The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-14
pEkISI1ED IN FLAME.
Th4EE BURNED TO DEATH AND
OTR.RS INJURED.

Tt-aEE BURNED TO DEATH AND
OTHERS INJURED.
i'oisce and Firemep Aided the Inmates
Down the Eire eEsrxpe-Eirsman Murphy
Eiuds His y7If.'s Corpse in the B1ra-
Ing Aosse.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Three persons
were barned to death early this NOM
ing IN lire In tive-story brick tene-
inert house at the corner OF Hudson
aid Dominck streets, and two others
very badly burned, one SO seriously that
recovery is not expected. The dead are:
Mrs. Annie Murphy, 80 years old, Of 362
Hudson street; Miss Katie Dunn, %
years old, a dressmaker who boarded
with M,s. Murphy; Josephine Ryan, 5
years Cd, OF Washington, D. G., MIS-.
MnrraY's niece. The iajured are: Martin
ID. ,foohey, IL years old, Mrs. Murphys'
son by-Ger first husband; his injuries
are pronounced fatal; John Toohey .
years ,!d. Mis-. Murphy's second son; his
icjuries perhaps fatal.
The lire vas discovered at 2:90 o'clock
this morning, when Policeman Nc
Gra.h hearl a sound OF breaking glass
which hs thought was caused by burg
lars. Running up to the store on the
ground floor OF 262 Hudson, occupied by
J. kratZeusteln, furniture and uphols-
tery, hebroke pane Of glass IN the
window when there Immediately poured
out a heavy volume OF smoke. The po-
liceman raped for help and RouEdsman
Ryan and Detectives Cox and Gargan
hascened to bis aid. They sent out an
alarm, then broke in the doors of the
main entrance to the house on the Dom
iuick street side Flames and smoke
rushed out and drove the policemen
b;lrk. The stairway leading TO the up
per floor was a winding Que, the centre
forming shaft that was filed with
column Of flames. II was evident thas
it would be impossible tor the inmates
OF the house, fifty in number, to escape
by the stairs. Policemen haStened 10
the fire escape on the front Of the buiid-
ing and shouted to the panic. stricken
occupants not to attempt to descend by
the stairs. Then they climbed up the
escape and aided men, women and chil-
dren to descend. In this they were aid
ed by the ireme1, who had quickly an
sWered the alarm. Fireman Lucas un
reacning The fifth floor found In the rear
room Matthew Ryan, box maker, who
Is u 8idoWer. and his three children a.
ncstovcrpowered by smoke and unable
TO aelp themselves. He dragged them
to The window and with the aid Of Ills
comrades succeeded in getting them
down the fire escape safely. Just then
the hook and ladder truck No. 8 drove
up and one OF its hremen, Matthew
Murphy, sprang to the ground shout
ing Great God, its my house; where
ere ny vile and child?" Before any
one could stop him he rushed through
the flames and smoke and fought his
way Up stairs to the fifth floor. There
he found the body OF his wife burned
ALMOST beyond recognition, lying in the
hallway just outside her apartment. A
little further way was the burned forD
of little Josephine Ryan, the dead wo-
mans neice. She was still living. but
died soon after. The body Of Miss
Kate il,inn was found at the foot o. >
laC,1ar .aading 10 the roof. She had
evidently been overcome by smoke and
burlied 70 Ieath " hlle seeking to escape
Two boys John and Martin Toohey,
Mrs. Murphy's step sons, were found In
the room. They we're removed to the
rooms of ths Monticello Club across the
street where The halt-dressedtenants had
fou1d refuge. Thence the boys were
taken 10 st. Vincent's Hospital. Mar
til foohey was terribly burned all over
MS body and cannot survive. His broth
er John is cot so badly burned, bat 1t
l., feared ne may be fatally injured by
inlia!ing smoke Mrs. Murphy was
married TO Fireman Murphy only o1e
month ago. She was the widow OF Pol
!cenan Toohey.
Nine families resided in the hous- and
eacn family had az average of three
ioardsrs. The fire broke out In "a un-
occupied wood house in the cellar, and
tn: police said this morning that 1t was
CT lnccndlary origin, but they would
up: say on what this opinion was based
The actual damage to the building will
80: exceed $1,000. John Toohey died
al o'clock in great agony.