New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-20


were laid on the floor and covered with pieces OF
Garnet Long after the bodies were removed from
the burned house the street was crowded with
ueiahbors who listened TO the tales of escape told
by the survivors.
TWO BRAVE SONS.
The Glennan family, consisting Of the father
md mother and two sons, lived IN the rear oil ''e
drst floor, on the south side of the stairway
Both OF the parents were advanced in years anu
far from active. Their sons, instead OF rushhs
away and saving themselves, as they might easily
have DONE did all in their power 10 get the oIu
people out of the reach of harm. John succeeueu
in reaching the roof with his mother but WIZ
lam was not so fortunate with the father, as tne
old man was much confused and had a houOh uI'O
his wife was being left behind. lie broke away,
and William barely succeeded IN reachins w
roof when he was almost suhed ne was 81
ously injured by the flames and by Inhalins mn, rle
deadly gases, and is not expected TO I'VE: iho
mother and the other son were cared Ior DS
friends William was lying in an UNCONSCIOUS
condition at the New York Hospital last evening.
The Wells family lived in the third noor rear
apartment on the north side OF the bulldlhg 20
soon as Frank Wells became aware that the hous.
was on fire he aroused his family consIs,lnS
Of his wife and four children, and selzng tne w.
elder children, age six and seven, started ior tT
roof The apartment was already Dlleu WIN
smoke, and he thought his wife was l4Iio"ins
him with the two younger children. H Ne s SUI
boys there made an attempt 10 return lor uno
Others. But he was driven back by the aehSc
smoke and the tongues of flame whcn neV MN III
the upper hallway.
RESCUED BY FIREMEN
The smoke was laden with sckenng smell
Of burned grease and il was only with inc u'ihos'
difficulty that he was enabled 10 regain the rooi,
whence he and the two little boys he had saVeu
were removed by the iremen. There Is NIUE
-i.o1o flr mi
been saved if Mr.. Wells had gone out one OF the
front windows TO the fre-escape ana the otncr'
had quickly followed, for in front Of each story
are iron porticos for this purpose leading 10 the
adjoining flats, in which safe, place OF refuge
might have been easily reached Nels was q
Woodworking man. and his wife was a ssIer Ei
James RGSS Se1E ihe S seene Of the fire.
Their property valued at about sI'VOV' vi
which they had insurance OF $500. ...., -. .ho
The call for ambulance was receNeu az .n'
New-lork Hospital at 3 10 a. m from inc W Nii G
teenth Precinct This took the surgeon w VI,
Schaulcr TO the Thirteth-st. ponce stauon, "nyie
he found William Gennan, the only one VIZ Wiz
had been rescued at that time The doctor dressed
lis wounds and sent him TO the hospital going nm
self to the scene of the fire, where ne lG9nd lentS
10 do The firemcn had ladder reachihS 10 Tue
fourth story, and the flames which had fascu 81
rercey for few minutes, were under cOhlrol
Going up the ladder DR.. Schaubler saw Tue ueau
bodies lying in several rooms; lle th0pgnI theTe
were signs of lie in that of Nelly McOc0gaii
and. king her in his arms made his way with
her down the wrecked stairways TO the street
lie made an epldermc injection, but IL failed TO
revive her and as he examined the bodies OF the
other victims he found that they were all beyond
assistance
A woMANS PRESENCE OF MIND.
The south aat on the third door was occupied
bv William Mckee. his wife Mary and his young
niece, Sarah Brown. Mckee was laborer, forty
seven years old, and had been employed several
~. n tV-nl
lie was a sound sleeper, and his wife had t. shake
him violently TO get him awake after she dis
covered the fire. Mrs. Mckee is sickly woman,
but she kept her presence of mind IN the lace OF
danger. After making her husband understand
that there was fire in the house, she ran 10
Sarah Browns room and dragged the girl out OF
bed. Come right along! Don't wait to dress
The house Is on fire, she erred. G.
Sarah followed Mrs Mckee 10 the rear fire
escape. Mckee was missing from the rooms then.
lie had become bewildere1 by fright and had run
into the hail. which filed with smoke. Mrs
Mckee saw that the door leading into IN, hall was
open, and she guessed that her husband had gone
out that way, but she knew better than 10 follow
him She stopped long enough 10 shut the door
against the hot smoke and then led the frightened
girl out of window TO the hre-escnpe palcohy.
The window AT the other end OF the balcony was
fastened the rear rooms in that part OF the house
No 800 being vacant.
Mrs Mckee broke thn glass with her bare
hands in order 10 open the window, cutting l'r
fingers slightly. Once inside the vacant fiat Mrs.
Mckee and Sarah Brown made their way T. the
street and sought shelter with nelghbor, who
provided them with clothing. 1t was not untl
hours later that Mrs Mckee learned of her nus
hands death. He evidently had tried 70 get 70
the roof but he was overcome by smoke IN Ih'
hall, and his body was burned badly. The hre
destroyed all Of the famllys furniture ana cloth
ing. 4 pocketbOOk containing SIS was found by
the police in Mckees bed after the fire was out.
The furniture was insured for $500 in the Home
Insurance Company.
CHASED BY THE FLAMES.
escaped from the south fat of the second story
by the fire-cscape balcony in front. As soon AS
klotcr found out that there were flames il the
house he got his wife and little ones together and
tried the front balcony. Flames and smoke below
the balcony frightened the children, and the family
ran the rear balcony only 10 find the situation
there still more dangerous. Back they rushed to
the front balcony, and Mrs. KlOter led the way
out Of the window with her baby in her arms.
kloter followed with the other children, and al
escaped unhurt into the rooms of Thomas Me
Dermott AZ No. 1903. They accompanied the Me-
Dermott family To the street. The fire got into
klOtcr's rooms but did not destroy his furniture.
Francis Wilson, night Waterman, entered his
rooms on the north side Of the fourth floor only
n few minutes before the fire was discovered. lie
had got into bed, but was not SSeep when smoke
came up from below. Seeing that the hall was
mpasSable, he took his family safely out OF the
front window on the frecscape and into the rooms
of ;he Dangelman family al No 800. His furni-
ture and nearly all the clothing of his family were
destroyed.
SAVING THEIR FIVE CHILDREN.
The Flanagan family, numbering seven per
sons, who occupied front rooms on the south side
of the fourth story also used the iireescape with
safety Flanagan is engineer in Spooner's
paper box factory in Twenty-ninth-St. He was
aroused by the smoke and opened the door leading
10 the hall, but the hot smoke rushing into his
face warned him of the danger there. and he
hastily shut the door again. With the help OF
his wife he got the five children out Of bed and
pnt them out on the front balcony. Mrs. Dix,
living in front rooms at No. 303, opened her win
dow az the other end of the balcony and let the
frightened family in. Mrs. DiX's old mother
carried out TO the street afterward while the
flames seemed TO threaten the adjoining houses