The evening world., 1894-04-26
REsCUING THE GIRLS.

On the ground floor Francisco Caro-
keeps a grocery store. On the top floor
Genera RONALD. a brother of the mac
caroni manufacturer, lives with Bar
bara, his wife. and Ave children.
In n little hall bedroom on the top
floor. which faces the street, the Italians
have erected a shrine to St. Joseph. 1t
Is a statue Of marble. which was pur-
chased by them a year ago. Around
the neck Of this statue was Il heavy
gold chain OF elaborate workmanship
and curious design. and pendant
from 1t a massive gold locket. On the
pedestal there were four gold rings. 1t
was in this room Of devotion that the
fire broke out from some unknown
cause.
Policeman James Donlin. who has
the Mulberry street post from Bayard
street to Worth street, saw the glare of
the flames through the shutters OF the
little room. He blew his whistle for aid
and rushed up into the building.
The policeman stumbled through the
dark halls and up the narrow stairs,
but his cries OF alarm were of no effect.
When he got to the top floor. the flames
had already burst from the room of
devotion end were eating their way
along the hall.
Donlin broke In the door of Genera
FRomalo.s rooms; Then his great tror.
aroused to the fact that the house was
on fire they seemed paralyzed with
fear, and not one of them would leave
Mrs. Barbara RONALD held her seven
m%onths-old child. Nicolo, in one arm,
while with the other she chung. to the
bed-post and refused to move. The ,po,
away from her. With 1t he ran down
the stairs, and gave II to Policeman
Walsh. who was on the second floor
pie. ns , iry' meats to time a ans Ssn9 police Riee.
man had turned in an alarm.
The rest OF the people in the house
were panic-strlcken. The place was
caroni manufacturer and his family as
they tried to crowd down the stairs all
at once.
Policeman Don:!p went again to the
Smoke filled the top OF, the building,
and the policeman from inhalins 1t be-
to the second floor, From there he was
carried down to the street by Policeman
Walsh. He was unconscious for ten
Truck / was the first to arrive. The
iremen immedia tely ran a adder up to
the window Of the DEVOTION room, from
Are had got 10 the stairway on the
tor floor and cut of the escape OF the
members Of the RONALD family there:
They he'd made their way to the front OF
the house. but were at a window at the
other end OF the house from which the
ladder had been .laced.
With pale and frightened faces. they'
looked from this window screaming for
help. Genera RONALD stood on the vim
dow sill and yelled 10 the great crowd or
people below that he would jump. They
motioned to him 10 remain where he
While the hremen were getting the
ladder over to the proper window other
people We're taken down the ladder. with
the exception OF two OF the children.
Victoria RONALD, thirteen years old,
and Theresa R9malo, eighteen years old.
window, n the fremen could not get
To the people in the street 1t looked
p psrl sf0u n II, i"eSf names mes when suddeniy
two iremen appeared at the edge OF
the roof. directly over the window
whore the girls stood CRYING for help.
lowered a swinging ladder. which they
hooked into the dress OF Victoria and
raised her towards. the roof, For a
minute the girl dangled in the air forty
feet above the ground.
Not a sound was heard from the peo-
Pile below. Then the child vas landed
safely on the roof. and a great shout
went up. Theresa was rescued In the
same way.
The fremen had stretched lines
through the house and to the roof
While some of them worked on the
flames others were e~ndeavoring to quiet
the people in a large tenemen in the
rear.
These people were panic-stricksn and
had ied by mean OF fre-escapes and
he f Sss e so ilasi not a'E 6S c n : ess:n ssshS Sage
reached them. In half an hour the
names were extingu!shsd. after having
done $500 damage.
rooms they made q startling discovery.
Every piece Of jewslry that had been on
the statue when the lro broke out had