The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-19

New York, Dec. 19-Seven lives were
lost in two big tenement house fires in
this city early today. Five charred
bodies were found on the upper floors
OF burned tenement at one Hundred
and Second street and Third avenue.
known as the Mentor and five women
and little girl all badly burned, were
carried alive from the nlazing house TO
nearby hospitals. There is thought to
be but a slight chance for any of the
six surviving. Several others only es-
capped from the flames and dense smoke
with cuts anl bruises.
Adolph Schneider, one Of tenements
of Harlem tenement, reported TO the
police after the fire that his wife and
daughter were missing. He examined
the body of The unknown woman which
was later thought 20 be that OF Annie
Farrey, but was not able 10 identify Ii
as that of his wife.
The money loss at the Harlem fire is
estimated at $40, 900. A few hours earlier
a fire in a five-story tenement on Tenth
avenue burned 20 death mother and
her child. The charred remains of both
were found after the fire was put out.
Following are the names of the dead
and injured:
DEAD AT THIRD AVENUE.
John Barrett.
Mrs. John Barrett.
Julia Barrett, six years old.
An unknown woman, probably Miss
Annie Farrey.
Richard Nickerson, mechanic of
Cincinnati
Injured:
Della O'Connell, aged 2s.
Kate Farrey, aged 25, sister OF Annie
Fafreyr
Susan MacAdee, aged go.
Mary Barrett. aged g.
Mamie .Seery, aged %.
An were seriously burned about the
face. body and arms and were taken to
hospitals.
TENTH AVENUE FIRE.
Mrs. Martin Fox and her son, George
two and a half years old
These are the only persons raissing
in the Tenth avenue fire and no other
persons were injured
The Harlem fire is supposed 70 nave
started in the cellar. The airshatt IN
the building and the stairs aided me
flames i'm gaining such rapid headWaE
that tsey had gained treme ndous power
when the firemen arrived. The nre was
discovered by a baker named ward,
emnIoved nearby. When he saw names
coming ont of the hallway the nre
youst have been burning at least ~
minutes so fierce were the flames. he
could not enter the hall because OF e,le
fire and running into the street ne pitn.
cd up stones and threw theiu ~ III
,,.irdov, of the house. Presently ne saw
a. Tho fourth floor window a woman
ancinq On the ledge because the nre
I La - d aTreadV invaded her rooms ana sne
no,,ld NOR remain In the place. She
nroved 70 be Della O'Connel Her SIS
- was also climbing out Of the WIN
s end che had already been partly
,.,a.,ad Con- 7nd half suffocrtrd by the
sr,oke' D~ lie The fire was driving her out.
HANGING FROM WINDOWS.
po,b women were hanging from the
.,.t,,dovv ledge when an engine and nook
and ladder team came up. The hreineh
Of once put up scaling and extension
LADDERS. AT the fourth floor another
woman Mrs. Susan McAdee. Sixty
,,oors old. was found. partly burned
and dazed by the smoke, hanging out
- window There are no fire es-
canes on the front of this building and
Tho women could not do anything but
hang TO the ledges, which was neces-
sary as the rooms were already ike
raging furnaces. -,
THE firemen tied a rope around Mrs.
NcAdee and let her down. she was
safely landed ana was taken to tnt hoS-
pital i'm an ambulance. Three hremen
got up TO the O'Connell women and
they caught them in their arms not an
Instant too soon. Both women were
badly burned about the body. They
were hurried off 20 the hospital.
RESCUED BY FIREMEN.
nv this time more women and men
were found at the windows, having
heen hurried out of their rooms by the
Nerce flames which ate their way rap
idlv into every apartment of the house.
The hremen cid gallant work on the
mont of tho building. Flames shot out
Of the windows all the time, showing
that the inside OF the building was
rapidlv burning up The women and
men were clinging outside the windows
to the Iedges. sills and other purchases.
The nremcn got four women down by
the aid OF ladders and each rescue was
accomplished with difficulty. Lives
were actually saved by the hremen's
agility I'm climbing the scaling ladders
and handling the people. who would
have been seriously burned N there had
been few minutes delay. Hook and
Ladder Captain Turpinny scaled lad
der TO the top floor and there found lit
tie Mary Barrett holding onto the win
dow ledge.
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