Daily Republican., 1888-08-04
NINETEEN v1OrIms OF FIRE.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Thirtssn people
were burned TO death In . six Story
brick building In the rear Of No 1871
BoweEy this afternoon, Six more,
burned 30 badly that they will probH-
bly, die, were removed to various hos.
pitfalls. The house WAS . rAmshaokle,
hidden In the middle OF the block, the
only entrance 10 IL being q narrow
AlleyWay from the BoWery. In front
OF It was four.atory building, on the
arst a2or OF which was a saloon called
the hWhite Elephant" Adjoining this
the rear of the burned building were
two houses hemming II In on the OhriE-
tie street side.
In this cAged.in building lived about
one hundred and ATTY people K Aoh Of
thA six floors WAS occupied by . single
family, the head Of which was . tailor,
who made ulolhing for the cheap whole.
sale clothing houses and employed
from is to 30 men, women and chill
dTen, In addition TO his own fSmlly, in
making mp the clothing. Employers
and employed worked, etc and slept In
the crowded rooms Of the dinRy tone
70 ent. The tenants who rented these
apartments were 8. Corn, 8. Graft,
Klein q Marks, q. Harris and h,
Levine. About 4 10 O'Clock this after.
noon, while all the occupants OF the
building were buslly ct work, flames
broke ont on the lower fo8r.
II had already gained such headWAy
that 1t WAS in full possession Of the
stairway, and escape by 1t seemed Inn
possible. Many OF the frightened iu-
mates, however, rushed down through
the hames and escaped to the narrow
le0urtyArd. with clothes ablAse and
hands, faces and bodies burned. Biz
Of them were 90 severely burned that
they were taken to the hospital and
lmAy die. There were FIRE eiospes on
the front and rear Of the house, per-
pendloular iron ladders, running down
the front and rear II the building, but
before any OF the inmates had tried 70
escape by them the flames had Ascended
through the house and were rushing
from the windows, 30 that descent Dy
the dre escapes WAS impossible.
One man, already half burned TO
death, lsAped from . hfth-Btory win
dow and fell, mangled mass Of flesh
and blood, in the little courtyard.
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windows. These escaped with bruises.
A. 81. Sheldon, manager Of the Peoples
TheAtre, on discovering the fire, sent
out an alarm, and the hremen re-
sponded, but when they arrived the
flames already had complete possession
of the house, and nothing could be
done to save It's inmAtss. OharlaH W,
Norman, property man OF the Peoples
Theatre, with several of his comrades,
ran to the roof Of the theatre, carrying
. small ladder, which they ssrstched
over to a window OF the burning build
ing.
A woman with her hair and clothing
already RblEEe appeared Rt the window
and Ncrman called to her to orOss OveI
on the ladder. She cried back that sac
Ioculd not leave her two children. Nor
man tried TO Cross over on the ladder
but the flames drove him back and be
could not BAye her. Afterwards the
chArred body Of the mother and two
ohlldren were found In the building
Three men, however, Avsiled them
selvss OF the ladder and escaped to the
roof OF the theatre. Whom the fire msn
had at last drowned the flames 30 thai
they could enter the house, they
searched a DOR by floor as they asoended
burned bodies Of q man, . woman and
boy.
On the fourth hosr they found hvI
bodies so badly burned that 1t was i'm
IpoBBlble 10 tell whether they were 'hosi
OF men or women. On the 1ith Il 90
no bodies were found, but on the sixth
there lay on the alor Ave more bodies
and they also were burned 60 IL ooulC
nos be told whether they were th'
bodies OF men or women. This mad
10 bodies found In the building. ThR
of the man who leAped from the htih
story window decreased the death lis
to IA,
Several Of the bodies were burned o
badly that they fell apart when moved
aud the firemen were obliged TO lowe
! them from the Windows In nets. Tn
names OF the dead, as far % known
are; Philip Taloph, 80 years old, VIII
dumped from the eth dooE
Mrs, AdeliR Gruft, and her two chill
dren, Joseph, years old, and Oolla,
years old. The mother is the womsi
who refused to escape because sh
, would not desert her children. He
J husband eEcaped with An infant chilli
in his arms, and was almost orsSy wilt
grief at Ahe loss Of his wife and tw
other children.
The other bodies are At the MorRue
Awaiting Identification.
The fire started on the first floor, I
the Apartmentsof Of Em ma Stevenson, tn
jAnitress Of the buildlna, and wa
? caused by the explosion Of kerosen
oil stove.