The record-union., 1899-04-07

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Bolder, the maid; Mary Flanagan.
parlor maid; Eve Peterson, servant,
Kate Roth, servant.
The injured: Jennie Burns, a laun-
dress, jumped from the fourth floor 10
an extension and was badly injured
taken to the Presbyterian Hospital;
Alice White, servant. taken to the Pres
byterian Hospital, suffering from burns
and partly overcome by smoke; Fire
man jeremiah Blazin. engine A. fell
during the fire and was badly hurt, was
taken to the Presbyterian Hospital in
a serious condition.
Several other firemen were injured
during the battle with the flames but
none seriously and all We're able to re-
main with their companies
The fire broke out in the Andrews
house about 2 o'clock, and spread so
rapidly that when the firemen arrived
in response to the first alarm they
found the interior of the house in
flames. A. second alarm was turned in
and the firemen made desperate efforts
to get out the inmates of the house.
They were only partially successful
Several members Of the Andrews family
were carried out unconscious.
The Andrews house is in the heart
of the district occupied by the homes
of New Yorks richest millionaires.
The house on the corner is occupied by
II. O.. Armour The house at No. is
occupied by Mr.. Rothschild. The fire
men found it impossible to save the
Andrews house, and devoted most of
their energies to saving the Armour
and Rothschild property. Many times
both We're on fire, but the vigilance Of
the firemen as often put the flames out.
The firemen were unable to get into
the Andrews house as late as 3.3o. The
roof then caved in, and the interiof was
a. seething cauldron of fire. Sparks
shot high into the air as from a blast
furnace, and several surrounding man
sions were ignited, but in most cases
firemen or servants We're on the roofs
with water and put the fires out in
their incipiency
They We're not successful in this, how
ever in the case of the handsome five
story house of Alfred Adams at No. 3
East Sixty-ninth street. This house
was almost directly in line with the
Andrews home, but two buildings north
1t had no sooner caught than the flames
spread with alarming speed.
Fortunately the family had been
aroused by the other fire, and were all
taken out by the police except one un-
known woman and Mary Malone, %
years old, a servant. The latter was
seriously burned, and may die She
was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital.
In the case of the unknown woman a
most heroic rescue was effected. The
woman appeared on the coping on a
fourthfioor window, and was about 10
jump when the crowd yelled to her to
wait. A policeman ran into the next
house, No. ), and rushed I'D the stairs
to the fourth floor, on level with the
frightened woman. Leaning far over
the coping, he caught her by the arm.
and with mighty effort swung her out
into space and then drew her into the
room with him. The crowd wildly ap-
plauded the policeman's act. The woman
was sent to the Presbyterian Hospital.
The damage to Mr.. Adams house is
very heavy.
Fireman c. Jacobs of Truck 16 and
Fireman John Carr of another conpanv
distinguished themselves during the
burning of the Andrews house. They
went into the flames repeatedly and
brought out the inmates.
Alfred Adams, the owner of the -Sixtv.
nlnth-street house. is said to be the
Well-knoWn "Al'' Adams.
At 4 o'clock there were six women in
All at the Presbyterian Hospital. In
the excitement all of the inmates and
the extent of their injuries could NOT
De learned. 1t is not impossible that tho
missing servants and some of the six
women are Identical.
There We're two reports as to the
identity of the body of a child taken
from the Andrews house. The first re-
port had it that Austin, years old.
was the victim. A short tic.e afterward
II was said that the body vas that of
wallace, ) years old All three chill
oren, Austin, 8, Wallace, 3, and Fred
erlck, years old, are missing. and
probably dead
MI. Andrews and his wife have not
oeeh found, despite a thorough search
oi the nedghborhood. They are be-
neVeu TO have been lost in the flames
Mr. Andrews owned the house at S5S
flIth avenue, which was connected
with the house in which he lived by
an II extension. The firemen had to
run their lines of hose through the
flfth avenue house, and the water
damage is considerable.
b. H. Rothschilds house was heavily
damaged by fire in the upper floors
and by water below. He was Obliged to
move his family out, and saved much
or his effects as he could in the excite
ment.
At 4:30 a policeman went through
the Adams house, and on the third
1oor found the body of one of the sery-
ants, Mary Mclaughlin, 60 years old.
She nad been suffocated The finding
or this body made three bodies taken
out The other two have been positive
~ Identified as those of Mrs Georgia
g. St John and her son Wallace, three
years old.
In addition to these three bodies the
ponce Know of four more bodies in the
building, making the total of known