New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-02
FLAMES MADE THEN WILD.
DISASTROUS PANIC IL \" SWEAT SHOP
ONE PERSON WILL DIE AND OTHERS ARE sERI-
oUsLY-AN OVERTURNED LAMP
THE CAUSE.

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The deadly airshaft again played the leading
part in fire which broke out shortly before
10 o'clock last night in the three-stoy double
tenement house at the rear of NO ~ llester-st
The house is given over mainly to the uSc of the
sweater" cloakmalcrs and tailors, and when
the alarm of fire wa, sounded there were, masters
and worl,-pcorlc all tod, about eighty souls in
the building Tire flames started on a lower floor
and shot mp through the airsha't, and inside of
two minutes held possession of the entire buill-
ing. The bcwdcrcd crowd of men and women
had to fight their way bacI, 10 life and safety
through the binding smoke. That many deaths
have not TO he recorded is duc to accident Of
time. In the panic which seized on the crowd Of
Poles imprisoned in tine house seven people were
more or less seriously injured. Two of them are
likely 10 di"
1t was Just $50 when Solomon Xalinsli. n
cloakmakr vino lives ard works on the second
floor of the building and employs four work
people, gave the signal 10 cease work for the day
Tie order To stop had scarcely left his lips VIII
from the rear of the room was heard crash of
glas, followed by screams from the women. one
of the sweaters lamps had been overturned. In
an instant tie r'ar part of the room was in
flames Icadlons ont of the room rushed Zalinski.
There are eight apartments in the building, two
on tie first floor and three each on the second
and third. the two parts of The house being
separated hy main hallway. Back of
tno hallway rams TIE a,rsnai'. Zainskl
had fcarccly reached the door before
tie staircase and ircc,capcs were ul'd with q
frantic crowd, crying, cur-ins and praying in Il
mixture Of Russian, German and Hebrew On the
third floor worked Harris Meyer, cloak maker.
In lis rooms wien the fire broke out besides
himself were Louis Kaufman, an cishtccn-ycor-
oil Russian lad. employed 10y him rs iinishcE
Kaurmann was to BE- married in about two weeks
10 Fanny Levy. pretty dark-eycd Hebrew girl
who lived with her mother and father, at 40.
- l.? Bayarl-st. Only two minutes before
ZansAi's voice sounded through the house, Fanny
had called in at Meyers rooms 10 accompany her
lover home and .at by his side while lac finished
his work. When tie smoke began to creep into and
I'LL the rooms, Meyer started up and dashed
down the stairs. Kauf1nann caught the trembling
girl in his arms AMI clambcrcd ont on the fire
escape. The sight of tine stone pavement Of the
square yard below seemed t. deprive him Of his
reason. lie daricd forward and ric7 to climb over
the railing Of the escape. ShrIckng with horror,
the girl clung TO him with her arms caspcd around
hb neck lie literally hurled her away from him.
and stepping on the rail. flung himself hc.ilonS
t. the stones below. As his body whirlcd through
the air Zalinski who had stood iii the yard boxing
upward az the struggle. in>'incttyciy jumped for
ward though 10 catch him, and received the
whole weight of kaufnann's body TIE two
crashed 10 the ground together The cry Of horror
which followed tie fall was followed by another
as Fanny Levy was seen To leap on to the rail Of
tie irc-c-capc balcony. For an instant she swayed
- I'll
her boy falling across that of her lover.
Mrs Annie Goldste.n. Old woman employed
by Ialnski, haI sat in n corner with her infant
granddaughter Frcida AS Xaliuslli ran out Of
the room, Alss Godstein rushed 10 the window,
and before any cuc could stop her. had hurled the
baby ONT OF III" window and Jumped after It. Ter
mad Nycr e fright caught Samuel and Emanuel
Grill. tWo brothers WhI were nishcrj fJr Zalnslli.
ilaspn- each Other hy the hand. the brothers
jumped together from the second balcony and
then lay grooming ON the stone TAGGING.
The hrmcn vino were now al work on the
flames, were retarded hy tie rcdlins piled up in
the stairUays and hills. Within five mnu,c,,
however. they had sabducd the ire. Five ambu
lancr cllls brought surgeons from Bcll,vue
GouvcrEcur and Chambers Street llospi' l., Nearly
every bone in KaufmanlS body WIS broken. his
nose smashed in. and his skull fractured. Shrek.
ing with agony. lc was carried to the t;ouycrncur
Hospital ambulance Ills sweetheart plcadci with
tears to be allowed TO 90 with him. II he dies
she s'id. do not want ~ live"
With both her lrgs fractured She was taken
70 Bellevue Hospital The girl may recover but
Kaufman Is almost certain 10 die. His fate will
probably b" shared by the infant Frcila GOli,tcin
who has sustained "a compound fracture OF the
skull. I1lnskt's attempt 10 save Kaufman won
for him u broken leg Old Mrs GolI,cin is
badly injured about the head and arms. while
the lirllls ar" each suffering from fricturcd ankles
MI the rear rooms of the badng were badly
damaged ~ fire Cr water The tenants were
mostly uninsured and are homeless.