The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-02
SUFF0CATED.
Fatal Tenement House Fire in
New York.
Seven Dead Bodies Have Already
Been Taken Out.
flancf Flashed With Rapidity From CcI-
Lar 20 Roof-Once the Water Was
started the Flumes Were Snbducd,
but the Fatal worh Was hone.

NEw YoRK, Oct 80 seven people
were smothered 10 death by smoke in
u tenement-house Gre at alG W. Thirty
second street Tuesday morning An
other woman jumped from third
story window and will die The frc
came suddenly and cut OF all escape
10y the stairways In the excitement
everybody looked only TO his or her own
safety and rushed down tho fire cs-
cape. The following persisted in tho
building
George Friedman, years
Levi Friedman years,
Annie Applcblnt, 90 years,
Lena Mitchell, p years.
Mrs Margaret Killian. 70 years.
jacob killian, her son, 40 years.
George Levy Mrs Knl'nn's grand
son, 20 years
Lena Friedman, mother OF the dead
children, jumped from the third-story
window. She was badly crushed and
will die
Tho house is n Gyc-stury brick tenc-
ment, the ground noor being occupied
hy q grocery and the upp'r stories be.
ing arranged with front and rear apart.
mcnts There were feycu families in
the house Tho only means Of exit for
the people Is hy means OF stairway,
narrow and dark, which runs directly
up through the ccptcr II the building.
On either side Of The tenement are
houses that tower q story above the
house which was burned In the rear
Of the burned house is little yard
twenty feet square, completely hem
med IN by the tall tcnemcnts. The fire
was Uncovered nt o'clock by passcfs-
BY When u policeman came up tho
door of the tenement was apcn and un
the inside the lire glown5 lii;e n torch.
lie could sec that the stairway was be-
ing rapidly burned away Stnl there
was not sign of lie frdm the people
IN The house Ip enter the house meant
telfa Ih2 .8iy hops ~ those with.
In was In arousing them by shouts in
which the policeman WAS aided by
those who had been attracted by the
fire.
suddenly, TO the noise 81 numcs ns
they burned away the atahwly. There
was added nn awful cr5 one ni the
tcnants IN the upper part Of The hnusc
had hccn aroused and TODD a, the win
dow ~ the Gf,h door II was Mrs
Ebcrwcin, who lived alone un that
floor Ia another minute There was
not a window ir the ,rR. of the h1uae
that did not contain the Wild aud
frightened face oi .ame man, woman
or child each ut them appealing inr
aid The faces in the window were
framed in smoke which poured forth
in volumes
IN the absence ~ the Rrrmcn. who
had not ye, arrived, the spectators
wcrc powcrlrss 10 assist those IN the
building, further than to remind them
OF The lire scnpcs By these first ono
Woman mud ihcn others OF the tenants,
tn the number of twenty. reached the
ground. descending In the midst
% iame and smoke. before the lad.
der trucks arrived The flames, which
stattc)l in the cellar, did scarcely
any damage to the ground or see.
ond floors but on the third story
they spread over the entire rear por.
tion, There lived the family Of Nathan
Friedman, hie wife, Lena, and thcir
three young children There were also
two bonrhcrs, Annie Applcblat, TWEEN.
ty-two. nnd Lena Mitchell, twenty.
four, Nathan Friedman was FIRST
aroused by the smoke and noise Tho
room in which he, his wife and baby
slept was already filled with smoke.
Clutchlng the baby in his arms, and
forgetting an else, he sprpng 20 the
window aud de-ccudcl by the fire cs.
cape
Mrs Friedman, too, had rushed 10 n
window, but not where the fire escape
was. The escape was hut two feet nom
her hut fright deprived her of her rem
son. Behind her were the flames, twcn.
ty-6vc feet below her was the yard.
She lcapcd from the window and fell
into the rear basement area and was
badly injurcd She was conscious,
however, aud cried wildly for Der chill.
dren, who were stil in the burning
rooms
Tho fire was eNtinguished soon after
the water was turned on, and though
the work of rescue was prosecuted
with zeal from the instant the hrcinen
arrived on the scene, they were too
late. The Friedman children and the
two boarders slept In an inner apart.
ment Tho fire had not reached them
but the smoke hQd filed the room and
ct least three Of tho occupants had suf.
lfocated without having awakened to
ithcir peril George and Levy Fried
lbnan and Lem Mitchell were still In
.{bcd when found and the peaceful ex-
,pression Of their faces showed they Ind
ilno knowledge Of the death that came
10 them 50 suddenly.
v Annie Applcblat was lying dead on
the door. Her face was black. She
,had her dress aud shoes on. Evident
niy she had been aroused and Ind stop.
MED to don her clothing and had died
,9efore she finished her task.
On the fourth floor, also in the rear.
tcre found the remaining victims OF
., be Ere. There Mrs. Knlian, a widow,
!, ged 20 years, lived with Jacob, her
=, N, npd George Levy, her grandson.
= lr& Killian and her son were dead in
, 3D. The grandson was on the floor,
= u way TO tho rear window.
" Mrs. Friedman was conveyed to tho
gpitaL II wns thought she could
n but short time The damage TO
st housc will not exceed 5000.
- ---..s 4 -.
oi Not fsnongh Evidence to Hold Him.
.. lAfrth CGrET, Mich, Oct. SO,-Con.
!" TOR N j, Dixon, the sixth man ar.
n Ied for train wrccking, was dis.
'" fgcd Tuesday morning, there not
w enough evidence to hold him.
in Rcgistra Ion frauds In New York.
81, Ew YonH, Oct 30 Under instruc-
no . from Superintendent Byrncs, po.
nc captains went before the grand
OF d Tuesday to submit evidence in si0
tn q of alleged Illegal rcgiairation.
mt 1 superintendent has many moro
Jar cases which are not yet ready
by presentation.
ne pbitIon Estendcd TO All German Ports.
o., hiIN, Oct 30. Tho prohibition
m 'hst the landing OF American cattle
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