New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-07
prscuED JUST IN TIME.
Avg PERIL IN A BURNING UPTOWN
HOUSE.
,o>,r OF HARRY HoFHEIMER. NO. EAST
.,..rrv-rHIRD-sT.. WRECKED BY FIRE
AND QUANTITY OF FURNITURE


.xn QUANTITY OF FURNITURE
AND BRrc-A-BaAc DESTROYED.
. FIRE occurred In the four-story private
M 7 East Ninety hird-st about O'Clock
d"ee morning The house. which Is modern
V,,rs &c situated near Central Park IL Is occu-
49, Harry Hofhemer. dealer in artificial mowers
pe' s..,hers and his wife and FIVE Children aged
anu ,orr 10 eighteen years. They keep three
women serVan'S l.. 1,,ror. nm business tour
~ .,s renhew. Louis Hartman. sixteen years oid'
s'o IN the house in his absence as protection
Seep' .r,v Mrs Hofheimer and her children
70 "' Tho second floor Of the house. the youngest
Wy wy nov. sleeping with her. Young Hartman
en"u' Tho third floor and the servants have rooms
AN the top floor .s os,o..,
On ,,s occupants Of the house were SOUND asleep
...rdav morning. when Mrs. Hofheimer's little
yoke and told his mother that the room was
pos .r,oke Mrs. Hofheimer leaped from her bed
luz, fright and shrieked repeatedly 10 alarm
.ou.ebold The children and servants were
inc ~, .wakened and they rushed downstairs and
eu ~. nreet In their night robes. and none too
NV III, FOR the next moment great tongues OF flame
49,. IN the stairway from the basement
yopne Hartman was not so fortunate. lie ola
o,sp until the other members Of the family
~ coached the street and then the escape by the
,-.v WAS cut off. AS soon as ne saw MS pre-
HSsr, he climbed out Of the front window OF
o 'sm noor TO a narrow balcony which some
VIC .'. Giants were kept, and shouted for help
W. srsnen had not yet arrived and Hartman
~, NOS a peri.ous one. He was about to leap
pos"v street when Henry Rosenthal, who lives
m'o - N the eastward made his appearance
heA nuar balcony. The balconies are about eight
." .rt and there is a ledge of stone three inches
side between them.
Nv ,.,s narrow ledge, Hartman placed one foot
y. ,h.o stretching his body as far toward Mr..
r".,,h.I a. he could he leaped toward the bal
w. An which Mr.. Rosenthal was standing. For
~.,.nt the young man toppled and 1t seemed as
: I n ma, fail 10 the ground. but Mr.. Rosenthal
Sased him by the hand IN a , nrm grasp ana pui'eo
m ~hr. was some delay in sending out the alarm.
"a when Engines Nos. % and 6S and HOOK and
ladder truck No. 10 arrived, the names had as
cended through the mousse anu hau eaten '"eh way
through the roof. -,
The whole house seemed threatened with de
~.,,uction but the flames soon succumoed 10 four
XII been damaged to the extent of 900 and $40 ooO
.,orh NJ furniture, paintings and bric-A -brac had
heen destroyed. When the firemen arrived ana mad
a stream of water ready TO bring to bear upor the
flames they broke the plate-giass wihoo" Ill inc
AZ once the confined air. surcharged with gas:
EMBODIED with terrific force, sending tongues OF
6ame out OF the windows to a distance OF dozen
feat Captain jefferson Sanford. Of Fire Patrol NO.
received the full force Of the explosion. HIS nalr
rhustache and eyebrows were slnged, MS race ana
hands were badly scorched. and he was forced to go
home for treatment a.. ,..s
near the kitchen range and had evidently been
smouldering for hours. heavy beams near by peing
from the house they were taken in by the neghbors
and cared for.