New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-20
FLAMES ~ 4 LARGE FLAT HOUSE.
NARROW ESCAPES OF WOMEN AID CHILDREN
caar u.nrr. on TIL. LII .AIEN.

NARROW ESCAPES OF WOMEN AID CHILDREN
GOOD WORK OF THE FIREMEN.
fire in the seven story Hat hous" known as IL"
Victor AT Forty .cich,hst. and L"NinS'oh'aNe' H'
frcmcn opportunity 10 show the'' S"''
in rcSculns and children yesterday Afternoon
Fourteen families live in the flats ana on inc E'o"
soor aro Che stores % !. !. Burke, druggist D.
Elliott grocer and Joseph schoz. tailor lie pu'n''
Ing IS not Nreprrpf An explosion Of chemicals IN inc
basement under the drugstore started the IRE ic"
minutes before p. m. 1t was said. but inc s"''",
ri,in. through the house gave TO the occupants VI
the Mats the first warning 81 danger. \ coor'h oos
named James who ia" passenger elevator "'uc'"
IN. smoke and ran 10 tell tho janitor VINO was III
IN. ofcc Tho jan'or rang for III" hi"men anu
warned th. Isbc BARTLETT Merrill, Morton and Weeks
families I'm the south end Of the house. The women
and children pf those families got out on the me-
cs,anos and were helped down to the sidewalk by
the hr.ncn ~ Hook and Ladder Company, NO =
Al the Forty eighth 81. end OF the house the "tihen'
schccr and Nichoa, famc, occupied hai' frlm which
they were able to escape easily TO the adjoining house
v means q, roar Iron balconies. but ~" b1S occupied
hy thc Appleton Ellcnberg Kirby. lnl'tead' Feeder
and sander, families were not - well pi"Nh'eh WI"
means ~ escape. lew men were In ~" mouse NJ inc
time OF the lire. Some Of the women went 10 the
front windows md called for aid. Half dozen
companies u nrrmrn soon arrived ana began ~ 81
M ladders \ lons extension ladder vas run up 10
IN. six,h story from Truck No. II. Irrmcn convey
Harm, md LonsfOrL climbed up th" front Wall WIN
scaling ladders. MIs II prce lIalttcad who had pe"h
M for two weeks in her Nat on Ia" siNth noor' WIS
o,,,s q, IA. fine a, her servant had gone out Win
dircntv Ill. got out Of bed and dragged h'rN"l I"
,hc front window. The nr"men carried h'r u'"h
,o te sidewalk on the extension ndd'r ana TOOK "'r
into hons. IN Forty ,ghtnst.. where ia" WAS an i"'
hy a doctor Mrs Mary H."der was al" III on Uh'
rnh floor and Dr. Warner. IL West Ioiiy hitn'>' "'u
called TO pye.clbe for when the smoke "hcrrd TIE
fat With the ns.i,tanc" Of Nfs. e. DUNN "i 'c'
Cli1 iyrho was visiting her. MIS-. R""deF wa, aoe 10
a,e-s herself and walk down ladder whlch the hrc
m,u bsd sci NJ. Dr. Warner followed the "ome"
down Tho ladder. on the other ladders several "on,h
and children were helped - the sidewalk ny III" hi'
mon william Durham street sweeper ran up 'l'
soirvov In Torfyeighjh II. and carried down HUG
ciil from the second loor
Tho danger 10 the house was over III an "ou'
The house which belongs IN James IL lhoh"s' ."
81, g,:, Madison ave. can be repaired Tor FIo'"'o
and IN. losses 81 the occupants dill not exceed T'oo"
+, was said that the losses were covered luiy py
Insurance.
Mrs. Applcrns deg was carried rom an upper
eoor bv 4 H. smith. mate ~ the steamship iH'"Iu
unn w,s nj tnc fire and heard her btll"anlns ,nt
f,t. of her pc lie refused TO accept a-o "hich 'irS
Appleton offered 10 HIN.