Axel J. Martinson died attempting to save Johanna Sjolund from being burned, Negaunee, Michigan, March 30, 1924. Mrs. Sjolund, 45, was a patient on the second floor of a small hospital when fire was discovered in a linen chute by the only nurse in attendance. The nurse ran from the building to give an alarm. Martinson, 21, hospital orderly, who was on the first floor, attempted to use a firehose near the foot of the stairway. After flames appeared on the stairway and heavy smoke prevented others from entering the building, he went to Mrs. Sjolund’s bed. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. Martinson’s body was found face down on the bed with arms outstretched, and Mrs. Sjolund’s body was found on the floor near her bed. 24165-2188
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