New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-11
SHE THREW CHILDREN OUT THE WINDOW
A GIRL SO EXCITED BY A FIRE THAT SIZE DID
NOT KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

A GIRL SO EXCITED BY A FIRE THAT SHE DIO
NOT KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
slight fire in the tenement house No. 23d East
Twenty mint. st. yesterday afternoon caused Katie
Knobluch 10 lose her presence Of mind on The Dfth
floor. and she dropped two children from front
window Ia the sidewalk Then she also let herself
fall Katie is sixteen years old, and her home 10 III
front rooms Oh the top floor OF the tenement house
she had been employed lately TO take care Of the
two children ~ Mrs. Annie Burns, who keeps candy
store at 80. 1853 Flrstave The children are Steia,
four years old and Mary. born eighteen months ago
Katie took them 10 her home In the ienencirthouse III
Twenty .ninth-st about noon yesterday and amused
them there nlonc as her parents were away. Hall
an hour after noon a fire broke ont In the house IL
started. probably from stove In a 'front.' hilF"pHl
ON the fourth floor which Was occupied by CHRISTIAN
Lcycrhanscn. a nc~vsdcacr. who wns out At the nine
Tie smoke rose quickly into the rooms where Katie
and IN. children were The girl became bcwildered
with fright Instead Il going with the children into
,hc r.r rooms on the floor % the roof where
they would have been safe She opened front wlhdow
and cried for help.
An alarm had been given and the hremen were
on their WY to the house. crowd wus gathering
On tine sidewalk Katie caught up little Mary Burns,
held her ont ~ hc window and cried lere. catch her
Then She let the clild hill some Of the persons On
the sidewalk sprang OF the way little Mary fell
Peter Clancy. OF No. 4Ji West Forty nlntst. put out
nj. hands 10 try catch the child, and he partly broke
her fnl but she struck the sidewalk with force enough
10 fracture her thigh and receive Internal Injuries OF
serious nature She insenstle when Mrs. Mcticc,
Of No $40 East Twenty ninth ST., picked her up from
the sidewalk.
4 moment later Katie appeared ut the front window
with llc stella Burns. held her Ot over the sill and
let her drop. Clancy made an, Their effort catcher
and strained his and back In the attempt o save
tho child from Injury. He broke her fall somewhat
but she Wa, bruised severely and her iawbOne was
fractured.
Immediately after stella dropped. Katie
climbed Of the window and hung by her hands,
ready 10 drop. Cnncy called b. of the near
him to form II circle about the place where the grl
would fall and 10 try IA catch her Thomas Farrell.
Of NO COZ Fast Twenty ninth 1t ; p. J. Cribben, Of
80. 80 Second AVE- Louis zclgcr, OF No. 227 East
Thrt y-nnth-st.. and two three other RESPONDED
Minnie Hank OF No. 345 East twenty eighth ST. who
knew Katie. also Joined the circle. Katie remained
hanging for nearly five minutes before she let 90 of
the window sil. the crowd shouting to her TO
hold fast until the Ercrncn arrived with ladder
When she shot down City feet 10 the sidewalk the
men put out their hands but she tOO heavy to he
stopped and she sprlined OF her ankles. Zeigcr
d-locutcd his thumb In trying TO save her. she
nmpcd to the home Of Minnie Hank where II was said
later that she had not been hurt seriously.
Mrs. Mctee carried little Mary Bellevue Hospital
and Stella carried 10 the place by Anthony
Wotp-y, OF No. 90 East Twenty ninth II. The
surgeons sald later that Mary might die from her in
nlrics stella aid % be
Mrs. burns did not hear that her children were hurt
for hour after they had been removed TO the hos
pita.
The fire in the tcnementhouse was cxtingushed so
quickly 10y the hrelnen that the damage did not exceed
500.