The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-30
SAVED BY LITTLE CHILDREN.
Great Disaster Averted by the Presence
of Mind of Two Crippled Girls.
A Quietly Given Warning That Saved Many
Lives-Serious Fires at Malone. n. l.. and
Pittsburg and York. Penn.-Other Fires.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-In the hospital for the
ruptured and crippled, at Lexington avenue and
Forty second street, there 163 crippled chill
dren under treatment. About Gas this evening
the younger of the children were in bed, others
were preparing to retire and few of the older
children were eating their supper in the base
menk Two of the latter, Louisa Fehing aged
twelve. and Mary Greedy, aged ten. started up
stairs to 60 to bed. On reaching the second
floor they were suddenly enveloped in clouds OF
smoke. Both children are suffering from spinal
disease and can walk only with difficulty. With
out screaming manifesting fright in any way,
they hurried as rapidly possible to the third
floor and found nurse. Ellen Dougherty. and
told her the building was on fire. The nurse
told them not to tell any of the children, and
sent them to their rooms. She then sent word
by assistant to matron Weber, who in turn
notified DR.. Gibney. through whom alarm
sent out As rapidly as possible the doctor,
nurses, police and fireman. as well as a number
of citizens, carried the children from the burn
ing building. The guests in the Vanderbilt Ho-
tel, opposite gave up their rooms, and 143 of
the little sufferers were put to bed there.
The others found shelter in private
houses in the vicinity. There
much excitement among the spectators in
the street. among whom it rumored that
several of the children had been burned to
death. Fortunately, all the children were re-
moved in safety Meanwhile the fremen
fought the flames, and after stubborn battle
subdued them. The FIRE originated in bath
room on the first floor, from some unknown
The damage caused is estimated at
So, 500
When the fire had been extinguishei the life
less body of Mary Donnelly. a cook in the hos
pita forty five years old. was found
in her 81. Sas S.s the fifth Gog
Ten yearold Max Schwartz. who is suffer
ing from hip disease, tried to carry
pie. but the boy was too heavy. He then
dragged him out to the hallway, where he met q
policeman. who carried both boys down.
During the fire, Michael Mccarthy. the ele-
vator boy. was overcome by smoke and fell
into the elevator pit. He was discovered there
by Miss Jessie Stranger, young waitress in the
hospital, VINO dragged him out into the air,
Little Louisa Fahling was asked. after the
fire. why she did not run away when she saw
the danger. II couldn't run very fast" she
said: Il have spinal disease, you know. and be-
sides, if had not told Miss Dougherty she and
every one else might have been burned"
What did you do after yon told hers"
81 went into my dormitory and told my chum.
Minnie johnson. She IS cripple, and
can never get out Of bed without being carried.
She asked me not to leave her. and took hold
of hands with her. and said | wouldn't. But
when saw the smoke beginning to come to our
floor and heard everyone screaming and shout
ing. I felt SO afraid that tried to get Minnie
couldn't lift her. She told me to run. and not
to mind her; / would get burned up kissed
her good-by and ran out, but found man
who went in and got Minnie, and We both got
out"
Several Pittsburg Business Houses Burned.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PITTsBURG. Jan. ga fire, originating from
a defective hue on the first floor of the four
story building, No. AZ Fifth avenue. occupied by
Urling & Sons tailors, and Heerin Bros. e. Co.,
manufacturing jewelers.. at $3.50 o'clock this
morning, resulted in greater loss of property
than has any one fire in this city for a number
of years. Every fire engine in the city
summoned. but not until after O'Clock did the
fremen gain control of the conhagration. The
entire building enveloped in flames before
the fremen got rightly to work. At this juno
ture 1T was learned that two men, c. P Z heiss
and c. Ebert, employees of HeerIa
third floor. A ladder was placed to the window
of the room, and the fremen rescued and
brought them safely down. They knew nothing
the meantime the flames had rapidly spread,
and the entire block thought to be doomed.
Two fire companies from Allegheny City re-
sponded to a request for assistance By the
time of their arrival the fire had worked its way
in the large grocery store of Haslage & Sons,
the rear of which reached to the Urling build
Ing 1t was soon discovered LndL IL was I'M
possible to save either building. and attention
was turned to saving adjoining property. The
Haslage building Was damaged to the extent OF
$40, 900, and the stock, valued at $100,000
was destroyed. the insurance the building
and stock Is $50. O00 Heerin Bros & Co., the
next heaviest losers were engaged in manufact-
uring and jobbing jewery of all kinds. and
carried stock valued at $4,000. with only
$50. 900 insurance The stock will not be total
loss. c. g. Hussy. owner of the building oc-
cupied by Urling, Heerin s. Co., estimates his
loss at $40, 900; fully covered by insurance. Ur-
ling and Sons lose about $l2, 600; insurance.
$40. 900: Deglemen s. Black furnishing goods,
lose $40, 900 by water, fully insured. The build
ines completely Quilted. The fremen
suffered greatly from the cold. Fireman James
Lawler was knocked off ladder, falling fifteen
feet, and was fatally injured.