The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-01
surFocArep BY SMOKE ,
Fivs Livss Instead Of Three Loot Ia q
New YORK. Fire

5.atory apartment house At 6l West
One Hundred and Fifth street, which
was partially destroyed BY fre late yes.
terday. At an early hour this morn.
ing the bodies Of Mrs Adelina Oar.
lington and her 6.year.old son. Mar.
celle, were discovered between the stair.
ways on the fourth floor Of the building.
Il was previously reported that every.
body who had been in the building at
the time Of the fre was accounted for.
but later IL developed that Mrs Oar.
hngion and her boy must have been in
the hoase. IL seems that they went out
an hour before the FIRE broke out. tell.
ing the janiior that they would not rs.
turn until late The jani;or. therefore,
supposed that the DArlingtons were safe,
aud 30 reported 10 the police, Nothing
having been heard Of Mrs. Darlington.
however. the nsighbors and police be-
came alarmed for their safety and at
once instituted a search. which resulted
In the finding Of the bodies.
The list Of dead now stands a. follows F:
Darlington. Mrs Adelina, recently Of
Greenwich, Conn
Darlington, MArcelle. years old.
adopted son Of Mra Adelina Darling.
ton
French. Mrs Elizabeth. 20 years old.
Of Pueblo. Mex
French. Fidele. daughter Of Mrs..
Elizabeth French, three months old
Morrisssy. Miss Ellen. Is years old
Of Albany. ~ Y.
Mrs French. whose husband. Albert
o French, a bookkeepor In the ofiice Of
a railroad company at Pueblo. Mex. IL
a brother Of Mrs. Darlington, had been
visiting the Darlingtons At Greenwich
She intended 10 join her husband -
soon A. their baby could bear the Jour.
ney.
None Of those who were In the build.
ing when the Gre started could explain
how IL was caused There l. passage
way through the basement 10 the real
Of the house. where two dumb wAitsl
shafts oommunicAis vith the apart.
menta. These are two AirshAfts. which
sucked the Ere up 70 the roof like th'
smokesiack Of a furnace. There arr
doors in the front and back Of the hoas'
leading 20 the pAssAgewAy, which, 4
open. anyone could enter without being
seen. As usual In apArtmenthouses. boy
aud msn were continually passing 0
and from the dumb waters 10 delive
articles from shops.
The jAnitor Of the building said tha
there had been no ere In the furnao
since sunday. and there was nothin
burning In the basement except a "a
Jet. which was toward the front. som
distance from the AirthAft
The IRE must have made remarkAbl
headway. Chief Joseph Shea hAstens
down from one Hundred and Twenty
ffih street and was the first 10 -
there. AZ once turning In more alarms
summoning All the engines IN the dis
trict. A. that time the flames wer
roaring throag the upper floor and roo
; Of the bailding and women were hang
, ing cat Of the windows screaming 70
, help
In the terror aud confusion Il was i'm
! possible 10 tell who had escaped. Thos
who made their way out were taken Il
BY tnoir nsighbors and cared for
The firomen learned that there was
woman and a baby on the upper nOOI
The negro hall boy said the woman ha
come 10 the window and made = me
ton as II she would throw the child Ia
TO the street and hsd then disappeared
A desperate attempt was made 70 reAe
the top fioSr over the roof, bat 10 prove
impossible.
A dozen streams Of water were !
this tima playing on the structure an
the Ere. which had gotten through N
roof was yielding. Il was not sKti'
guished. however. uanl the baildin
had been thoroughly drsnohsd and d
water was pOuring in oAtaraoss dow
the stairs and thrOugh the holes In n
. floors. Il was then ssoa that ths NJ
a per floors and the rear Of the buildin
o had been completely wrtcked. Scare
Tor the tenants u any had rallied 10 .
cape. was then begun.
: Mrs. Frenoh's body was found on
couch In the parlor near the windO'
She held her child olasped a. her le
arm and had drawn her skirts arour
Il TO protect H. Her other arm VI
. thrown across her breast a. II 20 guAi
u the child st.1 further, The baby's Ia
was pressed against the mothers bosou
. A short distance away was found n
u body Of Miss Morrisssy. rhe woml
had evidently been iufOcatsd BY smok
a. the Gre had barely reached her.
Another dangerous are occurred Ia
a night and fer = time many lives were
a danger Il occurred in the MAnhAi,l
2 state asylum for the insane a. Ward
g island and the greater part Of the ca
n wing Of the building, set apart for ma
patients, was destroyed. The 100 p
tients In the wing that was burned
haved admirably. The flames leAp'
around them and flowing sparks Il
. from the walls and ceiling on the
= heads and olo,hing, but they did n
a manifest fear. AZ a result no one W
injured
rallied es Elset = senatur