The evening world., 1894-05-21
BY A FIREMAN.
Louisa Bundy Carried Unconscious
from a Burning Building.
Other Tenants Rescued by Means
OF Ladders.
Narrow Escape of Two Women I'm
One Of Several Fires.

Between midnight and 4 o'clock this
morning the bremen had to cope with
four fires. one of the fires created a
panic: one woman was overcome by
smoke and heroically rescued by a fire.
man, and an entire family narrowly
escaped suffocation.
The fire which did the most damage
occurred in the three-story brick build
Ing at 2Sj Third avenue. On the ground
floor Martin Narnuff keeps a cigar store
and lives with his family on the top
floor.
David Ross and his wife and several
children live on the second floor. Peter
Ross, David's father. lives with them.
He Is seventy-flve years old.
At $3.50 o'clock Hannah Ross, eighteen
years old, was awakened by a cracking
sound as ofthe burning OF wood. She
went downstairs and found the cigar
store. IN fire.
She ran back and awakened her fam
lily. At the same time the flames were
discovered by a passing policeman, who
sent out an alarm.
The Ross family got out of the build
Ing in safety, but old Mr.. Ross insisted
on going back for his Will. He came
near losing his life, for when he re-
turned with a tin box in his hand, the
smoke. filled the halls and he could
scarcely stagger to- the street. r ..
live also on the second floor. The two
men We're aroused by the cries. and
Jumped out of a rear window, leaving
When the firemen arrived Louisa was
ndin at a hall window In the front
of the house screaming for help. Fire;
through the wall OF flame at the front
Of the house and up the narrow stairs.
Ihe second floor was full of smoke,
window, the easement Of which was
burning fiercely.
In a nearby room he found her un-
conscious on the floor. Taking her on
his back, he carried her through the
smoke and flames and got her safely to
the street; sh was carried Into a
telephoned for. She loon recovered. and
would not go to the hospital.
In the mean time the families of Tom
IN on d tha Martin Ma dnoN r NJ were hemme q
ladders.
The firemen were not long in ex.
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At midnight there was a fire in the
cellar OF the five-story tenement. 8;
Stdiiton street. a Iot OF waste paper
was ignited from n furnace. The dam
age was not more than S25.
Otto Rauchfuss is the proprietor Of g
drug store on the ground floor OF the
three,stoTy iron-front building at 1G
At 2 o'clock this morning Rauchfus.
and two friends, were playing cards II
the rear of the store. The proprietol
had just won a game when there was {
slight explosion. and in an instant tn,
prescription counter was In flames.
The three men got into the street b!
a side door. and Policeman Mayer sen
out an alarm. The flames. which ha,
been saIsed by exploding chemical
was done.
III three-story frame dwelling. 13
West Washington Place, was atire at
o'clock his morning. 1t Is a curious
mark.
Belle McCue, who lives with her fam
, lily on the second floor, smelled smoke
l She awakened her own family, and tina
All left the house without any excite
t ment. The firemen found the flames Ii
the attic. caused In some manner ,un
known, and e~xtinguished them quickly
The damage was $50.
: An exploding lamp caused a fire Whic.
! did $50 damage to the two-story brio!
: dwelling 70 Market street at 3 o'cloc,
this morning. The lamp exploded in n
apartments of Mrs. Ellen Crane. Sh
lives with her two sons and a daughter
The sons ran out of the house an
sent out an alarm. The mother an
daughter did not know the house wa
, fremen. The flames were confined I
Fortunately. the door between tina
I room and the sleeping room Of tn
open the smoke might have suffocate
them.