The San Francisco call., 1899-12-20
LIVES LOST IN
TENEMENT FIRES
Seven Charred Bodies
Taken Out.
Special Dispatch 70 The can.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-Two early morn
Ing tenement-house fires in this city re
suited in the ueath Of at least seven per-
sons to-day. The greater loss OF life re-
suited from a fire I'm the Mentor apart
ment house. at the corner Of Third avenue
and One Hundred and Second street.
where five persons were burned 10 death
and nearly dozen more or less seriously
injured through burns or suffocatiOn by
smoke. The dead persons are:
PATRICK BARRETT. % years OF age.
MRS PATRICK BARRETT. y years OF
age.
JULIA BARRETT. their six-year-old
daughter.
RICHARD NICKERsON. &c years old. a
mechanic. OF Cincinnati.
An unknown woman. about . years old.
The injured are: Della O'Connell 2S.
Kate Farley. %: Susan McAdee. 90: Mary
Barrett, 9: Mamie Scary, %; Kate Far
rey Is 9sw hour. .a-,,er deadly fire =,
tackled the five-stOry tenement on Tenth
avenue. burning 10 death Mrs. Martin
Fox and her child George. two years and
six months old. The charred remains OF
both were found after the fire. Mr.. Fox
is a hackman and was not at home.
The fire at One Hundred and Second
street and Third avenue is supposed To
have started in the cellar.
The building was occupied by liquor
store on the first floor and on the upper
floors by families. When the fire was
discovered by man named Ward the
flames were coming out of the hallway.
The man could not enter the hallway, but
he ran into the street and threw stones
at the building. There was no fire escape
I'm the front OF the building. Presently
Ward saw at the fourth floor window a
woman hanging on the ledge. the fire al
ready having invaded her rooms. she
proved 10 be Della O'Connen. Her sister
was also climbing out OF the window and
she had already been severely burned and
half suffocated by smoke.
Both women were hanging from the
window when a hook and ladder truck
came up. The men at once put up Scaling
and extension ladders ana firemen
climbed up. At the fourth floor another
woman. Mrs. Susan McAdee, 90 years old
was found partly burned and daZed by
smoke. hanging out or window: me
firemen tied a rope around Mrs. McAdee
and let her safely down.
Three flremen caught the O'COEnell
soon. Both were badly burned BY This
time many men and women were found
at the windows, having been driven out
Of their rooms by the flames.
A few Of the people escaped by the rear
where there were tire-escapes.
Hook and Ladder Captain Turperny
scaled a ladder TO the top floor, and
found little Mary Barrett holding on %
the window ledge. A sheet OF flame had
struck ner I'm the eyes and burned them
out. Her father. mother and little sister
were burned 10 death. The doctors say
she cannot live.
MAY Seary was found at one OF the
upper floor windows crouching in a cor
ner. too suffocated by smoke and too
much burned 10 be able 10 help herself.
The loss on the building was $4,000.
The other fire. in Tenth avenue, near
Thirty-elghth street. started in the base
ment and first floor hallway, and when IL
was discovered IL had such a headway
that 1t was impossible TO enter.
The families on the upper part OF the
house fed TO the roof. whence they easily
reached the street. The firemen on going
through the house after the fire had been
subdued found two bodies at the foot OF
the stairs on the third floor. The posi-
tions showed that the woman had been
trying 10 carry her child up the stairs.
The damage 10 the building by the fire
was comparatively small.