becabanga ngezehlakalo zangalolo suku. Ngokungazelelwe, babona okuthile okuxakayo ewindini elilodwa. Kubukeka sengathi isigxivizo sesandla sinamathele engilazini.
Eerily, kwakuyilona leli windi uFrancis Leavy abematasa ngalo egeza ngayizolo. Abacimi-mlilo baphinda bahlanza ifasitela futhi, kodwa ngenkani inqabile ukunyamalala. Iminyaka eminingi, i-handprint yahlala efasiteleni naphezu kwamakhemikhali asetshenziselwa ukuzama ukuyisusa. Imfihlakalo exakile yahlala ingaxazululiwe, kepha yafika ngokuzumayo lapho umfana wephephandaba ephonsa iphepha ngefasitela ngo-1944, okwenza ukuthi liphahlazeke libe izicucu.
