The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-04
DIRE CALAaITIEisS'.
! TENEMENT HOUSE HoLocAusT
In New York cIty-Eigh. Person. sal,osss.sd j
and Many 1p1ared-Narrew Gseapss59
Terrific Boiler Rzplosion at Gaiysston
"A Nambsr OF Persons Kiilsa.

NEw YoRk, May Sight persons ar,
known to have perished in FIRE last nigh
In the double brick tenement No. e72 Fins
avenue. They were: Joseph Humphrey
aged S5; Henry Humphrey, aged months
Miss Elizabeth Hurley, aged 25; Mrs
Christina Koerner, aged 4s; Mrs. Mini
Krithzmar, aged SO; Richard Krithzmar
agedl1; William Hurley. and Mary, sistel
Of Mrs Humphrey, aged 4s. With the,ex.
cepdon Of William Hurley, who died tthii
morning, all we're taken out Of the build
ing dead. sg
Besides the killed there were fourteen
persons injured. The following were part
" sutIocated. Mrs. Ida Roehich, aged %
Albert Koerner, aged Il; Miss Kate Koer-
ner, aged %; VIM. Flannigan, aged 16;
George Hurley, aged go; Mrs. Eliza Hur-
lev, aged 55; Mrs. Kate Lumbacher, aged
26; Katie Lnmbacher, aged Q; Martha and
Alfred Krithzmar, aged resi- pectiyely IL
and 10 years, and an infant child Of Mrs,
Roehich.
The following had each 4 leg broken
byiumping ftnm the windbws. Pauline
Koerner, aged is; Willie I.iempuhl, aged
i, and Rosalie Humphrey. aged "a. The last
named also suffered partial asphyxiation.
AT the time OF the fire there were eight
families in the house with total OF thirty
six souls. In the north building Herman
Leimpuhl occupied the second floor with
his wife and one child; Geo. Huileye the
third floor with his vile aud four children;
Joseph Humphrey the fourth floor with
his wife, infant son and sister-in.law, and
Jacob Koerner.the top foorw with his wife
and six children. All OF these have been
accounted for except Sophie Koerref,
aged II.
@ ONE GIRL MISSING. F
The police had the premises carefully
searched this morning, but no trace Of the
girl could be found. The ground, or first
floor. was occupied by Humphrey as an
oyster saloon. In the south building Ja:
cob Burge used the FIRST floor as q saloon
and the second IS living apartments with
his wife. Tie third tloor WIS occupied by
Philip Limbacher and his wife and child.
The fourth by Max Krithzmar, his wife
and three children. and the top floor by
Hermann Roehicli, hia vile and three
children. Mr. Roehich was the only teI-
ant of the building that escaped without
iosa. u. ~ HI
Tmmetlstely when the fire was discpy.
cred, lie closed his dQora aud windows 70
keep out the smoke, took his vile and
three children 10 the front window and
passed them one by one down the ladder
erected BY the firemen. In an interyiw,
Mr. Roeliich said: "The fire cut oIf ali
erress blythe ssnits and the fire escapes.
The wood bookings of the latter and the
boxes and wash tubs stored thereon, |,
burnt like tiudsr aud made the iron work
Of the ARE escapes 50 hot that il vas im-
possible 10 get down. II the people had
only shut their doors and gone TO the top
OF tho builliHg none would have been
killed j saw Mrs. Humphrey in the hos.
pital this morning and she said Hamph.
rey set the place on fire."
soME MARION E.cAPEs.
Theodore Koerner stepped iFom thesill
OF his window 10 that at one Of Roehich's
and followed the Roehiclis down the
ladder
Mrs. Barge finding the stairwsy in a
blaze got out Of her front window, crossed
on sign torn from en- Office next door
and pnt up by the tirenen, 70 a place Of
safety,
; Philip Limbacher was awakened by the
smoke. He rousod his vile aud four chill.
dfsn aud dropped them from the third
story window Into the Srms OF persona be-
low. Mike Allen, Of No. 2lo East Thirty
eight street, caught two OF them and took
them TO His home. wheIe the frantic
father found them about two hourg Later.
Officer f'laherty, who rescued two Of
the Koerner family, caught . third child
OF Limbacher. Pauline Koerner jumped
from the window on the top floor. Ht
The direct cause OF the fatalities is at
trituted to the tafiy arrival of the hook
and ladder companies aud the psnic oltte
tenants. The iirc did not get beyond the
fourth toor except in the Railways where
the doors and things were blacken-
cd and charred, The building had q
irontaga of IS feet and was 10 feet deep
The Railways were thrco feet wide With,
stlirways Two feet ten inches in width and
the landings six feet ten inches vide,
Crowds Of people visited the scene OF
the catastrophe to-day, but beyond'a few
broken windows there was little to see OF
the effects Of the dssaster which had
caused 40 many deaths and so mach slt-
fering. The tlra broke out in the kitchen
Of Humphreys restaurant. The police
think II was due to 8cpreleasness on
Humphreys par, who: alter ne closed
the saloon, left a very hot frei In bis range,
The loss in property was magnificent
rERRJE1C BOILER EXPLOSION.
Boiler coppeetea With the fremont Hotel,
Galveston, ExBlsdps,