Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-02-07
Conhagration in New York
DREADFuH loss on LIFE.
w.,,v ar rhIay persons Burnt %
De 9TH.
nrARr-RENpING AFFAIR.


N,v yonr. Feb 3.-Iast evening, between
- and eight o'clock, a nfe nlo-e y n.an
$500 ~ ! double six story teneneni nonse,
nass.l' ~ t-.et The fire origniated IN =
-. teS' ~. aames shot up the stairway win
pahgi5 ;tv ard exteniedtc the upper hoors
hv sboYt twenty families. Ahe mo-
t 49, alarm vas given the scene OF eonlu-
si,n M. eususd t~hroughout ne Du. ~
- ~ most hesrt-rendlnE n
stairway was burned away; y 49, onsrsr
.b.,-e FOR escane was cut on IN luaL
90 -, end children could be seen oy me
hen, on NJ sidewalk clustered az WIZ
---.sming for assistance ana Nrlh-hs
-a.f-ben8s IN agony % despair.
NSu ~ men mustered courage 10 Jump
So sbe windows, and escaped WIN snEn' j"
jury. annv consisting Of bis
-;e. 80 ,brsa children, occurred a poftu9n =
- 80 seeo,d floor. Mr.. Wise escape, y
~. .bI5 fbrse years old, was rescued ou.oI
81 ~. - w,s broken. No particulars eo"h
i. Ihtsi1ss ss 10 what became OF the resi- y
n. fsmilv. and II fs feared they were ounu
10 death. Zee children,
- nara on The second door. Mr. ana
90 " crrsoet. and ~sisotfT0 children. ~,
80 . years. and Lguis. aged H. ~. =
, CI-.v-s a1sd II. were absent As.her, 10
/, 80 - ~. was nearly s11ocaied fauIne
= - : roars. wasaIso nearly satocaIea.
!, two lssr were taken to the hospi@' Ou-
. injuries are not very serious N. see.
$500 R,rdner occupied a part or me Sc,
4 - s,o- Trifb lie wife Freinrika, and wv
10 cbiI5rsn. Caroline, aged four years, ana hsny
sre5 sixteen. NJ. B. badtwo children eseaPS
v -,f,;-rsd. but Mrs. r. was badly omn
ebe vas found nearly dead BY detective H ~
: assisted BY several members OF engine ~
The oAicer took her to the shoe store OF -
y Sebefmercv, No. 26 Grand street me ~ ~,
nstsr inhnmanIv ordered them our, out tu
q Waterman mshed him aside and put tne So
IS nan IN a sofa. and she was afterward tax"
J. TO The HOSPITAL. .hfr
NJ. WeLane occupied a part OF the tnlr
story floor. with his wife and two enuuien
T. Al saved -,
b Jewish family, consisting OF eight PEI
Ie sons, occupied a portion or the thtu \
The only member Of the family that eo.- y
~ found was 3 child two and a half years OF 81
,e r Is feared a portion Of the family WEI
D. NJ. bricks, wife and FIVE children, oeeupi'
a ,ortion OF the third floor. As none or the
Of w-re seen after the FIRE broke oui, u Is ieH'
" theF were all burned.
ID NJ. Walks, his wife and two children oes,,
MED 4 norton Of the third story hoor. y
e particulars could be learned o. them althous
a dfIi0snt search was made for them among u
crowd 10 find If any were rescued.
II. Mr.. Armstrong. wife and child, occupied,
-. mart Of the fourth floor. No hing e5uld
-el leaned OF them after the fire broke out "a
"a Rsbsrc=. with bis wife snd two children. o.
K. cuyisd a part Of the fourth story notnin
Il. : IA Be learned Of them. Mrs- NORTH
I'd widow. occupied a room on the fifth ho2r; ;,
80 not seen after the Ere broke out N
VansI. and his wife Francis, occupied a pa
A n The fin floor. Mr.. Vapel, on the diseove
q. Of the fire ard finding that be could not eseal
bv the stairway. threw a clothes line out
the window and fastened one END on !
70 window sin He Jet bis wife partially dow
rs. when she slipped and fell on the shed, tnllr..
her severely. He followed, and escaped vi
~ ! few SLIGHT injuries. hrs. Vapel wa tax
ee. 10 the hospital, but her life is desraired
inf Francis Pvsleyer. with his wife and thI
rs. children, occupied a PlTt Of the hfth no
Of He escaped BY jumping ont Of the VINO
receiving severe injuries. II is feared hls "
sn. and children were burnt 10 death Owing
snf the intense excitement that prevailed, !
, Of names Of the occupants Of he sixth hoor co,
70 not b. ascertain-d. and it is supposed ina
tu- occupants Of this floor, about a dozen IN
vas were burnt 20 death.
N The building contained ninetv-nine inma'
an Of whom are saved excepting eight v
Of doubtless persisted in the IRE. Another
m count makes the lost and missing hfty-thI
ana gives the details and names.