New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-07

could have been saved by Isddsrs, AMI not Hook
and Lsdder Compaby arrived uotil all was over. Tne
entrance the Dwelling portion of the house IA on Elm
plsce. The floor above the store divided into
tbr,e rooms, ole froLtiog Elm avenue and two on
Elm plsce. The rear room used as dining room.
The thitd and fourth floors occupied sleeping
apartments Mrs. Gull aud her two children slept n
the m,oole room Of toe third door; Messrs. Gill and
Graves IN the rear room the same story, and tue
two servants, Ann snd Hobora Ksegsn IN one of the
rooms of the fourth fioor. Alter toe fire was sup
pressed the body If Mrs. Gill, her too children aud
Aon Keegan, we're found lying on tue floor of the
middle room, all dead. Their bodies conveyed
to the Office Of he Deputy Superintendent of Police in
the City He'll, where tney reuaoed till noon Sunday,
when they aere tasen III ch.rge by their relatives.
The names ard ages Of tue victim, are as follows:
Mrs. ELIzAB,TB GILL, sged q years.
MARY e. GILL. sg.o years.
HELES Z. GILL, aged g. years.
AM KstGAs sged n yeus.
The iolIo wing wer. ujured:
THOMAS GILL, brother OF Edward Gill, dangerously
injured.
Orro GRAVES, slightly Injured.
HosoRA KEsGAS, dsDgsiouJy and perhaps fatally
hurt.
Tue latter wss tax an to the City Hospital, and the
men PROVIDED fOf az Tue Ot hs OlWlucj
next eoor, where they receive every attention.
Itis not deioitsly kDo how the fire originated. 1t
appears, however, thst Mrs. Gill aud her brother-n
Law reformed fIOm visit to NewYork about O'Clock
on Saturday night. Sac retired, and Mr.. Gil and
Mr.. Graves sat In the dinipg.Ioom until about
oclocb smoking cigars, when they also went to bed.
There CRATE In the Ioom filed with live Goals a.
the tue, and the supposon is that some of the live
,.bt hsva fall m the HDOr. Iii dee med
hsrdy possible thst the fire could have originated from
the hight o: the cigars. All appeared safe when they
retire., Ttwsro mor,io they were aroused by sot-
focstipg smoke which proceeded from tue dnios-room
and finding all modes of egress shut Off except by the
wiIoow, MIR. Gul jumped out, and Mr Graves, in at
tepp ipg t. 1T himself down by means of blankets
f. upon projecting shutter of the story below, and
landed in the yard. The shutter broke the weight o
his fa ard 1t Is owing to this circumstance that he
was lot 80 badly il ur,o as Mr. Gull.
The hremen sa~ Mrs. Gill at the window and did
their beet to reach her. but without avail. They say
her fall backward, and found her lying on her children
and tho servant, Ann, near by.
Ann must have come DO gn to Mrs. Gill's room, as
soon a. sue became that the house was on fl re-
Her sister Hono,s go; out OF fourth-story window
and huUg there the flames compelled her TO relin-
guish her hold.
The bodies were ell taken to the Coroner's office,
from the Office Of tue Superintendent where they were
laid down in a row, presenting most melancholy
spectacle. The children somewhat burned, but
the evidences ars thai the fire did not reach them until
after tney were deao.
Coroner Horton npanneled a Jury, and the follow
ire evidence taken:
Wm. A. Walker testified that he went up the stair
way after the t'e checked and saw the bodies OF
n l..t .t,.l L.. Lii.
to the building about 10 minutes after the bell struck
about 3, O'clock the sitness impression was that
Mrs G,li stood at the window until soc became ex-
hausted, aud then fell bsck sard upon the children
Rcaoid Il. G.. Suhth, uf Hook snd b,dd-r Company
No. |, testified that the fire burning he got
there; kot ladder up on ElU place and went up;
saw the dece ,sed lying the floor WITH heads from
the window, theie was some ire t1ere; a fireman
brought some water in his cap and poured 1t on the
clothes of the children whic were hoe; wrapped
up the smslest Guild and carried il to the Coroners
Office. All four deceased svre lying in tue middle
room frouting on Elm pac-; the ch1dIen appeared
TO DC cODst eaby banei; my impression Is tbat they
were sui catoi b. fore they burned; the hremen
were playing on TIE building wheo got taere,
HeIry A. Ransf RI testified that himself aud five or
Elk others Of Hose Co. No. went round to the fire
and got uoder Roadway; saw persons a. the taird
story wlDdos; We attached our hose 10 hydrant op-
poslte sbd bust the door open WITH an ak weat
up stais and found thst most VI the he was IN tue
bsct room Of toe second story; the fire was coming
out Of the room anu rushpg up star.i 10 from three
10 hve mioutes oil ov.rthat is ne ard the cries
OF those 10 tho room and they ssed IN tn tlme
knew then that they dead and 1t being utterly
impossible TO get to the Ioom went outside; the
servnpt girl coslDg 70 the wudow sill and attempted
10 ber but she fell beioie got there; the ooly
thing could do sithout ladder was 10 play aer
Is xeIt up stsirs IN order ~ toe room heard
them cry for help; II was s,me ten fifteen minutcs
after before tue hist Hook aud Ladder Company
rrv.d; the City Hal bel did not ring until 20 had
worked about ten mibates; tue crying ceased
after we got I'M bad worked way 10 the foot Of
the airs hep the cries asod sod satisfied
that they were all dead think the hre originated in
the dumb xaiter, and spread up 10 toe rooms.
wm FsiIwt Gther testified that he slept In the
bakers sore on the first noor; heard runol'ng up
stsirs between 3 and O'Clock Sundsy morning, aud
smelt smoke; went out aud heard man cry nfei
hr,man Vas coming along, aud was about getting
LADDER whco man trying 10 bet himseh uo"n
IRON the third story vito blanket; the blanket ofoke
sId he ien oosn; fe male hanging To toe window
al OF tne i"nith story; she caught hfe and letting 20
nei nou "u 10 the sideSalk there Gas mol mhca nf.
ID he room shere the bodies were found; Mrs. Gih
toid NE In theeveniI that she going 10 Now YORK
"nn shne coupaDy; do Dot know whea she got home.
" N Owme testified tha, he OWED toe buutiog 10
viict the hfe TOOK place; live rest door; the opinion
This witness s from vb-rrva ation tia, ths fire broke
vst In tie dihog-room; Mossrs. Gl anj Graves wsfe
nseyed to hs house ey hs oroers did not thi1k the
"sss caused oy cigars; the two jared men told