The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-11
JUMPING .sFOR HER LIFE.
THREE CHTLDREN's NARROW ESCAPE
FROM A TOP.FLooR TkNEMENE .

Katie Knobisuch First Threw Her Little
Compositions IRON the window. ssa Thea
Herself Dropped. 70 the strest-Aanie
Byrne Likely 10 Die OF Her InJuries. bat
stella .Byr.e asa Katie win Get Well.
A nre In the Ave story brick tenement house
at 23B East Twenty-pinth street yesterday
noon caused an excitement that will not be
soon forgotten In the neiRhborhood. Katie
Knoblauch. a 10 year-old girl who lived on the
top floor. will have occasion to remember IL
the longest, for she nearly lost her life So.
also. did Stella and Mamie Byrne. aged re-
spectively years and year and o months.
who were with the Knoblauch girl on the top
floor.
Katie Knoblauch lives with her father and
brother. She Is q friend OF the family OF Ber-
nard Byrne. who has candy store at 300 First
avenue. Nearly every day Katie takes the two
children out for a walk. Yesterday as she was
about to start out she opened the door and
found the hallway full Of smoke. Escape was
cut of.
Looking out Of the window. Katie saw few
people In the street. She seized the younger
child and held it for moment at tho window
as though thinking II there was no other
means Of escape. Then she tossed 1t wildly
and without aim TO the street below. man
who saw it fall said he thought 1t was bundle
OF rags. The distance must be fifty feet The
child struck tho pavement, and instantly sew
eral men rushed to pick 1t up. Then tho
crowd. which by this time was rapidly in
crcasing. saw Katie appear again at tho
window with the other child in her arms.
With terrible shrek she tossed the
little one in the air. A man rushed forward
and caught 1t. He was Peter Clancy Of 434
East Forty ninth street. Then Katie herself
climbed out of the window and hung. grasp.
ing the window sill with her fingers some o.
70. and others to hold on. She held on TIL
her strength was exhausted, and then she fell
and rolled over into the arms Of several
nnd two oni tho o. ahens We're fasf GSn
woman, Minnie Hauk. Of 20 East twenty
eighth street. held blanket to catch the glri
as she fell. She WAS unconscious when she
renched the ground, and was carried into a
liquor store across tho street and revived by a
BELLEVUE Hospital said that her injuries were
not serious. She refused to e to the hospital
In yrns BeeSne in their
Tony Wolpey Of 232 East Twenty-nintih street t
End .Is s A tuce Ms%e Of
capped injury beyond few severe bruises. Tho
younger child had her thigh bone broken and
doubtful Katie tt Ruobiauch practically escaped
injury. She is somewhat lame and has several
ot The ee aS G IN occupied by
Christian Levenhnuer The apartments are
rented by John Heuly. and Levenhauer; who
| is a newsdenler. lodges there. Levenhauer
had lust left his room. The fire is supposed
TO have caught by the upsetting OF a gas stove.
1t burned very rapidly. but was READILY eA-
tinguished on the arrival OF the tiremen.
Healy and his wife were not In their apart
ments when the fire broke out. and the only
occupant was James EnrGht. q ledger. He
was asleep In led. He grabbed his clothes.
ran to the street, and dressed In u neighboring
saloon.
Besides the Knoblauchs. Timothy Dennehy.
his wife, and two dodgers live on the top floor
in the rear. They escaped by the rear balcony
into the house next do9r Tho tlnanGial y loss
Katie knoblauch's remarkable escape was
the subject OF congratulation by her friends al
the afternoon She was very nervous as she
told the story to u reporter.
when saw that there was no escape
either to tho street or the roof ~ means OF the
stairways ! at once thou Rht Of the fire ESCAPE"
she said. Then I remembered thnt there
were no ladders connecting the balconies; and
knew that there was no hope there. had
often SPOKEN to my father ABOUT there being
no ladders There WAS nothing to do but get
out by the window. How l ever got up cour-
age enough to drop to the street don't know
But couldn't think Of lea,ing the childre
behind. ard tho only think to do was to drop
them out into the street"
Katie is tall girl. and appears older than
she is. In helping to catch Katie ~ she fol!
Louis Cieger lacerated ono Of his thumbs, and
had 1t dressed at Bellevue.