Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-08
Several Persons Are Scrior, nurl
in Trying TO Escape from The
Burning Buildings.
THE ESCAPE OF THE
INMATES CUT OFF.
In the Andrews Home All We're oa tht
Third and Fourth Floors aud the
Fire Eating H. Way from
Beneath Them.


residences IN the weal.hiest part uf thi
city 10 lives We're lost today. TIN
last bodies from the Windsor hotel hor.
Tor We're buried only a day or so ago
This fire was almost a repetition of thai
holocaust
The fires were in the homes of Wal
lace c. Andrews. president Of the New
York Steam Heating company at East
Sixty-seyenth street and In the home a
Alfred J. Adams. 3 East Sixty ninth
street The fire started la the Andrews
house and the Adams residence caught
later The fire was first discovered about
o'clock. A policeman was passing in
front Of the Havemeyer residence on
East Sixty-sixth street when be heard
an explosion and saw great fash oi
light on sixty-scyeuth street lie ran
thi,her with alspeed When he arrived
the flames were shooting out Of the mp.
per floors of the Andrews house aud wa.
leaping halfway across the street The
policeman tried 10 get into the house n
arouse the occupants He was driven
back by the flames and he then turned
In an alarm. returning he got the peo-
pie out Of the V. Il Rothchild house.
which was close by.
Around the corner Of Sixty.sevenih
street, on Fifth avenue. are the home.
Of New Yorks wealthiesi men Next T.,
the Adams house which was har b.
some i-stoiy brown stone affair l. the
splendid home Of r O. Armour the
Chicago packer Next to that Is the
home of Perry Belmont Directly oppo-
site this lives George J Gould.
With the arrival Of the first engine
the value Of property threatened was
apparent. and second later the third
alarm was turned in. While some of
the tremen fought the flames with the
hose and chemicals, Others rushed into
Rothschild house and from there into
the Adrews home by the way Of the rear
windows bat they even then were too
late. for in a middle room on the third
floor y fireman stumbled over the bodies
Of Mrs 81 John and Wallace. her Swear
old child. The child was dead. but Mrs
ST. John was still alive. gasping for
breath, The fireman picked her up
staggered with her 10 the Rothschild
house but she died a. she was being
carried In, Mrs. St John. her three
children, two servants Kate Downing
and Maria Roth. were all on the third
floor. Mr., ST. John. who is treasurer Of
the New York Steam Heating company
and also brother Of Mrs. Andrews.
was not at home during the fire.
Mr.. Andrews and wife occupied the
middle room on the second floor. aud
two hours later their bodies were found
clasped in each others arms. They
were so charred as to be almost beyond
recognition.
The servants Of Mr. Andrews were an
the fourth or top floor. Alice White a
cook, leaped from the window TO the ex.
tension which rose TO the third floor
She was found there unconscious by
dremen.
Jennie Burns another servant. jumped
from the same window 20 theextension.
She crushed in her skull and died at the
hospital four hours later.
Mary Holland. kitchen maid: Mary
Flanagan, parlor maid Ann Neary
and Eva Peterson the four remaining
servants, were ON the fourth floor ana II
Is feared they are lost
After the hremen rescued Alice White
aud Jennie Burns from the roof oxten-
Son Just before the flames reached that
l>cality another desperate effort was
made 10 get into the Andrews home. but
the conhagration gained extraordinary
hold and II was impossible to force an
entrance. The flames shot into the air
to the height Of over 100 feet A strong
wind, blowing from the south, swept
the flames north.
On the north side OF sixty.ninth street
Fas the handsome homo OF Alfred ].