New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
SAVED FROM FIRE AND SMOKE.
NARROW ESCAPES FROM THE UPPER
FLOORS OF a BURNING BUILDING.

DEscr-Es by FrREMEN-A CLOTHING MANUFAcr-
vRER AND TWO OTHER MEN INJURED
FIRE which endangered tho lives OF several per-
sons one Of whom seriously burned orohe oi'
=, -. o.ciock last evening In the seven-story build
ing No l63 Greenc-s; The building Is occupied os
a dozen or more tailors' firms. More than hait OF
,bon had not vet dismissed their employees when
flames shot up from the basement. which with me
roar hal. OF the ground hoor S occupied by Joseph
nosenthal manufacturer OF artinc!al ho"erS \
freight elevator runs up shaft In the centre o'
the building and 1t stood idle at the thiru "oo'
when the fire occurred. The flames spread to the
hotchwav. and ran upward until they were stopped
nv the floor OF the at the third story lhere
,hey turned of into the stairway. in the mean
,,,,e ar alarm had been given by the people on
the ground floor. and many OF the men ana "oi'e"
emoiovel In the building had rushed GOWN the
stairway and reached the street.
Morris Rosengardt. OF the clothing firm or Roseh-
gard, & CO.. who lives at No. l65 Madison-st, ana
eight Of his employees were the occupants OF room
y, tho sixth floor when The alarm was given Ro-
sergardt and four others reached the hallway on the
ground floor In safety. before the flames had peen
turned 10 the stairway. once In safety. however,
Rosengardt lost his head and rushed back to save
some valuable papers BY the time he reached the
third floor on his way down again the stairway was
a mass Of flames He ran through them burning his
hands and face very severely and lost his way one
flight from the ground In the smoke he staggered
about until he reached an extension 10 the hrst oor
The arem N arrived and Battalion Chief Laly found
h,r, living there CRYING for help and moaning with
main when he entered the building ten minutes
later The fire chief dragged Rosengardt out ana
tho l,,ter's injuries were attended 10 by an ambu-
lance surgeon. who took him TO ST. Nncents Hos
pital.
nv the time the fremen arrived the whole Of the
unner mart OF the building was charged with smoke
Mon were seen wringing their hands and shrieking
for help al the upper windows. and the stairway
,,.,ny impassable the iremen of Truck No 20 raised
a ladder to the third floor windows and began to
take down the prisoners Samuel Cohen. Rosen-
gardts partner who had tried to reach the street
hv the stairway but had been turned back by the
flames was taken down by Firemen Behrman and
Geger with his hands badly burned. and carried to
a nrighboring drug store. His bookkeeper followed
his hands and face scratched with broken glass
The latter had received his injuries In smashing the
closed window to reach the fire escape.
a. the men were taken down. they shouted that
there were more inside the building. and the fire.
men groped their way In through the thick smoke.
They found another man half-overcome. and
ried him down the ladder Snow was rubbed on his
face and ne recovered. He went home and the
nolice were unable to learn his name After rescu-
second time. but the water played on the flames had
resulted In intensfyng the smoke and they dragged
able find others. third time they attempted to
enter but were again driven back and their Captain
reported to Chief Bonner that 1t was impossible to
enter.
Twenty minutes work with the hose drowned out
the fire in the lower part OF the building before It
ted that the total damage would not exceed s. 900
on exploring the upper haf OF the building. when
that although there must have been thirty forty
people In the building when the fire started all had
succeeded in making their escape The Fire Mar
shals office was investigating the cause OF the fire
last night.