The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
Twelve SIeepers Burned to Death and
a Victim Two Blocks Away.
ONLY TWO ESCAPED WITH LIFE,
They Jumped from Upper Windows
and Their Condition Is Critical.
Brands Were Carried Two
Blocks, EiriBg Another
Dwelling. in Which
Servant was Burned.

NEW YORK April Fire early this
morning destroyed the handsome resi-
dence of Wallace .. Andrews. at No.
east Sxty-seventh street, and twelve per
sons sleeping in the house were burned 10
death. Fircbrands carried by the Wind
were blown into an open window IN the
home of Albert j. Adams, No. east
siay-ninth street, two blocks distant
.,otting fire TO the house and causing the
death Of a servant All of the thirteen
bodies have been recovered.
THE DEAD.
The dead are: Wallace c. Andrews. pre-
sident of the New York Steam-Heating
Company: Mrs. Wallace c. Andrews, wife
Of the above: Mrs. Georgiana Boyden St
John. wife Of Mrs Andrews brother.
Camaliel Q. St John. an official OF the
New York team-Heating Company; Or
ston ST. John. aged seven years; wal
lace St John, aged three years; Fred
erick st. John, aged thirteen months
Nellie Boand, servant; Mary Flanagan,
servant: Eva Peterson, servant; Kate
Downing. servant: Marie Roth, servant
Annie Neary. servant. Mrs. Mary Laugh
man. aged hfty, house-keeper in the Adams
establishment. died from suffocation and
burns.
THE INJURED.
Two servants are I'm a serious condition
in the Presbyterian Hospital and one may
die. These two-Alice White. n cook. and
Jennie Burns. laundress-were the only in
mates Of the Andrews house who escaped
alive.
The list OF injured at the Adams fire
numbers seven. among them being Mrs.
Isabel Adams. wife of Albert j. Adams,
wounded in the back. burned, suffering
from shock.
Whether the fire started from an ex-
ploslon ~ lamp or Of gas has not yet
beet determined. hut when il was first
discovered at o'clock this morning the
flames seemed 10 burst from all parts or
the house at once.
Policeman Mcknight of the East
SlNty-seventh-Street Station was at the
corner Of Fifth avenue and SiXty-siXth
street. i'm front OF the Hayemyer home,
when he heard an explosion and saw the
glare of flames in SiXty-seventh street.
lie ran with all haste 10 the spot and
found tongues OF tire leaping from the
upper windows Of the Andrews house
and half way across the street. He tried
70 break i'm the door and arouse the in
by the flames Not waiting any longer 10
arouse the family Of the Rothschilds in
the adjoining house, No 4. he sent In an
alarm.
When the fremen arrived they saw IT
was impossible 10 try and gain an en-
trance TO the Andrews house by the front
door and they then made an attempt
through the Rothschilds house
MOTHER AND CHILD.
Fireman Charles Fay. Of Engine S9
Jacobs. OF Hook and Ladder No. 10 and
John II. Corr went up together They
managed TO get IN the rear rooms Of
the third floor and found Mrs. St. John
and her throe-year-old son. Wallace. un-
conscious on the floor, their night
clothes almost burned of. They were
quickly taken into the Rothschilds house
Mrs. 81. John died within a few minutes
Her child died in the firemans arms
The fremen made repeated efforts to
get TO the other rooms. but they might as
well have attacked a furnace. The build
Ing II saturated with oil could hardly
have burned more fercely Like most New
York dwellings II was high and narrow
and encased on two sides by solid brick
walls and the effect was like a great
chimney.
shot into the air a distance of a hundred
feet o. more. throwing a great fiery spray
over the roofs OF the surrounding houses
Several times these caught fire. but the
fremen and servants were on the roofs
with water ahd chemicals. and extin-
Gulshed the flames All efforts 10 arouse
the inmates I'm time 10 save themselves
were fruitless and aside from Mrs. st.
John. the only other persons who got out
Of fhp house afiVa the crrN4nfg
Jenny Burns and Alice White, who ap
peared at upper windows
CRAZED WITH FRIGHT.
Before the fremen could raise ladders
10 reach them, me women climbed out
upon the sills. With all their strength
the firemen cried TO the women not 10
jump but the women were past needing
warnings. Jenny Burns leaped out. She
turned over and over and fell almost d.
rectly upon her head. Her skull was
fractured I'm several places. The other
woman. when she saw the fate OF her
friend, hesitated for moment, then, as
the smoke thickened. she too. jumped.
She fell upon n rear extension OF the
building and was picked up unconscious
and severely injured.
While tfe fire in the Andrews house
was raging great clouds of sparks were
carried with the wind and a brand flew
Of Albert J. Adams 1t caught In cur
tain and Instantly the room was ablaze.
4 servant M the window is thought to
have been Mary Laughman for her dead
body was found later at the foot Of the
stairs leading from the fourth floor 10 the
roof Tightly elapsed IN her arms was
the family pet dog.
A PERILLOUS JUMP.
When the Adams house caught fire.
number OF the policemen, fremen and
the large number Of the people who were
al the other fire. rushed around TO Sixty
MIMI street. The policemen Knocked on
the door and finally gained an entrance
into the Adams house and got the family
our without serious injury. The servants
were frantic in their efforts to escaDe,
and Mary Mallory and Minnie Bogue
summed from the rear OF the fourth floor
10 the extension from which they were
! taken down. Nellie Quinn was cut of
an the fourth floor and appeared at
front window about TO Jump. The crowd