The New York herald., 1879-11-15

ABed. in which Mrs. Bot.ski hsr two children and her
noshsr -s. teaad suesa.sa ., Ts room was sTs feet
to the ssreet and wss killed
D-Doos, through which tho flames entered from tho
THE STORY or TIE CALAMITY.
The whole story Of tho fire is here presented. II
was about twenty i've minutes past two A. M that
the Indications OF hre were discovered at the
four story brick tenement No. 80 Cannon street by
John King. an upholsterer. who has . store on the
ground floor Of No. 81 and who lives in the southern
end Of the house on the third floor. He
awakened by smell Of smoke and
the sound of cracking flames. Gathering hastily
his two children under his arms and awakening
his wife he rushed down stairs. beating the door
OF the floor below to rouse up the family. thereby
saving the lives Of Mrs. Wood and her two children.
The fire alarm that was At sounded brought
Engine No. IL. Truck No. IL and the insurance
patrol quickly to the spot, and the flames
under control. About the time the engines arrived
John Bodzky, who lived on the top floor. appeared
at window in his night dress and screamed loudly
for help. He held up his nttle baby eight months
old in his arms and declared that the stairway
impossible to pass because Of the smoke. Frantic
with fear no put down the child and jumped from
the window forty feet above to the hard fagway be
neath. and fell with loud thud directly on his
head. within few inches of the curbstone. Ho was
arrived he dead.
Tho fire aroused tho inmates OF all the ncghbor-
Ing tenement houses. not much on account Of tho
exhibition Of bright and startling flames. as these
were smothered in the excessive en- mission of smoke
but rsther by the racket caused by tho hremcn and
the imprisoned inmates of tho tenement. Tho fire.
mon behaved nobly. They ascended to tho roof of
tho house and tricd to force entry through It, but
the smoke poured out in such from the holes
they cut with their that they driven back.
Mrs. Woods children. who lived the Rivington
street side OF the hall the second floor. wero
saved by Fireman Mclean. who, though blinded by
pmoke, dashed In and ut tho imminent risk OF his
Hfe brought them safely out. The pcrformances of
Tho aremen were of the most heroic kind. Fireman
Patrick J. Lynch deserves especial recognition. He
climbed tho fro escape Mt tho rear Of the building
and through binding smoke and nsme made his
way into tho front parlor of the floor whore the
Botxski family were crouching In abjeot fear.
Three times he ventured through the sitting
smoke to the Botzski family. At the second
attempt he got hold of Mrs. Botk but she. frantic
with fear resisted his efforts to her and no i'm
perilled his own safety.
A YRAErIo STRUGGLE.
LET me CO." cried tho domented woman. as
Lynch forcing her out Of tho window. ''But You
must CO." said Lynch, ''if 1t costs my life."
The woman sprang from has clutches and rushed
into the front room to her fato. Lynch was
now almost sufrocatcd and no had barely
strength to climb through the window to the
nrc escape in the He had no sooner reached IL
than portion of the flooring gave way. Recovering
himself he struggled for the ladder inside to roach
the roof but he tainted and fell back In tho attempt
Beforo he was perceived by his companions he had
recovered and was making another effort to regain
the roof. which. fortunately. proved successful
Just Ms he was mounting the roof he was
grssped in the arms Of hts companions, and his first
words were. "SHve that woman. boys" But IL was
too late. Fireman Toohey grasped him In his arms
and found that IN addition to . sprained wrist Lynch
was severely burned about the face and was 40
weak that no was unable to regain his feet
Assistant Foreman Horn. OF No. IL Engine
Company, to tho and poor
Lynch conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. On the
way ho learned that the woman he had nobly on
dexvored to save had jumped from the window and
was on her way to keep him company as patient in
the hospital Then, said he. ~ am satisfied IL
sho is not dangerously hnrt. l afraid she
would rush back into the fire."
AWFUL PICTURE.
Somo forty minutes after the arrival Of the en-
rines the flames were fully under control. and the
Arsmsn entered and removed the dead bodies found