The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-12
IMPRISONED IN TIE FLAMES.
EIGHT CHILDREN SUFFO CfT TED IN
LUDLOW STREET FIRE.
Two Taken Out Dead. and Two Smothercd
Past Recovery-The Little Ones Retreat
Cut on by FIre-Rescues by the Firemen.


Cut on by Fire-Rescues by the Firemen.
There was n loud explosion in tho tcnc-
ment at q Lu. low street, Mt 7:15 last evening.
and almost instantly volume of flame poured
from the front room in the third story. This
apartment was occupied by Joseph Mcnscn. n
Polish jew. and his family. He was absent at
the time OF the explosion. which was caused by
n child pulling a Kerosene lamp from the table,
The tenants in the third story became greatly
frightened. as the fro made very rapid head
way. The woodwork burned fast and all
escape by way OF tho stairs seemed npos-
siblc. Tn the fourth story Mrs. Wcisberg lived
with thrcc children. and. when she heard the
noise below she went to her door. The smoke
and fire nearly suTocatcd her. and. thinking
that escape by the stairs was out Of the qucs
tion. sho took her children up stairs. intending
to get out through the roof to the adjoining
house. When she reached the top Of the house
she found the door fastened She made n dcs-
pcratc effort TO break It OPEN but did not succeed.
Then She took her children into the front room in
the fifth story. occupied by Daniel Levine. n
tailor. and placed them near the window. In
this room were two children Daniel Levine.
aged 6. and Abraham Levine. aged Sand in
the rear tenement lived family named Frank.
with four children. So there were crowded into
the top story ninc children. Tho parents Of the
Frank boys were away. and thrcc u the Levine
children. when they saw the smoke. ran down
stairs and then were unable to .,ct back.
Whom tho first II amer arrived the fire was
burning ncrccly. Mrs. Wcisbcrg was seen at
the upper window making gestures to the fire.
men for help. Then Levine ran through the
throng on the sidewalk. saying. My
children are up there! Can't some one gct
them out?' When Hook and Ladder 6
al al. Al. sf.
were children in the top story. who must be
reached instantly or they would bc sufIocatcd.
for dense smoke was pouring up through the
building. An attempt was made to put the
ladder up against the building. but the
flames burst through the windows 50
nercely that this seemed impossible. Fire
man Lollcy at length made pcrous
ascent TO the fourth story. entered by n
window. and thence went 10 the fifth story An
instant later Fircmen DIVER. Guy. .Cayanaugh.
Oucrron. Foley and Murphy also reached the
same height The smoke there was binding.
Into bedroom Fireman Lolly gropcd his way,
and found thcre a child's body on the floor II
picked it up AMI took it out. THIS wu- abraham
Levine. Running back to the room. Tully found
another child on the bed. whore hc had
,Nld'ntly gone iyr pr0tgr On, Tor his l,Ad WIS
n,od G. The litilr Mrn-nn girl wn- nl-p found
ln this room. and she must have ran W. stairs
She was on the lDor and Fireman Dwytr
picked her M unron-'iuu~. Mhcn hr had
taken her ont hc went bark. and. finding no one
,lse iA'ro. went INTO an h,l.iuinI room. III T."
y" -cuN'red rruu ned in the corner. two chill
drrn-I Lewis Frank and jacob wcishurg. They
revived "A little aii"r beng taken on the ROOT.
Fireman Guy won't into front room and
stumbled over 2 bn,dy H. picked it VI, and
hut aferwarl revived. This was Barney
Frank. aged 5; Fireman Caygnaush met Guy
coming out OF the room. aud Guy told him
there was a woman in there almost smothered.
Cayanaugh groped his way 10 The window.
mother Of the children. lie carried her 10 the
roof. whore she shortly rnr iirtl rons"inusn' So.
