, 1877-06-11


4 fire occurred IN tenement houta on shawmut |
asenne ncar Pleasant asrgct lnAt evening, Tho re-
suits of which to human life were very serious.
Une porsun WIN killed Afmo.t outright. smother
csnnot live, and there arc s1x or tescr who were
burned but will eventually recover. The tenement.
house had but one s,airway leading 10 it, various
apartments. and the re began It The uottom of this
and run up. III The occupants were driven to ca.
cape from tho windows. souo wero fortunate
enough 10 get ore BY laddera hut neaFy all Jumped
to thu rrounh or shed IN tho srar. Hne family
wns drawn from the roof Of thu burning building 10
tho one next 10 II. osct ladder, bY some bsa't
The Lni1dine Is Of brick. anil 1ye stories hleh,
and Father Fcre1nb1en. diamond IN ~ itregn'a!
avcnuc and Pheasant etrcet, and IL numbered ~.
~, and aU on the avenue. There afe iwo stores
on the ground aoor: one occupied by u. hewsf:
baker, and the 1thcr by il. ] Marrow. fur lager
beer saloon. Tho building atovt. The ground ntof
il divided Into eight tcncsstnts The only ENTRANCE
SiosS. jacob Bock owns The building. and Is IN
surch. -.
Almost as .con a. the hre started the occupants
who were in their apartments a,ccaMe alarmed, and
found. to their dsnay, that t!c fire was coming up
The only stairway .eadlng 10 the tcncmenta, hrs.
iii 81 one of she wndows In her apartment facing
on Shawmnt asennr, and from tbcfc On thu tnn Ut
q the stG'y below ss s'o9 tste
A .,nattfess was hold out 10 cate! he',, hut sso
se .na t;sS stSss e. e. tss .c, " ase
W3E3N QHA kuEu lHE uFi[kss. gun HNe FtH& ~ <hS
ehss. ss aaa sota 1ePs 9s va" -
conscious when carried fnto The store but came 70
her ReuBcR while there. In arriving at tAr City
llosptai it found that her esnll was i1aetnsrd
The opinion q The physicans t. tait tho could not
t the rear Of ihe house and Jumped out on . shed.
lie wss also taken 70 shc Guy Hospital, but ~as
foqpd to e but ;sisht!y nlateI -,
foof Of tbe burning building TO that q the .dlo,n-
Fl Fastses Ses biz WIZ il sn two shdfen wrTa seen q
thc roof Of tho burning block calling for help.
Tho next building % the On enc On On drc ra9 son on the M
feet atstunt fromti. Meesrs Packard and l!lteheock
OF Protective, Department So.,2: went to the
| Dili!n9han, who heard calls for ladder. rushed
into the stofc, 10 shawnnt aFenuc. where he
ons va. the,s r. that p9nsa e 70 h &, Il
and Packard. 1'efnEe he got there, however. theJ
had thrown lifeline actoss: aud swung over Ia
% ra1, asso.s, @ md the woman md ono child atawn
oser, aus! then the n,sn came 81 IN tAfety.
Prescott w'e: ana shia' ! ~ste taken
in SAFETY. ill wiio was cut On me hand BY falling
on tkyIlsht, but no scrious damage MAS done 10
Tksomas nis.ell. O. yrars DID, an oecupsnt Of tho
at atS,y wsnt to shs .ea; Of so =, an,;ns ,;s ati and
two other blinds shat were swunR ont from tht
bul1diaE, and these 1roko thc fgrce 81 h!s fali On
| kDG ki9uu4t la9 !HHnH " ~ 4IsIA
natly and sent 10 tbs City Hospital. where be died
about twenty Wlnntss pat y o'closk; .,,.. ....,
Iohn Davis and b.. wife occupied ialfd.s ~ .stos1 q
dreuleH. Ills hands and face were burned. Mtr.
Davis d1ow ii. H00 ont Of tht bank JtttttfMJ. ant
tla LOST 1t Is feared thnt sho ID burned inter
Mfs. Eliza II. Angl5n wan In the apartment o.
het father: Thoma. F: Ar. on shS h!sn noSs: amS
TINT hcr rings had 10 be cut oil. The skin peelct
on tn large pieces. 1icr father and hta son, An
mentioning, bAt Mrs. Mary L. Mathesnn. house
keeper tor 1T. Ar, 81. " bIrnsa iai about u.
ycars I'D. daughter Of tho above, wsa badly burner
i an both hands.