New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-20
FIRES COST SEVEN LIVES.
TIVE PERSONS PERISH IN HARLEM
APARTMENT HOUSE
HEROIC REsCUEs EFFECTED BY MANI
r,prNrN-Two OF THE INJURED MAY
D1E-MoTHER AND CHILD LOST
on THE WEST SIDE

ON THE WEST Slph-
Five nersons were burned 10 dea,n ye',eiu"s
morning in fire in the Mentor apal nus us
sva storv building at Third-ave ana One-nun-
".e 80 nearly dozen persons were
.ss h,oe,, tbrough burns and parity through
..,or ~, smoke All were attenoeo by sur
s,aors and three had 10 be taken 10 the hosp"aI
The dead are;
nr.-r patrick ,birty-,hree years old; lived in the
hosss ~. patrick ,uenty-seven years old lived in
a.RRET-T julia six years old lived in the house.
MCPHERSON Richard. thirty-nve years OLD mechanic
oxn woman ahou, twenty-five years old residence
unknown
The injured persons in hospital are:
,nrr Mrs Susan sixty years old lived in the house
A p- -, min. wears old. lived in the house
rAEalE ,J May '"'''' inv
"a severely burned about the face. hands
and body - 49,.
A' 800 refuge with friends and neighbors. The
M ..4 a damage estimated at $4,000
-. .a,se Of the FIRE was mystery 10 the hre-
II Asv though they did not regard It as
.',snic,ous in any sense II began either In the
~, ens air shaft under the stairs OF the first
60 The wood in the house was dry, and the
e. snread with astonishing rapidIty, and soon
- q, every floor In the house. Its dscoverer.
s.1 ward threw stones az the windows TO
49,, the tenants II was then about o'clock
=, ,ha morning Henry Kleinwerth. a bartender
- Orebundred- -frst-st. and Third-ave., sent In
,na alarm AT the same time screams came from
ely every part Of the house. and in half min
Nc more women and men were at the windows OF
,he burning building shrieking for help.
Tho hremen arrived quickly. Women were climb
,,g ont Of windows in their night clothing ana
holding onto lodges stills and other projecnons'
sealing ladders were run up to nearly every win
dow OF the house. and there were many daring
rescues. ~
Fireman John Muster. OF Engine Company NO
"a went up through the adjoining building IN
rhi-d-ave He got out of window next 10 the
hprnng building. and saw two women MIS-
FLETCHER and Mrs. Crawford, hanging out OF tne
window next him. Two other fremen had loi-
loved Muster and they held him as he stood on
ledge OF the window and stretched himself over
toward the women He was held by one leg and
o,a arm and with the other arm he seized one OF
the women and was drawn back to the windo"
where the woman was taken in. Muster Leaned
oyer once more and this time seized the second
woman and lifted her 10 safety.
Fireman Patrick Doyle scaled one OF the LADDERS
"a the third floor, where he found two women and
Two men outside windows and clinging to prevent
themselves from falling. Doyle carried the women
one time down the ladder 70 the coTni S,I0 0
Blie then hen did the same for the men. 90
Fireman Frank Carson. of Engine No r,e |
were Della o'Connor and Kate Farley. neces OF
the Barrett family. They had to make their way
through a burning room 10 window, ana We're 90
burned by the flames which licked the WINDOW tn sa
they had to get all the way out and hang 10 t ne
Iedee bv their hands The situation was seen by
hundreds and II was feared that the women woul9
surely fail Carson was UP in time however ana
he caught one woman and made her partly secure
on the scaling ladder, where another fireman heio
her and he then secured the other. lie ana ms
brother hremen carried the two women down 10 the
street Firemen John Harvey and kiley helped IN
this gallant rescue and Chief Burns assisted
Fireman William O'Brien climbed scaling iaooer
floor She was on the outside OF a window and
was holding on but her feebleness was such that
she would not have been able TO ho.o on mI zen
arms He steadied himself and tied rope ABOUT
her. Then he lowered her TO the street; Where
she was hastily placed in an ambulance t Gs naG
burned about the face and body by running through
burning room. Because OF her age her cono'ioh
Is serious. - -
and two children on the fourth floor by handing
them from windows 10 companions on ladders. AT
least dozen persons In an were tsKeh Gown o Tr
which poured smoke and sometimes flame.
In ali there were some sixty or sixty-hve persons
ia the house. the families In nearly all instances
had boarders. Mary Farley was one OF the last
rescued She taken down by fireman. who
handed her 10 a companion. and she was passed
down TO the ground. Little Mary Barrett, burned
ledge she begged TO be saved. Inside were the
bodies OF her father mother and sister. Captain
sheet OF flame which passed across her face she
tried 10 get TO the window. He carried her down,
and she taken 10 the hospital TO die, the sur
geon said.
Nickerson's body was found the third noor,
where he lived with the Allen family. The body Of
a woman found the floor below. Nobody
seemed 10 know who she was.