The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-24

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Two persons
were killed and three seriously injured
in fire which started shortly after 4
o'clock this morning, in the four-story
and basement brown stone building at
No. il9 West Twenty-thlrd street. Sew
eral persons narrowly escaped death.
The dead are:
Mrs. Catherine Mossway thirty-thre
years; died at hospital from sufrocation
and burns.
Beatrice Mossway, four years old.
daughter OF the former; sufrocated in
her room.
The injured:
Mrs. Mary C., or Carrie Bowles.
boarding house keeper. at No. % Hollis
street. Boston, dangerously hurt by
Jumping from a window on the thlrd
Miss Macdonald. slightly burned on
F. S. Phups. slightly burned on the
face.
The building was occupied for both
business and dwelling purposes, In the
basement IS an all-nlght eating house.
The Weser Piano Company occupy the
first floor and the upper part OF tine
building Is n furnished room establish
ment conducted by Mrs. Curtis.
Before the firemcn reached the scene
the building was filled with flames. The
Railways from the first floor to the roof
was In flames and escape by the 'front.'
was cut on. Panic seized the inmates
az the house. While a tenant named
La Mont was crawling along the mar
row sill 20 reach the adjoining house,
the body OF a woman struck a large
sign which hung on the outside OF the
building and to which she chung for
support. The sign was torn from Us
fastenings and fell with crash TO the
street The woman was Mrs. BoWles'
who had precipitated herself from the
third story to the street below. when
she found that egress from the house by
way of the stairs was checked by the
flames. She was picked up and taken
20 hospital. La Mont did not fall to
on the top floor the widest sort Of
manic had seized the tenants, among
whom were Mrs. MosswRy and her
daughter. Most OF the tenants, includ-
ing Miss Macdonald and MIR. Phaps
had escaped to the roof.
Mrs. Mossway. who lost her life, was
glepulng Win nEE llLllt lhlbNNNAt hhNh
she was aroused By the smoke. She
ran into the hall and gave the alarm
and then went back after her do"-'Ster.
When she started to return the'smoke
and flames again drove her 20 her
room. She attempted 20 open the win
dow. but II did not yield readily. and
she broke the -glasu with her hands. IliG
window would not open, and even " u
had. there would have been little chance
for her, as II Is protected on the outside
by iron bars.
When the firemen searched the house
they found the little girl dead In bed,
the mother lying on the floor bliStered
by heat and almost dead from sufoca-
tion. She was removed to n hospital,
where she died three hours later.
Late In the afternoon Mrs. Bowles re-
covered consciousness at the hospital,
hut no hopes are entertained OF her uI-
tiu1ate recovery. She arrived In the
city three days ago from Boston on n
shopping tour. She Is about thirtT-hve
The origin Of the FIRE is not known,
but II Is believed that a belated tenant
III a match In the hallway to see his
way and carelessly tossed the Still burn
Ing match away. The iire started at
the foot Of the stairs and the light wall
acted as a fue to carry the flames TO the
roof Instantly. The damage was about
5000.