The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08


morning destroyed the residence
of Wallace c. Andrews, presi-
dent of the New York Steam Heating
Company, at No. East 9Th street,
and twelve persons, almost the entire
household, We're burned or suffocated
to death The residence Of Albert j.
Adams, at No. East 18th street, caught
fire from sparks from the Andrew
house, and one woman persisted in the
flames, and a number of persons We're
injured.
This is not far from the ruins of the
Windsor Hotel, which was burned
three weeks ago with its list of forty
six dead and a number missing, All
of the bodies in the fire of today nave
been recovered. The last found Wda
that of Mrs Wallace G. Andrews,
burned almost beyond recognition. The
dead:
WALLACE c. ANDREWS, presi-
dent of the New York Steam Heating
Company, owner of the house bIrned.
MRS. WALLACE c. ANDREWS, MS
wife. CO.,
: sJOEIN Awtfe of Mrs. Andrews Dfothef'
u
New York Steam Heating Company
ORSON. ST. JOHN, aged 7 years.
WALLACE ST. JOHN, ,.yed years.
FREDERICK ST. JOHN, aged l."
months.
NELLIE poland, servant.
MARY FLANAGAN, servant.
EVA PETERSON, servant.
MARY e. ROTH, servant.
KATE DOWNING, servant
ANNIE NEARY, servant.
In the Adams fire: -, >,
MRS. MARY LAUGHLlN, aged oU
years, housekeeper, burned to death:
I'm to the present this is the total
number of the fire victims, although
two servants are in a serious condltlon
in the Presbyterian Hospital, anu olle
NAV die. These tWO-Alice WHITE COOK
and Jennie Burns, laundress-Wefe the
only inmates of the Andrews house who
escaped alive. .5o,,,a
fire is: ,,,ou4
J. Adams, spine injured, burns, suILer-
ing from shock; taken to PreSoy l ,.aI,eia
Hospital and afterWard to the nome
of a friend. s,,,.
Nellie Quinn, servant, jumped from
fourth floor to an extension, severe
bruises taken to the Presbyterian
Evelyn Adams, burns, shock: Pres
1byterian Hospital.
Minnie Bogue, servant spralned an
l1le and bruises; Presbyterian Hospital
Terry Blazina, fireman, engine NO. 49,
Commissions of back; Presbyterian Hos
pital and home. c-4.,.,, -,,oo1,.
Presbyterian Hospital
William Stephenson, bruised anu
contusions: Presbyterian Hospital.
fro a. lamp
exnIosion or gas has not yet been de-
termined but when it was tlrst dlscoV-
ereJ at o'clock this morning flames
seemed to burst from all parts OF the
house at once A policeman heaFu an
explosion and saw the glare OF Ilaille9
in 9th street. He ran 10 the spol Gu a.
folnd tongues of fire leaplnS from tnc
1nrer windows of the Andrews mouse
ond halfway across the street lie
tried "a break in the door and arouse
the inmates of the house, but was uIlE
en- back by the flames. NOT Waltlns 70
arouse the family of the RoInscIlIlu9' ~ "a
the adjoining house-No' f-he 9eii' AZ
an alarm. 49,. COW.
a. was impossible to try to gain en-
trance to the Andrews house py lle
front door. and they then made an at
TEMPT through the Rothschlld houSe.
Three fremen managed 10 get III ny
rear rooms OF the LnlIu tuOA e'iAN'
Mrs. St John and her three-yeaa- .
son, Wallace, unconscious on tHe ilo 'es
their night clothes almost buflieu on
Tbev were quickly taken into the
Rothschild house. ...
Mrs. St. John died within few min
utes. Her child died in the fireman
arms. The firernen made repeated efforts
10 get to the other rooms. but they
might as well have attacked furnace.
THE heat was terrible The building
seemed thoroughly dried, and II satu-
rated with oil it could hardly nave
burned more fiercely. Like most large
New York dwellings it was high ana
narrow and is encased on two sides by
solid brick walls and the effect was IKE
a great chimney. The flames roared ana
cracked and shot into the air us
lance of a hundred feet or more throw
ing a. great fiery spray over the FOOLS
of surrounding houses.
Several times these caught on IRE
bur the fremen and servants were on
the roofs with water and chemicals. All
efforts TO arouse the inmates IN time 10
cave themselves We're fruitless, ana
aside from Mrs. st. John, the only otner
narsous who got out of the house allVe
we're the two servants, Jennie burns
and Alice White, who appeared at up
per windows. ,-sz..-
BEFORE the fremen could raise laoqers
., reach them. the women IN tleiI
fra1zv climbed out upon the SINS ana
stood as IL determining on Whlch was
a.. worst fate. to be burned or 70 jump
~ death. The Burns girl climbed out Oh