Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-04-10
FIRE TRAP.
-Four Persons SuffOCated in a
Tenement HOuS9 Blaze.
FIREMAN BADLY INJURED.
Margaret Ryan. Sixty Years GA
Leaped to the Ground and Died
on the Way to tho hospital
The Others Wero Stifled In
THAR Rooms BY Smoke.

Their Rooms BY Smoke
Four people were killed and two injured in
a fire which started early the other morning
in the three-story business and tenement
building, S74 Hudson street New YORK.
The burned building is one OF row ol
tbree-story structures owned by tho Trinity
Church corporation. The ground noor Is
occupied by John H. Eggers, a dealer ID
,onfectioners' supplies, and the two upper
floors we're occupied by several families as
dwellings,. The second floor Immediately
over the confectioner5 quarters was occu'
Died by the most part by the family oil IhonaS
McNIanus. The McManus family consists Ci
Mr.. and Mrs MclIanus two sons, and TWO
daughters. Twelve other rooms on that lloor
are used by the McManus family, while the
rooms in the rear portion Of the ioor were
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon, ana
Young Maloy, the steamship fireman. VINO
was boarding with them. On the third hoor
we're a number OF families.
In was In the apartments OF the McManus
family that the fire originated, so far as the
rolice and nremen are able to determine
Nicholas McManus, one Of tho sons. VINO
alept ia one OF the back rooms OF the SUITE,
was awakened by the smell of smoke. lie
turned in an alarm and awakened the ten
ants. It was apparent that the lives OF many
were in danger. for the SIN Ike hai pcrmeat-
ed every part of the house, AMI the hames
we're burning hriSkly.
All of the McManuses were able to make
their way down the stairs 10 the street before
exit in that direction was cut OIL by the
flames. Nicholas McManus succeeded IL
helping several Of the people out by leai'ns
them down tho stairs through the blintln9
snoie IN the hallway.
II WAS among the tenants Oh the top flool
that the chief danger lay Some OF then
ran to the roof and escaped in that direction
but others sought to get down by tho stair
way
Miss Margaret Ryan and Miss Kate HIG-
gins. one of the household. on being awa&'
ened. ran to the front windows on the third
floor. where they lived. The ilremcn had a.
ready arrived and ladders had been piace'
on tho front side of the house to help tax
out the tenants whose lives were in danger
On one Of these ladders was Foreman
Walsh. AS he was ascending burst o
fame and smoke shot out Of one OF the WIN
dovs and he was sent roeling to the streets
AS Walsh fell Miss Ryan leaped from the WIN
dow to the sidewalk aud Miss Higgins, ap
parently overcome by tho smoke IN tn
rooms nboye fell to the ground at almost III
same time. An ambulance was sent for On
Miss RYAN was unconscious when placed OF
the conveyance and died before the hosPIa
was reached. Walsh was taken to the hos
oital at the same time. H9 was badly bV
probably not dangerously hurt.
After the flames had been eXtlngulshed
search of the building was made and IN
bodies of Thomas Malloy, Archibald GrogaI
and Mary Mcmahon were found. All ot IL
nersous found dead had been suhocated D.
fore they were able to escape.