The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-12-22
PERISHED IN FLAMES.
Two Fatal Tenement House Fires
in New York.
SEVEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES.

Der, "a Little Girl, Rescued by the Fire
men, but IA Sheet of Flame Had Burned
Out Both Her Eyes Mother and Son
Cremnted.
New York, Dec. 19.-Seven lives
were lost in two big tenement houses
which were destroyed by fire in this
city. Five charred bodies were found
on the upper floors of burned tene-
ment ut One Hundred and Second
street and Third avenue, known as the
Mentor, and five women and little
girl, all badly burned, were carried
from the blazing house to nearby hos
pitfalls. There is thought to be but
slight chance OF any of the six suryiv-
Ing. Several other persons only es-
capped from the flames and dense
smoke with cuts and bruises. Three
members of a family of four persisted,
viz. John Barrett, wife and daughter
Julia, the latter q years old. The 9th
ers dead are woman, supposed TO be
Miss Annie Farrey, and Richard Nick
erson, a mechanic, of Cincinnati.
Another Fatal Fire.
"A few hours earlier a deadly fire
attacked the five-story tenement on
Tenth avenue, burning TO death A1rs
Martin Fox ana her child, George, Pa
years old. Tho ch3rred remains OF
both were found after The IRE. ~
Fox IS hackn2n. and was not at
home.
The first fire is supposed 10 have
started in Il cellar the aiiH.ac, ~ TIE
building and lie stains aiCtd tie M'a
in gaining such rapid roadway that
there was no successful tshtiEg &C the
flames, which hard gained tgGMCudGua
Roadway when The tTtm men arrived.
The building was occupied Ly LIQUOR
store on the first foor and Oh Ire up
per floors by f9milIes. When the ire
was discovered by man named
ward the flames were coming out Of
the hallway. Ward could not enter
the hail because Of the fire ard lac ran
into the street and threw stones ut the
windows.
Woman Hangs on "a Ledge.
There were no fre-escaucs on the
front of the building. Presently Ward
saw az the fourth floor window
woman hanging on the ledge. the fire
having already Invaded her rooms. She
proved to be Della O'Connell. Her SIS
ter was also climbing out of the Win
dow and she had already been severe
ly burned and half suffocated by the
smoke. Both women were hanging
from the window ledge when hook
and ladder truck came up. The men
at once put up scaling and extension
ladders and firemen climbed up. At
the fourth floor another woman, Mrs.
Susan McAdee, 60 years old. was
found partly burned and daZed by the
smoke, hanging out of window.
Lowered Ia the Gronnd.
The firemen TIED rope around Mrs.
McAdee and let her safely down.
Three firemen caught the OCOnne1
women in their arms. not an instant
too soon. Both were badly burned
about the body. BY this time more
women and men 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 fire escapes. Hook and
Ladder Captain Turpenny scaled n lad
der 10 the top floor and there found
little Mary Barrett holding on TO the
window ledge. A sheet Of flame had
struck her in the eyes AID burned them
out.
Her father, mother and little sis
ter were burned to death. The doc
tors say she cannot five. Mary Seary
was found at one Of the upper floor
windows crouching in corner, too
suffocated by smoke and too much
burned to be able to help herself.
The second Fire.
The other fire. in Tenth avenue
near Thirty-eighth started in the base
ment or first floor hallway and when
it was discovered hard such Roadway
that it was impossible to enter. The
families on the upper part Of the house
fled TO the roof. whence they easily
reached the street. The firemcn on go
ing through the house after the flames