New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-08
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DRIVEN FROM FLATS BY FIRE
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man and woman entered tho large eigbt-story
apartment house, Nos. 223 and 225 East Seven
teenth-st., known as the ST. Georges flats, al III
a. M yesterday, and asked to be shown the wester-
~ set of rooms on the third floor, which had been
advertised as vacant W. o. KlOyes the jaDitor,
was absent, and Frederick Kimmelberger. the
engineer, was busy. LOUIS CastaIng, the elevator
boy led the way to the vacant rooms. Iie told tho
couple that the building was fre-prooi. After they
had looked through several rooms he opened the
door from the private hall which led 10 the dumb
waiter Smoke rushed into the ball from the shaft.
The woman screamed and at once left the building
with her companion. Castaing, quick-Wltted
French lad of sixteen, down stairs and told tno
engineer that the house was on fire. lie then ran 70
the fre-alarm box at SecOnd-aye. and Seventeenth
ST. and sent out an alarm. When he got back KIM
milberger had begun TO alarm the occupants. lhefo
were two families on each floor far az the top
story except on the third floor, where only one ba0
was occupied. Mrs. Parsons, wife of the Union
Square music dealer escaped from that hab
before the other tenants aware of the
danger The engineer learned that tho
flames started in linen closet III the rear OF her
fat
FLEEING AND cARRsD DOWN STAIRS.
Abont thrty-fve women and children were IN
tbe bnildmg They began hasty flight down tho
stairs They left their doors open smoke ana hre
went through the building rapidly on that account
Two wooden shafts for the dumb-waitefs IN tho
centre of the house helped the spread of the hsmes
to the roof. Several men ran in from the street 10
assist the women and children. The wife OF eA-
Governor Hoffman entered the building when tho
excitement begun She was going tosee her daugh-
fer Mrs. Edward Sandford, who lived on the fourth
floor Mrs. Sandford met her mother in the hall and
went with her TO Mr.. HOtfmans rooms in the Clar-
eudon Hotel On the fourth floor lived also
Mrs Waiter Burgess and her mOther-nl-law who
WAS old and feeble. j. p. Sc chmenger. OF No l3o
East Sxteenth-st., helped to carry old Mrs. Bur-
CESS to the street. Mr.. SmOnton helped ms wife
down stars through the smoke aud assisted somn
of the women on the lower floors. Mrs. LOCKWOOD,
wife of a mineral water manufacturer IN Crosby-st,
was on the seventh floor with her servant and
children. one of whom was sick. Their escape by
the stairways was cut Oft by the smoke, and
flames bursting from the rear windows
prevented them from using the iire-escapes.
Policemen Murphy, Kelly, Gilbrde and Brady, OF
the Eighteenth Precinct, went on the ROOT OF tho
Community House Of st. John the Baptist, four
story building adjoining the fiat house on tie east
They held ladder on their shoulders TO window
of Mrs. Lockwood's fiat and helped her and tho
children to escape. Jennie Walker. the servant
tainted on the ladder but was rescued.
RESCUED FROM AN EIGHrH-sIoEY WINDOW.
Meanwhile several companies Of fremen had ar
rived and third alarm had been sent
ont. The fremen helped several persons
ont of the building through the 'front.'
entrance. long extension ladder had been placed
against the front as far as the fourth floor when
the attention of the fremen attracted to 'front.'
window on the top floor where Louis Castaing was
shouting for assistance io had gone mp the stars
to make sure that all the occupants had escaped,
and he was unable to retrace his steps. Priyaes
l han of ha in.
corps attached to Hook and Ladder Company 3.
at once started to rescue him with the light scaling
ladders They ran quickly mp the long ladder and
then made their way from window TO window on
the light ladders until they reached me boy. 10
hesitated moment but Barrett swung him ont into
the air and carried him down with apparent ease.
The daring rescue was accomplished IN lew
seconds 1t was the hrst time that lh' scalIlhs
men worked with GOODNESS and precision.
FIREMEN SLIGHTLY INJUEED-orHtR Ni>HArs
Scarcity of water hinlered the iremeu for lew
minutes In the work of extIngushing Oh" iameS:
but a call for increased pressure brought a iu'
supplv. The great height of the building made -
impossible for the men to get wafer INTO the top
| story until the water tower was sulnm"nei. luen
tl- rear portion of the house was aiahc nom aluo
! to basement. The insurance pauo5 to' mo .ul'
! rooms on several floors and covered up lnrhlluIe'
| Lieutenant Laoour aud three IL, = "l th', iIlu
troll Company were caught ON tuS ie.l 'H 10 lo1 W.
had TO lump fifteen feet to the roof OF N" ~ N'NI
| Seventeenth-st. While men OF fnsiHe t"u--
/ pauy No. ; working inside the HHNs
! door on the first floor the elevator i'il
and sent the flames in Their races.
Prvates James Rape ana Thomas Nh'"ngis
were burned severely on their faces ANA hands.
They were carried out of the bulIdlug ana sent 10
Bellevue Hospital. The ambulance Wnich came 10
carry them struck against an elevated ,dliiVau
! column IN FiT,t-ave. and was upset. ana III, ~.
| guson and Commissioner Brennan, VINO were III ~
were thrown out. The 6ig CommlsNii9ntl fs'aIoa IIo
with slight bruise on his knee. Dr. Fuige,9h reg
was hurt so badly that he had I'd Ieiuiu 10 me l"s-
| uital soon after the fremen were IpuI,d 'hei9
WAS another crash of timbcrs on the hrst MOOR anu
| Kimmelberger the engineer of the house, VINO was
trying to assist the Temen, was knocktq "2Mh anu
seriously injured He was carried TO thr I"sPy,a, Pys
Bruut at Bay Ridge, and shot the DuIg aih N",he'
! and Douglass who were believed to be- TIE 1""uS-
tors Of Charlie Ross. lie has Oeeh '""'u D"''h
! Fred
EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.
If took five hours of hard work to get th' flames
updcr control Then all the hoors IN the rear poT-
tion of the house had been burned up the IooI was
gone and much Of the furniture in the front Of tho
house had been destroyed The entire loss was
estimated ut $165, 600. The building was nni>hod
only n few II onths ago. Ii was begun IN December;
1850 by Thomas Osborne aud ihe estimated
cost was $4,000. 1 he SPECIFICATION hieI
with the Bureau oi eISlnronf Bn,Gnfsb but II has
been advertised as iire-pr00f structure John
TAYLOR of Bayside L. l., brotherof the proprietor
of the st. Denis Hotel, recently purchased lnS
honse aud ground for S2250oO. IL Was SAID
yesterday that his insurance would cover tue
/ estimated damage of 100000 10 the building:
A TmBUNr reporter went through the buiidlnS
shortly after the flames were subduet ana t0unu
th.t M I'm. doorings of the rear bad fallen in from
roof to basement, leaving only the bIich walls
standing ! is difficult TO determine the os'eS or
the occupants accurately. Mr. Paterson, the liSsl-
Ient of lie Fire Insurance Patrol said that lar
estimate of the loss ON furniture would be about
5000 for each of the families. T.. - McnahSS,
Who lived with Mr.. SmOnton, loses S2o9o I'D BOOKS
and clothing. Timothy Gunith the clerk Oi mo
United states Circuit Court, was summoned =" to
81 George by a telegram, while he was hearing te',
! ti,rony n a reference. lie has only been married
for a few months and his apartments were newly
l.nn-lna L. nacns his loss aL ~. l.uOO: no lnslI-