New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
BRAVE RESCUES BY FIREMEN
SEVERAL PEOPLE SAVED FROM PERIL
FIRE IN A WATERS CLUBHOUSE AT NO. 90 LEX
INGroN-AvE.-srARTED By EvERoREENs
ruroMyNc YoyIrED BY GAS JET

FIRE IN A WATERS CLUBHOUSE AT NO 90 LEX
1NoroN-AyE.-srARTED BY EvERoREENs
BECOMING IoXIrED BY GAS JET.
The daring bravery Of two fremen saved several
PERSONS from being burned to death yesterday
morning In fire that broke out about o'clock at
the Geneva Club house. No. 90 Lexngton-ave. The
Geneva Club is an organization Of walters and
also the headquarters Of tho International Hotel
Employee Association The clubhouse Is three
story and basement brick structure. There Is
rear extension opposite tho second floor and over
the first floor of the front is portico when ex-
tends across the building at No. 81.
number of walters made their home at the
clubhouse Max Henshel and Ferdinand Schmidt
have rooms on the top floor front August Lang.
Frederick Mauman. and Miss Adelaide Junker
lodge on the second floor. Ernest Bergmann the
clubs steward lives with his wife and little boy
Walter on the second floor. Anton Elser. the por-
ter has a room the ground floor. 1t was the
porter who discovered the fire. The flames were
then gaining Roadway In a rear room on the first
floor. The rooms were decorated with ~evergreens
and other nfammable material that was quickly
eaten by the flames. Elser Is rather slow and he
did not give the alarm as quickly as he might have
DONE Consequently. when the fremen got to the
building they had to use heroic efforts TO prevent
lives from being sacrificed.
Before Elser recovered sufficiently from his fright
to run out on the street. the fact that the building
Kinds. of the East Twenty-second-st station. who
rang for the firemen. At the same time the porter
began shouting inside the house, and his cries
aroused all the occupants
Hook and Ladder Truck No was the hrst IRE APP
paratus to get to the burning building. There were
faces at the windows Of the upper floors where the
occupants had been cut or from escape to the
street The lower rooms were all aname. ana
neither entrance exit could be had through the
| front hallway. Fireman Howe Is the driver OF
| Hook and Ladder Truck No. T. AS he drove around
| the corner into Lexington-ave. he took In at a
glance the peril of the people In the house. The
spirited horses he was handling scarcely came to
| halt before Howe had sprung from the truck and
| was knocking at the door OF No. 81. private
| dwelling occupied by Mr.. Whiting. The latters
J wife admitted tho fireman. who dashed up 10 the
| top floor The fireman threw up the front window
| and straddied the sill. Fireman Pearl who had
/ followed Howe upstairs. held his legs while he
| leaned over and caught hold Of Max Henshel who
was at the window Of the burning house begging
for held Howe succeeded In drawing the waiter
window where Fireman Pearl was stationed. Au-
gust Lang. who took Henshel's place at the WIN
| dow. was rescued in the same manner.
Then a thrilling scene occurred. Frederick
Schmidt tho last person left at the he. wnd cow
taEen The room in whi:h ne was standing was
then filled with smoke and names as ssSe
Refors Fireman Howe could get himself properly
halan 10 reach for the imperileo wa!ei ho Id
ter sprang from the window ledge ah1 tnfew ne
| weight dragged Howe from the window-iedge ana
n seemed certain that both men would DC oasheo u
| death the pavement h,w.v.r ,,rtu Fire.
man Pearl holding Howe from ians' nCd Tu IN
and by an almost superhuman enor, sucGseo. ~ ~
drawing Schmidt through the window. lie then
N helped Howe in ...,. MN. be,nc
enacted in the rear 9 o. Steward Bergman
this wife and child. who had Sought 1eiuss ,',r
we're carried down by the hremen ana LANCER ~ M
| uacc of safety. Two OF the CLUB occupants nav
ytwled out upon the roof OF the front ,p oiom
aSy were Frederick Mauman and MISS , Junn ,h.
~ latter sprained her ankle In getting from tne
w,x,ow Mauman and the young woman W., We.
helO to the second floor OF NO w by MT w
wh,t Nad been aiding the fremen. An amou .,
was 4 immoned for Schmidt, VINO pes,"ea was
,srrrl Bellevue Hospital. His condition Is hu
seriouS Miss Junker was ATTENDED oy INC "'''"
aMun,hv he work of rescue was going on the mr. M.
had e nd great Roadway IN the n'e I'LL o,,en
ns1 but when the fremen gave their a.,en
c i "a he flames were soon got under coma = -
ai nd iso, out The damage caused ny the nsh nj.
anu e.ma at $500. The president OF the c'"' =
Clements X ia 10 have been caused by some ever
ING ~" heco "A \g ignited by a gas Jet
| e'e A-<--
,pu.A,vg EXPULSION NOT LEGAL
:, .nvook General william C. Wallace mad
'uoss lent ~ q ton few days before MS term
an '"po ".-.A h will be OF interest 70 man
once e. 80 - ,mbers Of the Guard inc do
memoeIs -. ~ AZ o. Private Barnett. VINO We
casion ~. ~. VNh Regiment In oc!oDeI: ~
expelled tro' 1-,.r Nconssnt Of Colonel bmith an