Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-04-03
TWO INJURED
YORK.
one Girl Killed bs Jumping ana
other Inmates Were suho-
GATED bysnoke.

New York. March 29.--Four people
were killed and two injured in a fire
which started this morning in the three
story business and tenement house al
No. S57 Hudson.
The dead are:
Thomas Malloy, fireman on steam
ship st. Louis.
Archibald Grogan, waiter, sufocateo'
Maby Mcmahon, suffocated
Margaret Ryan, died on the way 10
the hospital, from injuries received py
jumping from window.
The injured are: Katie Higgins, ieg
fractured by falling; Edward Waish,
internally hurt by falling from lao-
der.
The burned building Is one of row
of three-story structures owned by me
Trinity Church Corporation. the
ground floor is occupied by John IL
Eggers, a dealer in confectioners' sup
plies, and the two upper floors were
occupied by families as dwellings. The
second floor, Immediately over the con-
fectioners' quarters, was occupied Tor
the most part by the family of Thomas
McManus. The McManus family con-
| L.
sons and two daughters. Twelve other
rooms on that floor are used by the
family Of McManus while the rooms In
the rear portion of the floor were oc-
cupled by a Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon,
and the young man, Malloy, the steam
ship fireman.
On the third floor were number of
families. 1t was in the apartments or
the McManus family that the fire or
iginated. Nicholas McManus was
awakened by the smell of smoke and
turned in an alarm. 1t was apparent
the lives of many were in danger, for
the smoke had permeated every part Of
| the house. All of the McManus fam
| lily were able to make their way down
| the stairs to the streets.
Some of the tenants on the top floor
| ran to the roof and escaped in that di-
rection, but others sought to get down
| by the stairway. Miss Margaret Ryan
and Miss Kate Higgins, one of the
| household, on being awakened ran to
| the front windows on the third floor.
| The firemen had already arrived and
| ladders had been placed on the front
side of the house.
On one of these ladders was Fireman
| Walsh AS he was ascending burst
| of fame and smoke shot out of one of
| the windows and he was sent Keeling
to the street. AS Walsh fell Miss Ryan
| leaped from the window to the side
walk and Miss Higgins, apparently
| partly overcome by the smoke in The
rooms above. fell to the ground at the
same time. When placed in an ambu-
lance Miss Ryan was unconscious. She
died before reaching the hospital.
Walsh was taken to the hospital at the
same time. He Is badly hurt.
After the flames had been extinguish-
ed search of the building disclosed
the bodies of Thomas Malloy, Archi-
bald Grogan and Mary McMahon. All
Of the persons found dead had been
suffocated. How the fire originated is
not at present known. The property
loss will not exceed $4,000.
| ANOTHER FATAL FIRE.
| Wheeling, W. Va, March 29--The
fire which broke out in the business
portion of Weston, this state, shortly
after midnight this morning, destroyed
property to the value of $4,000, only
about one-third OF which was covered
by insurance.
During the fire suspension bridge
which spans the West Fork river, con
Meeting the hospital with the town
gave way with a crowd of people A
number of persons were injured in the
fall, the most seriously hurt being Dep
uty Sheriff William Woodell one OF
whose legs was broken In two places
and Henry Fisher and J. S. Mitchell
were fatally injured by falling wall.