New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-22
DEADLY GAS AND SMOhE.
ONE FIREMAN KILLED AND THREE II
AT AN EAST SIDE FIRE.
THE BLAZE WAS A SMALL AFFAIR THAT slAf'iND
IN THE BASEMENT OF AN EAST FOUR
TEENTH-sT. TENEMENT
DEAD MAN BROTHER OF
ALDERMAN OAKLEY.
ALDERMAN OAKLEY.

ALDERMAN OAKLE1'
Asa result Of an insignificant fire that started IN
n woodbin in the basement OF tenemeht-hou "
No 42s East Fourteenth-st.. last evening, one hre-
man was killed and three were badly injured oy
suNocation from smoke and gas The man VINO
was killed
OAKLEY Martin j.. twenty-seven years Old OF hns'e
Company No. 5.
The injured all members OF Oakleys company
DAVIS James E.. Of No 43s East Fourteenth-st
DoNNELIY. Peter Of No. 4oS sscond-ave.
HEAD. Thomas E.. assistant foreman. OF NO - r'a
ant-ave ",
Head and Donnely were removed to Bellevue Hos
pital. and Davis vas taken to the New-1orh Nus
pital All of the injured men who were taken 10
the hospital were unconscious. but It Is thought
that they Will recover.
In the basement OF the building. where the fire
started. 4. a stable reached by long runway from
tho street About in the middle OF this runway Is
tho stable Office where Jacob Steinmulier' the
proprietor transacts his business. Adjoining the
Office Is the space devoted to tho WOOD ana coa'
bins used by the sixteen families who I'VE IN the
house II in one OF these bins that the Haiiie'
started Tho fire discovered by g. stable EN-
ploye. who Informed S,einmuller, who was at his
supper in his rooms on the first floor OF the housc
at the time, that the place was on fire Steihmui-
Ter and the employe ran down into the cellar ana
tried 10 put the flames with Few buckets Oh
vater but were unsuccessful for the flames had
gotten beyond their control. Some one sent III an
alarm OF fire. and the apparatus and men
OF Company No 8, which is situated nearby. were
on the spot Fireman Oakley and a part OIL inc
conpany ran into the building to reach the hre
from tho hallway OF the house by means OF
narrow stairway leading TO the basement whie
others made their way through the runway from
tho street.
FILLED WITH SMOKE.
Tho FIRE was hardly well under way when the
.ntira house was filled with smoke. and many OF
mo tenants fed In terror to the roof from which
they passed 10 other buildings, although Few OF
the tenants were able to get out through the mann
bou AS soon as the hremen, headed by Oakley
ouened the door leading from the hallway 10 the
cellar stairs they were enveloped In thlcK siohe'
which was also accompanied by an oVerpo"eii''s
smell OF Illuminating gas Oakley LED the way anu
was probably overcome before he had passed ha4t-
way down the stairs 1t is supposed that ne slipped
and fell for he was af,erward found at the foot OF
th. stairs Head and Davis followed Oakley ana
they too. were overcome on the stairs w '.''
smoke and gas and Donnclly, who vent INTO '"o
building by The runway was caught by the Voiu'he
OF noxious gases he entered the place "hete '"e
fire was through the livery-siabe once
In N. mean time other engine companies had ar
rived and were playing their long lines OF nose on
the fame. which were soon subdued. II was 'ne"
,hat the four unconscious hremcn were fouhd y'"s
In great pools OF water which had been pouFeu mo
he relar Acting Cniel D. J. Mdllr' WIN "''~'
members o, Hook and Ladder Company No. j. IN
Fa4, rhirteenth-st found the unfortunate men, ana
droreed them. with the assistance OF others. from
tho place . 4,
rbs Rev. James lie Baron Johnson. cura,e OF
c,ace Church who is well known In the Ere De-
nar,ment. and the Rev. y. b. Carey. curate OF
crac. chapel which is near the building had the
urcon scious men carried into the dispensary OF
~. chapel whore they were cared for by MISS "a; r;
n Linton the head nurse In the dispensary, anu
other attendants uutu ambulances arrived, fiuiiS
"a lie yvere sant % Bellevue. Now Orh ana GouNeI
r1ur ho4plttls gor amoulaacrs, ana wlthlh ssno'
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nj pnutri,v we're carried - Bellevue iospudi an!
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u9s Thought lcs; - attempt 20 rcflF" pahi'y ~
Inc chapc dlspensary. for MS cohIiuoh va SUI =,
az N MAKE hs removal almost certain neatni -
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IIfn aas lcf, IN him. Every means vas U.rn ~. ~
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re ha He'd. A soon a. ~, ,ho
Ssapel Fa,hcr Jono F. ,.r T,.,9, i9',o OF con, one
t1.i"r and his assistant Father W.s"n, Nere
,ncI 10 tho chapel sui Father Elwn. is n ,h
,er,1 70 the dying man the last sacranrn's oi '"e
Church.