The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-04
Teucs ent-HOuse Fire

FYyyrf-TryE WORK BY BRAVE POlICEMEN-TEN
FAMILIES RESCUED FROM A BURNING BUILD
ING N BRoOgLYN-0NE WOMAN FATALLY
Burned AND THREE OTHERS iNTrRED.
A View York telegram Of the I'd to the
PHILADELPHIA Times says: A fire was dis
covered about O'Clock this morning in
the basement of the tenement at Elizabeth
place and Doughty street, BROOKLYN. Be-
fore The flames were under control one
woman was fatally burned and another
aged woman was so overcome by the
smoke that IL Is feared THAT she cannot re-
cover. Two men were nearly asphyXiated,
but IL il believed that they may live. The
Injured are:
Miss Eliza Cook, aged forty-two, terribly
burned about the face and body and rem
der.d insensble by smoke Injuries fatal.
Mrs. Mary O'Donnell. seventy-two years
old, nearly sufiocated to death.
John Hogan. a cripple, aged forty years,
was Frustrated by the smoke and became
unconscious. His case is not serious. lie
has only one leg.
Danic, Mallory, aged forty-five years. is
injured similarly to John Hogan. The
physicians have hopes OF saving his lie.
II was about l O'Clock when Michael
Kinney. an employe on the New York and
Joining the house Oh Elizabeth Place,
where the fire broke out. He had just
completed his days work and was about to
retire. As he was entering his house he
encountered the smell of something burn
ing. Half minute later he heard the
cracking noise OF fire, and darling round
the corner on Doughty street he saw flames
issuing through the grating from the cell
lar under John McCauley's hquor-stQre,
which is on the first floor of the premises.
CRYING "fire" ut the top OF his voice, he
rushed to the nearest station and sent out
m alarm.
DROPPING FROM WINDOWS.
A minute later he was back at the burn
ing building, and was Mortified TO see a
woman clinging to the outside of the sill OF
n second-story window. Getting nearer
he recognized her as Mrs. Gallagher, wO-
man of his acquaintance. "Let CO."
shouted Kinney, and she did, falling into
his arms. Mr.. Gallagher next climbed out
of the window, and Kinney caught him in
the same way.
There were ten families, numbering for
ty persons. in the building, and the only
means OF exit was by a narrow stairway
leading out upon Elizabeth Place. All OF
the inmates bad been aroused, and they
might have escaped in safety before the
flames reached their apartments, but dense
volumes OF smoke rushed through the
structure with such velocity that many
were overcome by it before they could
reach the lower hall. A squad OF police
men and several engines and hook-and-
ladder companies quickly responded TO the
summons for them. Both of the streets at
the intersection OF which the building
stands are very narrow, and the fircmen
found difficulty in getting streams upon
the flame. The cellar was filed with dry
boxes, barrels, and other materials equally
infiammable, and they made q frightful
blaze.
REsCUEs BY POLICEMEN.
While some OF the tiremen were battling
with the flames others bravely eXerted
themselves to save life. Policeman Quig-
lev. of the York-Street station, burst in the
front door and rushed through binding
smoke up the narrow stairs. He was fol-
lowed by several brother-policemen and
members OF the Fire Department, at the
head OF whom were Engineers Farley and
Miner. In the Railways they stumbled
over insensible forms at almost every step.
Nearly suilocated himself. Engineer Farley
soon reappeared on the street, having in
his arms John Hogan, the cripple. He was
greeted with loud applause; for Hogan,
who has sold newspapers at the Fulton
ferry many years, is widely known and
greatly respected. BY this time an ambu-
lance from the Homeopathic Hospital had
arrived, in charge OF Surgeon Merrieless.
The surgeon instantly sprang up the stairs
and worked like a Trojan TO help get the
people out OF the building. Miss Clark
inanimate form was the second one brought
out. She had made her way to the lower
hallway, and there fell at spot where the
flames had burst through the partition.
Policeman Evans rescued from the third
floor the wife and two children of Adam
Mcbride. At the foot Of the stairs on the
second floor Engineers Farley and Miner
found the aged and unconscious Mary
O'Donnell. John McAllers, with his wife
and two children, were carried from the
fourth floor by the policemen and firemen.
From the same story Daniel Malloy, with
his wife and two children, were taken
down upon ladder on the Doughty-street
side. BY the heroic action OF these men
every person was out OF the building in
twelve minutes. The four above named
were all that required medical assistance,
and they were transferred 10 the Homeo-
pathic Hospital by Surgeon Merrieless.
How the fire occurred Is a mystery that
the police are anxious TO solve McCau.
ley's place was closed when it broke out
and 1t remains locked up to-day. Its owner