The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-12
MILLIONAIRE AND FAMILY BURNED.
THIRTEEN CoRpsEs.
An Explosion Sets Fire to the Mansion Of w. c.
Andrews at New York--Firemen Were
Powerless to Rescue the Inmates.

The millionaires OF New York City
were last Friday morning compelled to
witness the destruction of the mansion
or w. G. Andrews In which the owner
and his family lost their lives.
The dead are:
Wallace G.. Andrews, president Of
the New York Steam Heating Com
pany; Mrs. Wallace G. Andrews; Mrs.
Gamallel &. st. John, sister-in-law to
Mrs. Andrews and wife OF q. G. st.
John. treasurer of the steam heating
company; Orson st. John, Z years old;
wallace st. John, years OK; Fred
erick st. John, 13 months old; (the
three foregoing were the children of
Mrs. ST. john. Eva Peterson; Nellie
Boland, Mary Flanagan, Annie Neary,
Kate Downing, Marie Roth, servants.
policeman passing in front Of the
Iiavemeyer residence at 2 a. IN. FRI
day morning heard an explosion and
saw great flash of light In Sixty-sev-
enth street When he arrived the
flames were shooting out of the upper
floor of the Andrews house. The po-
llceman tried to get into the house to
arouse the occupants. He was driven
back by the flames. He then turned
in an alarm. and returning got the
people out of V. II. Rothschilds' house,
which IL close by.
Around the corner of Sixty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue are the homes
of some of New Yorks wealthiest men.
Next to the Adams house. which was
handsome four-story brown stone
affair, Is the splendid home of III. o.
Armour of the Chicago firm OF packers.
Next to that is the home OF Perry Bel
mont. Directly opposite this is the
house of George j. Gould.
While some OF the firemen fought
the flames with hose and chemicals,
others rushed into the Rothschilds
house and from there into the An
drews home by way of the rear win
dows. But they were even then too
late. for In the middle room Of the
third floor the flremen found Mrs. G.
G. st. John and Wallace, her 3-year-
old child. The former died In the fire.
mans arms and the latter on being
carried into the Rothschild home.
by G o'clock the fire was sufficiently
under control to permit of search of
the ruins. Then 1t was that the bodies
of two of the st. John children were
found. They were carried down and
placed by the side of their mother and
| little brother.
Later the flremen found Mr.. An
drews' body. 1t was badly burned
and parts of the legs were missing.
At o'clock the workers in the de-
bris found n body. which was identified
later by a dentist as that of Mrs. An
| drews.
A strong wind, blowing from the
south, swept the flames north on the
! north side of Sixty-ninth street was
the handsome home of Albert J.
| Adams, the millionaire sporting man
better known as "Ar' Adams. His
| family had been aroused by the tu-
mutt. A servant opened the front
window to see what 1t was all about
Just then n gust OF wind swept In
burning brands through the open win
| dow. The Adams house was on fire In
second and began to blaze fierce!y.
In an hour the fire in the Adams
house was out. The firemen found the
body OF Mary Loughnan. 60 years old
at the bottom of the stairs leading to
| the roof. She had been smothered by
the smoke and was not much burned
| Clasped tightly In her arms was the
body of little pet pug dog.
Mr.. st. John who had been absent
on n business trip arrived In New
| York Friday afternoon. He went al
| once to his home, perfectly Ignorant
| of the reasons which caused the sud-
| den summons for him to New York, and
when he saw the ruins of his house
and was told of the horrible fate OF his
wire ana three cnlldfen ne pore VI
manfully, though 1t was apparent thai
he had to summon all his strength OF
will to do 1t.
The multi-millionaire. Wallace c
Andrews, for many years lived al
Youngstown. o., and was born neai
| the city. He had extensive interests
| here, and his wife. as well as Mrs. st
| John and her children, who all per-
| ished. We're well known.
Simple funeral services over the re-
mains Of the members of the family
of Wallace c. Andrews and Gamalle
| C. st. John, who perished in Friday
mornings terrible fire. were held al
the Fifth avenue home of the Andrews
| family Sunday afternoon. None but
| intimate friends and relatives were ir
| attendance. The funeral oration was
delivered by Prof. Felix Adler, OF the
Ethical Culture Society.
The caskets containing the remains
of the dead, six in all, were placed iT
| the back parlor OF the palatial resi-
dence. arranged in the shape OF q cres
cent. All the caskets were almost hid
den by flowers. The pallbearers were
| Russell Sage, General Burnett, Colone
Robert G. Ingersoll. James w. Hawes
| w. ]. Hitchcock, c. f.. Orvis. Mr.. VIII
| linms Senator T. C. Platt Horace A