The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-08
ANOTHER
HOLOCAUST.
Thirteen Meet Death in New
| York's Millionaire District.
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY.
Only Two Escaped Death From the
Andrews Residence,
AND ONE OF THESE MAY sUooUMB

Sparks From the Andrews Home Caused
Fatal Fire Two Blocks Distant Two
Servants Escaped Death by Taking a
Terrible Leap--Heroic Act of Three Po-
licemen Saved the Life of One Servant.
The Death List Includes Wallace c. An
drews, His Wife and Sister-in-Law and
Three Children Of the Latter.
New York, April Sire early in
the morning destroyed the handsome
residence of Wallace C.. Andrews, at
No. 2 East Sixty-seventh street, and -
persons sleeping in the house were
burned to death. Flrebrands carried
by the wind were blown into an open
window In the house of Albert J.
Adams, No. 3 East Sixty-ninth street,
two blocks distant, setting fire to the
house and causing tho death Of SER
want. All of the IS bodies have been
recovered.
Those who lost their lives at the
Andrews fire We're: Wallace c. An
drew 5, president of the New York
Steam Heating company Mrs. Wal
iflace c. Andrews, his wife: Mrs. Georgi-
ana Boyden st. John, wife of Mrs. An
drews brother, Gamallel G. st. John,
an official of the New York Steam
!icating company; Orson st. John, 7
-ears old; Wallace st. John, years;
Frederick st. John. 13 months. and the
following servants Nellie Boland
Mary Flanagan, Eva Peterson, Kate
Downing, Marie Roth and Annie
Neary.
In the Adams fire Mrs. Mary Lough-
nan, aged SO years. h0usekceper. died
from suffoCati0n and burns.
Two servants are in a serious cen
dition in the Presbyterian hospital,
nnd one may die. These two, Alice
White, q cook. and Jennie Burns,
laundress, were the only inmates of
tie Andrews house who escaped alive.
The list of injured t., the Adams fire
Is Mrs. Isabella Adams, wife of Al
bert ]. Adams, wounded in back burn
ed, and suffering from shock; Nellie
Quinn, servant. Jumped from fourth
floor to an extension, severe bruises;
Evelyn Adams, burns and shock; Min
ME Bogue. servant, sprained ankle and
bruises; Jerry Blazna, fireman, con-
tusions of back; Mary Malloy, leg
fractured, shock; William Stephenson,
bruises and contusions.
Whether the fire started from an cy-
p!osion of lamp or Of gas has not yet
been determined, but when first dis
covered the flames seemed to burst
from all parts of the house AT once.
Policeman Mcknight was at Fifth
avenue and Sixty-sixth street, in front
OF tho Havemeyer home, when he
heard an explosion and saw the glare
OF flames In Sixtyseventh street 1le
ran with all haste to the spot and
found tongues of fire leaping from tho
upper windows of the Andrews house
aud half way across the street.
Ic tried to break in the door and
arouse The inmates of the house. but
was driven back by the flames. Not
waiting any longer than to arouse the
family of the ROthschilds. in the adj
5oining house, No. 4, he sent in An
alarm.
When the firemen arrived they saw
II was impossible to try and gain an
entrance to the Andrews home by the I
front door, and they then made an at
tempt through the Rotschilds house.
Firemen Charles Fay. George Jacobs |
und John II. Corr went up together.
They managed to get in the rear rooms
OF the third floor and found Mrs. st.
John and her 3-yeaI-old son, Wallace,
uuc0nsclous on the lioOr. their night
Clothes almost burned off. They were
quickly taken into the Rothschilds
mouse. MIS-. st. John died within I
ieH minutes. Her child died in th"
nreman's arms.
The flremen made repeated efforts to
get to the other rooms, but they might
rs well have attacked ii furnace. Tho
building could hardly have burned
more iiercely if saturated with oil.
Like most New York dwellings, il
Was high and narrow aud enrased on
Two sides by solid brick walls, and tho
sffect was like great chimney. The
namcs roarnd and cracked and shot
Into the air a distance of hundred
lee, Or more, throwing great fiery
spray over the roofs of he surrounding
houses. Several times these caught
,u fire, but tremen and servants were
III the roofs with water and chemicals
md thus saved the buildings
Aside from Mrs St. John the only
,lher persons who got ont or the house
,liYe were Jennie Burns and Alice
White who appeared at upper win
lows. Before the flremen could raise