New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30
TWO FAMILIES BURNED OUT.
x,ppow ESCAPES FROM DEATH IN An OLD
BtILDrNG-TEN PERSONS DRIVES 'N''


BIIDING-TEN PERSONS DRIVES lNI'
THE 10y STREETS
r,,,, ,ora,y enough clothing TO cover themselves.
go ,aori. vera driven forth into the Icy streets Dy
. ere which Quilted the third and fourth hoofs Oh
the ramshackie o.d four-story buiidhg NO d.
ford Alley st 500 o'clock yesterday Iho'''"s "'
uere clad enough save their ives. ioi 50 '"p'''
ala the flames spread that the entire upper POI
Of the building was nvelopeh III "'"'" ~" NM
u,es after the escape OF the ter ants
Usssford Alley runs from East EieVen'h-st' 10
East Twelfth-st.. just east OF Ih'in-a'",' a,''
damaged building Is in the rear or H. >. moran
laundry. on the ground floor OF No. ~ IhFd a.e'
The machinery and boiler OF the 's""'' orc " ~
. usssford Alley The second floor - vacant 'h
~. ,bird roor James Lyons employed III S'ao'e'
uvea with his wife and two small children lho'''"S
Nur;ha also a stableman boafded VIII" we -. o''
family. and Mrs Lyons thinks IL was Marina
carelessness which caused the hre' "
named stahl and his four sons occupied '.'e 10Y
floor For a time II was feared lhey "a'
,o,her.i In their rooms. and had II not preh l"'
the ihoughtfrlness o! James Lyons anu NE W.
the stahl family would undoubtedly nave pei''"e'
Nrs fyons was awakened at @:l' o ciooh ny '''
III ., smoke The Lyons coupe and their two
u,,.e ones occupied bedroom opening from ''''
nar.or and looking into the latter room Mfs' Lyon,
,, asr,es shooting mp from a bureau. Sne arouse"
ber husband. who trH1 10 put OUT lhe '''' ~.
oniv succeeded in burning his hards M"''"a S'eP
e., tho nnr.or and was snoring away, ""'o"'''""" ~
rio danger until Lyons slapped him on the ear an"
oaa.,,, dr,egcd him out Of bed bodily Lyons 'heh
rshhel one Of the children, a thre"-year-o'" s''''
hrs Mrs LYONS c.asped the youngest nursing
,ahs I'm her arms. Murtha was by thiS u'"e ''o'-
,,,, sy,ale and he hastily followed the Lyons
T,mIly into the hallw ~. Inc nanes "''e wv
,a,n',,hh'y taxing possession OF the room 49, 49,,
'H.Gh inc Stah,s"' exclaimed Mrs lyons a. u ,",s
Mere r9o"' 10 "e''''' VI" ~. hall
oI ions ran TO the bell wire al the end OF me ha a.
~ thn,,eh IL cut his injured h@rds' he yaihcu ~
a. mill Inc bell the ioOr above Jisicu ~,
"C;e; up. Sah:, Get up ye'ie" H'o"'' Wv
nc.vh sh do, so? We pretty qVicis, .aine
ar ,bc ba Minister'S In the voice or ia NJ, sam
ctobi and his sons ran TO rear wH,u on,c co..
,hn preston a broadway cable car .,Si, 70
.h" lives on thr fourth moor o! no % III 49,
hn,,cd 10 S;ahl 10 crawl over on thc
,W, an The extension between the TWO pu, y
h,s STA and OF his sons tried 10 40, nu, ',e
IA man couldn't cling to the fence ana IeaiiS ie
"" ,,id f,ll he drew back into the burning nu''uins.
c,UnIo filled the apartments. Stahl anu NJ aoa' n
nohcd the front windows. and made the'r way
down the fre-escaoe IN sale'y. A., rou,dsm,n
aeson brought Battalion CHIEF Bres,ian' Eio iii,
r,nrwar ri Killed at the Twenty fourth-st mr. WIZ.
~ lire engines and two hook ana idhu", tpin,
49,. W. A second alarm sent out, ana thei
Eonner quickly responded: win more .hira and
n,nics The fire was confined 10 ne n" =. nh h
pourtb floors though hoe was burned ~ ne
Iou hefore II was put out Murtha could Eot Ds
rnd ftcr the fire. Mrs. Lyons thinks ne cropped
lo.n ne,ch an some clothing In one or the bureah
d~swSrs and after smouldering II finally burst INTO
ns Tns building was damaged about 1870 Moran