St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-04
PASSING ENTIRELY OVER
The New York Fire.

New YORK, May Slight persons are
known to have persisted in the fire which
occurred last night in the double brick tene-
ment, No. 672 First avenue. They were:
JOSEPH HUMPHREY, aged 35.
HENRY HUMPHREY, aged 4 months.
MRS. ELIZABETH HURLEY, aged 25.
MRS. CHRISTIANA KOERNER. aged
4S.
MRS. NINA KRITTZMAR, aged 80.
RICHARD KRITTZMAR, aged II.
WILLIAM HURLEY.
MARY A. HURLEY, aged 45.
With the exception of William Hurley.
VINO died this morning, all were taken out
of the building dead. Beside the killed
there were fourteen persons injured. The
following were partly suffocated:
MRS. IDA ROEHICH, aged %.
ALBERT KOERNER, aged Is.
MISS KATE KOERNER, aged %.
WILLIAM FLANAGAN, aged 16.
GEORGE HURLEY, aged so.
MRS. ELIZA HURLEY, aged SIS.
MRS. KATE LUMBACHER, aged &c.
KATIE TIMBACHER, aged 6.
MARTHA KRITHZMAR, aged 70.
ALFRED KRITHZMAR, aged 10.
The following each had a leg broken by
jumping from windows:
TAU LIN Il hOEhNER, aged IL.
WILLIE LIEHMPUHL, aged {.
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 a to-
tai of thirty-siX souls. In the north build
ing Hermann Liemphul occupied the second
floor, with his wife and one child; George
Hurley the third floor, with his wife and
four children: Joseph Humphreys the
fourth floor, with his wife, infant son and
sister-in-law, and Jacob Koerner the top
floor, with his wife and six children. All
Of these have been accounted for except
Sophie Koerner, aged IA.
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 Jacob Burge used the first
floor as saloon and the second as
LIVING APARTMENTS,
with his wife. The third floor was occu-
pied by Philip Lumbacher, his wife and
child. The fourth by Max Krithzmar, his
wife and three children, and the top floor
by Hermann Roehich, his wife and three
children. Mr.. Roehich was the only tenant
OF the building that escaped without loss.
Immediately after the fire was discovered
he closed his doors and windows to keep
| out the smoke, took his wife and three
children to the front window and passed
them one by one down the ladders erected
by the firemen. In an interview, Mr.. Roe
hich said: 1.-The fire cut off all egress by
the stairs and fire escapes. The wood floor
! ing of the latter and the boxes and wash
tubs thereon burned like finder and made
the iron work of the fire escape so hot it
was impossible to go down. If the people
had only shut their doors and gone to the
top of the building none would have been
| killed. / saw Mrs. Humphrey in the hos
pital this morning, and she saw Humphrey
SET THE PLACE ON FIRE.
Theodore Koerner stepped from the sill
of his window to that at one of Roehich's
and followed the Roehichs down the ladder.
Mrs Burge, finding the stairway in blaze,
got out Of her front window and crossed on
| sign torn from an Office next door and
put up by the firemen, to place of safety.
| Philip Limbacher was awakened by the
smoke He reused his wife and four chill
dren and dropped them from the third story
window into the arms of persons below.
Mike Allen, of No. 30 East Thirty-eighth
street, caught two of them and took them
to his home, where the frantic father found
them two hours later. Officer Flarity, who