Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-02-09
Fire.
NkrYoRK. Feb. Q.

III MN YoRK, Feb. 2.
Last eseniDg, belwsen and O'Clock, q
! fire broke but in fl,ezbssu1ent Of double
six-story tenement, No.42 Elm Street.
The fire originsted u ! bakery. The
flames shot up astairks3 with great rapid
fifty, and extended fn theuspe feors occu-
pied by 80 families. The moment the
alarm was given the scene of confusion that
ensued throughout the building was sf the
most, heart-rendipg character. The stair /;
way for escape was cut of. Men women
and children. could be seen by the specta-
tors clustered at the windows in agony, of /.
despair, wringing their hands. and screarns
ing foE assistance, Some of them muster.
ed courage enough to jump from the win.
dows and escape with but slight injury.-
Mr.. Wise with his wife and three chill
dren.occupied portion of the front second
floor. .Ee3 's@NvsSz ysaEeaiN
Mr.. Wise escaped, and one child three
years old was rescued ,sbut1oue of his legs
were broken. No particulars could be OBJ
tanned as to what became- of the rest of
the family. It IS feared they were burned
to death. Isaac White with his wife and
five children occupied ipartaof the second
fioof. Mr.. aud Mrs. w. escaped and also
two children2Eliza aged 2onyears, Louis
aged ii years, and Gustave aged II years.
were absent. Esther aged Is years was
nearly suffocated. Pauline aged . years
was nearly sufocated.' The lastlwer ta-d
ken TO Thomas. Their injuries ara not
very serious Geo., Bordnsril occupied o.
pars of the second floor with his wife and
two children, Caroline aged years and
Hdnry aged l6 years, Mr.. land two chill
dren escaped uninjured, but Mrs. B. was
badly burned. She was found nearly dead
by Detective Keefe, assisted by several
members of Engine Co. No. 80. The
officer took her to the shoe store of Geo..
Schefmercy, No. l26 Grand street. q But
the shoemaker inhumanly ordered them
out, when the policeman pushed him aside
and put the woman on sofa, She was
afterwards taken to the hospital.5 sslas1pAo
Mr.. Nee Clariek, wife md two children
occupied the Sd floor-all saved A jew
ish family consisting of 8, occupied a por-j
tion Of the Sd floor. The only member
of the family that could be found was a
child p years old, and it is feared por-,
tion of the family were burned; Mr.
bricks, wife and FIVE children occupied O.
portion Of the Sd floor; as none of them
were seen after the fire broke ont, it is fear-i
ed they were all burned. Mr.. Walker bis
wife and two children occupied a portion
of the Sd floor. No particulars could be
learned of them, although dilligent search
was made for them among the crowd. Mr..
Armstrong, wife and child, occupied a part
of the 5th floor. Nothing could be learn
ed of them after the fire broke out Mr.
Rebeeea, with his wife and two childrea
occupied a portion Of the fourth Story
Nothing could be heard of them. ~ ssys
Mrs. North and widow occupied acroom
on the fifth floor. She was not seen after.
the fire broke out. VIM. Yopel and his
wife Frances, occupied a part of the fifth
floor. MrgYopel on the discovery Oft the,
fire, and finding that be could not escape
by the stairway, threw clothes line outEof
the window and fastened one end to thep
window sill. . He let his wife partially
down, when she slipped and fell on the
shed, injuring her severely. He followed
ond escaped with a few slight injuries,
Mrs. Vopel was taken to the hospital, but
her life is despaired'of. Francis Pysleyen,1
with wife and three children occupied
part of the fifth floor. He escaped by
jumping out of the window, but received.
severe injuries. It is feared his wife and
children were burned to death. -slR-
Owing to the intense excitement that
prevailed the names of the occupants of
the 9th floor could not be ascertained, and
it is supposed that the occupants of this
floor, about dozen in all, were burned to
death.-eE baa ,nssls ataldiisf tas bsi