The Portland daily press., 1899-04-08
ONLY TWO. ESCAPED.
Entire Family Cremated
in New York.
Twelve Persons Lost Lives in Burn
ing Dwelling.
Another Fatality in
Neighboring House.
Two of the Injured Are Likely
To Die.

New York, April Fire this morning
destroyed the residence of Wallace q. An
drews the President OF the New York
Steam Heating company at No. East
9th street and twelve persons, almost the
entire household, were burned or suffo-
| Gated to death. The residence of Albert j.
Adams, at No. East Goth strest caught
fire from sparks from the Andrews house
and one woman perished in the flames,
and number of persons were injured.
This Is not far from the ruins of the
Windsor hotel which was burned three
weeks ago. All of the bodies in the fire
| OF today have been recovered. The dead
are:
Wallace G. Andrews, president OF the
| New York Steam Heating company, own
| er of the house burned.
Mrs. Wallace Z. Andrews, his wife.
Mrs. Georgiana Boyden st. John, wife
| of Mrs. Andrews's brother, Gamaliel q.
ST. John, au official of the New York
Steam ii eating company.
Orson St. John, aged years.
Wallace st. John, aged three years.
Frederick St John, aged thirteen
| months.
Nellie Bolapd, servant
Mary Flanagan, servant.
Eva Peterson, servant
Kate Downing, servant.
Marie Roth, servant.
Annie Neary, servant.
In the Adams fire:
| Mrs Mary Laughlin, aged so years
housekeeper, burned to death.
At the present hour this Is the total
mum ber OF victims OF the fire, although
| two servants are in a serious condition in
the Presbyterian hospital. and one may
die. These two, Alice White, COOK, ard
Jennie Burns, laundress, were the only
inmates of the Andrews hcnSe VIZ
escaped alive.
The list of injured at the Adama' fire
is
Mrs. Isabelle Adams, wife of Albert j.
Adams, spine injured, burns, suffering
from shock. Taken to fresoyterian
hospital and afterward to nome OF
friend.
Nellie Quinn. servant, jumped from
fourth floor to an extension. severe
bruises, taken to Presbyterian hospital.
Evelyn Adams, burns, shock, Presby-
terian hospital.
Minnie Bogue, servant, sprained ankle
and bruises, Presbyterian hospital.
Jerry Blazina, fireman engine IL. con-
tusions of rack, Presby hospital
and home.
Mary Malloy, leg fractured, shooS,
Presby terian hospital.
William stephenson, Drulses anu con-
tusions, Presbyterian hospital.
Whether the fire started from an e1-
plosion of u lamp or of gas has. not been
determined but when it was first dis
covered 1t two O'Clock this morning, the
flames seemed to burst from all parts OF
the house at .onoe. A policeman heard an
explosion ana saw the glare of flames in
6Tth street. He ran TO the spot and found
tongues of frs leaping from the upper
windows Of the Andrews house and nall
way across the street.
He tried TO break in the door and arouse
the INN ates OF the house. but was driven
back by the flames. Not waiting to
arouse the family of the Rothschilds, In
the adjoining house, No 4. be e,nt In an
alarm.
When the tlremen arrived they saw 1t
was impossible to gain an entrance TO the
Andrews house by the front door, and
they then made an attempt through the
Roths,hild house.
Three firemen managed to got in the
rear rooms on the third floor and found
Mrs. St. John and her three year old son
Wallace on the tiooI, their night clothes
almost burned of. They were quickly
| taken into the Rothschild house. Mrs.
st. John died within a few minutes. Her
child dieu in the tiroman's arms.
The tirsmeu made repeated efforts to
get to the other rooms, but they might
as well have attacked furnace. The heat
was terrible. The building seemed
thoroughly dried and If saturated with
oil 1t could hardly have burned more
fiercsly. Like most large New York
dwellings it WAS high ana narrow and Is
encased on two sides by solid brick walls
aud the effect was like great chimney.
The flames roared and cracked ana fhou
into the mir distance OF hundred Ieet
or more throwing great fiery spray over
the roofs OF the surrounding houses.
Several times thes 9 caught on fire, bI
the firemen and servants were OF the
roofs with water and chemicals.
All efforts to arouse the inmates in time
to save themselves were fruitless and
aside from Mrs. St. John, the only other
persons who got out of the house alive