The evening world., 1894-09-03
Fooled The FLAMES.
Mrs. Donohue Threw Her Little
Ones from a Window
Barely Rescued Herself by Brave
Firemen.
Her Babies Struck an Awning and
Miraculously Escaped.

| Two children, who were thrown from
corner VI lrfty-third street and Park
avenue at $50 o'clock this morning, es-
capped death by a miracle The house
was gutted and sl7.5OO damage was
| done.
! In the lower part OF the house, the
people got out quickly, without waiting
/ to even put on their clothes. The first
one to whoa here Was any actual ivsd DAN dan
his family on the third floor. He started
his. family down the smoke-filled halls
and thsn rushed up to the fourth foo, hoof'
Mr.. Donohue is out OF the city. and
/ Mrs. Donohue was alone with her two
children, Herbert, two years. and julia,
four. Mrs. Donohue knew nothing about
| the fire until MIR. De Camp came ham,
mering at the door and told her to run
for her life.
arm, rushed out into the hall and down
| the stairs. But she was too late. Above
the second floor the flames had taken
f The the WS bcwn anS 5eo@ Se
too, Mrs. Donohue could hear the roar
of the flames and the falling or timbers,
and realized that, even II she could get
through the flames alive the stairs to
| the street had been burned away.
Rack she fairly flew TO her own apart
ment The flames followed fast The
down into the street on the Fifty,
crowd of people there who thought she she
was s a to JUMP Mrs f p9ynohue @ated
but the flames were upon her; the door
crumbled beneath their advance ard
the floor was burning under hsr ,9et
her with flames all around pressing
the children to her breast; then they
saw her put one child down and press
che other. the Youngest to her lips s,,on
sounded like my God, save my boy "
before the little one was thrown from
the window. An instant later little Julia
1t was fall Of full forty feet. A
hoarse sound, that sounded like groan,
vent up from the crowd below: Strong
men turned their lac;s away that they
| might not see the children dashed to
pieces. But In another moment all eyes
were directed to the pavement for the
On the ground floor. in front Of the
grocery store OF John n. Buck, there was
an awning that had been left down over
Ike Weight when Sf2 the the second ee ehild Tell
caused the owning to give way, but both
of the little ones rolled on to the side
walk without 9 scratch on them to show
height.
Just as the children were thrown the
first hook and ladder company came anne
flames the first thought OF the firemen
was for Mrs. Donohue, who was In the
greatest danger She stood on the win
dow sill and looked as though she would
! jump at any moment. 1t did not seem
possible that she could hold out much
| longer, but she succeeded in doing so
until a ladder could be raised.
When the firemen took hold of her the
flames were eating away the window
sash within a foot of where the woman
had held on. She fell exhausted into
the arms of a fireman, ard tainted be-
fore reaching the pavement
The fire started in the basement Of the
owner of the house 10 Henry Klemen,
of 60 East Ffty-third street The next
house, 1913 Park avenue. was badly dam
aged by water.
The damage to the two buildings will
be 81 800. The loss to the tenants will
be 81, 900 more.