Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-18
THREE DIED IN THE rLAnss.
Terrible sccnss % . r~~em~st Heass Firs n
New Hork.

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Terrible sccses q . T~~em~st Hoass Firs n
New Xork.
NEw YoRx, March ls-Terrible scenes we're
enacted this morning in the Hebrew district
In ere which consumed the hve-story tene-
ment on thessouthwest corner Of Allen and
Hester streets three OF family Of sax-father
aud two daughters-perished mi-erably. The
mother vss carried out all hut eorp~e. Here
two boys were more or lees badly burned
Men and women lcapcd aud children we're
thrown from windows in the desperate effort
70 escape. fircmen and police canght whom
they could. bat not all One child st lesst wss
all but killed In the fall
pEsp AND INJURED.
or the ffty-one persons IN the house seven
lie dead or manned This is the list of ths.s
burned 10 death: Barnett Jsertar, sg,d Atty
six years. tailor by trade: Sarah, his Oldest
daughter nineteen years. and Betsy. IN ,on tg-
es; daughter, thirteen years The iniurd ere:
Minnie Jaer,ar. fifty wears Old, wife o. Barrett
and mother OF the children. burned on saos
and entire body. Carried out Of th, burning
house by her son at the imminent peril % hs
life. She is in the Bellevue Hospital. lyi a.
Harry Jaertar. sixteen years. the oldest am and
her roscuer. right hand burned very badly;
Abraham. aged nine wears. the Youngest on
and last member of the doomed family. hands
burned. The two brothers are at Gouvsrn.ur
Hospital. Abraham Goldstein. aged three
years. thrown from n window by HE father,
internally injured hy the fall and may clie 10
Gouyerneur Hospital
The FIRE started al SIS O'Clock when every
member OF the tenement families in the houss
was fast asleep. IL was FIRST froia he
street simultaneously by three policemen.
who gave the alarm from box No. III, On ths
corner Of Orchard and Hester streets. In i've
minutes before, the frcmen could get 90 work.
the flames had crept stealthily from the cellar up
70 the only stairway and enveloped the honss
from the street 20 the roof The tenants Hebrew
tsilors, witt their families, 10 a man rou. ed
suddenly 20 confront death In it, most
| terrible form, swarmed down the IRE escsls~
ON both sides Of the building shrieking aud
wailing ss they called their dear ones.
TOSSED MIS- CHILDREN DOWN.
Ladders were thrown up hastily 20 help theu
down, but some in the confusion and ,moAs
missed both wood and iron ladders. Tn. iron
rungs Of the fire escapes we're turning white
| with heat when Max Goldstein reached for
| them from the third floor aud recoiled m de-
spair. He stood holding his three little chil-
dren in his arms. From the street the police
yelled 70 him 20 throw them down. He threw
first one, Moses, aged five years, and PoicemHn
Boyer caught the boy. Rose. the baby. one
and halt years old. was caught next IN the
arms OF Policeman Weiss. Abraham. three
| years OLD, followed quickly that though the
policemen broke his fail. they were unable 70
catch him. He fell heavily on tine pavement
and was picked up senseiess, injured internally.
THE FATHER EscArED UNHURr
The father himself jumped after and escaped
unhurt. He tossed the children by the heels.
The building was gutted and the tenants lost
their all. When the fremen entered at o clock
led by Chief kehOe, IL was reported that ten
were missing. lost in the flames. The four
lower stories were searched and no one found.
In the fifth story, next 60 the roof. ths nre
men found Barnett Jaertar aud his two dsugh-
tiers dead. They found hun kneeling az the
window, overlooking all in the street. with both
hands on the sill, as though lac had fallen over
whelmed by the flames the very Threshold
| of escape. His venerable beard was burned on.
Under him, where she had crept up Close, an the
hall of death, wac the body of his youngest
daughter and pet child, little Bessie.
Keeling by the bed at the other side of the
room they found the body Of Sarah wrapped an
a blanket All had been burned and snlotllered
to death. The oldest boy. Harry, had escaped,
but ran back for his mother. whom he carried
out. Both reached the street half dead, fol-
| lowed across the fre escape by little Abraham
Abraham told the police that they tried the
| scuttle, but found il locked. Then they had to
run back. But for that they would not have
perished. 1t is against the law to lock a scuttls
| over night. The housckceper saws IL was not
locked. The police believe that the house was
burned by incendiaries.
OTHER DAMAGE BY FIRE.
| NEW York, March ls.-About O'Clock this
morning fire in the third floor Of the ave-
story brown-stone building No. A Walker
street. occupied by Adollh b Wolf A Co.. dealers
in pocket books damaged their stock sbout
$4,000. The first floor was tenanted by X.
Bamberger Co., dry goods, who sustained .
loss of 5000. The building was damaged
about 5000.
JOLIET, ILL., March ls.-The Joliet ope.
House was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss,
| so. 600. The cause of the fire is unknown.
CINCINNATI. March ls.-The establishment Of
Biedinger a. Co., manufacturers Of paper bags
and -four sacks and dealers in paper, No. s3
Walnut street, burned down last night Los,
$4,000. Pretty well insured.
| EAST SAGINAW MICH. March 1s.-The poor
house of saginaw county burned Yesterday and
| forty-two men and women. imbeciles, cripl,les
and aged persons, narrowly escaped death in
the flames. Nothing in the building was saved.
Two of the inmates escaped and are roaming
about in the country. The others were brought
here and placed in 81. Mary's Hospital.
EDNBURsH, March ls.-The Wilkes linea
works at kirriemuir we've partially destroyed
by fire today. The loss is estimated 1T $50 900.