Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-03-26
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
Frantic Scenes at New York City rea~-
meut fire->excrsI Persons Harmed to
Death ard Other. Fatally or Seriously
Injured

Death ard Other. Fatally or Seriously
Injured
NNw YORK. March 10 - Terrible
scenes were enacted this morning in the
Hebrew district In a fir- that con-
umed the five-story tenement on the
southwest corner Of Allen and Hester
streets three Of n family Of six-father
and two daughters-perished miserablv.
The mother was carried out an hut
corpse Her two boys were more or
Jess badly burned Men and women
leaped and children were thrown from
windows in the desperate effort to -
cape Firemen aud police caught whom
they could. but not all.
One child at least was all buta<iIIed
in the fall of the ifty-one persons in
the house. seven lie dead or manned.
Abraham Goldstein. aged wears.
thrown from the window by hi- father.
internally injured in the fall and may
die In thu Goueserneur hospital.
The FIRE started at SIS a m. when
every member Of the families in the
house was fast asleep. ItwaSseen frs.
from the street simultaneously By three
policemen who gave the alarm from box
No. III. On the corner Of Orchard and
Hester streets in Eve minutes. before
the fremen could get To work. tn,
flames that had crept stealth
hy from the cellar uD ~.
only stairway. envelape,i tie
hoSrse from thu street Z, fh. ru-nf. Th.
tenants. Hebrew tailors. with their fam
rr4 n Il -
front death in is most Terrible form.
sVvsrmed down the FIRE escap.,s on both
sisis Of the building. shriekins- ami
wailIBg rs they called their dear ous-<.
Ladders were thrown mp hastily - help
them down. hat SaEne IA tbs. casnfsssi,,ri
and smoke missed both WOOD and iron
ladders The irun rungs II the arw -
eapcS were turning white with bs-at
when Max ssolsistein rrach...l for them
from the thirvi Eoor. ard res-,5ls-sl IN de-
spaar- lie ssoo-i hol.iing his thrss. IistIs-
Children IA his arms Frosn the s.r,-et
the poiisse yelled = him ~ throw them
so~z- He threw arSt. Moss. arr,i
; y~arS> azd Polisen7aa Eexer eansrht
the h@y- Rose. the baA. n, yezrS odd.
wAs caG<ht next IN tie arms e Psssise-
man Ncfss- Ahrahaua. yezrs e,d. fol-
io'< - qusei<iy that. tl-0ugh tn r-,lics-
nsn hruss his s4il they were unable -
cafcA him TIE fell heavily 81 tie
pavynsent and Was psclzess us, ssn-.-i.--ss.
iziu-s-i Internally The fafaer himself
jumped and ~sesp-ssI unhurt- lie tass>-s1
the eAilsirea ~ the hs-ei~
The huiissinE wa .-utrs,l ana III, ten
ants iass th~ir all Whea the srras~-
entered az O'siDrsC. led ~ Cai.f k~aasl.,.
4 was reported that ten wsre mlSs5n.-.
hast IN the HaueS- The four lsvrrr
s.ssrs-s we're s.sgrchevi zEi - one furr.l-
In the hftA story. n@xs 81 the rsssf. ths-
hreusea tcsznA fsArn~sr Tartar AMI has
'o-s caugAsers dad They tounss hirrs
Aneellny a: the sinssow overis-sssiu,-
Allen street. with b-sth hansiS ssra
the zin. a. thoagh he ha.l fallen.
0xerEx h~tned hy the Hames. "a
the very Threshold q e.eza..
AiS venerable bard was burned ~
nssrr him. where ske ha.i ereps M
close. IN the hall 81 death uas th. t-a.Iv
Of his ygunSest daughter and PEI eLil.i.
little Bessie kneelinx By the bed az
the other side Of the rs-oEa thev founI
the body II Sarah wrapped in btanlxs =
All had been bsrned and sr.1otheresf :,
death The oldest boy Harry had -
esped- bat ran back for his mother.
whom he carried cut Both reached ths.
street half dead. followed aersss the
fire escape by little Abraham abraham
told the police that they tried the
sssuttle. but found il locked Then
they had 20 run back But for that
they would M, have psrish-sI II Is
against the law To lock a Scurlle over
night The housekeeper says It was
not locked The police believe that the
house was burned by incsEdiaries-