Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-26
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.

frantic Scenes at a New York City Tene-
ment Fire-SeveraI Persons Burned tn
Death and Others Fatally or Seriously
Injured.
NEW YORK, March 10. - Terrible
scenes were enacted this morning in the
Hebrew district. In a fire that con-
umed the tive-story tenement on the
southwest corner of Allen and Hester
streets three of family of six-father
and two daughters persisted misera bly,.
The mother was carried out all but
corpse Her two boys were more or
less badly burned. Men and women
leaped and children were thrown from
windows in the desperate effort to es-
cape tiremen and police caught whom
they could, but not all
One child at least was all but killed
IN the fall. Of the tifty-one persons in
the house, seven lie dead or manned.
Abraham Goldstein, aged 3 years,
thrown from the window by his father;
internally injured in the fall and may
die In the Goueverneur hospital
The fire started at 3:15 a. M, when
every member of the families in the
mouse was fast asleep. 1t was seen first
from the street simultaneously by three
policemen who gave the alarm from box
NO. III, on the corner of Orchard and
hester streets. In five minutes. before
the tremen could get to work, the
flames that had crept stealth
lily from the cellar up the
only stairway, enveloped the
house from the street to the roof. The
tenants Hebrew tailors with their fam
lilies. to a man, reused suddenly to con-
front death in its most terrible form,
swarmed down the fire escapes on both
side of the building, shrieking and
wailing as they called their dear ones.
Ladders were thrown up hastily to help
them down. but some. in the confusion
and smoke. missed both wood and iron
ladders. The iron runps of the fire es-
capes were turning white with heat
when Max Goldstein reached for them
from the third floor, and recoiled in de-
spair. He stood holding his three little
children in his arms. From the street
the police yelled to him to throw them
down He threw first, Moses, aged
D years, and Policeman Boyer caught
the boy. Rose, the babe, IL years old,
was caught next in the arms of Police
man Weiss. Abraham, 3 years old, fol-
men broke his fall. they We're unable to
catch him. He fell heavily on the
pavement and was picked up senseless.
injured internally. The father himself
jumped and escaped unhurt. He tossed
the children by the heels
The building was Quilted and the ten
ants lost their all. When the firemen
entered at > o'clock, led by Chief Kehoe,
if was reported that ten were missing,
lost in the flames. The four lower
stories were scorched and no one found.
In the fifth story, next to the roof, the
firemen found Barnett Tartar and his
too daughters dead. They found him
kneeling at the window overlooking
Allen street, with both hands on
the sill. as though he had fallen,
overwhelmed by the flames, on
the very threshold of escape.
His venerable beard was burned off.
Under him, where she had crept up
close, in the hall of death, was the body
Of his youngest daughter and pet child,
little Bessie. Kneeling by the bed at
the other side of the room they found
the body of Sarah wrapped in a blanket.
All had been burned and smothered to
death. The oldest boy Harry had es-
capped, but ran back for his mother,
whom he carried out Both reached the
street half dead. followed across the
fire escape by little Abraham. Abraham
told the police that they tried the
scuttle, but found it locked. Then
they had to run back. But for that
they would not have persisted. 1t is
against the law to lock scuttle over
night. The housekeeper says it was
not locked. The police believe that the
house was burned by incendiaries.