The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-29

ments on either side, ana IN tne rear
row alleyway and a little paved court.
With the arrival of the FIRST hook
and ladder company, a ladder was set
reached TO the third floor. 1t was sup.
posed then that everybody was out of
the building.
suddenly, just as the ladder had been N
appeared on the fire-escape Of the NTH
moor. He was entirely nude, and as he
stood on the hot Iron Of the escape and
by the flames that came from the win
The nremen and the great sea of peo-
pie who had congreeated looked on in
horror. The boy was being roasted
The firemsn sprans forwsrd to raise
the ladder. at the same time shouting
their voices were drowned in the cries
Of anguish that went up from the crowd.
But the boy could not have remained
there even II he had understood the fire-
Fireman Timothy Collins, of engine II.
up It. He was closely followed by Fire
collins hed taken only seven steps
sisss ,'' SSy u. on '": 's 9 ssd
Twice he turned in the air before he
Inns. Down both went together to the
pavement. knocking Kane and Smith
was killed instantly. his skull being
crushed. Collins was picked UP UNI
conscious. The other firemen were un-
Al. frst It was thought that both were
dead. They were carried across the
street and laid side by side on the pave
ment. But the fireman soon uttered .
picked up by number Of his companions
and taken to drug store. seon to be
removed to Gouverneur Hospital. He
TBS broken t'H IS See na se ne vii, IL d IL.
The fight with the flames was terrific.
On all SIDES the men worked, from roofs
q houses, from he street. and from the
was intense, for the house was finished
throughout with. painted yellow pine,
that burned quickly end gave out great
OF the Union Market station to look
closely to the controlling Of the fire lines:
awful G Sf the the way sgoes
across the street and crscked many
pane OF glass. Much Of the efforts Of the
IRE e. lighters .s were put to keeping the
succeeded IN doing 10.
It was after ! o'clock before the men
could get Into the building. Then they
the shop Of Joseph schackman, the
room from which the youth had Jumped
There in the hr., room the hremen
were lying side by side within few
feet OF the front window. entirely nude
and blackened by the flames almost be-
son. and the boy who had jumped was
another son.
An the bodies were taken TO tn.
Union Market Police Station. There
NJ nn
the rear OF the station desk room. Just
before the prisoners pens, where the
infortunates confined could look from
their narrow cells out at the still more
unfortunate dead.
Soon great crowds Of men and women
came to view the bodies. with a view to
mSd aGyaSc. them and %hsn the morning
be f,!ie Z, With viii, people going to work, hun
station to see the bodies;
As tho droyes OF people went in and
out. they uttered cries and means, and
they got so noisy that after awhile the
prisoners 1eered at their agony. There
were little children who came, too, who
looked at the scene of death and cried,
but could not understand it at ali.
On the outside the station the scenes
could not get IN because the police let
up the street talked and laughed While
ss@. T Sy SsT turn Many Of them
idea that they knew the dead people.
AZ last Morris Weinberg went to the
station, He Is 2 tailor who lives at IS
Schsrkman shop. lie. knew the dead.
me man Was watchman for setback
man, and the two youths were his sons.
as he knew had no other home.
Then Joseph Schackman, the owner
o. the shop. was called. But he shrugged
He wanted to talk about his burned
shop. He said ne didn't know anything
about the Waterman and his two sons.
The loss to the Riv'ngton street building
vs. $4,000 The tenants each lose about
They are: u. schrein. furniture deal
er, basement and FIRST floor: second
Gus Levine: fourth floor. Max Topper;
| NTH floor. Frank Miller: sixth floor. Jo-
seph Schackman.
Erie as the cause seem shrouded in mys-
| terry.
1t is said by some of the people lIv-
" after the fire broke out. several men
were seen to come down the fre-es.
capes. There was pretty well -deflred
t Tqmor that a,,o hal, dozen homeless
swsat-shops at night
| Whether this permission was given
them by Waterman Levine. could not be
learned. rs none Of those who escaped
could he found to-day.
The bodies OF the Levines were taken
this afternoon from the Union Market
station to an undertaken s-shop at 2t
wlllett street whore they will be pre-
| pared Tor burial.
At Gouverneur HOSPITAL to-day Il was
said that Fireman Collins would recover
The building Is said TO be ownsJ
Jointly by. Loui. Aaron. Daniel j
O'Rrien and Sarsneld r. I.aveiie.
The house at 2oa owned by Jacob
korn, was damaged $500 worth by the
wall on the second and third floors.