The evening world., 1894-08-29
THREE Men
ROASTED.
tosntinued from First Puee. }


alarm.
q Az he hurried back TO the burning
building, thinking that possibly he might
be able to do some work Of rescue be-
/, fore the flremen's arrival, a man rushed
out Of the hallway OF the house and sped
down the street In the opposite direc-
tIon. He was apparently Hebrew. with
\ big, black beard. Muller called loudly
To him to stop. but he paid no attention
10 the cries, and soon disappeared In the
darkness.
The flames had started In the tailor
shop of Fabricus Levine, and when
Muller turned his eyes again towards
the building Levine's Waterman, Her
man Ezeson, was climbing down the
flre-escape. When the man got to the
first foor he jumped to the ground. He
was closely followed by three other
men. who came from different floors.
Long before the first engine reached
the building the place was wrapped IN
names from the cellar 10 tne roo,:
window and great clouds OF black
smoke filled the street.
CsSief Ahearn took charge OF the lire
and At once sent in third alarm: The
building was In dangerous position.
Right IN the centre OF the Hebrew tene-
ment district, 1t had tall crowded tene-
~
dozen others, separated only by mar
row alieyway and little paved court. :.
With the arrival of the first hook
: 70 Assinst the building, but it only
reached to the third floor. IL was sup
posed tken that everybody was out OF
suddenly, just as the ladder had been
set. youth of about eighteen years
appeared on the fire-escape of the hfth
floor. He was entirely nude. and as he
t<.<<sl shA hat lrOfn NJ he "a
yelled for assistance he was pressed
BY the flames that came from the WIN
The freInen and the great sea OF peo-
. pie who had congregated looked on In
horror. The boy was being roasted
/, the. ladder, at he same time shouting
10 the lad to stay there a moment, but
their voices were drowned In the cries
Su sdS eoud haW. ns
there even II he had understood the lire.
mems words.
Fireman Timothy. Collins. OF engine II.
up Ii. He was closely followed by Fire
man. Kane and Fireman Smith.
I Collins. had taken only seven steps
nss the over Ssy Rs on sss s nS nd
TwYee he turned in the air before he
powa both Went tosethsr q to che he
pavement, knocking Kane and Smith
from the ladder as they fell: The boy
crushed. Collins was picked up un-
conscious. The other firemen were I'M
At frst It was thought that both were
street and :ail side by side on the pave
ment But the fireman soon uttered a
deep groan. Then, he was carefully
and taken to a drug store. soon to be
removed to .Gouverneur Hospital. He
was internally Injured. and severa! of his
The fsht with the on names Was va T terr nc
- On al SIDES the men worked. from roofs
Sf,houses. from he street, and from, the
dr III. the soss was Tfs
throughout, with painted yellow pine,
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 10 the controlling Of the fire lines,
for the :rowd kept out Of the way o.
across the street and cracked many a
4 pane Of glass. Much Of the efforts OF the
qrerhghters were. put to keeping the
flames 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
entered II through the roof and got into
the. shop OF Joseph schackman. the
room from which the youth had, jumped
TO death.
% There In the first room the fremen
found the bodies OF two persons. They
were, lying side by side within a few
I feet OF the front window, entirely nude
and biackened by the flames almost be.
yond recognition. They We're father and
SOIL. and the boy who had jumped was
another son.
All the bodies were taken to TIL,
Union Market Police Station. There
they were placed on the stone floor In
the rear Of the station desk room, just
net s the prisoners, pens, where thl
their narrow cells out a. the still more
: unfortunate dead.
Soon great crowds OF men and woner
dsnfyins Them o'8 When ~ he m H5eM ,s
had advanced. and the streets began tc
&c nlled with people going to work, hun
areds OF them stopped ss and went into the
out, they uttered cries and means. ane
they Got 50 noisy that after awhile thu
were little children who came. too Win,
Z looked ~ the scene OF death and cried
ou1 could not understard It at all.
were repeated. Hundreds of people VIII,
could not get IN because the police lie
G sss .sre eew t aiken at and s sGSk
they waited their turn. Many OF then
idea that tia, they knew the dead people;
station, He is tailor who lives at
Columbia street. and works in tn
= Schackman shop. He knew the dead
The man was a Waterman Tor SchHcl;
man. and the two youths were his sons
They always slept In the shop. and so IA
az he knew had no other home
= Then Joseph Schackman, the owne
OF the shop, was called Blu; he shrugge
- his shoulders and waved his arms Will,
He wanted to talk about his burne
shop. He said he didn't know anythin
about the Waterman and his two son.
The loss to the Rivinston street buildin
Is $4,000 The tenants each lose abou
They are: p. schrein. furniture deal
sr basement and first floor: secon
p Moor, the synagogue: third floor, Fabr
Gus Levine: fourth floor. Max Toppe,
!. NTH fppr. Frank Miller: sixth. floor. Jc
!" seph Schackman
The Fire Marshal will Investigate IN
terry.
.4SsTt Is said by some az the people II,
tug opros!.c .he buried house that shor
" alter the FIRE broke out. several me
were seen to come down tire f1re-e
- capes. Thsre was IA pretty we'll define
rumor that a half dozen homeless
tailors We're allowed to sleep In II
sweat-shops at night.
II Whether this permission was give
them by Waterman Levine. could not
.,s learned. as none OF those who esCane