The evening world., 1890-06-04
THREE BRAVE LITTLE MAIDS.
They Fought Fire and Saved a
Baby From Death.
Prompt Courage that Prevented an
Impending Tragedy.

Ada and Alice Green, Of isI McDonouHh
street, Brooklyn, and jennie Lawtou. OF ~
Park Row. Now York. are budding maidonR
OF coy fourteen aud sweet sixteen. Like
most mico girls. thoy would scream on the
appearance OF tiny. frightened mouse,
and faint away at tho sight OF n cut finger -
on the hand Of any ono else. But whom the
! family next door woro In fover heat of ey-
citcmont and q panic OF fear over . fire In
the curtains on tho third floor yesterday
afternoon. and when all tho men Of the
ncighborhood gathered In front OF the
house and GNped at tho incpient conhagrO-
iion aud wondered what to do. these three
girln seized their lawn EprInkling-rotS and
hustled through tho assembled malo cow
ards aud M the two flights Of stairs to the
rescuc.
The fro was in the lace curtains and
Jennie and Ada quickly oxtinRuizhed IL,
while Alice rescued thrce-months-old
baby from suffocRtion and carried her down
TO safety.
These young heroinGs, however, are Just
like all girls. and when an EVENING Womb
reporter called upon them to-day he found
them quite abnshcd OF the idea that they had
pointing out " John, q freoklcd and callow
neH a9r the wsa and
to reveal his other name, had bravely carried
q pail of water up IN which TO soak the
burned curtains that the Girls had torn from
Mise Alice % a den,urs young lady. with
soft chestnut hair and eyes of liqnid brown.
Miss Ada il a bright little maid. with eyo.
with hair 10 match. They arc daughters OF
Samuel Green. Vice President OF tie Law
yer-, Title Guarantee Company.
ps,uisnt,iiyH e erclsimasd art The elder sister. ' w
and their eight children@I think its eight
live In the brown-stono house next door No.
1880, and last evening the servant Rirl ran
ont and called 10 us for water. throwing hnr
arms towards the upper windows. and then
she went into tho basement and tainted
~ We were aprinklng tho lawn we can mp
stairs with otir sprinklrrr.
There were lot Of men In front OF the
sent out tirc alarm. but when the brigade
arrived we had put the fire ont.
ri didn't do thing. but SISTER Ada and
tsns and em%S .nrSksd Sh wseT lO5S tEsm M '"
OH exclaimed the pert younger sister
aerre,csting!y, Alice saved the baby -, We ,c
tear down tho curtains with one hand while
aionr-year.old little airl. serena, lay scream.
ing on the hoor. The baby. its name Is
miEer-. was ready 70 sufiocato. Alice took
Dolores away from Mrs. Rodriguez and car
ried her downstairs with Serena. All did
was to help tear down the curtains and put
out the fire in them and the bed"
Alice looked reproaehfully Of Ada and then
both proclaimed the superior heroism of
john. John blushed and continued
10 play the hose on tho lawn. but his back
bone ntiffened \ little as IL he more than half
believed himself a hero.
Salvador Rodriguez 10 q wealthy Cuban, q
dealer in tobacco. Mrs. Rodriguez had loft
little four-year-old Serena with three
months-old Dolores on the. third floor.
Serena tried to light the gas, but succeeded
only in firing the curtains and frightening
tho neighborhood. The flames were rapidly
spreading when the three little heroines
rushed 10 the rescue with their sprlnkling-
pots and averted tAgrAtion. The dam
age done amounted to 5000.