Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-05
FInA,s DEADLY YORK.
Names of the Ftyc Victims in Philn-
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 2 "A fire
broke out about 2 80 o'clock this morn
ing III the three sturied brick building az
the corner OF Second and HunliDPdon
streets. The basement and frst floor
were used by Gustaye Gross es q bake
ahop and store respectively. It's second
floor was occupied as dwelling by Mr..
Gruas, his vito and fonr children, aud on
the third floor dwell Joseph Bitnsr, wiki
his wife and six children.
the flames which STATED in the base
ment burned quickly through the upper
fl ors and the following persons wer0
burned 10 death before ai3 could reach
them: Mrs annie Hitner, aged 35; Ida
Bitner, sged 6; George Biluer, n2td o
months; GustaVe Gross, Dr., aged IL;
Bruno GrGss, sSed &.
Tao toiloSing were seriously Injured
Mrs. Minnie Gtogs, aCed 33; tiatiia
Gross, aged .; Joseph Blsner, eyed 40;
John EnilacnAdu, journeyman UakeT,
aged 32. Other members OF the Two
families escaped without serious injury.
an soon rs the fremen learned that
there Wern people in the house they
turned their attention 20 esoning them,
Lutthe Il ImgB bad already made such head
way that their Efforts were almost fruttless
Truckmau Hugn Smith climbed up the
awning post and into the second story
window. lie made his way through the
smoke to the he'd on which little auatave
Gro,a lay aud picking him M got HIM
safely cut of this building. Tbs lad had
however, inhaled so much smoke that he
soon died.
Johu Ellanson, another joutneymail
| baker employed by GrogE, was asleep on
the tblrd 4 ,or, hs likewise were Joseph
bi,uer, Is German weaver, hia vic Annie,
mud theis six children, WAsn EllenEpn
realized that escape by means OF the
stairway was cnt of no looked about linn
for potuo way of getting out Of tho reacn
Of the flames. a corrugated iron
awning protected the Second street front
OF the store. Ellanson grabbed the mat
,regi fyom his he'd and threw it on he
awning two sturiea below. Happily il
rested there. Then tba three children OF
hltner Martin, agel 6; tteule, ~ and
Paul, 10, jumped AVID wero lowered 10
this ground withoui iujnriss. The father
followed his children. but received a
severe sptain and i'll addition was burned
som what, Next fo,loH,d the man wis
Led provided ibis MONS II escape. He
| ia now i'll iho hospital badly burned
hbo1t the back
gde wife Of Bilner and two Of thsil
children, Ida, aged years, and George
d babe OF nonthB, were in the third
story front room and we're suhocatet
! by the smoke. When found BY
the firemen after the flames hat
been Hubdurd the mother and her children
were hud led together on the floor Mira
Bltner wac clad only in her night d-ess
hut she had her shoes on aB though prs
pairing to escape when overcome by TIL
smoke
Mrs. Gross and her children werr
asleep on the secUrd floor. She olaspel
her little daughter Matte in he- ermi
AND hurrying to the third floor j1,ppe;
from a window to the street below. sh
wss Immediately conveyed with her chill
to the Episcopal Hospital, short dis
tince away, where the child died Hoor
after being admitted.
Mrs. Bitasr ia horribly burned abou
tha legs, arms aud breast and in addition
suffered a compound fracture OF the arm
The hospital physicians say there is n,
hope of hpr living.
After tue Are the fire men foun,
the dead body of Bruno Gross, aged
years, in the bathroom on the secon,
floor, burned almost to crisp. FEED. A
Gross, aged z, aud CLARA Biiner, aged II
Jumped from second story window an,
were caught in the arms of Mr.. Gross
these two escaping.