The evening world., 1894-04-26
(, PANIC, Theft.
Hing Rescue Of Two Girls
from a Burning Tenement.
hers, Lowered from the Roof,
| Hooked in Their Dresses
Inc Stripped Of Jewelry, and a
Watch and Money Stolen.

fire which broke out at $3.50 o'clock
morning in the three-story Italian
ment at 56 Mulberry street caused
banjo, and there was a number Of
row escapes from death.
then the fire had been eXtinguished
vas found that in a number of rooms
ere the firemen had worked consider
lie money and jewelry were missing.
he tenement was once painted white,
though the paint has long since
I'm off the bricks the house still
nds out prominently, far better than
others in the neighborhood. The
buse is well known to all the people
the street, as it is the residence of
hbina RONALD, the wealthiest man in
Mulberry Bend. RONALD Is estimated
No be worth $4,000. He has a maccaroni
factory at 100 Mott street. He leases
the tenement house and lives In 1t with
his wife and six children.
On the ground floor Francisco Caro-
keeps a 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
noor which faces the street, the Italians
have erected a shrine to st. Joseph. 1t
lis 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
md curious design. and pendant
rom it 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 and were eating their way
along the hall
Romalos rooms; Then his great trou-
Bile began. When the family were
aroused to the fact that the house was
on fire they seemed paralyzed with
fear, and not one of them would leave
II the rooms.
Mrs. Barbara RONALD held her seven
ymonths-old child, Nicolo, in one arm,
Eed-post and refused to move. The po.
iiceman used force to take the child
AWAY from her. With it he ran down
ss SaT Who and gave se to sefond oor
Handing, trying to wake the other peo-
pie. In the mean time another police
man had turned In an alarm.
We're panic-stricken. The place was
illed with the wild shrieks OF the mac
taroni manufacturer and his family as
they tried to crowd down the stairs all
at once
Policeman Donlin went again to the
top floor to urge the. people there to es-
Zane; but not one Of them would move.
and the policeman from inhalng it be
came faint. He started to go down the
tars for help, when he tainted and fell
carried de%n to 0G the sres b 5HeFs ice
Walsh. He was unconscious for ten
minutes.
Truck / was the first to arrive. The
lremen Immediately ran a ladder up to
ne window of the devotion room, from
Which smoke poured. BY this time the
Pre- had got to the stairway on. the
Hembes of the RONALD family, there:
they had made their way to the front OF
ne mouse. but were at a window at me
. dss, end nc, Of the house from which the
with pale and frightened faces. they
oked from this window screaming for
elp Genera RONALD stood on the win
ow sill and yelled to the great crowd or
eople below that he would jump. They
otloned to him to remain where he
While the firemen were getting the
Oder over to the proper window other
opie had got to the roof. All OF the
ople were taken down the ladder, with
exception of two OF the children,
Theresa RONALD. eighteen years old.
iey had made their way to another
ar them.
ro the people in the street 1t looked
though these girls would certainly
ism in the flames. when suddenly
nremen appeared at the edge, of
arr roof, directly over the window
ne fremen, lying fiat on the roofs,
cred swinging ladder, which they
ked into the dress of Victoria and
led her towards. the roof. For a
ute the girl dangled In the air forty
above the ground.
ot a sound was heard from the peo-
below. Then the child was landed
nt up, Theresa was rescued in the
he firemen had stretched lines
Eile some of them worked on the
mes others were endeavoring to quiet
people In large tenement in the
hese people were panic-stricksn and
Ned by means OF fire-escapes and
roof In their night clothes, although
nre could not by any chance have
eched them. In half an hour the
mes were extinguished, after having
ne $bO0 damage.
Ehen the Romalos returned to theii
ms they made a startling discovery
ery piece OF Jewelry. that had been OF
statue when the fire broke out had
fppeared. Genera RONALD had alst
g cents on his table, That wal
|iicsman poaiin said that he had no,