The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
A FATAL SUNDAY FIRE
FOUR KILLED AND TWO INJURED
IN NEW YORK.
One Girl Killed by Jumping and
other Inmates We're suffo-
cnted by smoke.

New York, March 29.-Four people
We're killed and two injured in a fire
which started this morning in the three
story business and tenement house at
No. 357 Hudson.
The dead are:
Thomas Malloy, fireman on steam
ship st. Louis.
Archibald Grogan, waiter. suffocated.
Maby Mcmahon, suffocated.
Margaret Ryan. died on the way to
the hospital, from injuries received by
jumping from a window.
The injured are: Katie Higgins. leg
fractured by falling; Edward Walsh.
internally hurt by falling from a lad
der.
The burned building is one of a row
of three-story structures owned by .he
Trinity Church Corporation. The
ground floor is occupied by John Fl
Eggers, dealer i'm confectioners' sup
plies, and the two upper floors were
occupied by families as dwellings. The
second floor, Immediately over the CON
fectioners quarters was occupied for
the most part by the family of Thomas
McManus. The McManus family con-
sists of Mr., and Mrs. McManus. two
sons and two daughters. Twelve other
rooms on that floor are used by the
family of McManus while the rooms i'm
the rear portion of the floor were oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon,
and the young man, MallOy, the steam
ship fireman.
On the third floor were "A number of
families 1t was in the apartments of
the McManus family that the fire or
iginated. Nicholas McManus was
awakened by the smell of smoke and
turned In an alarm. 1t was apparent
the lives of many were in danger, for
the smoke had permeated every part of
the house. All of the McManus fam
lly were able to make their way down
the stairs to the streets.
Some of the tenants on the top floor
ran to the roof and escaped in that di-
rection, but others sought to get down
by the stairway. Miss Margaret Ryan
and Miss Kate Higgins, one of the
household, on being awakened ran to
the front windows on the third floor
The firemen had already arrived and
ladders had been placed on the front
side of the house.
On one of these ladders was Fireman
Walsh. AS he was ascending a burst
of flame and smoke shot out of one Of
the windows and he was sent reelng
TO the street AS Walsh fell Miss Ryan
leaped from the window to the side
walk and Miss Higgins, apparently
partly overcome by the smoke in he
rooms above. fell to the ground at the
same time. When placed in an ambu-
lance Miss Ryan was unconscious. She
died before reaching the hospital
Walsh was taken to the hospital at the
same time. He is badly hurt.
After the flames had been extinguish-
ed a search Of the building disclosed
the bodies of Thomas Malov. Archi-
bald Grogan and Mary McMahon. All
OF the persons found dead had been
suffocated. How the fire originated is
not at present known. The property
loss will not exceed $4,000.
ANOTHER FATAL FIRE.
Wheeling. w. Va, March 29.-The |
fire which broke out in the business
portion of Weston. this state, shortly |
after midnight this morning, destroyed |
property to the value of $4,000, only |
about one third Of which was covered |
by insurance.
During the fire a suspension bridge |
which spans the West Fork river, con-
Meeting the hospital with the town.
gave way with a crowd Of people. A |
number of persons were injured in the |
fall, the most seriously hurt being Dep !
uty Sheriff William Woodell one of |
whose legs was broken in two places, |
and Henry Fisher and J. S. Mitchell |
were fatally injured by falling wall