New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-20
FIRE IN AN APARTMENT HOUSE
OCCUPANTS OF The PERcIvAL EXCITED.
SOME WOMEN FAINT AND ARE CARRIED DOWN
THE FIRE-ESCAPES.

SOME WOMEN FAINT AND ARE CARRIED DOWN
THE FIRE-ESCAPEs.
There was an exciting oupouring Of people from the
Percval aparmenhouse, No go West Forty second
st.. at . 80 D. m. yesterday when mysterious fire
was discovered in the siX-sory building. The flames
were first discovered burning rear stairway at the
third story julius SpGtz. the elevator boy. was
passing along the hall and saw the flames. lie gave
an alarm quickly to the other inmates OF the house.
A few moments later policeman sent call for the
iremen from the signal box at Broadway and Forty
secOndst.
Ncnrv 100 persons. including servants, lived in the
thirv-eght apartments I'm the house and over sixty
OF them were in the house when the fire was discovered
Most Of them got down the front starways to the
street but few OF them overcome by fright, ana
three who tainted had TO be carried down the
nre-escapes on the front wall OF the house MIS-.
Edwin stevens wife OF a comedian OF The Casino com
pany, was carried down from the third hoor MIS-
Fanny Drake was removed In a falnting condiuon
from the fourth floor She Is actress In the Lyccum
company. From the fifth floor was borne Mrs ). H.
Kahl The women revived when they were safe on
the sidewalk Two servants, Kate Murphy ana mary
Bannon, were helped down from the microscopes
also. The only person who was said 10 DC Ill rea
danger Mrs. r. +. blanchard, WHO was Ill III htr
room in the rear Of the nth story. over where the hre
was burning Her hu ,band took her in his arms ana
As the fire ran up the back stairs and spread RAPIDLY
in the top story Of the house three alarms were RING
and watertOwer called to FOrty-seoond-st iile
hrcmen soon cxtinriished the flames. but they were
Obliged to Hood the building and the water ruined most
OF the ceilings above the second floor The top story
was burned out and the roof was destryed. Most OF
the havoc by fire was done in the apartments OF l. r.
Blanchar +. Drake, X. G. Haynes, julius Meyers
w. L. Law. W. l.. Pomeroy and August p Woodruff
whose combined losses amounted 10 nearly S5oOo
smoke and water also damaged the clothing ana iur-
nitlrc OF G. j. Edgerly, VI. 4. Knight +. W. schOheh
T.. savage a. Long, J. p TmSon, j. ii. Prents, H. D.
Blake, u. L. Thomas, ". J. Davidson, A. VI. MOTIFS
J. L. Kahl Edwin Stevens and others. The whole
damage to The OF the apartments wac believed
to be fully $4,000. Most Of the losses are covered
by insurance. 80. ,,.o..
OF Rutland W. and the repairs to II may cost Sloooo
Edward rannaci. the agent SAID that the house was
Insured for 10000. 1t was built nearly twenty yeir
ago Eertram c. Webster shot and killed Charles H.
Goodwin in the house on August =, 11ol. A. o..
An Investigation to ascertain the cause OF uic nre
will be made by the fire marshal. ~
Mr. Blake. the husband OF Miss Celia EMS, OF the
Blue Jeans company, declared that about week
ago he Lad occasion 70 60 to te 10Y above te sAtd
Story where Of bis and his wiie's trunks were
stoned. There he found scattered about the moor q
quantity OF paper, torn into small pieces ana lter
mixed with # a large amount of moss. Mr. Blake was
positive Of this -. A.,
While bh, fire burning Captain Cross. OF the
West Thirty scventh-s station found that attempt
Before the police arrived several persons ran nto t
building. Two Of them were captured aft'r they nad
been there some time. They said they were George
H0ltOn Of No 12s Fast One-hundredand thirteenth
ST. and H. d. ". Atwood Of No. 234 West Forty
thrd-st No money found in t.eir possession
Both held by Captain Cross