The herald., 1896-03-30
DEATH BY SUFFoCAT|ON
HORRIBLE RESULT OF A NEW YORK TENE.
MENT FIRE
Fire at Weston, West virginia, Wipes Out
Halt the Business Portion Of the Town and
Is Attended With Loss Of Life Other Dis
asters Reported
Ass ociated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, March 29.-Four people
were killed and two injured in fire which
started early this morning in the three
story business and tenement at 374 Hud-
son street.
The dead are:
Thomas Malloy, % years old, fireman
on the steamship St. Louis; suffocated.
Archibald Grogan, 35 years, waiter;
suffoc ated.
Mary McMahon, single, % years old;
suffocated.
Marsaret Ryan. 50 year. old: single;
juries received by jumping from window.
Injured: Katie Higgins, 50 years old !;
leg fractured by falling.
Edward Walsh, 20 years old; internally
hurt by falling from ladder.
The burned building is one of q row of
three-story structures owned by the Trim
Is occupied by John II. Eggers, dealer in
confectionery supplies. and the two upper
floors were occupied by families as
dwellings. The second floor Immediately y
over the confectioner's quarters was occu-
pied for the most part by the family of
Thomas McManus.
The McManus family consists of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nc Manus, two sons and two daught-
ers. Twelve other rooms on that floor are
used by the family of Mr.. McManus, while
the rooms in the rear portion of the floor
were occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. MaMahon
and the young man Malloy, the steamship
fireman who was boarding with them. On
1t was in the apartments of the Nc Manus
family the fire originated, so far as the
police and the fireman are able to deter.
mine. Nicholas McManus, ne of the sons
who slept in one of the back rooms of the
suites was awakened by the smell of
smoke. He turned in an alarm and awak-
ened the tenants. 1t was apparent that
smoke bad permeated every part of the
house and the flames we're burning briskly.
All of the McManuses were able to make
their way down the stairs to the street be.
fore exit in that direction was cut off by
the flames. Joseph McManus succeeded
in helping several of the people out by car
rying them down the stairs through the
binding smoke in the hallway.
1t was among the tenants on the top
floor that the chief danger lay. Some Of
them ran to the roof and escaped in that
direction, 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 win.
dows on the third floor, where they lived.
The firemen had already arrived and lad
ders had been placed on the front side of
of the house to help take out the tenants,
whose lives were in danger. On one of
these ladders was Fireman Walsh. As he
was ascending burst OF flame and smoke
shot out of one of the windows and he was
Miss Ryan leaped from the window to the
sidewalk, and Miss Higgins, apparently
partly overcome by the smoke in the
rooms above, fell to the ground at almost
the same time. When placed in an am
bulance Miss Ryan was unconscious.
La h.
pital. Walsh was taken to the
but probably not dangerously hurt. After
the flames had been eXtinguished search
of the building disclosed the bodies of
Thomas Malloy, Archibald Greggin and
Mary McMahon. All of the persons found
dead had been sulfocated. How the fire
originated is not at present known. The
property loss will not exceed 81 8 900.
VIRGINIA DISASTER
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 Sl5OOOO, only about one-third of
which was covered by insurance. The
business portion of the town, which is the
seat of the state hospital for insane,
During the fire suspension bridge,
which spans the West Fork river.
connecting the hospital with the town,
gave way with crowd of people. num-
ber of persons were injured in tine fall, the
most seriously hurt being Deputy 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. The principal losers by the
fire were: A. G. Giffen & Co., Touring mill,
$4,000; the Mcdonnell hotel, $4,000;
Mrs. A. c. Minnich, $500; John Nor
rison, $1,000; the Tierney heirs, $1,000 ;
A. A. Lewis, $1,000: John Morrow, $4,000 !;
William L. Huntington, $4,000; Mrs. W:
j. Kitson, $4,000. Other losses ranged
from few hundred to $1,000 each.
Weston has no fire department, and it
was due to a heavy rain coming up that
the fire was finally gotten under control by
the bucket brigade.
OTHER CALAMITIES
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20.-During a
wild storm late last night the walls of q
building recently destroyed by fire fell
upon the house of H. A. Vaughn, at 745
Cedar avenue. Tons of brick crashed
through the roof, carrying down a portion
of the upper floor. Mra +. o. Bradford 81