New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-05
DARING RESCUES AT A FIRE.
FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN DO EFFEC
TIVE WORK.
SCALING LADDERS USED TO SAVE THE TENANTS
OF BROADWAY APARTMENr-HOCSE-THh
FIRE DROWNED OUT AFTER cAus~

OF A BROADWAY APARTMENT HorsE-THE
FIRE DROWNED OUT AFTER cAus
ING ABOUT $4,000 DAMAGE.
Members of the Fire Department performed
promp, rapid and heroic work yesterday morning
a, a fire in the Winchester apartment-housc al
Nos i9a2 to l.ois broadway in the block between
,rhirtv-frst and Thirty-second SITS. There were
dozen brave rescues of people VINO were III perm
of DEATH and the flames were exunsulsheu ~
quickly that extensive damage to the p"hohs was
prevented
The apartment house includes several Ola puu-
ings which were connected above the stores OH the
Arst floors and ii is hemmed in by the taller walls
of the Imperial Hotel buildings. The tribune Up
town ONCE is the ground floor OF NO Lax anu
other stores occupied by r. Kaufman picture
dealer and j. Scallen florist In the upper stories
are many living rooms. offices and stud,os. Nonouy
was in any of the stores on the grouhd moor "hen
tho Are was discovered about a. m. by FRANK
Wavre the elevator boy, who had been sleeping
IN the real estate office of Pooley d iaeah on INC
third floor He awoke with a feeine OF suiioca-
ton and finding his room fun OF smoke ne ran
aownstairs and yelled fire until a policeman sent
an alarm Tor the fremen. The flames had started
IN tho cellar and the smoke filled the building
when the fremen arrived. Roundsman Mchae'
Bates and Detective Martin Langdon' OF the ie"uei
lon police ran into the house and aroused man!
OF the occupants
eli, off by the flames from descending the staircase
ord they fed TO the escapes calling Tor some
one to take them down. The hremen on Engine
No | started in to rescue them Fireman "ii'','
Wise took a scaling ladder. caught the Top .iooN
On a window ledge on the third noor' c.i"pe' ui'
pulled the ladder up after him ana reias'eeu "
"a the cornice of the roof Before he couid hep TWO
vomen who were clinging to window Sill OF the
ION story the men of Hook and Ladder Coihpah!
No : arrived with telescope iadder' Me-
While Wise on his scaling ladder. caught MIS-
Mccarthy the wife of the 1anitor' ana car'ie' me-
down TO the third floor. the men OF hooN anu
Ladder Company No. II rescued her TWO young e'''-
arsn Mary and Catherine. by means OF an extern
sion ladder The woman, who was JUST recovering
from serious illness. was Frustrated ny ue
.hoc< ard A doctor who called in 10 at'Aha
her later at the Kenmore Hotel said 'ha' ne'
frich, and exposure nigh. cause her death.
More sealing ladders had been hoisted WINE 'heSe
rescue. were taking place. and other hremeh
swarmed up them to the top floors "a'hg 70 ,ir r
ceve their burdens at the wnnow and in the con-
fusion several of the victims reached me SIRE,
bearing the marks of many bumps against 'he rous"
Fireman Langley. OF Hook and Ladder Company
So : from a window the fourth noor carried
dnwn Mrs r. r Pearce. a milner. who occupied
4 front apartment At the third floor p9h Gee,
sne Fay in her rescuers and tried 10 pull her
inside the easement The fireman could no, I HTse
his ho.d on her. and the policeman hept on p1iilis
al the womans until she cried out; "tor Goa
sake. let CO. -. ,,o..o, and
Several other exciting rescues were witnessed ana
In a few minutes the fremen got every boiy OUT OF
The burning building. Then they turned on me
water from half dozen lines of hose ana mace
snort work OF the fire. which was confined 10 me
south end OF the building. The entire damage by
the fire did not much exceed $4,000 The Tribune
untown office was made useless In the early part
OF the day on account Of the water with which II
had been flooded and account of the breaking
NJ the telephone wires but the wires were repaired
in the afternoon, and the business OF the Once was
transacted as usual last evening The thanks OF
The Tribune are due TO THE Sun and The Times
for facilities rendered at their uptown offices yes
terday