The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-29
LIVES WERE LOST
Awful Horror in a Tenement
House Sweat Shop.
Three Men Dead and Fireman Dying
Fortunate That Fire Broke Out Early.
Bp The .Assoeiatea Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29-Fire did awful
work in the tenement house district Of
the East Side this morning. 1t was dis
covered in story sweat shop at 226
Rivington street, where three lost their
lives, while fourth, fireman, is dying.
At 81 Goerck street, six-story tenement
was burned, dozen families was driven
out, panic stricken, and $1,000 damage
was done.
The Rivington House was occupied
soley by sweat shops. The second floor
was used as synagogue, and portion of
the third floor as Hebrew school for
boys. IL is claimed that nobody lives
in the house, but there were at lepst
eight men in the building, when
the fire broke out. II they were
watchmen, as it is claimed, they did their
work badly, for three of their number are
dead and fourth cannot be found. He
ran away when the alarm was sounded.
The names OF the dead are not definitely
known. One was known only as Hermann.
The other two were his sons.
The fireman, Timothy Collins, of Engine
Company IL, is internally injured.
The Rivington street fire occurred at 2
o'clock. Its origin is unknown. AS the
flames burst from the building, man
was seen to rush out and run in an OPP
posite direction. Several persons called
after him, but he paid no heed and was
lost sight of.
The flames started in the tailor shop OF
Fabricus Levine. Soon after the fire
began, Levine's wetchman, II. Egerson,
was climbing down the fire escape. When
he got TO the first floor he jumped TO the
ground. He was followed by three others
who came from different floors.
Long before the first engine reached the
place the building was wrapped in flames
from the ground floor TO the roof. The
house was dangerously located, being in
the center OF the Hebrew tenement dis
trict with tall crowded tenements on
either side. Ladders were sent up against
the burning building but they only
reached to the third floor.
II was supposed that everybody was out
OF the building, but Just then youth of
1s was seen TO appear in fiame-enveloped
fire escape on the fifth floor. Aid could
not reach him and Che crowd below
watched as the boy seemed TO be roasting
alive.
Fireman Timothy Collins OF Engine
Company II, attempted to resecue him.
He hau gone up tho ladder, but a few
rounds, however, when the boy climbed
over the fire escape and dropped. Twice
he turned i'm the air before he fell squarcly
on the shoulder of Collins. Down both
went to the pavement. The boy was
killed by the fall. The fireman was un-
conscious and injured Internally. lie will
probably die.
The firemen worked from the roofs of
buildings on all sides and succeeded in
the flames to the one building,
but this was gutted completely. After
three hours work the building was en-
tered by the roof. IN the shop OF
Joseph Sackman, the room from
which the lad had jumped TO
death, the fremen found the bodies
OF two men. They were lying side by
side on little tailor's bench and had cvi.
IDENTIFY been asleep wien overcome by
smoke. 2 hey were father and son and the
boy WAC jumped was another SON, The
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