The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-30
Fire in Divfsion street.


MARROW ESCAPE or WHOLE FAMILY-THnID
PERSONS BADLY BURNED-0NI CHILD BURNED -
DEArH-snvERAL rIRaMsN INJURED. FRO.
Between and two O'Clock yesterday Sunday,
ing IRE broke the second hand furniture Ne.
Is Division street, owned by Bernard Heller Who aDo
occupied the upper part Of the building a. dwellisg
When the doors broken open the ns
ing In about the centre OF the store The flames mme-
daey rushed out At the door, and extended the rsaA
OF the building which OF wood and two stories 40
attic In height The occupants Of the premises were
aroused late TO escape by the stairs which
nj the rear part OF the store No. 81 Engine and No
Hook and Ladder companies quickly at the pre-.
misses, and Il through their excrtIons thse
Mr.. Heller. his wife and four children were
taken from tho second floor. through the windows.
Mr. Heller had fallen the floor where be found ~
the Hremea nearly exhausted He h very badly burns1
about the face and hands, and Mrs. Heller also seren
~ burned about her breast face hands and To
youngest child boy named Samuel, only ten month
Old Is also severely burned the face hand and armsl
Sarah aged eight years; Celia, aged seven years, ana
Josephine aged I've years we're rescusd unInured bus
BAt aged years. did not get out Of the burning
building, being burned TO death. Mr. Frank MaheAys
foreman OF No 81 Engine, aud Thomas Moarath mem
Der Of the company deserving Of mucn crsdn
for their getting out the unfortunate persona
In short time the entire building envslo ped -
flames when the front wall buIgcd Assistant EngnDsS
Peary ordered the Gremen o. 30 building but H.
order being misunderstood not at obeyed Coa~
sconeny shortly Afterwards the chimney fc whiol
led down the fonrs, and several nremcn were FureA
beneath the tmbers they were, however, soon extSA
Gated from their perilous positions
Frank Mahedy. foreman OF No. 81 Engine, w % very
badly bruised, but had no bones broken Jew taken "
hs engine eoose s aad I py mcSss s
same company also much bruised PoN 0 rounds
man ~, haad and several others were Sigh v nursS
A man named Jacob natschburger, sesar maker, who
occupted room In the attic. jumped from the roof ~
Inc vninr and escaped with ouly few br' Uses
Aas,stant Engineers Kngsland and Poe ricv had In
ruins az erhaued search IL the missngs bd Batt bvO
were unable 70 end the body.
on stock and furniture will be about 800 insured IN
the Rutgers Insurance Company for $40 part OF the
store floor occupied by Mary Keh an fruit storsl
be about 81 800 No ia, large euement house h
probably damaged TO the eytens Of 81 co. IL owned By
William Miles, ard il insured for 900 N tho Hinge
County Merchants and WILLIAMSBURG City Insurance coma
panies The store floor Is occupt "a BY Hurley Miles,
dealers In leather and findings The stock IL slightly
damaged by wa,cr insured for 900 10 the Exchange
and East River Insurance compau leo
Tho origin Of tho Are 10 uDu lowu AZ present Mr..
Heller ted the Assistant Fire No rsha that no closed hin
store O'Clock, and weHtN bed al eleven O'Clock %
and two children convey sdto the house Of rsa.
tive az 10 Market street. vsr they rsve attended by
physoar the baby and one girl 70 taken 20 the hos
pital BY the nremsn who resonsd usm from The build
The police the seventh o.d rsn.h prscsoss wsrs
very efnc'ent in aiding ths nreu 1en.
Heller applied FIRE Mar Al Rsssr Tor psrmsssuc =
ala further among the ruiz IN search of The mfosinn
cSild OF course The pcrn sisslon WAS readily given sn
tho poor child were 'ecovsrsd IL vas fous6 iamms2
between two tmbsn and the skull crushed into severe
pieces The body s conveyed 10 The Ssveath peeoinAa
police sAags a"o che oeeosar aeeaeA