New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-24
SEVEN LIVES LOST IN A FIRE
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pushed it through the window TO the e'oun',
twenty feet below She then jumped ana landtu
thereon uninjured with the exception OF shsh'
shock
Thu only other person 10 be rescued was the
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Armiger, Mrs Letiua
Riley. She was carried down ladder by 'he
aremen. having been overcome by the smoke
BODIES OF THE VICTIMS FOUND.
When the fire was gotten under control ana
the fremen made search of the ruiheu no"e''
Mr. Armiger was found in the hallway "he"
Whiting dashed upstairs with the alarm OF hre'
Mr.. Armger left his wife in the care oil inc
eo,ored man and went upstairs to awaken the
other inmates OF the house. He had peeh over
come by the smoke and flames and Dreamed MS
last as he was carried into the open ar
William b. Riley a son-in-law of Mr.. ana MIS-
Armiger, was found dead near by ne WV"
his wife and two children. had been seen at '"e
third-story window and Mrs. Riley mad peeh
taken out by the fremen. But before 'he res
cuers could return TO the window MI h'eS'
with his two children clasped to his arms. sue
cumbed to the smoke and flames. Thelr pou'es
were removed to Mr. Bachelors. On the hoor
above were found the bodies of Mrs Marion
Chamblin. a widowed daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
The last person to be found in the wrecked
building was Horace Manuel. aged nifty A guest
who arrived from New-york last THURSDAY ne
ma. a member of the firm of Turner Manner q
Co Of No IS Wali-st NewYork, and lived al
No 800 West Fifty -siXth-st., in that CITY,
Mr. Armiger was native Baltimorean, OF the
highest standing In business circles lie was an
importer Of diamonds and fine jewelry, ana uiu
big business In this city and throughout the
Southern States For thirty years ne had oeeh
one of the best known merchants of the CITY!
A NARROWING SCENE.
The scene in the parlors Of DR.. X, b. Batchei-
nr,s home No. 1907 North Charles-st.. where the
charred and bruised bodies were carried was
narrowing Mr. Armiger was burned to char
around the Upper part of hts body The whlte
hair around his venerable head was matted ana
clothed with blood and cnders. His face ana
forehead were badly burned that the ehds Oh
his hair were eotted In the flesh HIS race al
Ahough terribly blackened. was easily recoghiz-
able and old friends turned away sick at heart
after gazing at him.
Mr. Riley died from burns and sunoca'ioh' ne
was rather stout and muscular man. Inc purhs
we're chiefly about his face. neck and shouiders
His face was terribly distorted ana wore d" e"
preston OF awful agony
horribly SCARED fac and body were distorted as
though he had died only after making supreme
effort for life.
Cleaning In startling contrast with the burned
md h,ackened fingers Of Mr.. Manuels left hand
shone a handsome diamond ring shaped ike
serpent with glitterng gem IN the centre Oh
the head. The gold was backened put the
1eweed head of the snake scintillated and sent
out little fiickers of white radiance that seemed
weirdly to accentuate the black immovable-
ness Of the hand on which 1t glittered.
Strong men turned their heads away when
two undertakers brought in the body of little
James Chamblin. woman standing near the
oar,or door. In the hall gave exclamation
and nearly tainted. The child was blackened
cinder. Smoke and fire had done their fearful
work. Even the child's throat and nostrs were
burned inside His little white nightgown was
dabbed and spotted with cinders and dark
stains from the burned body.
The two Riley children were killed by the
suffocating smoke. They were not as oauiy
burned as the Others but their faces were black
sned from the bursting OF blood-vessels' ana
The red fluid made crimson stains on the black
ened nightgowns,
The house. through which the deadly blasts OF
fire and smoke swept with such demonliKe re-
suit Is completely Quilted In the dhng-roon'
and nantrv what was once the family silver Is
now but a b,ackened and misshapen mass OF
molten metal looking more Ike ingo's OF arp
metal than the chased and carved Pate IL
formerly was Spoons, knives, forks ana clshvs
that were the triumph Of the silversmths ski
are run together in inseparaole confusion Inc
monetary loss is estimated at $4,000 .,.o,
The news of the catastrophe spread lhrousn
the city by means of the pulpit and press ana
all day and until late in the night great CROWD
loitered about the fire-swept ruins and the mousse
wherein the poor victims lay caste anu posi
ton were forgotten by those who looked upon
the reminders Of the tragedy. Ihere were 'eaIs
In the ewes of many as the sad incidents con-
nected with the death of the children, in par
ticular, were told. 49,, .
Coroner Alexander Hill impanelied jury ..
fnouest which viewed the bodies, and tonight
rendered a verdict 10 the effect thai the IRE
was caused by a badly constructed hot-air pipe
euloeizing the Fire Department for prompt ser
vice and giving special credit to District Chlel
McAfee who probably saved the life Of Mrs.
or those who escaped death to-day Alice
Williams will die of fractured SKULL Inc
others will probably survive their injuries
Horace Manuel me nber OF the banking
nrm OF Turner. Manuel G. Co. of No 30 "aii-st'
He was born In Utica about sixty years ago, ana
mad long been engaged in business In Newly OK
For over twenty years he was vestryman OF the
Church OF Zion and ST. Timothy, in West Fifty
eeventh-st He leaves two daughters,Miss Eveiyn
and a. Ne 70 AS5a %es asI Mr
A NEW SIDERABLE BALLOON.
From The London Daily News.
Count Zeppelin a cavalry officer who became "a
NOUS at beginning OF the OF 1870 has for hve
years occupied with the subject OF aerial nav-
r lecture showing the result Of his work, before
most distinguished audience. the King or Wurtem-
burg being among those present. Count Zeppelin
siderable balloon shown IN tne