New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-30
A TAILOR BURNED TO DEATH
NATHAN RosENIIIAL WORKED TOO LONG
HIS BODY WAS FOrND IN THE RUINS CAUSED
by A FIRE IN MECHANICS ALLEY

HIS BoDY WAS ForND IN THE RUINS CAUSED
by A FIRE IN MECHANICS ALLEY.
Tb. tondoncv Of the lower class Of tenement house
dwclers to lose their presence of mini when broughc
f,cc 10 face with danger WAS again strikinsly
illustrated last night in fire which destroyer
the four story brick building No. 3 Mechanics
Alley. used as a tailors shop by Harris, Solomon
and Isaac Goldstei1, who do work for the large
East side clothing stores The building when
is directly in the rear of No. "A Monroe-st'' was
owned by Thomas Joyce, who some years ago
leased it to the Godsteins. The grouhd moor
was let ont as a rag store: the rest of the house
WAS used by the Godstens for the purposes OF
their business.
II WIS lust half-past seven last night when
Solomon Goldstcin, at work in the second noor'
noticed a strong smell that seemed 10 com" from
the cellars below. Forty men besides himself
were in the building at work on the dIiierent
floors The women workers had long ago gone
home The men were TO remain i0r
another three hours in order to cie1r
nm the work before the Sabbath. Gold
stein knew this, and knew what the probable
results of a sudden alarm would be- Creeping
out on the stairs, he saw n thin column OF smoke
coming from the rag store below Then, shout
lives he hurried down the stairs and into tie
street The next moment the smoke, leaplng
nm the wide staircase Lad filed the house.
From the rooms on the three floors the men
rushed as quickly as possible, but the thlcK
heavy smoke drove them back, choked ana
blinded Then those on the second ana tiir'
floors ran to the re-escape clambercd over an
easily dropped to the ground, or else waite"
until they were taken down by the hrenie"
On the fourth floor were five men ana a ooy'
The boy. Samuel Fagger, had taken some uiic'''oi
% his father and had reached the room d
I;oldstein's shout echoed through the hou'o
~rollow me-" cried Flagger, and, running outside
N. hallway. he clambered up a ladder and' WIN
conucl and the other men behind him, reacheu
the roof. ~, ..d ca,
The fifth man, Nathan Rosenthai' hnu I'd
nerfectly still, slaring stupidly at the smoN' an
thc flames now licking the panels oi '''' wv
onlv when Flagacrs voice sounded through 'HF
,. Lin, 70 him did he awaken as If from
Gloom and blindly stagger to the trap III l'er'
~ n ~, the roof looked down ana Jaw NJ =,
va ,,n 49, tb.m from the bottom OF the iau'tT'
Then Gush of smo'r cam mmu ns, Wv The boy.
Ein"ger had rushed hrst to the starwaS a., ,
,hs5 ns the flame, darted at HIM and burn,,
his skin and n5r, ,Sdre until nj @ fireman mounted
Tindd"r and took him down But Matintz, VINO
h,@ followed the elder Fasgcr 70 me roo,' , III, nv
M the 9r on 1 his Sns frfs Ia" lo thc paTaprt @ %
r"asSn aPt@rVd lawn on thos, in the street, Then
sGIp rSonp cry without the ssht'. wnrning, @ nS
Eat forward and haea M n%s"i gpsnnd to he ' rcoonde
bqw is n5o1 rce' on s'rnrN hi. side % lis right had
p@ eSn FRI raer hi, ribs had Of 4n Ii. 0TfSG1 fs aP% 2n
the flesh mad been bcennrma1mmr nm1m,T' ',ro.pitaI o., ''''
NON Thn n e,m's , had burned through II" bGdnTii
'.iro . loss of g 800, before the hrt'n"n rD"r ,"
s%'S sa n5m aaGcr control 5G 'y g, nSaI O. .arch @
Ing G yin@ @0 asn-i the door Of TIE room Gn m, 'n "f
SSaT Sah heap wa. .nRs all that that 5m1'h nia him M
Ros.nthal. On W ,hr roof had blinded AMI chokcd
i9 & md ,nd bcmumbcd his senses, 50 tha' hnid ne mii
cn back into the room. There on '1 tne Irsth
nf fine door he sank into inSehNl'l'i'S anu ~