New-York tribune., 1873-02-19
TIE FIRE RECORD.
IN BROOKLYN-rwO INFANTS BURNED TO DEATH,
AND A WOMAN FATALLY iNSURED-OTHER
FIRES.

IN BROOKLYN-rwO INFANTS BURNED TO DEATH,
AND a WOMAN FATALLY iNSURED-OTHER
FIRES.
A fire occurred in Brooklyn, yesterday,
through which tho lives Of two infants and woman
were sacrificed The lire occurred the third hJOr Of
the foursOrY brick tenement house No 1T sackettst,
and was caused by the children Of Of the tenants
who had been left alone In room, and, it is believed,
were playing with matches during the absence OF their
mother About D. m, families on the lower floors dis
covered smoke issuing from the apartments OF Mrs.
Wnnield smith. the third floor, ana an alarm was
given by calling fire :" The smoke not discovered
by the watchman in the beltower which is located on
the next block and the fire apparatus arrived the
lanes had gained considerable headway. II then be-
came known that two children were burning to death In
The building and intense excitement ensued Assistant
Engineer Farley and others rushed through the dense
smoke. forced their mp 70 the third hoor, and
brought the bodies Of the unfortunate children. The
hames were extingushed but during the excite
ment That prevailed Mrs Sarah A. Taylor, who occupied
rooms the top floor finding that she could not de-
scend the stairway owing TO the smoke Jumped rom
rear window and fell upon the ground 90 feet below
Her body was horribly bruised and manged ana wheh
she was raised she could speak move The police
conveyed her to the Long Island College Hospital but
she cannot possibly survive during tho night. Before
taking the fatal leap the 90 front window
and stretching her hands mporcd the crowd below
% save her The remcn told her 20 20 70 the roof but
10 "a believed that she was too much bewldered 70 obey
The bodies OF the children terribly dlshs
ured and burned that they were unrecognizable The
agonizng cries Of their mother she begged some one
her babes sent thrill OF pity through the hearts
OF the rough remen dashed rccKcssy through the
building until they had succeeded In bringing out the
oharred remains. when the fire in is incpiency
woman in an adjoining room heard the children crying
pteousy, and yet never effort to ascertain the
cause.
The mother Of the chillr made the following state
ment went ont shortly before the fire 1 left my
child Willie with piece of bread and butter In his hand;
Willie is burned the worst went ont with some sewing
10 q lady named Mrs. Cof,y, who lives in Degraw-
50. had not made a fire the stove TIL 1880 was
out ABOUT hour; / came back and went to the
grocery store anu while there / heard the re-bells
ringing. my eldest boy, Willie, was about years old
5telm1ont The name OF which do not know I LETT
person with the children for did not intend 10 be many
Of The reach Of the children, rs supposed and me
ero-ene.amp was ful 1T stood ON I1e opposite emu D.
the mautel piece from tine matches willie must have set
r' tu The hpd De must havc taken the matches 10 play
with Doe was found ion the bed among the runs the
other child. whom left IN The bed. must have fallen 0nt
ot t. ur Ac not much burned az hi5 DIOther
DO not know when my husband VIII be home.
The building is owned by Gunther Mendon and occu-
pied uv The total damage 70 Ouiluln[ was
r,,n s,@y - ,r, bodies of The burnt children
were taken 20 tnc Morsnc, and an inquest Will D, heu ny
1t a. m. yesieTIav. william P1eIan's blacksmith
shop. and George Gaerys stable 90 Nos 0l5 o2 ahd 6
=
i1ss s $1,000; uo insurance. Haery Iosa Is Si,oo IN
cudaE horse valued 40 $685. insured 10y the inptH4
were damaged s u0o During the lire George Dunno, VI
So. -r5 At1uf.c.lvc. was over by wagon driven
y the Chief Engineer Of the FIRE department ana ss
tanned severe wound on he Aen, . 49,. ,,,,,,.u,
The olowingis list OF the in-'iranees on me Wans-
bur rgh Mil aud Lumber Company ouidlng hnd mate
tmcriran ~ Pbi1delpha se--o: Pherix Of Brooklyn.
500. .Etua OF Hartford s5"i 9letrop"itan oi new
York s0JJ Phsuix OF Hartford. $500 T1ta $1,000 In-
,uriucr machinery. Missouri Company, sl45li Ger
of Erie 81 2jo; Orient OF Hartford. ai'yi fnrIlN
1f Hartford $500 Metropolitan OF NeW-HorA' 500 IOtai
- OJ Insurance on frame building, 5000 Dy Alcr'pOh-
IAN y.w York Insurance Oh lumber. Metropolitan OF
Ssw.YorE. slsoo.
IN THIS CITY-LOsS, $1,000.
At lies p. m, yesterday, the four-story brick
building No 80 southst, between Odslip ana Gouver-
ueurane was damaged 81 900 by fire supposed 10 have
originated OveIheated stove on the first h0or
In The Office OF ward & Tower sllpchandlers. whose
stock wac damaged 5000 The fixtures Of the shipping
offices of Brett son G Coz the second loor were dam
,ged about $1,000 The Offices OF the Ere Basin Dry
Dock Company and ui other occupants 0r tAe DiIdhE
rgr. iurad thuugI when the fire broke out Do WIS
tupu-At tlat iuo building anu us cohleA'9 ""uu oo
-Ut.-. destroyed.
ELSEWHERE.
A 3Hoddy mill in Lawrcnce-st, Philadelphia,
above Thompsou-st.. occupied by various firms, was
burned yesterday. Loss. s4J'OJ0.
B. Jacobs's building at Shreveport, La, was
totally destroyed by ire yesterday The loss is about
so0 Do. insurance unknown. Baer's threestoTy build
lug ldoin.rg and several frame stores were also dc-
stroyed. The total loss VIII be about sJGO.00O
Laponte Hubbel's clock factory, in Forest
VILE conn was burned Monday night The loss is esti-
mated no from $4,000 si0C0) The insurance amounts TO
s20oO oo0 IN Hartford companies 5000 In the Cout
mental $1,000 the Merchants COMPANY ot Providence.
5000 ln o,Aer companies. - T. Taylor, mahuIac-
turer or clocks, also meets with some loss