New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-02
I,pROWLY ESCAPED DEATH
s,y FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS.
,,vs DESTROY A DOUBLE FLAT-oUIpApIE


DELAY IN GIVING THE ALARM.
,,- ,.rilies had a narrow escape from oe"'"
e,s which broke out early yesterday III ="
n,,, hrownstone double-fat mouse We
1o1 West NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
-. aones originated is not posiilVcly Nro"'
,rn;.m Spratleigh the colored Jahl'oi, s.
". ,he fire started somewhere on tne "i0v :,
tn. 6remen. ON tire othcI hand, pe'e'' o.
- ant in a cellar under the s'air"dy' -
- the inevitable well staircase anu
e., shaft played leading ana ue"'' ~n
y a.. risch;ef To the almost cruii'h"i n1o
~ soInsbness or stupidity OF Spra'leiSn No
.eN'e obstruction of the building. lie ""'
u'' ,o discover the fire, but preferred 10 s"'e
,a VIZ nronertv before giving the alarm Aioeu
.N .L;a d,lav tbe smoke aud fame reacheo 'ho
-. shot nm through the building from '"''
- roof and in less than twenty lnlhu'cs n"N
- ,b. whose eastern half of the ouiiuins'
.I.,1o ~ an hour all that remained OIL W.
s.e sour tottering walls. The lire spie"'
H' I'll and fifth floors of No lei All 'ne
70 'ne -. aoors were destroyed, while tne
rooms a-,orn VI half of the building is damage"
Nv water involving total loss oil 9@V'oVV' A.n
y .os ,y;.bin ten minutes of O'CLOCK wn'"
- ,he neoule in the house were se'.i"s
-, for breakfast or church, that opi"'',e o.
IooN' -. h;s ,vife and boardcr lives III 'uc
'. Wv 90 No IN. became aware oil suo"7
.rsu of burning. which apparently can,c nor
,,o f,ont Of the house. Rushing I" 'he N''.' nv, 49,
,rh;ob ;s in the front part OF the p"se A.
,nsred the door and was thrown o"oN IA
.r.et cust Of smoke, which for the monle"V 0'o
pa minded him. He and Scott. the qua
~~oDsd their wax to the kitchen windo"' ""'
,bsv stood under it piece oil monen r'' - -,
teu on Snratleigh's shoulder, KNOCKING nun ".
toe, To get more light, Scott Droke II, ,'',
,i,ohsr window. and then nc ana opr"'i''e" 10
inc forced open the basement door, proceeu'u "
.ay. their own property, and eot onV SIN "'''
hssors they thought proper to give an aidrni'
T.. ,ho meantime. however, some one IN the
-. had secn the smoke and called the pohce'
,vbo sent out an alarm. When the hrSt engine
reached the scene. the smoke ana name ha'
mounted to the roof of the building. MIS- !. L.
Jones, who lives on the first floor MIS-. C"hilins
ham and William Berrian, who occupy inc 'hii"
hoor and Charles II. Jones' theatrlcal nld""sci' l.
and his wife Gertrude an actress, were OUT ol CAe
bouse and in the street before the smoke oec"ine
strong enough 10 stop them On the western h'i.
80 ,ho +bird floor and in the fiat adjoining that OF
Mrs Cunningham lived Eugene Reggie. his vile
and n baby lust three days old. In her weak
condition, Mrs. Reggie was unable to bear the
shock attendant on the alarm, AMI tainted lie
tween the front window of Reggie's Hat ana that
OF the third floor in No 12l there is scaiccly more
than a foot of space. Tendcrly wrapping the
unconscious form of his wife and the baby IN q
blanket Reggie carried them 20 tic window ano
nassed them out into the arms OF George brown
who. amid the wild cheers of the crowd are"
them in safety through the window of No. III
There Mrs Regyie was attended by Dr. w. >
Harding. and afterward carried. still inensible
20 the home of Frank KoreSon. No. 1872 West
One-hurdred and. fourth-st, where She now lies IN
q precarious condition Nos. 40 and ial arc
connected by an air-shaft; which served to carry
the FIRE TO the fourth and fifth floors Of the latter
house, occupied by Silas Pearsall, Z. ii. Colsey
and D. J. O'Neil These people in common with
their neghbors next door, lose every suck OF
their household property. Most of the burned
out tenants were uninsured and now are home
less The building was owned by William H.
Booth. q carriage maker of No 2,075 Boston-ave
The walls Of the building were swaying TO- anu
fro with the wind last night, and were likely 10
fall at any moment. AS precautionary measure,
Chief Bonner put guard Of police ana hremeh
on the ruins until the walls c1n ne pulled oo"h'