New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-21
FOR LACK OF FIRE ESCAPES
TWO LIVES LOST IN A BURNING TENE
MENT- HOUSE.

,ot,x K,.Rrz pERIsuEs IN GIVING WARNING TO
HIS FAMILY. AND AN AGENT NAMED KET-
CHUM JUMPS TO HIS DEATH FROM A
THIRD-sTORY WINDOW.
In his heroic endeavor to save MS nanny i'o"'
death John KurtZ persisted In hre WHICH '"ep.
through the four-story tenement-house W. i''
West Twenty -fifth-st. early yesterday o'
/ II II had not been for Kurtzs timely warning Ills
family az weIl as many others in the building
would have shared his fate. Tony he'chui'l
iu,,rod from, q window in the third story ana
landed on the sidewalk with nearly every bone
in his body broken He died in the Newt oih
Hospital at half-past g. Three others VINO Juffpeu
from windows were slightly injured The other
tenants escaped To the roof OF an ADJOINING ho"'e'
The body Of KurtZ found on the third-ii'o
landing after the fire had been extlnguisheu' Tie
was the proprietor of the Chimney corner ga
loon. resort at Twenty hfth-st and Sixth on
which the police made raid a few months aso'
Kurtz with his wife and his two sons william
and Frank and his daughter Name occupieu
the second floor of the building.
The first floor was occupied by John NJ Hueo-
ner, a flour merchant. who owns the building lie
will probab lv he called upon to explain his nom
| compliance with the building laws. for there were
M fre-escapas on either the front or rear OF the
huildlng The first person to reach the roof was
Iohn Johnson closely followed by his wife. The
couple boarded on the third floor. above the
Kurt family. with Mrs. John Westboy, VINO
with her husband. rented that entire iloor' BE
sides the J5hnsons Frank Auge had nan room
on the third floor, while the front room was occu-
pied by Mrs. Rebecca Schamp. Dookkeeper' en-
ployed in ONeilTs restaurant. in SiXth-aNe' Inc
Westboy family. the Johnsons. with AuBe anu
Matthias Young his daughter. Mrs. Ernest Schae-
der her husband and their child, and two sons OF
Young, all reached the stairway about the same
time Johnson led the crowd. and when Ne
reached the door opening on the roof ne iouhd II
locked. and had TO place his shoulder against -
burst it open. 1t was Immediately ai'er '"''
= MIS- Kurtz. followed by her son. rushed up
! the stairway. after the warning from her NUS
/ band.
! W $ Wise. II Engine No. I. gained entrance
! II the building through the adjoining tenement
/ house no 10 West Tweuty-tifth-st.. ana cllnDeu
| from a window out on the coping over the 'front.'
/ doorway. From there he got through w.hao"
! to the rooms ~ Mrs. kurtz. Seeing thdt Mt
] Kurt and her son had escaped. Wise went !h'0
] the front room On the third floor. where ne louh'
/ Miss Schamp and her sister. Catherine, VINO was
visiting her Tuesday night and had decided 70
/ spend the night Egress by way Of the roof nad
! nv this time been cut of. for the hrenen on ar
! rival under Battalion chief Cookers orders had
/ battered IN the front door and the smoke ahl
/
/ S.hamp's apartment directly after ketchum nad
/ made his fatal leap from the windows there
7 The extension ladder had been placed against III,
/ front - the burning building, ana wise helpeu
! Catherine SChamp T. the WinGOW iedRe. NH'''
| she grasped the rungS Of one OF the IadleIS
/ Flrcmcn Woods and Kelly. OF Hook ana LADDER
! No ~ were ready to receive her ana helpeu He'
! safely to the ground. Miss Rebecca schanp'
! who Ike her sister weighs more IMAM w Pounus'
/ c,uld not swing herself out 50 as 10 Set d Ioo'-
/ n,l1 and hung suspended from the runSS: zap
/ ,,lr Vaughan Of Fire Patrol No. j. spread tdl
| uauliu below held up b. tr"W"n. tie shou'ed -
! Miss Schamp T. drop. AMI sh" dld :, from sHee
'xh,,,,,,r, Sh. struck directly in the centre OF
IA. farpaun and did not sustain slhe'e p' us MS
/ ia. ,r. haI pressed her 40 closely, however that
/ w. ha., -, her neck was blistered. she SAID that
her drnu into the tarpaulin was ike jumping lhto
| - f.nther bed Scranton Patterson nor1st;
! also had "A long jump T. make. but ne esCdPeu
! ,,t,b nothing worse than a bruised knee.
/ Every apartment in IN" building was atldVNeu
/ Us, Tho fire -'hr damage VIII proOap! r'd'i
/ e. 600 and the tenants IN furniture ana p,'s"i
/ belongings will suffer loss ~ tullN s-'V'' mo- -
1'r. hrIies ~ Kurt and Ketchum were taken Il
! I'VE Waat Thirt!eth-st. station. Mrs kurt| was
,,,t ,,ld ~ her husbands death. Only that ne mao
! 10, Ia iur.d and removed TO a hospltal. II,
/ moor vito was almost frantic even AT inns new
/ AMI could hardly b. restrained from Visiting me
! Ncwy,rk HOSPITAL To make inquiries. het'h"t
/ vas an insurance agent but niue IL known ap'l'
! him except that he was bachelor ana hdu pee"
! :, r,,rIer I'm Mrs Westb1y's family tor some tlne
! John NJ Heubncr was the owner III tle pul.H.'.E
! lis stock was covered 10y the fire patrolmen and
| suffered little damage.