The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-20
1FATAL FIRE IN GOTHAM
INMATES OF a TENEMENT
Nh HOUSE LOSE THEIR LIVES.

o+Dars Badly Burned and in
'"o.s-Forty-Nine wv Others Escape Un-
- The Fire Believed to Have
NJ. L. started by 6 Restaurant Cooks
.+tsr,pt to start a Fire With Ker
Wv YORK. Aug. 19-Early this morn
-'," t--,,,o ont in the kitchen of the res
.ns .,lart on, o, the ground floor Of toe big five
'al. @ a., tonar,ant at No. 3O7 Seventh avenue.
s.o.s ,.., ~ tbe sixty odd occupants of the
w. W. last their lives, and it is great Won
n'l'.- .bo+ many more did not perish. The
uep- WTII.u GLEYyoN CARR, burned to
death. . on .oo.,
smothered. -, .4,...
I've I've WELLS, aged 4, smothered-
TaoI Tho,,,s WELLS. aged 2, smothered.
prpTrrA T,rsTIG, aged 4, burned TO death.
w MCKEE. aged IL, burned to death.
I.I+r TFEFRrY. aged 65, smothered.
Az lIvEyOwg WOMAN, aged 45, ,smothered
The list Of injured is:
W., CLrvy0y. aged 1S, badly injured.
IoTy GLENNoN. badly burned and in-
jured. --.
rurprrrN FAMILIES IN THE BUILDING.
The building was occupied by thirteen
families who have been made temporarily
homeless by the fire.
The flames did not do very much damage
in tine various apartments, but burned out
their strength in the Railways. The Pc
cnniary loss win not amount to more than
$4,000 The fire originated in the rear of
J7hu Snider's restaurant, at an hour when
aIl tha people in the house we're sleeping
sundly. Just how the fire started
is as yet a mystery, but as the
restaurant cook is missing it is pre-
suned that the accident occurred while
he was making a Ere in the big range. The
awful speed with which the flames swept up
through the building suggest the use of
kerosene by the cook. The door leading
from the kitchen to the hallway was found
open. and great volume of fire rolled out
into the passage, and swept up the stair
ways so rapidly that the famili es living on
tne first floor must inevitably have persisted
without even so much as a warning, but it
so happened that the rooms directly over
Il the restaurant " ere unOccupied on account
OF the heat, which seems to sift through the
flooring from the range underneath.
DISCOVERED BY TWO POLICEMEN
Less than half block away, on the
corner Of Thirtyeighth street and the
avenue, stood Policemen Warner and
Mccullough Of the Thrtieth station. They
received warning from q cry of pain which
came from the building, and looking in the
direction from which it came, saw a wall
Of fire beating against the front windows of
4 the restaurant By the time that they
realized what the trouble was, a forked
4 tongue of flame shot out from the roof and
lighted no the neighborhood. With their
81 clubs the two officers beat in the front
door. but the spiteful blaze shot out and
Il drove them back. They tried the next
81 door, and IN that way found an entrance.
81 WARNING THE INMATES.
There were signs of life in the building.
and the officers hurried from one room to
another, rapping on the doors with their
ciupS and calling to the inmates to fly for
.ued nN eS. MuImurlngs at first were heard,
Ilel the uzz of many voices which finally
angel INTO wall of terror and ago "
rom the women and children struggling for
slelr lV9s IN the death trap. The fire
escapes leading from the burning building
~ lue as yet untouched buildings next
uoor, we're speedily filed I'D with half
Il naked people In the meantime alarms
nau Deem sent out, and the fire department
Z was soon at work on the flames. and assist
lng Tie frightened inmates.
Il CONQUERED BY WATER.
Il me Hames were extinguished easily
onV4sa on oy the iiramen, and all the people
ono or 'n9 .ile escapes were safely landed Not
A gHe person escaped down the stairway. and
y; ;ue names OF the few who tried are found
a 'ne nst OF the dead, as given above.
49, on do 5S, possible the search tor the dead
IA oS3d;i, u-,. ne ilrst body found was that OF
Az IMAM Glennon. His remains were
discovered by the side of the he'd in bic
tgoI on the second floor. He had risen r.
ni ~ IiIh MS sons, but his old legs were not
nu'oie enough and he persisted
BURNED ON THE FIRE ESCAPE
uara nng l ooys were taken to hospital. They
hot iro,, u' tl LEU On uhe feet by walking on the
ToorS ~ ~ oals ta nc OF the fire escape In the
csnHot YA tne Lev w els family was sight which
mj5dio 9a9!ly DC forgotten. In the
Mar W. W Vhe noor knelt the mother.
were how oiis, oiis, ana ln her dead embrace
sl bau Deen smothered. and not q h,r, ney 81
naSaa DoS'or detaced the pallor of their co,,nto.
n i0ef, ale5,,oe Inc nine dead bodies were placed
street sstTu'ances ,oli and taken to the Thirtieth
frevSlp fsUC police station. Coroner HANDY cave cave
M l1S s5gsltS permits for the removal of the dead
which t2tnlaer, ttl keeper of the restaurant in
81 susninion in one 9re broke out, was arrested on N
gn p''I0I nol oL being responsible for its orr RI
lis STOCK kpoacy WY OF Insurance for $1,000 on
an emnlova H vas found in his possession, anG
scattered scattlgI1ye 9,o. states that he found fat
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