The evening world., 1894-05-21
SAVED IY 4 FIREMAN,
Louisa Bundy Carried Unconscious
from a Burning Building.
0tner Tenants Rescued BY Means
OF Ladders.
Narrow Escape OF Two Women in
One OF Several Fires.

Between midnight and o'clock this
four fires. one of the fires created n
panic; one woman WAS overcome by
smoke and heroicaliy rescued by n fire
man, and an entire family narrowly
escaped sufocntion.
The fire which did the most damage
occurred in the threC-stOry brick build
ing at 23j Third avenue. ON the ground
floor Martin Narnun keeps a cigar store
and lives with hts 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-tive years old.
At $50 o'clock Hannah Ross. eighteen
years OLD, waa awakened by a cracking
sound as Ofthe burning Of wood. she
went downstairs ana found the cigar
store On nrC.
She ran back and awakened her fam
ily. AT the same time the flames were
discovered by passing policeman, who
sent out au alarm.
The Ross family got out of the build
Ing in safety, but old MIR. Ross insisted
on going back for his will He came
near lOsi"g his life. for when he re-
turned with II tin box in his hand, the
smoke tillcd the halls and he could
scarcely StaTSeT to the street.
refer BuniE, his daughter Louisa,
iiHolty Years 4li and nephew, Henry,
llNe also on the second fipur. The two
men were aroused by the cries, and
jumped out OF Il rear window, leaving
Louisa in her room.
hGh The hr,nlcn arrived Louisa was
a "a "a .H. L..
OF the house. screaming FOR help. Fire
man Golfer, OF Truck No 3, dashed
through the wall of flame at the front
Oh me mouse ana up the narrow stairs.
me second floor was full of smok @,
Dut the woman was no longer at the
WINDOW, the easement of which was
burning ferCely.
In a nearby room he found her un-
conscious on the floor. Taking her on
ms back, he carried her through the
smoke and flames and got her safely To
.he street. She was carried into a
neighboring house and an ambulance
telephoned for She soon recovered. ana
would not so to the hospital.
In the mean time the families of Tom
hoid anu Martin Varnurf were hemmed
IN on the top floor. There were i've of
ladders.
=, The iircmen Were not long In ex-
SsnEu'shihS the hames. The damage was
A. midnight there was fire in tho
cellar of the fvc-story tenement. %
stanton street. a lot of waste paper
was lgnit"d from furnace. The dam
age was not more than S2J.
Otto Rauchfuss is the proprietor OF n
drug store Oh the ground itoor OF tho
thhree,story iron-front building at lOS
At . o'clock this morning Rauchfuss
ana two friends, were plnyiug cards in
the rear of the store The proprietor
haI JGst won IA Shme when there was a
SUEht explosion. and In an instant the
prescription counter was in flames
Inc three men Eot into the street by
a side door, ana Policeman Mayer sent
out IN alarm The lamcs, which had
been saused bY eHn,ndIng chemicals,
were eNtinguishel after tl5O damage
was done.
The thrce-story frame dwelling, l25
West Washington Place, was ahrn ut .
O'Clock this morning. Il Is a cIriOur-
looking, trlanEUiar building, and a land
mark.
Belle McCue, who lives with her fam
ily on tho second floor, sruclled smoke
>Shc awakened her own family. and that
Of Nugus'us R"natt!. on the top floor
All lctt the house without any excite
ment The tremen found the flames in
the attic. caused in some manner un-
The damage was SJn.
An cNplodin" lamp caused fire which
did 80 damage TO the two-stCry brick
dwelling % Market street 1t , o. o.cloyk
apartments OF Mr.. Ellon crane. She
lives with her two sons and a daughter
The sons ran uut Of the house and
sent out an alarm, tn" mother and
daughter did not know the house was
allro until they were awakened by the
liremen. The flames were confined to
one room,
Fortunately the door between that
room and the slceuing room of the
women was tightly CLOSED Had Il been
open the smoke might have sufocated
them