, 1874-11-18
Loss OF Two Lives In u Fire In Now
Ynrks

From Tho Et10 York Herald, Nou. IL.
4 fro began about o'clock lust evening at No.
318 East Thirty~oighth streot. botwoon First and
Second avenues, and, although It did not achfovo
much damage to property, it was fcarfully de-
structivo To human lifo. At tho place above
named Is cluster OF shantios. It was In ono Of
these that tho calamity hsppouod Inst night,-a
two-Btoried trarne edifce. It Was occupied by
tllreo families, aud owned by Mrs. Mary Reilly.
On tho top floor lived James Reilly and wife,
thoir son James, child about years, and
an old woman named Mary Whelan. These
wero tho victims Of the calamity. AS
ttoy werc getting ready for supper about dusk,
1ames suddenly ouras out on the story below
them, and, sproadiug rapidly, cut them OF from
escape down the etairways. Tho fire speedily
communicated to tho front Of the house and rali
up to the roof, 30 that there was no possibility
for them to lot themselves down into tho court
between the burning building. and sindory
wooden stable Which abuts on the baok Of tho
tiins moro, therefore, drivon to their rear rooms
Meanwhile the fire had caught q high fouce bo-
tween tho courtyard and IN en1ptv lot, and
had also fallen oD the roof Of the old stable.
orcd . crowd OF spectators to whose GRIM
inal inactivity and waiting for the tifemcn
to arrive, the loBa Of the lives Of two human
beings, and, 1t may be, Of four, must be attrib-
uted These careless, or panic stricken, spccta-
tors had ouly to tako some ladders from tho aa-
iacent lot aud to uprear them against the back
0f the burning house In order to reBcue al tho
persons who were in 1t. The poor people lad
been driven by tho advance Of tho 1ntnea to tho
back room OF tho third floor Of their house.
They could go no further. It waa thoir last
temporary refuge. They cried for help, but the
people On the ground aeomed incapable OF uaing
tho simple and offcctual moans Of rescue that
wero At thoir hands. The spread Of the flames
had boon 80 rapid that tho tiromon wero not yot
arrived On tho ground. Reilly and his wife, soe-
ing no other chanco to escape from q horrible
destth, leaped from the windows to the ground,
and each fractured their legs. They Nore
picked up and burue to Bellorue Hospital The
Whelan. over 60 years of age, and tho child
Jan4os Reilly. Both vere too feeble to follow
Mr. aud Mrs. Roilly out OF tho window. so they
we're overcome by tho ncrid smoke and died Of
auffocatton. just after tho two frantic people
had laaped from tho window the flrelnon arrived.
The flames now Bhooted the front OF the house,
md had caught an adjoining dwelling; they
side. aud wero eating through tho roof Of tho
rotten old stable. As soon as they reached tho
fire tho tnetnborB of Hook and Lnddor Company
No. fought their way into tho house Of tho
nei1lys with tho hope OF rescuing tbs old woman
and the lad. They wero successful only in find
ing their bodies. Tho fire NOW seemed worry
likely to dostroy the ensiro cluster Of frarno
they soon subduod tho flames.
English Vesscls Lost with Thirty
Lives
LONDON. Nor. 17.-Five Yarmouth fishing
crafts have been missing since the recent gale,
aud aro believed to be lost, with all On board, up
wards OF thirty PERSONS.