New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-07
FOUR INJURED AT A FIRE,
PANIC ATTENDS A TENEMENT HOUSE
BLAZE IN SECOND-ST.
ONE WOMAN JUMPS TO THE ROOF OF AN
EXTENSION AND IS SEVERELY HURT
REsCUERs DO GOOD WORK.

REsCUERs DO GOOD WORK.
The following persons injured at fire
yesterday afternoon which started on the first
floor of the Ave story brick tenement house NOS
| 40 and 142 Second-st:
DEcLER Mrs. Victoria. forty years old; overcome oy
smoke. -.
FREITAG. Henry. twenty-seven years old OF NO lSi
East Third st overcome by smoke and burned aOou'
the eyes: taken to Bellevue Hospital
LOEB Mr.: KG,s hsyxS ys%' b Sm Sq by unpns
from the third floor extension.
WITT. Mrs Sophie overcome By smoke
The fire was discovered on the ground floor OF
the building in a store occupied by H. NJ Goou-
friend tailor 1t first seen by Patrolrnan
Milton Woodbridge Of the Fifth-st. station, who
turned in an alarm. Before the tenants IN the
house aware that the place was on fire
smoke from the first floor had filled the hall
ways and many OF the rooms above. having
made It's way through the building by means or
the dumbwaiter shaft. which is in the middle Of
the building. Scarcely had the alarm been sent
in when the flames made their appearance on
the roof
In moment the whole house panic
stricken, and a rush was made for the fire
escapes on the front of the building and for the
roof Of an extension in the rear, from which
there was easy access to the houses In Avenue
A. near which the building IS situated. Fortu-
nately for the inmates of the place several OF the
fats had been temporarily vacated by their ten
ants, who had left the house to spend the AFTER
noon elsewhere and the danger Of wholesale
loss OF life was lessened The Jaep family con-
sistng OF husband, wife and four children. who
occupied rooms on the second floor left their
rooms by the rear windows and the roof ex-
tension as soon as the fire was discovered, ana
a few others escaped by the same method or
exit.
Mrs. Kate Loeb who was alone In her roohs
on the east side Of the third floor. was overtaKen
by the flames. and tried TO make her escape
through the hallway. She found flight impos-
sible through the hall, and then ran to one OF
the windows in the rear. People saw her stand
as If to jump. and shouted for her TO remain
for the firemen were already beginning the work
Of rescue but she paid no attention TO their
warnings and leaped downward toward the
ground landing on a roof OF an extension about
twenty feet below She had been burned about
the face head neck and breast and was picked
up In partially unconscious condition on the
roof from which she taken TO the restau-
rant of Edward Klein, at No. 81 Avenue {.
She was taken TO the Gouverneur Hospital IN
critical condition from her burns and bruises.
one Of the most sensational rescues was that
Of Mrs. Sophie Witt forty years old. the wire OF
Frederick Witt. barber who lived on the
fourth floor OF the building. AS soon as Mrs
Witt saw that the house on fire she made
directly for the fire escape at the front OF that
floor and screamed that she was going 10 jump:
At that moment the flames were dancing all
about her and smoke was pouring out or the
windows behind her in dense volumes. In the
mean time two fremen Vincent l.. Havlina or
Engine Company No 30. and Henry Lake
stream, Of Engine Company No. 90. who were
passengers on a Second-ave. elevated railway
10 I'M -
building and had left the train at the Flrst-st
station.
They reached the building on the run just In
time 10 see Mrs Witt lean over the fire escape
balcony to throw herself down. With bound
they mounted the fire escape ladders and ran
inward toward the woman. They reached her
iust in time and lifted her over the iron railing
Of the balcony and carried her bodily down the
ladders TO the first floor, through which they
took her to the extension in the rear and 20
safety.
Henry Freitag twenty seven years old. OF No.
131 East Third st, was one Of those citizens who
was early at the scene of the fire. He ran up
the fire escapes to lend what assistance he could
to those in the building. He was himself over
come by smoke while on the third floor balcony,
and was burned over the eyes. He was taken
down by Detectives Jackson, Burke and Cav
anagh, OF the Fifth-st. station and was carried
in a semi-conscious condition to Klens restau-
rant, in Avenue A, from which he was sent TO
Bellevue.
Effective work was done by Edward Klein,
Ernest Hammer, OF No. q First-st.; Albert
Kupper Of No. 07 Avenue A, and Charles
Bauer, of No. 81 Avenue G, in the rescue OF
Mrs. Victoria Decker, forty years old. the wife
of Samuel Decker, who lived on the third floor
Of the house