The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-29

mo nre appeared 70 b. syound the stairway and 10 hoe
pext eoor and passed into The ysd juse than
tced Jane AcAnsly lying the erouna In the yard of
our house the fence was broken down, and Jane was
Carried away she was very much bruised she told mo
story windows, and that abe eft Mr. Bennetts family
sen anything ny family assisted In carry ing her 70
.ne Stable opposite my house, l then returned TO the
house the people around told that my family was
morning, when found them all dead IN my sp rtment;
they were all together; when first the fire the nrst
hight Of stairs Was burning
JAMES M'crss EvIpENK
James hcCus RESIDING At No. 81 West Forty sixth
past one o'clock this morning was the stable opposite
No 20 West Forty Nth sroet; had just shut the stable
screaming the screams being repeated j opened the
doors, when ] Immediately saw that the stairway
served s op' on a Sn HS
TO escape; ] ran over and assisted in getting
out Herr solse and his family there u store Ia No.
and hh family live in the back ROOM he was in his shirt
sleeves when aaw him after the IRE broke out
JOHN MARsHAIis TESTIMONY.
Jonn AArsbal, residing ~ No. 81 West Forty fifth
house Is directly opposite the scene Of the ats
Are; about halfpast one O'Clock, my sister, who
Bsht and called out "nre nre,n which aasssued me;
slept In the front room; a. soon "a awoke r. sod my
sell up in bed and looking could directly
Immediately dressed myself and ran out; as ioosei
did mot see any one the house. did hear any
sors na sTs gu, ~ zoe street sne @a'es no W
already got out; there shed over Redmans window
en- which the peope we're getting IN order to from
issuing from the trout door.
TIE HousE AGENTS TESTIMONY.
William NASH Yesiding at the corner Of Fifth avenue
and Forty eighth street, as then examined He de-
o. the late George II. Allen, and hare charge
Of the premises No 81 West Forty 9Th street
a. well ~ Nos a. So and IS in the same row. they are
frame houses bu; aKe and occupy 55fect front by 40
ieet deep they four stories high; the house No 90
contained six nls exclusive Of the store occupied
occupied by John Kearncy and family, and the
back room en- the same floor by Timothy Nolan
and family; the third oor from. room, WAS occupied by
william Irwin and family, and The back room by
Mr. Wheeler and family toe fourth floor, back roo,
occupied By Thomas Bennett and family these houses
pcnough, snd sefe ooynple.sd by Mr. Alien took charge
Of them as agent from the time they we're
completed; they are all built in exactly the Same
store on the frs, door; there is han way on
me side Of each hsusc from five feet inches to
i've ee nine inches in Width the ha is the same width
all the way up there door To each apartment from
the landing there vs. sitting room and tso bed-ooms to
each apartments, there In scutte hole and move
to these scu,,le boes; in No Sd the centre house.
ladcer ia kept 10 reach the scuule, but there are
no similar LADDERS in any Of the other houses there
tom ire bali way to this cellar under the stairway OF
hrsi 9oF there 10 smacloset Rednan has qs,sses
s!on OF IN don't know VIVA, he used II for have not
osed INTO TOR somc Time; there U-ed u be paddock
bat cannot t. whether he bad key TO IL or not
sbca, the necessity Of having ladders pIscod under each
Of The scuttesf did, but he ala not give mo any
orders % put them tnere
O. Could you not have pat them there without HE or
oerss a No, could MAKE any ulting repairs without
consulting him. bus could not have had ladders placed
there without express orders from Mr.. Alien.
I'M 10 m uvnp or in chs ofS 4 fftztv,
T. Horn, OF No. 81 Wall street
O. DID Jon ever speak Mr.. Horn about the necessity
Of having LADDERS placed each of the ecuttes2 A.
have not oil repairs Dnsi be made by order Of Mr..
Born.
Q What would il COS. 10 put ladders TO each o. the
scaties? A. think that ladders like the used AZ No
So could be bad for from 'ty 70 seventy 6ve cents.
q. Did you make It practice TO notify your tenants
that there was ladder at the scutte Of No. 49, A.
O. What rent do you receive from the property ques
aonS The whole property brings in rom $500 to 500
O Were the doors Of these houses left open during the
night tmeS A. They always open, night and day.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
Wooster Beach, Jr, n D., being duly sworn, deposed
bodies lying dead In the yard Of the Twenty second
precnct station house, the bodies are nine in number,
No A female body full size; the breast abdomen,
left hand arm left leg burned but
the rest Of the body completely chsrred there were
two rings the third finger OF the lett hand.
No. BODY OF . child about four years old; about
half Of the front part Of tho skull was sbsent and had
evidently been broken OIL By blow from some heavy
No Body OF an infant. The extremiiiss OF this
body the trunk were entirely burned " crisp.
No 4-Body Of . child, about nine years Of age. The
skull OF this body Was broken manner similar 70 that
already described in the OF No Toe front walls
Of the tborax and abdomen were burned away. Some
rather long light brown hair remained ON the lower and
back part OF the head.
No 6-Body Of child, about seven years Of age. The
back b me- peiyis ana come v,scera only remained.
Nh G-Rodv q n child. tU0
baby boy he had the remains OF red flannel shirt on
the lett arm.
the abdomen and left arm were mostly burned OF; tue
hair remained pretty well preserved Of light
Tor; her night dress was toeraby perfect.
No 8-Tne body OF child, about three years Of age,
burned 10 crisp
No s-Female body rather small build, full grown;
had good teeth upper ones Large one OF the upper in
cisofs WIS broken OIL.
In my opinion death in this case was produced by
burns
and stated he would submit the To the jury the
evidence already adduced, without going into any accu-
msVe @ ns & ,s Tss
in having the necessary Of escape the roof in
of fire. they would be justified in bringing veroict
The Jury then retired for dehberaton and after AN al
sencc OF about half An hour brought 10 the following
VERDICT.
We nd that the deceased persons csme To their death
BY received q the oonasraton Of the house No
90 West Forty fifth street, the morning OF tho 2Sth
inst The jury further ccusure the owner OF said build
ing providing ladders to the scntes which had
they been provided, In opinion would have pre-
ven ted the accident and loss Of life.
Jas Crovesticn, John Wilson,
phiEp Reese. Jas Dickson,
Thomas Eagsn, Frederick Meyers,
Sidney y. Smith, Wn Cartwright,
r. A. Phillips, John ". C0fDyp, Jurors.
The cbid Emily Wheeler II DOW the only one missing.
Her body will probably be Sonnd the course Of the
DAY, the eemen making every effort to ettac ia
recovery.
ACCIDETNS, INCIDENTS, ETC.
Those who witnessed the terrible describe IS
Of unusual grandeur Shortly before the nre burst
forth brilliant boreaHs shot up In the northern
shy, and It's green and crimson hue presented strange
contrast with the lrii glare Of tho burning pie The
CONSERVATION Of the poor inmates hardly be imagined
The faces Of and children at the win
dows and their frantic ooks too truly told the terrible
fear which filed their minds Those who in the
lower stories after making last desperate effort 10 get