New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23
A LIFE LOST IN A FIRE.
SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES FROM
BURNING BOARDING HOUSE.
TWO WOMEN RESCUED BY FIREMEN FROM An
UPPER wINDOw-TIIE BODY OF A TRAN
SENT BoARDER FOUND AFTER THE
FLAMES HAD BEEN SUBDUED.
FLAMES HAD BEEN suBDUED.


FLAMES HAD BEEN suBDUED.
A ar. which cost one llfe occurred last hight
in the boarding house. No. II East Tehth b.
Frederick Weeinger and his wife keep .'.'
house. which Is nve-story and basement o"''D
inr. and they have number OF theatrica p'0
ple as boarders. About 9:3O O'Clock IRE s'a''''
in q small extension on the first ncor. II vas
caused by a stoveplpe becoming oVerhe"'e"'
Mrs. We,sinqer was In her room at the time
WI on the flames sho. out 81 the extension anu
she ran into the hallway screaming Fire
Her cries were heard by Mrs. Robert Dwyer'
who lives in the basement. and also py ME
Charles Lawrence. who has room on 'he h'S'
floor They tried 10 put out the flames WIZ" pa'''
% water. but failed. The fire spread raP1''
through the hall and the flames ran upstairs III
the rear part OF the house.
Frank l. Lewis and his wife have rooms on '"t
fourth floor visiting them were W. 5. KING ana
his wife They heard the alarm AMI opened 'ne
door 70 see what WAS the matter. Flames DuFs'
into their room and compelled them TO see"
refuge on the fire escape in the rear Of the buld-
ing Lewis and King climbed down the hre eS-
canes. but the two women ran 10 front Windows
where they stood crying for help.
py this time great excitement prevailed among
the boarders The flames were burning iercey
in the rear and the house was filed with s"""'
Policeman Carroll sent out an alarm from the
tov at Fourth-ave anI Ninth-st. and the hTe-
men soon arrived. \ ladder WAS raised II Inc
window where the women were. By TINS uH'"
flames and smoke were pouring from 'he upp'l
windows Foreman Meagher and Battalion N"'e'
Shaw directed the work OK the hremcn VINO
asccnded the ladder and went To the rescue "
the womel. Fircnen Garcia and Martin N"'e-
man climbed up the ladder and got Mrs h'hs
ont first She had climbed on TO the winio"s'''
and slipped into Garcias erIns. lie ass.s'"n H''
down the ladder. Her eyebrows were sinsrd anu
her hands were slightly bruised f'r''"a" No''-
man caught Mrs Lewis. who also sHa lfl'. ms ms
arms from the wndowsn II" took her u9"h '"'
iodlor and with the assistance oi fHrila"
Munster got her to the street h''''c p,'"b
rescued Mrs Lewis threw a birdcAsr WIN !"
,s,or, I'm IL OFT OF the window INTO the stree l.
1 ,;,sn a number a.. wraps. A. the time the
tr,o women were taken out. names ana s.H',r
,verc pouring from the window a1io'' "'''"5
h.rea,b tho story from which they were res, ,uri
Insurance Patrolman } I'M Rush' oil i"ln' - -
. v,hn has already saved number Il ives. res
cued a man named William bi."h 'I"n. ,,, o
frrrth-story window The rest y the p'aTu"i :
got down by way ol lH' S'''''' "'''' 70
Charles Lawrence pianist, who llred on me
first floor risked his He u save ms pIa.D , &C.,
wh,lo the flames threatened h! IN. ne, WIN VI" a..
,.arca f s,mc friends. rolled out his plano into
the hallway and carried It ont into the s'iee' I h
After the flames had been eNtLEuis 81,
nremen found the body Of James nm! ,,, 10 "
,,or, On the third floor. Finley had be"h SUI"
| r,,nI f. Death and his pody was s'Nei'iy
! burned It was said that he was an cnt'n',, @
! and belonged I'm Bayonne, y. j. -" '"'l' =.
| Ncw-York several days ago 10 nave an "P'."
,ion performed lie was staying in IN" mouse
with his wife ana niece. The latter "''e o"'
at the time Of the blaze.
1t is supposed that Finley had attempted 10
eerann but was ovcrpowcrcl by the smoke ana
| he, his ne He was about forty years Ola
| 4 man named Walsh who is an inVahd' WAS
| carried out 10y the hremen
| walter Jaeger formerly the Berlin CORE,
! suondcnt Of The New-York Journal" also had
! a room in the building. lie got out IN ms hiEh'
! ",r,hns and lost all he had. Jaeger arrived here
| ON Friday ON the steamer HayeL
The fire wrecked the upper portion OF t'
| building and caused about $4,000 damage