The Eddy current., 1899-04-15
EDDY NEW MEXICO. SATURDAY, APRIL is, 1917


New York, April s.--Fire early yes
torday morning destroyed the hand
some residence Of Wallace 9. Andrews,
At No. 2 East sixty.seventh street. and
twelve persons slesping In the house
we're burned 10 death. Fire brands car
ricd by the wind were blown into an
opon window IN the home OF Albert J.
Adams, No. East Slxty-ninth street,
two blocks distant. setting Ere 20 the
house and ausing the death OF n SER
want All OF the thirteen bodies have
been recovered. The dead are;
Wallace G. Andrews, president Of
tho New York Steam Heating COM
pRny; Mrs. Wallace G. Andrews. Mrs.
deorgana BOden 81. John. wlfel OF Mrs.
Andrews brother, q. G. ST. John, an
Official OF the New York steam Heat
ing company; Orson 81. John, aged Z
years; Wallace 81. John. 3 years; Fred
orlck st. John, ~ months; Nellie tlnn-
hgnn, servant; Eva Peterson, servant;
Kate Downing, servant; Marie Roth,
servant, and Annie Nary, servant.
In the Adams fire; Mrs. Mary Laugh
| lin. aRed 80 years, housckeeper, died
| from suifocatlon and burns; Alice
| white, n cook, and Jenny Burns, laun-
dress. the only inmates Of the Andrewa
house who escaped, are In the hospital
In serious condition.
The list OF injured at the Adams
= flre arc: Mrs. Isabella Adams, wife of
Albert j. Adams, injured In the back,
burned, suffering from shock; Nellie
| Quinn, servant, jumped from fourth
floor 10 an extension, severe bruises;
Evelyn Adams, burned, shock; Minnie
Bogie, servant, sprained ankle and
bruises; Jerry Blazin, hroman. eontus-
ions on the back; Mary Malloy, les
fractured, shock VIM. stevenson
bruises and contualOns,
i Whether the fire started from an OK,
/ ploslOn OF lamp or OF gas has not
/ set been deterplned. but when II was
first discovered at o'clock yesterday
morning the flames seemed TO burst
from all parts OF the house at once,
Policeman Mcknight was nc Fifth
avenue and sixty-slxth street wheh 80
4 honrd an explosion and saw the glare
OK flames IN siXty-soyenth street. lie
ran TO the spot and found tongues OF
1 fro ieaping from tho upper windows
of the Andrews house and half way
across the street. lie tried to break
in the door and arouse the inmates OF
the house but was driven back by the
flames. Not waiting any longe9 than
10 arouse the family Of the Rothchildl
IN the adjoining house, he sent In ar
alarm. When the fremon arrived they
went though the Rotchhild house ane
managed to get In the rear rooms o
the third floor OF the Andrews home
where they found Mrs. ST. John an'
her 3.year-old son, Wallace, uncon
scolus on - floor aud their clothes al
most burned ON. They were quickly
taken into the Rothchild house. Mrs
81. John died within few minutes
Her child died IN the nreman's arms.
q All efforts 10 arouse the inmates IL
time to save themselves were futile
and aside from Mrs. st. John, the onll
other persons who got out OF tho house
b alive wer0 the two servants, jennie
I Burns aud Alice White, who appeared
at the upper windows, torror-stricken
ana needless OF the cries Of the hremer
p that they would raise ladders and saw
, them, they Jumped.
Jennie Burns leaped out FIRST Sh'
turned over and over and fell almost
Z directly upon her head. Her skull wal
1 fractured IN several places The othol
woman. when she saw the fate OF hel
friend, healtated for n moment. ther
. az the smoke thlckened, she too jump
! ed She fell upon rear extension o.
the building and was picked up un
conscious and severely Injured.