New-York tribune., 1880-01-07
THE TRAGEDY Ar THE TURN HALL.

THE TRAGEDY AT THE TURN HALL
ADDITIONAL DEATHS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TrE CAUSES OF THE CALAMITY.
Two more deaths, making seven in all, oc-
curred yesterday morning In consequence OF tue hun
Hail fire Margaret Geib and Annie Bauer ded 'he
,o,mo, a, poevue and the latter az the NewYork Hos
pta IL has been learned that the name OF the unknown
woman who aied M Bellevue Hospital Monday evening
was Rosa Lack.
Depnty Coroner MacGuire Investigated the causes OF
the death OF the seven victims yesterday ana
came to tho following conclusions: Lewis schmht
died OF asphyxia aod from the effects OF
his burns; Willie Geb died OF nsphyxia; Teresa
TrhardPs death resulted from partial asphyxia
and from the Injuries which she received IN leapng from
her window Rosa Lacks death was caused by STOCK
and by the effects of her fall, the fact that sue was
s,ghny burned showing that the flames drove her to
leap from the window Henry schwciler died OF as
phyxia shock aud from the results of his fall from
the fourth-story window Margaret Geibs death re-
suited from the shock and burns which she feccWeu
and Ante Bauer died from the effects OF her iali anu
from burns The bodies were all removed to an under
takers place at No. 1873 Essexst During the afternoon
Coroner Enger with iary visited the scene OF the hre
and made a thorough examination OF the building
Fire Marshal Sheldon began an investigation into the
eause OF the fire Yesterday afternoon. Four witnesses
were examined aud more viii probably be questioned
20 oday.
Louis Meyer the boy who climbed from his window
20 the roof of adjoining house, testified that at
A. m Monday morning all except the regular occupants
were the building The witness went to the cel'ar
md mt ont the lights No smoking or carrying
bt After ali The lights In the house out Meyer
went 10 bed leaving the door leading from Tue starWa9
into the garre open lie then sou tS TpyyprNr ~ rbe
door at the south end of the garret opening INTO the
Third-st school house was always Kept poed on the
FSedcreE Easss, bsrkeeper in the besemsnt tesi
fed that the bar closed at 1880 a. m Monday morn
fu0 He
~ he cellar door TO investigate peculiar SMELL Al
that time the gas IN basement had been turned on
Nothing unusual was discovered. however, and they
went up turning of the gas as they went uhe
door leading from the fourth floor of the main building
10 the same floor No Ga, the adjoining building INTO
which Mrs. Winckel escaped, was generally unioeKc9
The witness SLEPT ON the third Moor OF thls ,In ad
ioning building. When he was aroused, he found Mrs
Wnckel trying 10 open the door through wch sne aa
inst come. Soon the hremen came up aud broke open
the door, which the witness himself had tired IN valn 10
open. lie told the men that MT WlneSel, MRS, UelO @
smoke and flimo prevented the nremen from getting
into the through this door They then went % on
There Jet near the stairway 10 the basement
door through which Mrs Wnekel escaped was fastened
by a sprIpg lock- and opened into the burning building
,m ene Of The rooms IN the ssre tested that
attended TO the bowling alley He had worked for
ot the Are he heard Mr. Wncke out and he went to
the head Of the stairs TO help him But the hre and
did not 20 back 10 his room or TO tue girls
room. but went out Of the door Leading ,cst on
door leading from garrct the top floor OF the
srhool house was locked at night. When he went out
he heard Of the girls on the Opposite side
of tho garret Herman Ruhl and George Muller. his
compaiions came out by the door almost as soon
IA be came Meyer climbed the coTnice two or three
minutes later .
Herman Ruhl who made the fires in the furnaces and
aid genera work, said that he had worked for four
nonihs In building. ON Sunday night there was no
fire An the heater the cellar. There fire In the
big stove in the basement He cleaned the stove out IN
the morning carrying the ashes into tne yard m the rear
OF No 64 Coal put on the fire In the afternoon On
Monday morning ne was awakened by bis companion.
aud seizng his trousers TO the roof He heard Mr.
Wlpckl and the girls screaming The garret was full
OF smoke which lighted up by the names coming
the stairway -. .
Marshal sheldon Of the opinion that the fire must
nave caurht In some way around the stairway leading
from tbe basement saloon TO the first floor cigar
stump moudering the dry sawdust might have been
the cause Of tue fire.