The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-15

Down tho Fire Es"apc-Eircmau Murph :;
FGuds His WIGS Corpse ia the Burn
inS House.
NEW \ OEK, Oct. D. -Threc persons
Wtr" burned 10 death early this mora.
ing IN ire IN iiVe:StOry brick ten.
inert house at the COruer of lIuGs, :,
and DomlnCk streets, and two Other
very badly burned, one SO seriously III l..
rcct very is not expected. The dead ar:
Mrs. Annie Murphy, 32 yeaTa OLD, Of 81.
HUDSON street; Miss Katie Dunn, -.
Yeas Old, a drcssmakcr who board, o.
VITA Mis-. Murphy: Josephine Ryan, ::
years cid, OF Washington, ID. G., Mr..
MrrphY'S niece. Thein urcd are: Martin
II. Foohry, II years old, Mrs Murphys'
son by her first husband: his injuries
are pronounced fatal; john Toohey .
years Old, Mrs. Murphy 5 second son: his
injuries perhaps fatal
re hre was discovered AZ 3:2O 0'rI0r;:
thl% mornlnH, when Policeman Nj =
''i' III nehrl Il sound OF breaking gla e,
Wh en- ne th0nEht WAS caused bv bur-
iac>. l,unnlET up 10 the store on [! g
gtouud ll)Ur OF 2i2 Hudson, 0ccupicl ,
j. NratZeuStcm, furniture and uph0I;-
jrrE, heDrOie pane OF glass IN tie
Wl''doW when there lmmCdatcly pour, Il
out heavy volume of smoke. Thc DO
iict tman raped for he'll pand ROuLdSmi,u
tNan anu DGteCtlNeS cox and Gnrr?l
haStcnru TO his all. They sent uut IN
Alhrm, then broke in the doors of {. .
man entrance to the house ON the Dom
lnlck street side. Flames and slnol, @
rushed out and drove the policemen
"a X. The stairway leading TO the uy-
pt' hDOr WAS Il Winding one the crut t.
forming smart that was iilleu with a
roinmnO 81 iIamrS. Ii was cviIrut th.1
Il would be impossible for the iumlI =
Ol l!r house, ii!iy in number, to eScaIy
pN the stars. Policemen haSteu"d %
lhc lire rScap" Oh the front Of the buliI-
ing AND shouted to the panic stricken
occupants not to attempt TO desc, nj hv
We STAIRS. Then they climbed up tuc
csc ape and aided men, women ami chi
Nfcn TO descend. In tniS the, were alI.
Cu ny lHe ilrem" !, who h td UUIckiN au-
SW"rrd the alarm. Fireman. Luc;tS .n
r"acrng the iiith floor found IN the rear
r"cm Mat thew Iiyan, Il box ma!irr, we
IS 4 WlduWrr, and his three chlldrrn IL
most oNerpowcrcd by smoke and unaiIu
TO nrlp themselves. He dragged tie 4!
20 iht Wln'.UW and with the aud OF hls
! yo"lTaucS Succ"eucu in getting thcm
uoNn the fire escape safely. Just th,l
lhr nook and ladder truck No. . dr0yc
! un ami ":," OF its iirenrn. Matthew
Murphy, sprang to TIE groun Shout,
lhE "''reat G0d. It's my house: whr,t
are my vile and Child?' Before an,
/ ON" cUUlu stop him II" rushed thrOll,.l
lhl llam"S and smoke and fuught ii.
way up stairs to the fifth floor. Vh. r,
! ne !Gun the body Of his wlfc burn {
alriost beyond recognition, lying IN t i,
halfway just OutSldc her apartment. \
| little farther away was the burned foru
of 'itl" Josephine Ryan, the deul wo
mans S N"lcc. She was still LIVING, la
dlci a"Un after. Tn" body of Mss
Nate Damn was found at the foot OF "A
ladie lcading 70 IT." roof. She had
cNiucnlIy been OvCrcJln" by smoke aIti
hu ned TO .irath while Seeking ~ CScaI.e
i"o Boys John and Martin Tooh, =,
MIS-. Murphy'S step sons. were found IN
tn" rOon. j'hry were removed 10 li.r
rooms ui the Monticello Club acro,s tie
@ir'el where the half li-drcsscdlcnantsh Il ,d
lor:'u refuge. Tnrncc the hOyS W.Tc
taken tV st. NiNctnt'8 !loSpitL'. Mn..
III iOO"ry was terribly burned all o .,r
I'll" BODY ANA cannot survive. HIS bro; 4.
cr .IoMn IS not 50 badly burned, Dus 4
Is Jared he may be fatally iriGrru ~
inhalln@ smoke. Mrs. Murphy was
miTricd to Fireman Murphy only oHr
lnUntiAg0. sac was tn" widow OF / l.
IcplnNn iUOnry.
Nine families resided iG the hOuiSracd
ca"A family had an average Of lh.-r
boarderS. The fire broke out in an .ai
occupied wood hOuS" in the cellar, and
the police said this morning that it WIS
ol lhc~ndiaiy origin, hnt they void
nJj say on what tins opinion was based
he actual damage to the building v 4
Inh
at O'Clock III great agony