The times., 1899-04-08
Eleven Hodies Found.

ALICE WHITE, cook.
Eleven Bodies Found.
Jennie Byrnes and Alice White, servants,
are in the Presbyterian Hospital. Jennie
Byrnes has fracture of the skull and
many bad burns, and the physicians say
that she cannot live. Alice White is also
badly burned and bruised, but she may re-
cover The eleven bodies were laid side by
side in the rear room OF the East Sixty
seventh Street police station this morning.
Only seven had been positively identified
up TO late hour. Following are those iden-
titled.
WALLACE c. ANDREWS.
Mrs. ST. JOHN. Z,
WALLACE CARDINAL ST. JOHN.
AUSTIN BORDEN ST. JOHN.
FREDERICK ST. JOHN.
EVA PETERSEN.
MARIE ROTH
The other bodies are eharred beyond rec
ognition and can be identified only II
general way. The body supposed 10 be
that of Mrs. Andrews was viewed this
morning by her family physician, who has
attended her for years. He said that he
could not positively identify the body,
but that he thought il was that of Mrs.
Andrews. Mrs. Andrews was large
woman, apd Il was on this that the paysl-
How the Fire Was Discovered.
The fire was first discovered by two men
who were standing at the corner of Sixty
seventh Street and Park Avenue. They
saw smoke coming from the building, and
told William jacobson, watchman OF !
building at 81 East Sixty-seventh Street.
about it. The three decided TO go doRn to
investigate before turning in the alarm.
They found their suppositions correct when
they reached the house, and began ringing
bells and rapping on the windows. just
then a policeman came around tho corner
of Park Avenue, and, not knowing that
there was a fire in the house, shouted TO
the men: You get out of there They
yelled back that the house was Oh ire ami
the policeman turned in an alarm. BY the
time the alarm was sent in the names
burst from the windows on the first floor
and an explosion followed. A second after
the explosion occurred the flames were
raging on all floors of the building and
were shooting through the scuttle.
There is fire engine house near Third
Avenue on Sixty-seyenth Street, only three
blocks away from the fire. Engine 80.
which was quartered there, responded 10
the alarm in a second. and with a clear
way and an asphalt street went changing
toward the fire When the fremen ar
rived. however. the flames had gained COM
plete control of the building. Extension
ladders were hoisted against the windows
OF the different floors and almost before
the streams Of water had beaten the flames
back from the windows the firemen made
attempts 10 get inside the building.
The first fremen 10 arrive saw at once
that the blaze would be a serious one,
and second and third alarms were sent in.
The hremen had a good opportunity to
fight the flames for there was large open
space on the west side of the house A
dozen streams of water were soon playing
on the building and others were directed
at the houses surrounding. Lines of hose
were carried around the west side of the
building TO the rear
The sleeping apartment of Mrs. Andrews
was in the rear OF the second floor of the
house. Mr. Andrews occupied room in
the front on this floor, and two of the ST.
John boys slept in room between them
Mrs. ST John. her baby, and a nurse slept
on the third floor. The servants slept on
the fourth floor.
Mrs. 81. John Carried Ont.
while the fire ragged most fercely, somt
of the fremen gained an entrance TO tht
rear OF the house by going through the
house of V Henry Rothschilds. at Eas
Eixty-seyenth Street, and climbed to the
third floor, Lying on the floor in the real
they found a woman all in flames. The
fremen beat the fire out of the woman's
nightdress and carried her down. She was
taken TO the Rothschilds' residence and
placed in bed there. II was Mrs. ST
John. She died in a few minutes.
The house had by this time been deluged
with water but the fire still burned fierce
Iy. Firemen went TO the rear OF the sec
ond floor and in one corner found the bodies
of three victims. Two were those of grown
up persons, and they were ciasped in eacf
others arms. The third body was tha
of a little boy. and was identified as that O
Frederick St John. The body was in suci
a position that the boy must have diet
with one arm around the neck OF one o
the cider persons.
In the mean time a Shrek had been hear(
in the rear. and the form of woman
was seen TO fall from the fourth floor. Sh'
was Alice White. and was unconsciou!
from fourth floor rear window about th,
same time
BY fortunate chance an ambulance from
the Presbyterian Hospital was passing a
the time. The two injured women wer,
treated by Dr. Lee. the ambulance sur.
geon, and were taken over TO the hos
pital. When DIR. Lee reached the hospita
olneT surgeons were sent 10 tne scene o
the fire.
In the centre room on the second fool
the fremen found the bodies of the other
St John boys. Both were badly burned
and were identified only by the sizs of thei;
bodies. The bodies. together with those
already found, were carried out TO Sixty
seventh Street and laid side by side on ths
pavement there.
Flames sprcad Rapidly.
Iialf an hour after the french arrlvei
the flames were under control They reall,
lad burned themselves out. for the films,
interior construction OF the building bai
been good fuel for the fire The broad
staircase and the tapestries and hanging
had fed the flames and had contributed 1.
the swiftness with which the fire spread
through the building. The blaze was still