The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27
FROM THE THIRD STONY.
Mrs Kilmurrsy Throws Her Four Children
From Burning Tenement House.

Mrs Kilmurrsy Throws Her Four Children
From Burning Tenement House.
From the New York Recorder.
An overheated stove in James O'Con-
nor's saloon. northwest corner of Hem
derson and Fourth streets, Jersey
City. set the wood work next to the
stove on fire at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The flames spread so rap
idly that the bartender and the others
in the LIQUOR store rushed out Of the
place after a few vain efforts to put
out the blaze. They were so frightened
that they seemed to have forgotten
about the necessity of summoning the
fire department.
The saloon was on the ground floor
Of four-story brick double tenement
house. and the flames quickly burst
through the windows and doors of the
liquor house and crept up the first
floor. The flames attracted the atten-
ton of the engineers on the locomo-
tives in the Pennsylvania railroad yards
nearby, and the engines began to
shrek and whistle in a way that
alarmed nearly the whole of lower
Jersey City. Finally a call was sent to
the fire department from box No. 122
BY this time the entire building was
in flames.
EVERY one Of the three floors above
the saloon was occupied by one or
more families when the fire broke out.
John Kilmurray. a boy whose parents
lived on the second floor. happened to
be in the street when the flames first
began to pour out Of the store. He
rushed half way ND stairs and shouted
to his father and mother to fee for
their lives. All the tenants but the
Kilmurrays got out at the first call.
Mrs. Kilmurray was In her rooms with
four of her children. Charles, aged A.;
Albert, aged ~: Louis. aged s, and
Frank. aged is months. When Mr.
Kilmurray heard his boy shout "Firep'
he dashed down stairs to his boy John
to learn the extent of the trouble
while his wife and children remained
up stairs.
The lower part of the building was
all ablaze when Kilmurray got there.
He tried to get back to his family on
the third floor. but the smoke and
flames cut him off. In despair he
rushed through the smoke in the hall
way out into the street. which was
now filled with ffremen and frightened
people. including the boy John
Nellie. Nellier" cried Kilmurray,
looking up at the burning building. A
pale face appeared at the open window
of the third story. 1t was that of Kill
murray's terror-stricken wife. The
SD1Okc dln1OSl nlQ ucI lEotl view.
Jump. Nellie. Jump" cried Kilmur-
ray on the street. DON'T wait, but
jump
But Mrs. Kilmurray wasn't going to
abandon her children. even IN the
midst OF the flames. She grabbed her
4-year-old bow Charles and showed him
out OF the window.
Catch him. John. and don't miss
him." cried the mother.
The boy. frightened half out of his
life. came tumbling from the third
story window. As he shot through the
air Mr.. Kflmurray and Policeman T.
]. Murphy spread out their arms and
caught the youngster. He was handed
over to neighbors. Then the mother
at the window seized her 12-year-old
son Albert and threw him out OF the
window. Just as she had thrown the
other boy. The son struggled. but the
mother. who seemed to have superhu-
man strength. pushed him from the
window sill. and down he fell safely
into the arms OF his father and Police
man Murphy. Next came the boy
Louis. aged s. He. too. was afraid to