The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-08

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hung at full length, from the window sill.
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from tho window directly under mine, slia
down this ropo to tho portico whgro found
up and started down eH IaaIer |" tho street.
d. not believe that ne people saw n IL. hill
Thsn oIsmned the nc :, door ,S escaped Thoy wcre
TGS sesris t.st Harmon saw were Er"hSsby
vas rcs%sps guest Or I'VE SesIGes IRerS
sgs plenty Fl other stories Ike HarmsSns e
sSo,n arc o. given wen sssowh s Men and Women
PUSHED into blazing railways screaming fabu-
lous offers for aid. offers that were not heodod.
ATTENDING TO THE INJURED
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wont q call for tho police reserves Of Can't.
keillys station and for ambulances. Add;
tors Nichols drug store i on the northwest
Host q The injured and tho dead wsrs carried
om there S: hpsSpe LIVING Srecy fho
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hosRF!,ta,l,,, The dead wore carried around to
streets. Tho fire lines were set n block away.
fide made tho number 1Oo60 The crowd
hung o. al nIsht,, and grew larger ns day came:
eod %s PULLED s%t from s% pile
that OF II. j. Levy. lie had jumped from u
window and had been killed. His body was
buried when tho building fell.
e4"'s TOLD BT THE TIRED FIREMEN.
y Among the incidents told by the nren,en
whom they got their breathing spoil were OF
55escuss made by bremen of Truck Company
II. Two OF the mon took woman weighing
perhaps 200 pounds from II window in tho
fourth floor, She, made three attempts to
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RESCUE OF THE PnELPsEs.
Another rescue told Of by the, flremen was
that q, q the PHELPS family. Charles I. Phelps
the sixth avenue side. The fire was burning
in tho halls. and they were driven TO the win.
house, on tho south Of the hotel: and we're
swipging out to tho windows OF the hotel.
! Phelps nassedi his baby to them and then his
two children. They lcapsd from a window on
instant too soon. Tho ilamcs followed them
out and almost licked them un as the firelhen
IS tue o VIE r. a Cs rrs
man Barson OF Engine Company. No. I. He
was carried down on u scaling ladder
~ AT THE RUINS IN TIE MORNING.
III tHe morning tNB names nau
been extiIgpisIled and all but two companies
OF flremen had gone home. The crew OF u
truck. tho first on tho scene wet ap1 tired
out. were gathering the ladders together and
preparing to leave. The edges OF tho ruins
were glazed and coute, with ice. Two ropes,
frozen and stiT. iangled from the windows on
the third floor Acharred ladderhung from the
corner window on the fifth floor. Three small
H. sse ea asahs n many Tnd2ws %
street entrance was still standing The entire
building west OF the entrance hal fallen In A
party wall saved about twenty five feet of the
building on t he Sixth avenue side.
B, At 1880 o'clock tho d-fashioned pumping
engine used for extra work appeared and
been In charge. almost from the beginning.
said 1t would take hours to cool tho ruins no
that q search for bodies could be made. In
spector Steer! came and took charge OF tho
police. The fire lines wore extended, but they
were continually broken through. Men rode
inside on tho cars and jumped of inside.
Until O'clock IN tho afternoon no effort was
Then 1t was found that the walls that were
! pulled down. The debris in the street was
: tSked over cnrelessly.. Artices of clothing and
come rev pieces OF Jewelry We're found.
During the dny there were many in
slii,.ss;n sent {, TIE POLICE station, x VIZ
again in tho ruins in tho basement 1t was
sxtinguishsd quickly and then work was stop
ped until this morning. when Contractor Calf
gan OF Seventsenth street will set 100 men Mt
work under direction of the Fire Department.
Chief gLs9pel said before he et the place for
others who saw guests escaping he believed
the list OF dcad would not exceed twenty