New-York tribune., 1896-03-30

in confectoners' supplies. The second noor was
occupied by Thomas McManus his wife. two
daughters and two sons and j. Mcmahon ana
his Wife and the fireman. Malloy. The McManus
family had twelve rooms and the McMahons
three. the house being wide and deep one
On the third floor lived John Sullivan. his wife
two daughters and son. Mss Mary Mcmahon.
Archibald Grogan. Miss Kate Higgins and Miss
Margaret Ryan and her niece.
AWAKENED BY THE SMOKE.
The fire started at 23O O'Clock. Nicholas Nc
Manus who occupied rear the second
floor. WAS awakened ~ the smell OF smoke. He
opened the door into the hallway. and saw
small tongue Of flame licking the woodwork near
the ceiling He shouted Fire. loudly az he
could. and then procured n paful OF water. Then
he ascended tn, stairway until he was in a posi-
ton 10 throw the water on the flame His work
Was IN vain. He that the fire vas gaining;
he hurrledly put on some clothing and into
the street and got Policeman Coleman. Of the
Macdougal-st. station TO send In alarm of
fire. Then McManus hurried back to the house.
Almost Immediately after Mr. McManus's cry
of warning. the tenants OF both floors were in
panic. The fire hid gained great headway In
n short time 1t made such volume of smoke
that the rooms OF every tenant were filed with
il. The halls and stairways. too. Were chOked
with smoke that no one could see down the floor
below This kept the occupants from hurrying
down. ard was really the Indirect OF the
deaths and injuries.
got out safely Nicholas McManus assisted his
sister and mother and several OF the tenants
Of the upper floor who were courageous enough
to come down by the stairs.
DANGER ON THE TOP FLOOR
The greatest danger was on the top floor.
A few of the occupants to the roof and
escaped without injury. Others took to the
stairs while the remainder fed to the windows.
Miss Kate Higgins and Miss Margaret Ryan
slept In the same ROOM When the shouts OF the
panic-strcken tenants awoke them, they ran to
window in the front part of the house Lad
ders had been placed In position and Fireman
Edward Walsh was climbing one of the ladders.
He shouted To the two women TO wait until he
reached them. AS he got to the second story
sheet OF flame In cloud OF smoke burst out of
the windows and with great force knocked
Walsh off the ladder. He picked up by some
OF his companions and found to be seriously in
jured internally. Later he was removed to the
New-York Hospital In an ambulance
The two women were horror-stricken for an
instant by the sight Of Walsh falling Miss
Ryan recovered first. and choking from the
smoke. climbed to the window sill. Firemen be.
low shouted to her to wait for a moment but
the woman with a wild yell. leaped into the
mir and fell on the sidewalk. She was picked
up. still alive. but died on the way TO the
dow just In time t. the elder woman strike
the sidewalk The sight seemed to unnerve her
80 that she fell forward and out OF the window
She was unconscious when taken up and placed
In St Vincent's Hospital ambulance. Her leg
was broken by the fall
Michael Sullivan who lives on the third floor
ran To n window the second floor. From that
he leaped To the sidewalk He got up himself
and walked to a neighbor's house. apparently
uniniured All the others who escaped were
clad only In their nlght-clothing. They were
cared for by friends in the immediate neigh
borhood
The nrcmen worked extremely fcrd. realizing
that the lives Of those in the building were In
great danger
THREE BODIES FOUND.
All OF the tenants had not been accounted
for until the flames had been extinguished
search was then made. and the bodies Of Mary
McMahon, Thomas Maloy and Archibald Gro
gan were found among the ruins. The bodies
were not burned All three had been suffocated.
The building was nearly 4 total loss The
damage amounts to about $4,000 Chief Lally
said that the origin of the fire could not be
learned until a searching investigation had been
made. The Trinity Church corporation owns the
building