The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-04
CRBMATED.
rOTRTEEN PEOPLE BURNED
TO DEATH,
And Six More VIII Die of In
inries Received.
Another Tenement House Hor-
ror in New York City.
Terrible Scenes of Death Wit
messed by the Spectators.
u...L4CI Eud af Whole Families
prishtfnI End OF Whole Families
Of Polish Jews.

The house WAS ram.shackle affair
hidden in the middle OF the block, The
opIy entrance to ii being a narrow alley
WAY from tho Bowery. IN front Of il
Uas a forrstory building, on the first
fIoor of which was q saloon called the
oWIjlc House" Adjoining this il
Harry Miners Peoples Theatre. In the
mar OF the burned building were two
INNS, hemmiing It in on the Christie
,,rm side. In this Caged.in building
lived about l50 people.
Each ui the six floors was occupied by
II single family. the head Of which was Il
pIior, who matie clothing for the CHEAP
Wholesale clothing houses and employed
irm fifteen to twenty men, women and
rb.llrpu. in addition to his own family
in making up the clothing. They were
aI Polish Jews and employers and en-
pIoycs worked, ate and slept in the
crowded rooms Of the dingy tenament.
The tcuaAts who rented the apart
mrnts were :. Coon, :. Graft, Klein
and Marks, 5. Harris and ii. Levine.
NI:lj o'clock this afternoon, while
all the occupants of the building were
bgsar at work in the closing hours pre-.
ceding their Sabbath eve, flames broke
out on the lower floor. The fire had,
when discovered, already gained such
hcalway that il was in full possession OF
the stairway amd
ESCAPE SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
A stout German woman rushed fran.
dcaIIy into tie street, wringing her
hands and screaming out:
"Nlcin Ciott, mcin Gott, does peoples
are burning up
This was startling reminder that
lives were in peril, and great excitement
ensured. Tie police reserve was called
ont aud in short order 100 blue coats i'll
charge oi Inspector Williams were on
hand, ready to assist the tircmcn. Alarm
after alarm was sent out for ambuIanccs,
aud ina very little while surgeons rolled
up from =. Vincent, Chamhcrs street,
Bellevue and New York hospitals, while
thr department Of charities and cOTrec-
tons sent two OF their ambulanCcs.
Their services We're badlynccded. Many
Of tue lrjgtitruci iumatcs, rushed down
through the flames and escaped 10 the
narrow ronri yard with clothes ablaZe
AMI hands and bodies burned. Six OF
them were SO
SEVERELY BURNED
that they were taken To the hospitals
and may die. There were fire escapes
on the front and rear OF the house, per-
pcnticuiar iron ladders running down
the front and rear OF the building, but
before any OF the inmates had tried to
escape by them, the flames had ascend
ed through the house and were reaching
from the windows, 80 that descent by
the fire escapes was impossible. One
man, already half burned to death,
leaped from fifth story window and
fell manglcd mass Of flesh in the little
court yard. Others jumped from the
second story windows and escaped with
bruises. The enormous crowd that had
gathered shook with iearSomc dread and
sympathy as some OF the wounded
shHcked anG others grOaned with pain,
then Others fccbly
MoANED OFT IN ANGUISH.
One poor woman layupon her back in
little store in the bowery, with moi
only her clothing hut the hair Of her
head bumadoT. Itsecmcd us ii she must
be dead but a slight upheaval OF the
bosom told that a little lie still re.
manned. She was unconscious and the
surgeon said She would not live Ia
reach the hospital. Another young girl
was deliriOus with pain. She was
not so badly burned Hs the others, but
IN amad lump from one OF the windows
sise Had received internal injury and
also cut a terrible gash in the side OF her
head, from which the blood gushed
i1rlh' guug her ghast!y appearances
She rayed and screamed and had to bC
bytwo attendants while her wounds
were being dressed. The spectacle as
the various ambulanccs received theil
human freight and drove rapidly away
Wasa sad one, and naturally enough at
WHaeied mn enormous crowd, which KEEP
the police busy.
II. l., Sheldon, Manager of the Peo
pies Theatre, on discovering the fire
sent out an alarm aud tircmcn Responded
promptly Charles W. Norman, prop
yry man Of the theatre, with several O
MS comrades, ran to the roof the theatr,
carrying q small ladder, which the!
stretched over IN tho ,vinInUr Of tb,