New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH
A FATAL FIRE IN BROADWAY.
THE FOREMAN AND THE ENGINEER OF TIVE
BUILDING AT NO. 773 LOSE THEIR LIVES BY


THE FOREMAN AND THE ENGINEER OF THE
BUILDING AT NO 77a LOSE THEIR LIVES BY
THE BURNING OF THE STRUCTURE.
Two men lost their LIKES at a fire in Broadway
carly yesterday morning. When the bodies were
found one OF the men was In standing POSITION
with the front part OF his body bent over BEAM
Tho other man was near a front window, which
indicated that he had struggled TO reach the win
dow and escape from the flames. There Is evidence
that both men were drunk Friday night and. al
though # is not positively known. 1t is believed that
they set the house on fire accidentally.
The dead are;
CDIIoPPY Patrick forty years old the engineer OF the
H4iGHT' Henry. hfy years old. the foreman.
Policeman Martin O'Connor. Of the Mercer-sI
station was standing at Astor Place ana Broad
way. when he saw smoke and flames shooting ou'
OF the second-story window Of No ''5 Broadway
This Is a three-story and attic brick Du''oihs'
owned by the Sailors Snug Harbor estate and
occupied from cellar roof by the collar ana cum
laundry firm OF Gardner * Vail The building ad-
Joining at Nnth-st, is occupied by Nlcol' the
tailor and on the opposite SIDE, at NO 49, Is the
mos furnishing store Of King Brothers. On the
FIRST and second floors and on the top moor are
Rhine & Co. millinery and SILK dealers
II was not long after the hremen reached he
building when Mrs. Hutton. who lives al NO o'
N,r,hs, WAS aroused by the noise and excite
nert She worked in the building when was
burning She told one Of the hremen that Co.oppy
AVID H,ight were in the building A. this time
bonever the fire was burning so hercely that IL
vas impossible for any man TO get inside or the
hu.dinc without being burned TO death on learn
,y ,hst there were men in the building the fire.
men mt forth renewed efforts 10 eNtingulsh the
sa,,os &, tho hone that the lives OF the men might
be saved. - ,
After A while ladder was raised TO the rear OF
-. building and Fireman FtZsimmons. or Engine
con,nanv No % scaled the ladder and entered me
,hird soo- window through the smoke tie was iol-
iou,sd hv Fireman Yunaick. OF Engine company NO.
- vho reached the window al the atuc. tie was
ms. IN The act Of stepping into the Wlnuo~ InIouS
Tho smoke when the floor OF the attic fe! Dhectiy
henestb this floor was Fireman Fiizsimmons. ne
heard the crash and saw the hooring ialiiug' ne
,n,Js a iunnn FOR the window through which ne had
n"ma from the ladder and reached II just IN zine 10
save his life shutter fell TO the street ana Struck
CAPTAIN Lawler Of Engine No l. on me pach IhJul-
inc him mite badly. \ number OF other hFemen
uere more or less bruised and scratched. but none
a, hem seriously enough 10 have 10 leave MS Wo'h
,ffe- ha.f an hours hard work the nre was sum
ciently subdued to permit entrance 10 the oulIuhs,
, number OF the fremen went in, and a search was
1,bs former was found the top floor IN a standing
,,ostior leaning beam. which indicated that
no mad tried 10 make his escape after discovering
Inc fire ana was unable TO do so. The BODY or Inc
onylneer was found lying stretched out near win.
~, in the front OF the second floor lie appeared
~ %ave been overcome by the smoke just as he was
In Inc ac, ~ catching hold OF the window Sill.
The building was wrecked ana the loss 10 th.S
Mace and bv water to the surrounding Ouldlngs
Will reach $4,000