The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
BABIES S%UFFoCATED.
,,yY OTHER LIVES IN PERIL At
49, TIyEM EyT HOUSE BIRk

TINEh ENI "VSDA 0AHAN
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score Resouea with q cisthesiino,
49,, children lost their lives last night inla
,.,n the rear tenement at $50 East Houston
LIT Several other persons were severely
1sn.d and one woman was, perhaps, mortally
800 ny humping from q third-story window.
~ noIice and some OF the tenants worked with
"a, courage IN rescuing those In peril In the
,.nI;,g and 10 their efforts Is due the faot that
che loss OF life was not greater.
rhs ars started In the rooms OF Isaac Cohen,
!. ,he second floor OF tho four-story brick build
-, hack OF the main tenement at 100 East
wer, ton street. The Cohens, father and mother
IA two children, left their homo after supper
- -is,. some friends. On q table In the
.sor, which looked out upon the interior
.onrt was placed . lighted lamp. The
.hlo WAS near the window. which was open,
IA hung with cheap lace curtains, Mrs.
cohsn returned from her visit alono about
s,ao o'clock. As she entered the court
~, ,,snced I'M at her windows and saw that
n. wind had blown the curtains over the
lam, and that they had been set on fire. In.
sanity the woman began to scream. Her
.,y NJ "Firv I" was taken up by oil the tenants,
,,ont and back. Men, women, and children
came mourning out into the court and tho street,
,,rrvine what they could, and shrieking at the
top OF their voices.
nown tho street stood three policemen-van
rUisten, Jones, and ~Brickwedell. They heard
M, cries and ran for the burning building.
passing through the narrow passageway
,csajng to the court they Raw at once
that unless tho tenants were got out
Immediately they wouldn't DO saved at
all Brickwedell dashed into tho building.
van Twisten and Jones clambered up on q pack
,nr box against the rear tenement and took down
the loose ladder from the fire escape. This they
placed against the balcony OF tho second floor
and, mounting 1t. helped the tenants down from
the windows.
Meanwhile the flames had passed out of the
COhens's apartments and were running up
tbe dry old wooden ttairways toward the
roof. On the top floor Of the building lived
philip spoinelle. an italian bootblaok, with his
wife vicenza and their three children, Joseph.
aged IL years: Tony, aged 8 years. and Nicho-
las aged 2 years. When the fire started
spoincllo was at his stand at Houston and
Chrystie streets, and his wife and children wore
At home. Mrs. S~poinelle heard the alarm Of
fire, and picking up the two younger chill
dren ran into the hall. followed by 10.
senh. The flames had already reached the
ton floor, but she plunged down through
them to the floor below. The smoke
another flight. and so staggered through the
open door OF q room looking out upon the court.
But the flames followed her. Her sleeves were
Joseph ran to the window. calling to his
mot, SG,s' fh TO 1oi'0 The T boS c MHs : 's out, s snsrG h 70
mother. almost fainting. staggered against thu
,nl and was draRsed cut ~ the policemen; but
not possible TO enter the room.
While this WAS going, On another woman on
the same floor was making q fight for her life.
In the rear, overlooking the rear yard of 81 First
stairs, but had been driven back. Then she
sought safety at the window. The yard below
was filled with people. They called to her not
TO Jump, but the FIRE drove her to It and ont she
, ssSs mss shS si broke On Se a FATE fsIl a ot s pTsyen Msifh hen en-
from being Instantly killed. Bicycle Policeman
Rouse. who had just entered the yard. ran to
che was attended by a surgeon. then she was
taken 70 Bellevue Hospital. She was Injured
Hose OF the tenants who could not roach the
street. but moved swiftly enough after the first
alarm, succeeded in getting on the root, where
,sss we're Ss, H 8 M w sy t roso " sMs,S Ss t ss a. a:
ioen feet above the burning building.
On I}R.. th Be-, tor .n fSGr Of oo e First street rss
in bed when the alarm was sounded. He sprang
UP. slipped on his trousers and glanced out Of
s s, wsn ,he y,r Hs sn saw r.. The ps tSpis on the the .u rSSf
selzinE a clothesline he ran up on the roof Of
S Sy ms sSn'F09 ui hi. him urea. thors Strength too s Sos
several stout nails driver between the bricks he
managed to climb to the roof Of 35 First street.
This building Is a factory and extends clear
his hands Remoth hastened across the roof and
threw one end OF the rope to a young man no
the, roof OF the burning tenement. Then he
pulled him up. Again he threw the rope down,
and the men pulled up another man. Two more
inen were pulled up. and then they sot about
saving the women ard children. Remoth had
.oTed the men first in order that they might
help him with the women. There were six
women and five children. and they were all
rescued by means Of the clothesline.
The last woman to take hold of the rope was
kept shrieking. She wore a shortslee we'd waist
ana her arms looked black. as IL she
YS snSorS e R HsSTssSs. When When she came close
hr right arm to help raise her. Fills hand
slipped, and tho woman screamed In agony,
and all but let go her hold. Then It was
,,een that the black on her arms camo
seli with, pain that she could scarcely DO
testrainol from throwing herself from the roof.
~ was not possible to learn her name, as she was
taken to a friends house. Several of the other
tenants were slightly burned.
The fire was extinguished In about q half
hour. The damage is estimated at o., 900.
horse attached to a Gonvernenr Hospital
ambulance ran away at Pitt and Delaney
ppraets while on the way to the Are. The driver,
Patrick OSeill, was thrown out and hurt about
the head. He was sent back In the hoapital