The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-22
SHE RAN INTO FIRE
The lne1plicable Act of a Young Girl
in Blaze.
COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH
Saved Once. But She Went Back
Into the Blazing Room and Came
Out. Her Clothes Afiame-
At the Hospital.

New York. Jan. 2l-Peppy Manos. a
handsome 16-year-old domestic, Is dy-
Ing at st. Vlncsnt's hospital from burns
she received yesterday by deliberately
rushing into fire.
Mrs. David Fr)nm, whose husband
keeps an ammunition st ,rA was serv-
Ing a customer when she says she
heard n series of shrieks from the hall
way above. RInnins up she saw Pep
py standing at the foot of :he stairway
with her dr. sss ablaze
Without moments hesitation Mrs
Fromm says she sprang ac ,he gtrl
threw her down aud r''Ilei her ave- nd
over until the Ire was .Dut. fsey ond
the damage TO he~ dress Poppy did not
seem to be much the worse for her ex-
perience. AS she could not SPEAK Eng-
lish or German, Mrs Fromm says she
was unable to learn how the dress
had caught fire.
Just as Mrs. Fromm was descending
the stairs to return TO her customer,
she saw flames bursting from Mrs.
Wald's kitchen. whence Poppy had run
when her dress caught fire. The kitchen
Is at the head of the stairway. and
Mrs. Fromm says II is inconceivable To
her how she came to overlook until
then the blaze In the room. although
its door was open. Mrs. Fromm shout
ed TO her husband TO run 10 the engine
house on Elm street.
The house Is afire!" she screamed.
and then hurried back TO where she
had left Poppy. For the moment the
girl seemed transfixed with terror She
stood staring at the flames, and then
suddenly. as II recollecting something.
she bounded up the staircase and dart
ed into the blazing kitchen. An in
slant later she reappeared. her dress
alame. and ran shrleking down the
stairs.
Mrs. Fromm says she again attempt
ed to save the girl. II tried TO make
her understand" said she. that the
only way to save her was TO roll around
on the floor. l took hold of her and
tried to force her down. but she was
much too frightened TO comprehend
anything. and II seemed ages before
finally succeeded in beating out the
flames. As soon as this was done the
girl ran into the street and sat down
on the stoop. She was horribly burned
Her face and neck. and shoulders and
arms were literally broiled. and all the
hair was singed off her head. We took
her into our store and kept pouring oil
all over her until the Ambulance ar
rived.
The fire IN the kitchen was extin-
guished by the firemen before IL had
spread much. II was confined TO a cot.
where II seemed TO have originated, the
firemen say. as there was no evidence
OF any other article OF furniture having
been burned when they arrived. DR..
o'Gorman. who removed Poppy TO the
hospital. said there was no chance for
her recovery. The origin OF the fire Is
a mystery which was not cleared up
The girl. Poppy. Il Is thought. would
have been able 10 explain.
Although the hospital authorities
agreed that she was dying. they did not
notify the coroner In order to have her
-mortem statement taken The
reason assigned at the hospital for not
questioning the girl was that there was
nobody In the institution who could un-
derstand her language. which was sup
posed to be either Hungarian or the
Hebrew jargon prevalent on the east
side. This objection was met by Wis
itor who was conversant with both
tongues. and who offered TO act as in
terpreter. But the surgeon in charge
said that II was against the rules 10
admit any stranger except on visiting
days. and so the girl was left unques-
toned Mrs. Wald refused TO talk
about the fire or the girls strange act.