The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
Three Lives Lost in An East
Side, New York, Fire
This Morning.
FIREMAN BADLY HURT.
The Causes Of Two ConfagratiOns
a Mystery-Wild Panic Among
Polish Hebrews.


was burned at 2:30 o'clock this morning
A man and two boys lost their lives by
this fire, and Timothy Collins. fireman,
is lying seriously injured in Gauverneur
Hospital Several of his ribs are broken
and he is hurt internally
The firemen had hardly gained control
of the Rivington street fire at $3.50 o'clock
when three alarms summoned the fire
men to a fire in the big double-deckez
tenement, No. 81 Goerck street.
The flames rendered eighteen families,
comprising nearly one hundred people.
homeless, and most of them lost their
household goods and clothing. They were
driven into the street almost naked and
were sheltered by neighbors.
No lives were lost at the Goerck street
fire.
THE RIvINGToN STREET FIRE.
With one exception every one of the
six floors at No 226 Rivington street was
occupied by tailor shops. The exception
was the ground floor. where S. Creim had
a furniture store.
The fire started on the third floor in
Fabricius Levine's tailor shop. at 2;2o
O'Clock, and in less than ten minutes the
flames had darted up the stairways to
the roof. In fifteen minutes the entire
interior of the building from the third
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When the fire was discovered Herman
Ezeman, Levine's watchman, escaped
down the iron ladder with nothing on
but an undershirt. He was followed by
two men who emerged from windows
on the second floor, which was used as
Jewish Synagogue. A fourth man.
dow, where Frank Miller had tailor
shop, also escaped down the ladder safely
Firemen were on the ground three min7
utes after the alarm was sent out, and
ladders wereput up against the iron fire.
escapes.
JUMPED FROM THE WINDOW. J
years DID, was the first to start up. the
ladders. He had not climbed more than
ten feet from the ground, when wild
yell was heard above the noise of shout-
ing firemen and the raor of the flames.
Then the Mortified crowd on the street
saw the form of q boy, clad only in an
undershirt, shoot out from the fifth hoors
where Joseph Schackman conducted q
tailor shop. The boy landed on Collins
hard rubber helmet, and the boy and hreA
man went to the ground together.
The boy was killed almost Instantly,
His legs and arms were broken and his
head was crushed. AS for poor Collins.
he was knocked insensible. He was taken
to Gauverneur Hospital, where he was
found to be seriously hurt internally.
It was also believed that several of his
ribs were broken. His recovery is re-
garded as doubtful
In the meantime the body of the dead
boy was carried across the street and
laid on the sidewalk, where it was cover
ed with tarpaulin.
The burning building was 1anked on
each side by five story tenements filed
with families, who rushed into the street,
clad only in their night clothes, causing
great confusion and making the work
of the firemen very difficult. The flames
burned their way up through the roof
before they could be checked. r
DEAD SIDE BY SIDE.
When the firemen finally entered the
building it was four O'Clock. On the fifth
floor they found the bodies of man of
forty years and a boy about sixteen years
old They were lying side by side on a
tailor's half burned bench, and had evi-
IDENTIFY been smothered as they slept.
The bodies of both had been scorched
and shriveIed by the flames.
The mans beard was singed off, and
the skin pealed from both bodies when
the firemen started to remove them. They
were taken to the Union Narken station
and laid on the stone floor of the cell
room, where the body of the boy who
jumped had already been taken.
The dead man was identified as a watch
man, known as Herman. The boys were
Herman's two sons, and all three slept
on the fifth floor
The entire loss is estimated at $500.
No one could explain the cause of the
fire.
THE -GoERCK STREET BLAZE
The fire in the tenement house at No.
S5 Goerck street was discovered on the
second floor at four o'clock by the jani-
tress, who gave the alarm.
In less than ten minutes after the
alarm was sent out the fire escapes on
the front of the building were black
with people rushing in seanty attire to
escape the flames that were bursting
into the apartments on each floor.
From the front and rear of the burn
ing building the tenants walked along
the escapes to No. SO. and through the
open windows into that building. All
escaped without accident.
The fire destroyed the interior of the
house and part of the roof before it was
extinguished. The tenants, almost with
out exception, lost everything in their
rooms. The total loss amounts to s17,50a,
and the occupants of the house lose $1,000.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
NEW YORK Aug 49, lss4-LocaI forecast TO-