Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-08
Yin, Otb,E Mere or Less Injured,
One Of Whom May Die.
pruORS or iN'hNpiAnisM'
r,csc. on ncing Investigated, How
ever. Prove 10 he Without Due
extremely Rapid.


were blown into an open window +,
the homo Of Albert J. Adams No 3 cast
Sixty-niuth street. two blocks distant
setting FIRE 20 the house and causing the
death Of a servant. All of the thirteen
bodies have been recovered. The dead
are:
WALLACE c. ANDREWS, president OF
tie New York steam Heating Company.
Mrs. WALLACE G.. ANDREWS "ife
OF the above.
Mrs. GEORGIANA BOYDEN ST. JOHN
wife OF Mrs. Andrews's brother Gamaliel
q q 1obp an official Of the New York
Steam Heating Company
oRsON ST JOHN. aged years.
WALLACE ST. JOHN. aged 3 years.
FREDERICK ST. JOHN. aged 10
months.
NELLIE BOLAND. a servant.
MARY FLANAGAN, servant
EVA PETERSON. servant.
KATE DOWNING. servant.
MARIE ROTH servant.
ANNIE NEARY. servant
Airs MARY LOUGHLIN. aged 80. house
keeper I'm the Adams establishment; died
from sufocation and burns.
THE INJURED.
Two servants are in serious condition
lu tho Presbyterian Hospital. and one
may die. These two-Alice White, a cook.
ana Jenny Burns. laundress-were the
cy inmates Of the Andrews house who
escaped alive.
Of fufrra1 ~ A f~e
numbers seven, among them being AIRS.
Isabel Adams wife OF Albert j. Adams.
wounded I'm the back, burned and suffer
irg from shock.
HOUSE BURST INTO FLAME.
Whether the fire started from an ex- |
po,ion Of lamp or OF gas has not yet |
been determined, but when it was first |
discovered 40 o'clock this morning, the |
flames seemed to burst from all parts OF |
The house at once.
policeman Mcknight. Of the east Sixty
say.n'h-Street Station, was at the cor
ier ol Fifth avenue and Sixty-sixth street,
go 'front.' OF the Havemeyer home when
Dr. heard an explosion and saw the glare
a. flames in SiXty-seventh street He ran
with all haste TO the spot and found
tongues Of fire leaping from the upper
windows Of the Andrews house and half
way across the street. He tried TO break |
ig tle door and arouse the inmates of the |
house, but was driven back by the flames.
N0t waiting any longer than TO arouse
tle family Of the ROthschilds. i'm the adj |
joining house, No. 4. he sent in an alarm |
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Nlol the frcmen arrived they saw 1t |
vas impossible to try to gain an entrance
u OBJ. Andrews house by the front door,
end they then made an attempt through |
Tie Eothschilds' house.
Tir,mcn Charles Fay, Of Engine 80; |
Jacobs Of HoOk-and-LadGer No l6, and
John H. Corr went up together. They
managed 10 get in the rear rooms Of the
iari floor. and found Mrs st. John and
DIR e-ye8r-0ld son, Wallace, unconscious
on tle floor, their night-clothes almost
burned off. They were quickly taken into
iae Eothschilds' house. Mrs. 81. John |
died within a few minutes Her child
died in The hreman's arms.
BUILDING \ FURNACE.
THE fremen made repeated efforts to
90 the other rooms, but they might |
es ".l have attacked a furnace. The
building IL saturated with oil. could
hardly have burned more fercely. Like
most New York dwellings. IL was high |
and r.Itow. and encased on two sides in
s.l brick walls. and the effect was like
mat W "a great chimney. The flames
i'tiel and cracked. and shot into the
ar FL distance Of a hundred feet or more.
throwing great fiery spray over the
I.ots 0i the surrounding houses. Several
times these caught fire, but the firemen
ana servants were on the roofs with
Nf... and chemicals, and eXtingusheG
%. a.mcs
A. efforts to arouse the inmates In
lHr tl save themselves were fruitless.
an. aside from Mrs. ST. John, the only J
V0.i persons who got out Of the house |
ete were the two serVants-Jenny Burns q
e.. Alice White-who appeared at upper
NH4ows
FRANTIC WOMEN JUMP.
Before the fremen could raise ladders
'o reach them the women climbed out )
-.A tte sllis. With all their strength ,
.-e ticmen cried 10 the women not 10
..hh hlt the women were past needing
earnings. Jenny Burns leaped out. She
.-i''1 over and over and fell almost di-
.,..y upon her head. Her skull was frac- I
'@.l JOB several places The other wo- n
s''A, When she saw the fate Of her friend. 7
.ts..ti.l for q moment, and then. as the v
s.."e thckened. she too jumped. She O
..i li.l rear extension of the building, "
- "us picked up Unconscious and Sc L
'aey injured. b
SECOND HOME TAKES FIRE.
"hIe the fire I'm the Andrews house
'ea 'aslue great clouds of sparks were
.'iol with the wind and brand flew i
an open upper window of the house v
aii.ft j. Adams. 1t caught in a cur p
''' ana Instantly the room was ablaze. !
.'itant at the window is thought TO +
eve been Mary Laughlan, for her dead a
~. was found later at the foot Of the h
,''' leading from the fourth floor 20
!, iooi Tightly clasped In her arms
n 'ne family pet dog. -
".'n the Adams house caught fire, a -
,r.''r oi the policemen and firemen and u
ft number OF the people who were III "a
tI.. ''ner IRE, rushed around 10 Sixty al
H. street. The policemen knocked on b.
r.. .e'i and finally gained an entrance u
O., "' 7lams house, and got the family
ve. ".h'ut serious injury. The servants
a. frantic in their efforts TO escape.
a -'F Maloy and Minnie BOgue Jump q,
IL " lhe rear Of the fourth floor 10
Ee-. extension, from which they 81
egf 4, '"Aen down. Nellie Quinn was In
a, on The fourth floor, and appeared 81
ef,,. 'o"i window. about to jump. The
Nss ''"'0 10 her TO wait but there
hsr ~ ume, as the flames were licking
hep b.,'ses. The desperate woman put | d
" th-N over her eyes and jumped. as | Is