The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-10
A Dog SAVES d LIVES.
Nick Aroused the Inmates of the
Burning Shadysids House.
They Fought Their Way Out, After
Beating Down Iron Bars.
All Were Badly Burned, and There
Was No Help at Hand.

The barking OF a dog saved four men
from being burned to death at Shady
side House. One Hundred and Ninety
seventh street. at clock this morn
ing.
Shadysile House Is a Summer resort
situated on the crest OF green hill.
with For; George on one side and the
Harlem River on the other, and Is over
looked By Spuyten Duyvil Greek. In
wood Hin and Stewards Libby Castle.
The flames came like fash, and made
such rapid progress that four men were
badly burned before they could get from
the house.
The injured men are:
West Eighteenth street.
join NORTON, sztT-tro yean old
WILLIAM ALPHFE, thirty-tvo years old
LOUIS HOFFMAN, twenty-seyen years old
The last three lived at Shadyside
House which was totally destroyed.
August j. Dick, the proprietor of the
house. who lives at 25Z5 Eighth avenue,
went to a chowder party yesterday and
left Louis Hoffman in charge. Hoffman
goes by the name Of Smith"
Now, Smith" said Proprietor Dick
on leaving, take care of the place, and
be especially careful Of fire"
You know me-" Hoffman answered.
The only other men about Shadyside
were Jack Morton, the bartender; Fred
! Rowe, the cook, and William Alphfe.
| called Whitley" who is tne man Of all
| work.
Things went along all right during the
day, and at midnight the place was
closed VI. The men had worked hard
all day. and they slept well.
| II was 4 o'clock this morning when
Hoffman was aroused from a deep sleep
by the barking of dog. 1t was Nick, a
| big black ST Bernard, that belongs to
John Ii. Ruschmeyer, the nearest neigh.
DOR to Snauyslde, about two hundred
feet away. Nick was locked in room
and chained:
Hoffman knew this. 80 he said AID
| That's funny" As he sat up In bed
and listened, he heard peculiar sound
| at the door.
He didn't have time to get up before
| a great tongue of fame shot into the
room from above. and second later
the flames were roaring on every side.
| Alphfe and Rowe slept in the same
room with Hoffman. They awoke as he
| cried aloud, and were frantic with ter
Rowe ran 10 the only door in the
room, and as he opened II NJ was con,
| fronte6 by blazing mass that he DID
not dare TO rush into. The only other
way of egress was by barred wlndoW.
| In thv corner of the room there was
a big club Hoffman took this up ana
battered the frame from the window.
But 1t was harder work when he came
| to the iron bars.
| The other men stood in the centre of
the room and called loudly for help.
Twice the flames set their clothing on
fire.
At last Hoffman had the way clear
lawn. The wind was blowing strong
from the north, and this window was
on that side.
dow. His clothing was on fire, Hon,
man threw him on the grass and rolled
him over and over. to put out the burn,
ing clothes. Rowe came out next, and
every article he had on was ablaze.
Throw yourself on the grass" cried
Hoffman.
rushed away across the fields. his burn
ing clothes setting fire to the dry grass
In places as he ran: Hoftman,s teet
I had been burned while he stood batter;
Nj 'nwh lie Jack Norton, the bartender,
Vas asleep IN another room room The The
ing up the legs Of his bed,
Norton is not an eXcltable man. and
he thought of the days receipts; that
oom here SSs Wall h Of
him and that $50. but Norton wen
through it., He got the money -dra wer
in his hands and then thought Of get
He would have got safely out. too.
but the fire had burned hole In tn,
floor. He stumbled and the cash wen,
flying In every direction.
Then Norton thought OF his life an"
the danger he was In, and crept along the
floor out OF the house. falling exhausted
and rolling in the grass out OF the wa!
Of the fire.
ity Of shadys!de. but those few siep
peacefully while Shadyside burned.
Whitley Aiphfe ran to Reuberts's
pavilion. half a mile away, and had an y
Mcnamara had seen the reelection in
the sky and came galloping up When
he learned that the inmates were badly
burned, he ran his horse at break
Fifty-second street station and sent a
call for Manhattan Hospital ambu-
lance.
The nearest engine company to Shady
fourth street and Amsterdam avenue
, fully two niles away. BY the time the
first engine got there the fire was a
thing OF the past
men, with the exception OF Hoffman
were taken TO the hospifal Rowe was
found not a great distance from the hous'
frightfullv burned about the head am
boiy. A!nhfe and Norton were burne>
about the body. but not so badly.
II Is believed that the men when theI
went TO bed eft a kerosene torch burnint
IN the new pa vilion. which was til!ed will
that II splutterei sparks on the shaving
ami started the blaze.
The damage is estimated at $500. be
sides the $50 receipts, OF which not {