Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-15
BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.

Nos. 10 and II Montgomery street, caught
fire at $50 o'clock this morning. and in
the mad rush to the street of tho Gh1
souls working there at the time, three were
killed and several injured
The bodies of the three persons killed
are SO horribly mangled ii is a difficult
matter to identify them. One body Is
that of woman about 30 years old,
another that OF IA man 10 years of age, and
the third that OF n man Is years
All the occupants of the building were
Polish Hebrews
The fire started on the first floor of the
building it is supposed from Il stove used
for heating irons. The stove was near the
stairway and in few seconds the flames
shot up rs far as the second aud third
floors, cutting of the escape Of many of
the unfortunate inmates OF the building.
When the alarm OF lire was sounded in
the building there was 4 wild rush Of men,
women and children who worked in the
| different sweater shops" II is believed
al got out safely except the three reported
killed, and some who were injured.
One woman jumped from the tirstStOry
window and fractured her legs, and a man
| received u severe scalp wound by jumping.
Many people suffered slight injuries IN
scrnmbling down the lire escape
There is stable on the ground, north Of
| the building, and here three horses were
| burned to death.
The blaze started on the first floor where
| people employed by u man of the name of
| SChlcvlCS were at work, The inmates were
men, women, aud children Of All ages. III
a few seconds the flames shot up rs far as
the thir" and fourth floors.
Then the panic followed The inmates,
| all Polish Hebrews ana GXcitubc under
| any circumstances, were maddencd. There
was no escape from the rear Of the build.
| ing. No lire escapes were there and even
| II they were there was no way to take adj.
| vantage of them for iron shutters spiked
| Uncovered all the windows on the rear side.
The 80 people rushed to the fire escapes
| in front and fought there like demons
| When the police arrived the whole front
of the building was alive with men and
women. All were lighting for good places
on the fire escapes The women appeared
To he more composed than the men for
| the latter fought furiOnsly. one would
make an attempt to 50 down through the
| manhnlc and dozen would null him
back. The ladder had not vel been lowered
from the first tire escape and 20 people
were hudded together there. some girls
had lowered themselves through the man.
hole by their hands and dropped to the
street without sustaining any great injury
suddenly the flames burst like rocket
from the second and thlrl floors and
leupCd out nearly across the street The
excitement that had existed was out .donea
hundred times by the panic which fol-
lowed. There was no longer any lighting
On the fire escapes The people poured
through the manholes like water. They
fell on each others heads as they came
down, and were piled three decI. The
ladder from the first fire escape was not
yet lowered. The little balcony over
flowed and then men and women Jumped
to the pavement
The first to jump was large woman.
she lighted on the iron railing III front Of
the building and rolled over on the pave
ment dead. man Jumped further into
the street and his head struck the pave
ment. His skull was crushed in and he
never moved.
A second man followed him in an in.
slant. lie too struck on his head but did
not die Immediately. A Young girl was
the fourth to leap out She icll on her
side.
All this time the police were yelling to
the people not to jump, and trying to
place the ladder against the fire escape.
The people were jumping all around.
-Four or live lraped into one officers arms
ana were not hurt.
hook and ludder wagon had arrived
by TINS time and the long scaling ladders
were erected against the lire escapes, ana
the people who SUI stood there were taken
down. Some scrambled across the first
balcony TO q little ledge On the next build
ing and lowered themselves by that way
|
taken into liquor store ON The corner
lie died after beng there three minutes
-Four ambulanceS We're summoned and
they came from Governor and Bellevue
hospitals. Gussie AugtIstoysky was taken
~ the drug store across East broadway
anu hal her wounds dressed theTe She
ana man who Went into HAPPENS 5 liduur
store. the latter completely ont OF his
mind, were sent TO the hospital in one am
bulanCe.
George Gremberg of No. 90 Essex street,
WAS found with a sprained ankle. Three or
-FOUR other people with slight injuries were
sent to the hospital IN tie ambulance and
rs many walked around to the hospital
and had their wounds dressed there In all
about ~ We're treated at the hospital
Two OF the dead bodies were taken to
the Madison street police station There
the woman was identified as Celia Davis If
No. % Suffolk street. Hers wus thp nnlv
one OF the bodies burned to any extent
she had been on the second tl6nr when
flames burst suddenly from the windows.
Her clothes caught fire. Wrapped in fire
she fell to the first fire escape and thea 10
the street. Her clothes We're burned COM
plctely OF her.
efforts OF the iiremcn. Every floor was "a
lire at the same time. For blocks around
the streets were packed with people. The
police had hard work keeping the mob in
check.
The bowling of the people was terrific.
Many Of them had relatives who worked
in the building and their grief was taken
M by their friends until the whole leigh
borhood was in an upruar. As the bodies
were carried away TO The police station the
crowd followed in rush
Before the blaze had been fairly placed
under control Fire Chief Bonner directed
the men TO search the building for bodies.
, Many who We're on the spot said they had
! seen several men and women fall back
INTO the ilamGS. ON the top and fourth
floors no dead bodies were Uund and for Il
Willie the tircmcn we're held 1t pay, Tor the
ruins were still boiling hot.
At 1880 O'Clock .hG list of dead and in
/ jured was as follows
Dcad-Cella Davis, Is years old, of M
- suffolk street: unknOwn man, about ~
years old unknown man, about - years
! old.
! lnjured-Morris NalIcston, % years
!, Russian tailor Alice Na!lcrston, Is wear,
, his daughter both are 1T ,fouvcrn0r IiD,..
pltal, badly burned, and will probably die,
, Annie katHen, ~ wears, body burned.
Morris Fleilit A. years Of age, Commissions,
Gussic AugustOyslty, Is years, leg broken
/ and contusons; Morris lIeymun, = wears,
scalp w0unds.
=, All these injured people are at iouvernor