The evening world., 1891-12-12
Vho Morgeab'ssers Disappeared
When Il Broke Out.
Landlord Cohen Had Threatened
to Dispossess Them,
Another Tenants Little Daughter
Thought to Have Perished.
Twenty Families Driven from a
Delaney Street Tenement by
the Flames.


nre that broke out shortly before midnight In
the big double iivc-story brick tenement at
314 and $40 Delaney street. The fire was
not extinguishcd until nearly = O'Clock this
morning.
Four Of the missing ones are Herman Nor
genbcsser. his wife and two children, In
flames first broke out
The other is Gussie sprauch, two years and
half old, the daughter Of Jacob sprauch,
who lived on the third floor. Whether she
perishcl IN the names or wandered away In
the excitement that ensued Is not yet den-
nitCly known.
Twenty families, comprising one hundred
people were rendered homeless and destitute
by the fire, which Is believed to have been the
work Of an incendiary.
The first outsiders to discover the flames
were william Murphy, bartender in Alder
man Clancy's saloon near by, and Policeman
Monaghan, who ran to the nearest box and
sent In an alarm. Then they turned their
attention to arousing the inmates OF both
houses and getting them out.
TENANTS FLED IN A PANIC.
When the iiremcn arrived the flames were
pouring ou the windows Cf 316 and the ter
rined, ralf-clid inmntes were rushing panic
stIicEcn into the street and up the frees
capes to the root oil the adjoining house.
Second and third alarms brought more en-
gines and trucks, and capt. Doherty and ali
the reserves OF the Delaney street police
station.
Bernard Cohen, the owner Of the building,
who lived on the third floor, back, opposite
the Morgenbesscrs' apartments, told an
EVENING WORLD reporter this morning that
he was just about going to bed when lie heard
some one shout " ire r. outside his door.
He opened the door and saw Mrs. Morgen-
besser standing IN her own doorway. she
had her baby In her arms and was holding
the other child by the hand.
All were iully dressed ana the woman had
q shawl over her head and shoulders.
She continued to scream at the top OF her
voice until Cohen rushed past her, when he
says ohe disappeared with her children. Her
husband was nowhere to be seen.
When Cohen saw flames In Mrs. Morgen.
bessers rooms he, too, shouted, and, grab
bing his wife, dragged her downstairs Int
the street with him.
Eddie Arnice, who lived on the same floor
front, with his mother, had Just returned
from the theatre, and was telling his mother
about The play when he heard the cry or nre
Rushing Into the hall he saw Mrs. MOrgen
bessGr In her doorway, screaming. He pushec
by her and saw that her wardrobe only was OF
fire and quickly got pail OF water and threw
on the fiameS
SOME ONE WANTED THE FIRE TO BURN.
The woman stood by watching him anc
screaming all the time. Arnice ran foi
another pail OF water and she disappeared
When he again reached her rooms the fiaIne'
drove him back and he, too fed for his life.
ing the second pail OF water some one struci
him with a club on the head. lie showed ,
red spot on his forehead In conhrma Ion. H'
said he smoke prevented nun from seeing
VINO his aSsaitant was. but he knew It was {
man, " because IL felt like It."
I here were many thrilling rescucs ant
hairbrcadth ESCAPES. Indeed 1t Is Wonde
that many lives We're not lost.
Jacob SprauCh, his wife. her cousin, Moriti
KastcnbalIm, and two children were on thu
third floor. Mrs. $ .rauch gave little Gus>ir
I the baby, TO kn,tenbnum, VINO clambercd III
the nre.cscape towards the roof, escape be
low being cut or by the ilames.
Mr. nni Mr.. Sprauch and The other chilt
escaped by creeping across narrow ptunl
into the rear Of Burkhardt 5 stables on Goercl
street, but when they met kaS'enbaum II
the street !l'cr H. iid not have Hllssie.
lie |aid that when lie reached he Top fire
escape man tooS the child from him. ka,i
tenuaum cIawlcd through ne sruttlo u TN
but hc didn't know " no the man was and DIX
not see him or the child again.
This m"rring Kast"nbaum was hahgin,
around he house weeping ana Wrlnglhg III
hands. Search was made for the enid In vail
lasi night, but T. was abandoned this morning
MAY BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRsuAFT
There were several lcet OF water atthc bot
tom oi the nlrsha.i eas, VI the house that ha
not been Sra.C2cd.
Rosie Miller. Il widow, and her ten-year-o
boy Max, who lWCd "n the top ilCor, escape
III their nlght-clutEeS To the roof and wel
cared FOR al! night at the DelaEccy stree
station.
she los everything she had in tie worlc
ana Scrg.. Gcrmiiur took M cu!lectio
among the officers 20 gtt her and the b..
suInc clothing,
fire Marshal Mitchell Will make 4 risi
tnvcstiGai ION. The MOg-cabtSserI have nc
been seen .igC" tlc Lirr broke out. ~ d COhcI
the Uy'ucg ui The hJuSc, said thi, mOrpin
Jaat 1t believed MJrgclUCsscr or his wife h /
seS h. Oui.dI < III IRE.
"iIe owed Ia" for rent continued Golfer
"nnd wa gong To dlSprSShSS HIM some Tim
ago. liS VIII = confinement caused me
delay the proceeding.
"Ic lhrcatcLtd tncn to get even with IN,
and thiuE he has 'shcn this way OF dong
For several days he ana hi, witc hay' be"
moving pdt their things IN small quantities.
C0hr " Hlur! his Uui!uipg, which Is hcarl
aud the lu>+will probably not XIcCd N 90,
although the Hiding Is practically gu ted.
The loss To hts tenants may not cNccv
y $1,000, hut all they possessed wa destroyed
Npighblrs are Gazing IOr them iO-lr'.
the IOuSt AT 3li II owned hY Buicaer ~
Vcraer. /, IS damaged 5!igltiy by Watr:
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