New-York tribune., 1892-12-03
A TRAMP CAUSED THE FIRE.
HIS CARrIEsSNESS COST 4 MANS LIFE
... ,,,,, ,,,,>. ,,,y Also DIE FROM THE Blaze
IN BgooKLyN-A BRAVE PoLlOhNNN
SAVES MANY LIVES.

CAVES MANY LIVES.
The tramp Michael Monahah' VINO '.'ouen 49,,
1r,nscn corolcssncss set fire to 'he tlr'"Si' n"i'
,,, h,,,.. ,t no. $40 Fm,hnsaye.. Brooklyn,
ot an carly hour yesterday morning, ""i'" -
g, ,t,. death Of Michael Doyle and the INJURY Vi
" , -, ,h. other people In the house. was ar
-, h.,or. Ju.tice Walsh In the Adams S'ree'
ryc. Court Yesterday and held to await 'he "c''o"
40 lin. Grand Jury on "A charge oi hhi"9""e
Nonah,n j. seventy Years old' anu gave III, ~
~ paterson y. J. lie took his posuoh coo'''' "''
-, ,,,, b. had set fire 10 the place acci-
deptally. lie had gone Into th' eeiiar vi ''V O'
w., e,r .belrr from the cold. and had made ILLS O''
'''7 ~ ,c.I-or that was lying on the cellar hooF
" hon, , a NJ when he entered, ana D;lo''
~ ',n,, 90 .leep he though; he would have Sinoh''
after li.htng his pipe. he says ne lhre" NV ma,
q, one ,id. and II fell among the excelsior insane
,her. WAS a blaze, and before MohaH'" 'o
,,,.,,.h ,h. fire thr flames had spread to the moor
In,s lie then started 10 escdp" from th' o"'"'o
,nud,rc ,,,ylng the sleeping inmates to th'ir Ia,0
49,, -, ,l,,, momrnt Policeman Thompson, oi 'iic
'r.,,,yar., Precinct, came along. lie saw t"c
1T, t.su;nc from the cellar and rushed mo wv
h,uv,v to arouse the occupants. lnsiu" inc i nan
,a. ,ooa Monalinn blanched and motonl"ss. He
had seen the officer approaching ana uied ~ "''
him. -, ,
What are you doing here ~ cried Thompson
-, u,sn.t my fault was the frightened response
Ihe
roleeman Gillen. who had arrived, AMI LOOK '''
,.,i.ou.r to thr station house He then rang III "n
I,r,, and quickly retained to the burning Duliu'"7
and b,can to awaken the sumbeHns Inmates a.,
r,, flame, hld spread - rapidly that escape DN INV
,,,r,,,v MS entirely eat off when III" peop" WV
aton,d There were twenty persons lInpri>oh'u III '"'
,rn,r luid,ng and q, tIcy aprcu:rd at th" windows
of their apartment, ana apps 10 tio'' Dei"" W.
h,lp. flame, were shooting fOm nearly every "l"uoN
g. rn,,,, Tbomt-ou saw that there WAS no time 10
IL. lost in attempting 10 rescue them. Inc "''"''"
had not arrived and every second lost m'"h' u''"
one or another OF the people. QUICKLY l'noN'"1 W.
heavy oyecroat. Thompson called one Oh hiS ''"
officer, and 10th held II tightly. lie then s"N' INV
rlr ,o tlos. Al the second and third floors 10 Jump
ma. IA one ON the second floor lived Felix MniraS'
whose family included hi, vie katc ard four thlid'rI
on tl, third floor lived Michael Doyle his VII"
and seven children. The ground hoor WAS
occupied by John Grimes. his wife. two children anu
Mr., Griinr>'s aged mother Mr.. Margaret 'IH9'eN =
one after thu other the members Of the Murray ""hiy
sprang from the windows tO the street. ana lahd'u
safely I'm the coat Of the policeman. Murray his "iie
and their daughter Annie. w"r" lady burned by tue
namc- before the, made the jump. and were removed
10 the Homeopathic Hospital. where the Injuries "t
the father and mother last right were said rot '" be
-erious while The child l. I'm dangerous condition.
She WIS terribly burned about the body While IN"
officers rc>cuing ia" Murray family they SAW
a man appear at th" open window on the thT" "'"''
lie Wa Michael Doyle
For God, sahe save NV wife ana children ne
ci,a A. he spoke tue flame, lcapfd abont him.
he officer, told him to drop his children ont oi an
ndiolulne window Whici the flames had not rcachri.
If. nf Il them one by clear - the window sl'l
aud let them fall. hl. 80 being the last bat one 10
60 Doylr then remembered that he bad forgotten
his iv..Ntarpld chnd Annie and after Il moment
Ga be- foaud r nttc girl bnIninS and une ;n'on'
ia :n adjoining rJonl The father eNunEulsh'd iio
lqzc which had ,uV"Op"l the little ones neht 'lp
lux and ran with her Ia IN" window Ihe police
were Vulilut fug Del, return. nud ~ hc dTOPlsi I'F
from the window they cinsht her lh the coat . nc
child wnS n taken - the Eastern District Hos
pItll. ~ soon ~, DOYLE had seen The last member
,,f h. faully safely out Of the window "a" was sur
r.fir.d los the innc~. he crowd called out to -"
man to lump He ran The Of his apartments
,,d lar,,d H. the yard In hl, descent Doyle struck
thr network oi clohc,lines dt the second moor ana
BE- fell to tile ground HIS hcck Was broh'h ana
d,afh Instantaneous.
When the hrcinrn got az work they cXtingishei
i. r.Inc. with n los Of about $1,000 on Dulllin-
IN. hui,eho'd property Uf tie people was entirely
DESTROYED. Wen The lire broke out II was believed
that several had been Killed and the police Informed
"A + hume reporter ~ the death Cf tho child. Annie
Dovhr Yesterday superintendent Campbell OF the
1nlicr Department sent for Policeman Thompson and
, on. pliment.d him on his heroic act.