The evening world., 1894-08-29

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Z be able to do some work of rescue be-
fore the fremen's arrival, a man rushed
out OF the hallway Of the house and sped
down the street In the opposite direc-
zion. He was apparently Hebrew. with
4 big black beard. Muller called loudly
to him to STOP but he paid no attention
to the cries, and soon disappeared in the
4 darkness.
The flames had started in the tailor
shop of Fabricus Levine, and when
Muller t,irhefs his eyes again towards
the building tevines Waterman. Her
man Ezeson. was climbing down the
flre-escape. When the man got to the
first floor he jumped to the ground. He
was closely followed by three other
men, who came from different floors.
A Long before the first engine reached
the building the place was wrapped IN
4 flames from the cellar to the roof.
Tongues OF fire reached out from every
q window and great clouds OF black
smoke filled the street.
Chisf Ahearn took charge of the fire
and at once sent In third alarm. The
building was In dangerous pa usrI position ,aon
nent district, II had tall crowded tene-
ments on either side. and in the rear a
dozen. others. separated only by mar
row nlleyway and a little paved court.
with the arrival OF the first hook
and ladder company. a ladder was set
!. NJ against the building, but 1t only
b pot6q then that everybody was out Of
adSs1iy. just as the ladder haa;been
sci. d youth of about eighteen years
appeared on the fre-escape Of the NTH
noor. He was entirely nude, and as he
stood on the hot iron of the escape and
yelled for assistance he was pressed
dow.
{ arhe nremen and the great sea of peo-
{ I9et Who, had lcongregated looked on In
h3rroE.lh The boy was being roasted
The firemen sprang forward to raise
the ladder. at the same time shouting
THAR voices were drowned in the cries
o. anguish that went up from the crowd.
But the boy could not have remained
there even 4 he had understood the fire.
Fireipsn Timothy Collins. of engine II.
Jumped on the ladder and started to go
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Collins had taken only seven steps
ciinbed over the hre.escape and
.fNsiiSe ne. turned. In. the air before he
fe1f sQuareiy ON the shoulders of Col
! Inns Down both went together to the
from the ladder as they fell The boy
was killed instantly. his skull being
crushed. Collins was picked UP un-
conscious. The other firemen were un-
Al first Il was thought that both were
dead They were carried across the
street and laid side by side on the pave
ment. But the fireman sooh uttered
deep .groan. Then he was carefully
picked up by number Of his companions
and taken to drug store, soon to be
was Internally injured and several of his
ribs broken. 1t Is believed he will die
The fight with the flames was terrific.
little c0uftyard IN the rear. The heat
was Intense. for the house was finished
that Burned quickly and gave out great
heat Even IN front of the burning build
ing there was no use for the reserves
Of the Union Market station to look
closely to the controlling Of the fire lines,
Tor the crowd kept out of the way OF
that awful heat that blistered the doors
across, the street and cracked many u
pane OF glass. Much of the efforts of the
tire.fighters were put to keeping the
names confined to the one building. They
succeeded In doing SO.
1t was after o'clock before the men
could get into the building. Then they
4 entered 1t through the roof and got into
the shop Of Joseph Schackman, the
rom from which the youth had jumped
\ There In the FIRST room the fircrnen
found the bodies of two persons. They
were lying side by side within few
Il ~
You'd reccsnifion. T IN were fathsr and md
son. and the boy who had jumped was
. An the bodies were taken to the
Union Market Police Station. There
they were placed on the stone floor in
before the prisoners pens. where the
unfortunates confined could look from
Z their narrow cells out at the still more
unfortunate dead.
Soon great, crowds NJ man and xor,on
game TO- view the bodies, with view to
Identifying them. When the morning
had advanced, and the. streets began to
dreds Of them stopped and went into the
Station to see the bodies
AZ the droyes Of people went in and
citt.r they uttered cries and means, and
they got 70 noisy that after awhile the
Prisoners teered at their agony. There
were little children who came, too who
looked at the scene of death and cried
but could not understand II at all.
On the outside the station the scenes
We're repeated. Hundreds of people who
could not get In because the police let
IN only a few dozen at time, blocked
up the street, talked and laughed while
tfiey waited their turn. Many Of them
Z idea that they knew the dead people.
AT last Morris Weinburg went to the
s saon; he ., Is taller nS who lives at s.
schackman shop. He knew the dead.
Inc man was Waterman for Schack-
man. ana the two youths were his sons
They always slept in the shop, and 80 far
az he knew had no other home.
Then Joseph Schackman. the owner
Of the shop. was called But he shrugged
! his shoulders and waved his arms wildly.
He wanted TO talk about his burned
shop. He said he didn't know anything
about the Waterman and his two sons.
The loss to the Rivington street building
ts 10000. The tenants each lose about
They are: B. Schrein. furniture deal
er, basement and first floor: second
floor, the synagogue: third floor, Fabri-
Gus Levine: fourth floor, Max Topper:
NTH moor. Frank Miller; sixth floor, Jo-
seph Schackman.
The Fire Marshal will investigate the
hrie rs the cause seem shrouded In mys-
terry.
1t Is said by some OF the people liv-
lug opposite the buried house that short
ly after the fire broke out several men
were seen to come down the frees
eApes. There was a pretty well defined
rumor that a half dozen homeless
taiiors Were allowed to sleep In the
sweat-shops at night.
Whether this permission was given
them by Waterman Levine, could not he
learned. as none of those who escaped
could be found to-day
The bodies of the Levines were taken
y This afternoon from the Union Market
station to an unde ctakers -shop at e