She said that she was preparing toJump from
Fireman OH found u body ia "a lit'l" bod
room On the north side. and took IL tp the roof.
then uu 'ons 'ious hut he recovered enough to
walk down Siairs In the front room Fireman
snious anl hadly burned and IN the same room
Fireman Murphy found Herman Frank uncon-
Sclgii-, ~ more were found
Az TINS work 10y the lremcn was accom-,
phi she'd IN less time than il would take tell of
y. Mnic they Wcre at 1t the steamer had sub.
all the rooms tn" tlrrmrn We're satisfied that
they had rescued all the children.
seven Of "a" lttl" ones. after their rcscuc be-
came conscious and " rr taken 90 tho dwellings
Of friends near 10y. They have inhaled smoke
however. AMI unhappy results may follow. Da-
sen did not revive and they were taken to the
Ellridge Street Polio" Station. and Dr. Huston
a
| vine. was dead. and that David Levine and Hat
| tie M-ns"n We're in dying condition. The
little girl was also badly burned and an nmbu-
lance was telegrphed for and the sufferers
were taken 10 Bellevue Hospital.
The work Of IN" llrrnrn was heroic, and had
they been five minutes later. or delayed the
slightest in acting all the children would have
persisted. The ladder placed against the build
ing was burned 50 as to he useless. and when
the flames made an ordinary entrance To the
burning building impossible. One was ciio ted
tnroasn u. ADJOINING housr Inat ne eniii-
i.reni rooms. although when the fire broke out
il.y wet. ali IN one show that they ran around
The house Is one, Of row OF ive-siory build
| lngS on III" 'aSt side of Ludlow street between
Host"r and Canal, Eaeh family has Two rooms
tie door TO the hallway opening into the larger
| or sittn. room. and bedroom opens into that
| from the rear. The back half of the house j.
| divided in the same way II is entirely occupied
| hy Polish Jews The stairs are hardly wide
enough Tor two To- paS-. aud IN rooms ar" small
ON GER Martin stood At Ludlow and Division
streets when he heard a cry of Fire ilrcl"
| AFTER sending out the alarm he returned io tho
| house. where men. women. and children.
| stairs. struggling and nghting to get out
| H. says that the nromen dashed through ih"
| smoke and carried out many persons who lay
| ~ mass at the foot of the stairs Acting Capt
| knss OF the Ehlridse street police and Il largo
| force Of officers SURROUNDED the buildings aud
| had hard work to keep hack fathers and moth
"r~ who, missing thrir rhildr.n cried 10 BE- per-
mlltrd Ia return and save tn, m.
| Foreman Farlow. Of Engine II, SAYS that al
| though only three minutes had elapsed from
| the first sounding of the unrin on reaching the
building he found the entire third story in a
mn-s of flames. The fire was hard to light.
| owing 10 the height.
Philip G,'hlen o % Ludlow street, q lad of six
trcn, stood alter tn fire was cAtlng in his
| shirt sleeves on the Sid W. TX. lli- cardigan
| lackot WIS singed and his hair burnt close
| tn his head. and his arms wrapped in
| damp"nrd towels. lie was receiving the
| praises Of his neChhors. He was stand
| lhg outside the luilding when the ilre
| broke ont. and he S'rir- II ~ follows: " |
| heard th' erucking II glu-s over my head smclt
| smoke saw fire. and heard the shrirks of
| women up stairs. ran up, and saw liitle chill
| dr'n that knew. ] took them up in my arms.
| carried them down the stairs and handed them
To- thor parents. 1t was while doing this that /
got hururd.'
Laf~.-Aftcr tho flames had boon suhduod.
| ana moro thorough search WAS being made. a
| pi"rIns shrek IrSoundrd through the house.
| II WIS followed 10y another aud another, and
| then hyn subhlng and lamcntUtion. Mrs. Man
| son lud lrrn searching Tor her trn-mOuths' old
| hahy, and at lHst found il smOthcrrd to death
| among the Clothes of bed In "a back room.
| llnro Hattie Manson had been left to rock the
| lnlani 10 sleep, and whon the smoke iilled the
| room, she had covered II with the bed clothes
| for safety. Whom she was found her hond was
buried IN the same coverings that hid it. but She
| was not dead.
| In little front room on the top floor of
| the tenement at 90 Israel Levine was
| found, after the flrc, bcside the dead