Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-19
Several Others Injured in a New
York Blaze Today
TENEMENT HOUSES BURNED
One Woman Perished Trying 10 Save
Her ChIld-Terrible Scenes-may
be More Deaths.

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lost in two big tenement houses, which
were destroyed by fire in this city early
today. Five charred bodies were found
on the upper floors Of a burned tene-
ment at One Hundred and Second
street and Third Avenue. known as the
Mentor. and five women and a little
girl all badly burned, were carried
from the blazing house TO nearby
hospitals. There Is thought to be but
slight chance Of any Of the six suryiv-
Ing,
Several other persons only escaped
from the flames and dense smoke with
cuts and bruises.
Three members Of the family Of four
persisted. viz
John Barrett wife and daughter
Julia, the latter years old.
The other dead are: Mrs. Giles and
a Miss Annie Farrey, and Richard
Nlckerson, mechanic. of Cincinnati.
The Injured are: Della O'COnnell, Is;
Kate Farley, %; Susan McAdee, %;
Mary Barrett, 8; Mamie scary, 2S Kate
Farey 20.
Adoiph Schneider one OF the tenants,
reported to the police after the hre
that his wife and daughter were miss
ing.
A few hours earlier fire attacked the
five-story tenement on Tenth Avenue,
burning to death Mrs Martin Fox and
her child, George, two and half years
old.
The charred remains of both were
found after the fire.
Mr.. Fox is q hackman and was not al
home.
The fire at one Hundred and Second
street and Third Avenue Is supposed TO
have started in the cellar The air
shaft I'm the building and stairs aided
the fire in gaining such rapid heSdway
that there was no successful lighting or
the flames. which had gained tremen-
dous Roadway when the hremen ar
rived.
The building was occupied by liquor
store on the first floor and ON the up
per floors by families. When the IRE
was discovered by man named ward
the flames were coming out OF the hail-
way. The man could not enter the hall.
wev, bpt he rfu INFO The street and
threw stones at The building. There was
no fire escape in the front OF the build
ing. Presently Ward saw at the fourth
floor window a woman hanging on the
ledge the fire already having invaded
her rooms. She proved TO be Della o.
Connor. Her sister was also climbing
out of the window and she had already
been severely burned and half su1o-
Gated by smoke.
Both women were hanging on the
window when a hook and ladder truck
came up. The men at once put up
scaling and extension ladders and fire.
men climbed up. At the fourth floor
another woman, Mrs. Susan McAdee. co
years old. was found partly burned and
dazed by smoke hanging out OF
window. The fremen tied q rope
around Mrs. McAdee and let her safe
ly down. Thrf hremen caught the
O'Connoll woman in their arms not an
instant too soon. Both were badly
burned. BY this time many men and
women were found at the windows, hav-
ing been driven out Of their rooms by
the flames.
A few Of the people escaped by the
rear where there were fire escapes
Hook and Ladder Captain Turpenny
scaled a ladder to the top floor and
found little Mary Barrett, holding on
10 the window ledge A sheet OF
flames had struck her in the eyes,
burning hem out Her father mother
and littH sister were burned 10 death.
The doctors sav she cannot live.
Mary Sequrey was found at one OF the
upper floor windows cr0uching IN
corner. too. suffocated by smoke and too
much burned TO be able TO help her.
self
The loss on the building was $4,000.
The other fire In Tenth Avenue, near
Thirty eighth street, started In the
basement or first floor hallway and
when It was discovered had such
Roadway that II was impossible to en-
ter. The families on the upper part or
the house fled 20 the roof, when they
easily reached the street. The fremen
or going through the house, after the
fire had been subdued, found two bodies
al the foot Of the stairs on the third
floor. The positions showed that the
woman had been trying 20 carry her
children up the stairs. The damage 10
the building by the fire was compara-
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