The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-26
RESCUING THE GIRLS.

On the ground floor Francisco Caro-
keeps grocery store. On the top floor
Genera RONALD. brother of the mac
caroni manufacturer. lives with Bar
| bara. his wife. and five children.
In a 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 year ago. Around
the neck Of this statue was a heavy
gold chain of elaborate workmanship
| and curious design. and pendant
| from II 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
and rushed up into the building.
The policeman stumbled through the
dark halls and up the narrow stairs.
When he got to the top floor, the flames
had already burst from the room of
devotion and were eating their way
Donln broke in the door of Genera
BILE began. When the family were
aroused to the fact that the house was
fear, and not one Of them would leave
the rooms.
Mrs Barbara RONALD held her seven
while with the other she chung to the
bed-post and refused to move. The po.
liceman used force to take the child
Se sta a heG s Mieh to he
Walsh, who was on the second floor
landing, trying to wake the other Peo-
pie. In the mean time another police
man had turned In an alarm.
The rest of the people in the house
We're panic-stricken. The place was
filled with the wild shrieks of the mac
caroni manufacturer and his family as
they tried to crowd down the stairs all
at once.
Policeman Donlln went again to the
CAPE cap G but 10 not sne Of them would move
Smoke filled the top of the building.
and the POLICEMAN from inhaling it be
stairs for help, when he tainted and fell
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
firemcn Immediately ran a ladder up to
which smoke poured. BY this time the
fire had got to the stairway on the
top floor and cut off the escape Of the
:.
They he'd made their way to the front of
the house. but were Mt a window at the
other end OF the house from which the
ladder had been placed.
With pale and frightened faces, they
looked from this window screaming for
help. Genera RONALD stood on the win
people below that he would jump. They
motioned to him to remain where he
was.
ladder over to the proper window other
people had got to the roof All of the
people were taken down the ladder, with
Victoria RONALD, thirteen years old,
and Theresa RONALD eighteen years old.
They had made their way TO another
window. and the fremen could not get
To the people in the street 1T looked
as though these girls would certainly
perish IN the flames when suddenly I96
The roof. directly over the window
where the girls stood crying for help.
The fremen lying nat sio on The = roofs,
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-
pie below. Then the child was landed
safely on the roof, and a great shout
went up. Theresa was rescued in the
same way.
The firemen had stretched lines
through the house and to the roof
While some OF them worked on the
flames others were endeavoring to quiet
the people in a large tenement In the
rear.
These people were panic-stricksn and
had fed by means OF horoscopes and
the roof In their night clothes. although
r yee tbem NOT haif an ha hSsr ha tSe
flames were extinguished. after having
done $500 damage.
When the Romalos RETURNED to their
NIAWE ~ ~ a NlAA
Every piece OF Jewelry that had been on
the statue when the fire broke. out had