New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-06
nrATH IN A MASS OF FLAMES.
c.,1r,D WRAPPED IN FIRE AND SMOKE
IN BURNING PLAYHOUSE.

u.RrEM OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
rrSANrs MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE
ROoF-oNE FAMILY SAVED BY
pCMB-wAITER II MANY
THRILLING REscUEs.
Gro broke out about 1890 o'clock yesterday
...-roon in the fve-story double brick fiat
.. M 546 W.st One hundred -and-twenty
'~,h-st and gutted the building. Mamie
r...,er seven years old, the daughter Of Po-
,,..rran George Deacher of the West One-hun-
.,d.twenty- -ffth-st station. was cut of by
" .rss and burned to death. and her father.
" " .,,omnting 10 rescue her. was himself badly
- ia about the face hands and arms. Sew
100, other persons were scorched and shgh'iy
a either in escaping from the house or
=, the work of rescue.
~" ,,,nd,ng in which the fire originated Is
-. row of dozen or more the south
o ,hs street short distance to the east
80 pou,evard The row is owned by Charles
p.,re All the flats on the east side OF the
r.,no were occupied by tenants. but only one
49, west side. and the landlord had employed
",.,ars and paperhangers to renovate the
empty fats l.,
a. 49,. roon hour the painters, four or nVe IN
..h.r were eating their dinners In the front
80, an the first floor or the west side OF the
mate, when suddenly tho noise OF an eA-
~,..,,r was heard In the room occupied py 'ne
,.r. Tn an instant the adjacent halfway
ausd with sheets Of flames. and the men
,.a ont OF the house shouting hrc' Inc
,..h,ng of one of them. Bernard Strlchei' Va
~ % Nonroe-st was in flames. ana "he"
:. rssched the street he rolled hinselr IN the
.,,,ter which was running full on account OF 'he
h..,,v rain which was falling. His presence VI
MIND prohably saved his life. He was nowe'c''
..vereIv burned about the had. face ana hahuS'
.rd his hair was almost entirely singed on MS
head
THE FLAMES SPREAD RAP1DLI
IT.. eor.s quickly seized upon the WOODWORK
~ the room and the hallway, and pegan u
r,ovnt the stairway TO the floors above oh 'he
third floor lived Policeman Deacher. Win MS
,,te and four children: Mamie. seven years oid'
rhoras Ave. Frank. three. and Edward. thlr-
teen months Policeman Matthew Robinson Oh
the East One-hundred- -andt twenty -hfth-st. s'a-
t,on lived on the fourth floor east. with his wire
ord infant child and William Johnson occupied
tho Asth floor east. with his wife and two chii-
dren Jobn Pratty lived on the fourth hoor
west with his wife and six-months- -old BABY
The only man in the house besides the painters
md nanerhangers was Patrolman Deacher. VINO
had his day off and was sitting at dinner "i'h
his family when the shouts of fire rang throueh
the building So rapid was the progress OF 'he
fame and so dense was the smoke that none
OF the women in the upper part dared make an
effort to escape by the stairway. with great
presence Of mind and with the courage born OF
despair Mrs. Johnson took her little ones IN her
arms and made her way to the roof or the ao-
foining house. She and the children were Al
,rost overcome. but we're otherwise unharmed.
All the other unprotected women and children
IN the house ran to the front windows ana
added their shrieks TO the shouts Of the crowd
that had already gathered and was poweress to
aid them.
LITTLE MAMIE LEFT BEHIND.
When the shouts Of the painters alarmed Pa
trolman Deacher he ran into the hallway. Ihe
smoke was ascending in suhocating volumes
He seized Tom and Frank in his arms. His wife
at his direction picked up the baby from MS
cradle and Deacher calling upon little Name
TO follow started downstairs. The smoke was
30 dense that Deacher and his wife had 10 feel
their way down the two fights of stairs to the
street but they got down safely with their chill
dren in their arms. although almost sufocated.
When they reached the sidewalk they looked
behind for Mamie. but she not TO be seen.
The flames had now seized upon the stairway,
but Deacher was not deferred by the danger.
He rushed into the hallway and made his way
to the foot Of the stairs. The flames were about
and above him, he rapidly being sufocated
by the hot smoke and. he could be seen from the
street. reelng as If about to fall
Just then two men, whose names not
known, rushed into the hall and half dragged the
al
burned, but he still cried in heart-rending ac-
cents for his child His wife. with the other
children were taken to a neighboring house in
fainting condition.
Meanwhile paperhanger. Mande, reached the
rooms of Mrs. Robinson on the fourth floor. and
found her with her infant in such a fright cred
condition that she was unable 10 move. To use
the stairway had now become impossible. S;
Mande placed Mrs. Robinson and her baby on
the dumbwaiter ard let them carefully dowl TO
tne cellar whence escape was easy at the time.
Mande then drew up the dumb waiter and let
himself down. but when he reached the cellar he
FOUND that he was cut off by fire and smoke. He
tnen raised himself TO the first floor. through
which ne made his way to the rear window, out
OF which he Jumped without injury
Whlle these exciting scenes were In progress
detective Edward Gallagher Of the West One
hundred -and-twenty -ffth-st station, arrived on
tne scene Women and children were shrekirg
az the windows. and they were In dire peril. Mrs
fra,ty was at window Of the fourth floor. holf-
ing her baby In her arms Gall ghe;'s mind was
made up In an instant He rushed upstairs to
the fourth fiat Of the adjacent house. and soon
reached window within SIX feet OF that whe.e
Mrs Pratty was shrieking for help.
BRAVE REsCUERs AT WORK
Swede. whose name is unknown followed
Gallagher and assisted him. .llagher climbed
out Of the window and. standing on the ledge Of
the window below. first took the baby from Mrs
Prattys arms and handed it to the cwede and
then. by main strength. lifted Mrs pratty from
her window and placed her in the window at
which he stood. the Swede lifting tr into the
house. Gallagher then rushed downstairs and.
seeing that Mrs. Walsh. Mrs Fagan and Miss
Walsh. three other tenants. were still at the win
dow Of their fat the second floor. he ran to a