The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-14
EVERYBODY SAFELY OUT.
GREAT CONNECTION IN TIE JANET
OYER A $50 A. NJ FIRE


OYER A $50 A. NJ FIRE
The Jaaitor Couian't Find hts Wooden leg
Whose Baby Came Down by q Rope :
One baby HANDED Across Into q Window.
Tho IRE in the Janet apartment house. Sew
enty-second street and Columbus avenue.
early yesterday morning Of which an account
appeared In postscript OF Sundays SUS,
burned through from the first floor to tho
apartment above and the store below. and
after filling the house with smoke and fright
ening all the inmates. was extinguished be-
fore It could spread any further. A servant
was slightly Injured. but in the confusion no.
body learned just how much. and yesterday
she could not be found.
Tho Janet Ia q seven story brick building on
tho northeast corner. with fifty foot front on
each street. The ground floor Is taken up by
five storcs. one OF which. 1882 Columbus ave-
nue.. is Trnynor's furnishing goods store.
Above this the building is divided on every
floor into two apartments. which open into IL
narrow little hallway facing the elevator shaft.
The iron stairs which wind around this eIe.
vator lead into Seventy second street. An
elevator for servants and groceries Is sep
Arated from the other elevator by n thick wall.
There 10 window In this wall on every floor.
aud one OF tho windows was open when the
fro broke out. A courtyard opens on Column
bus avenue
The fro broke out In one OF the rooms Of Al
fred 4. CAROLS apartment. on tho second
floor above Traynor's store. Mr.. Carroll is q
tailor at 1O1 Neade street. Ho lived here with
his wife. two servants and guest. married
woman from Scranton. who had a baby with
her. Tho Are started either in tho kitchen or
In the dining room. At 2:.oo o'clock in tho
morning IL cracked tho window Of tho dining
room on the COLUMBUS avenue side and ieapeI
elevated train saw It. They brake windows on
tho car and cried out to Special 0llcer Bren.
nan. who was at thS corner I q seyentyothr,ii
for help and Policeman Hogan responded;
They picked up plank near THO house. md
street door. ono of them sent in q Fl RS alarm
whilo tho other ran through the house to
In an instant the house was in commotion.
People ran down tho stairs: smelrd the
;n1 "na a o nY he ss
leaping out Of the window, They and their
guest and their servants gathered up as much
and out OF tho building . ~ 0
The other apartment on this floor was occu-
md child: and, servants who were employedl
10y some OF tho families up stairs, Mr.. Carroll
"TIro get ',p!' un;ii he heard Kayssr got un
Mrs knySHr The jan'or wife. opened her
eide. and within three feet, Of it was window
tho Rarkwsyb h9 I0nini
e%ant who lived nsrS VAS ioSEias out Of 1 TIE
window to SEQ what tho noise was about
b,h Hsre' nfS' ha's'f cf'''' p'e's' 'aN' ''e
she held out tho sleeping baby and Mr.. Gull
ssG DO you want to climb over" he asked.
asry ss as t@ ar Il be- ef H Thsn
went on down re stairs. Now kayser has a
wooden ley which no takes i oil WHEN n. , he goes
had nut It. Willie he was rumaeins around
70! ssf o int @ the and said
FANNIE. the Norwegian janitor answered.
vi Pulling IT from under the bed. he held it uu-
dor ms arni. ana men, ieahihg Oh the fireman.
Tho third floor, above Mr. Carro,ls apart
,nents. vas occupied BY Mr.: and Mrs. Cyrus g;
Tars sec Hnh ths t NJ s9t ot H 5
and then to the sidewalk on a small lad icr
%hsh the r ;HIs hsIl there Ths other
MIR. and Mrs: G. 3. Hall and two Children.
sehSnts en- n9 sds az ah tnn ' tH car red
Frank Damrosch. a brother Of Walter Dam
tor. and two servants. Above them lived Mrs. |
Helen Damrosch, Walter Damrosch's mother, |
with two daughters and her sister. They ali |
and Walk down the stairs Mr. and Mrs. Charles |
ved On af he ssth or able to wn
tinWn tha stairs unaided. One apartment on |
the ton floor was vacant. In tho OTHER lived j. |
Asninwaii Hodge. Jr.. lawyer mt SO Nassau |
street. his wife. two young children. and his |
mother. in-law. Mrs. karr. widow of the Rcv. |
Dr. William S. Karr Az soon as Mr. Hodge |
awoke and realized that the house was
around the head OF each member OF his house,
hold, so as to cover the mouth. Then they all |
started down the stairs he carrying tho young |
ones. When they came to the fifth floor tho |
hall was filled with smoke. that rolled from |
below in thick Volumes On reaching tho |
SSurfh door thev were nenrlv oyercome. Mr. |