The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-19
LEAPING FOR LIFE.
4 CUTTING FIRE IN NEW YORK
IN WHICH MEN AND WOMEN
PERISH.

A Father Throws His Cz.ildrcn From
the Third story and Leaps for is
own Life--Anolher Father ana his
Two Daughters Burned 10 Death.
NEW YORK, March 19.-Terriblo scenes
were enacted this morning il the He
brew district. In a fire that consumed
the fye-story tenement on the South
west corner of Allen and Hester streets,
three Of a family of SIX, father and two
daughters, persisted miserably The
mother was carried out all hut corpse.
Her two boys were more or less burned.
Men and women leaped, and children
were thrown from windows in the des-
perate effort to escape, and fremen and
police caught when they could O0e
child at least was ali but killed in the
fall. Of&the fifty -onee persons in tie
house, seven are dead or maimed.S
All Were SOundIy Sleeping.
The fire started at 6:15 O'clock, when
every member Of the ten families IN the
house was fast asleep. 1t was seen first
from the street simultaneously by three
policemen who gave the alarm from box
No I'll, on the corner Of Orchard and
Hester streets. In five minutes before
the iremen could get to work the flames
that had crept steadily from the cellar
up the only stairway ,en7eloped the house
from the street to the roof.
They Wake to Confront Death.
The tenants, Hebrew taiiors with
their families to a man reused suddenly
to confront death in the most terrible
form, swarmlng down the fire escapes on
both sides Of the building, shreking and
wailing as they called their dear ones.
Recoiling From the Red-Hot Iron Es-
capes.
Ladders were thrown up hastily to
help them 3oTn, bus some in the confu
! sion and smczt missed both wood and
iron ladders. The iron rings OF the fire
escapes were +urning white with hea
an FAX Goldstein reached for them
from the third floor and recoiled in
despair. He stood holding his three
| little children in his arms.
Jumping to BE Caught.
From the street the police yelled tc
him to throw them down. He threw
first one Moses, aged five years, and po
iceman Boyer caught the boy Rose
the baby, one and 3 half years old, wa>
caught next in the arms of policeman
We're. Abraham, two years cid, fol
loved 80 quiokly that, though the police
men broke bis fall. ;hay were unable tc
catch him. He fell heaiiy on tie pave
meat and was picked up seaseless ans
injured internally. The father him
self jumped after and escaped unhurt
lie tossed the children by the heels
EfireElen Searching foT Victims.
The building was quilted and the tenant
lost their all when the fr8nen en-
tered at O'Clock it was reported tha
ten were missing, lost n the flames I'll,
four lower stories we're searched, and ~
one found II the fifth story, next t,
the roof, the firemen found Barnett Jar
tar and his two daughters dead. The
found him kneeling at the window over
looking Allen street with both hands OF
the sill, as though he had fallen over
wheImed by the flames, on the yer
threshold of escape His venerable bear
had crept up close IN the hall Of death
was tne DOQy OI HIS youngest uauSutt
and pet child, little Bessie. Kueeling b
the bed at the other side of the roor
they found the body of Sarah Wrappe
, in blanket.
5 All Had Been Burned.
Z All had been burned and smothered
death. The oldest boy, Harry, had es
capped, but ran back for his mothe
f whom he carried out. Both reached th
S street half dead, followed across the fir,
! escape by little Abraham.
Burned by Incendiaries.
Abraham told the police that they trie
the scuttle, but found it locked. The
they had to run back. But for that the
would not have persisted. It is again
the law to lock scuttle over night. tt
housekeeper says it was not locked. tt
!. police believe that the house was burne
g by incendiaries.