New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-08

Several times these caught fire. but the
fremen anG servants were on the roofs with
water and chemicals and they put the flames
out I'm their ncipiency.
The fremerL fighting in the hopeless effort to
save the AnC rews house. soon saw II was use
less and turn ed their efforts to the Rothschild
and adjoining houses. While working from the
roof Of the X othschild house the firemen saw
two women ~ Ing unconscious on the extension
! In the rear OF the Andrews house. They were
| rescued with 81 eat difficulty. One OF the women
was Alice White. who had jumped from the ser
wants rooms the fourth floor. She was UNI
conscious from smoke and shock The other
woman was Jennie Burns who had also Jumped
from the fourth floor She landed on her head,
fracturing her skull At a late hour last night
she said tn by dying in the Presbyterian
Hospital.
THE SEARCH FOR BODIES
1t almost O'Clock before the ircmen had
sufficient mastery over the fire to permit of a
search IF the house When they were able to
do IT, they found the bodies OF the two ser
naming st. John children and the bodies Of
what are thought to be the two servants. Marie
Roth ana Kate Downing. All were badly
Charred ,rhe bodies of IhC two servants were
sent to the Morgue. while the bodies OF Mrs. St
John and her three children were taken to the
East Sixty eventh-st. station and placed in the
room between the cells and the back room.
At l1:lJ O'Clock the iremen found Mr.. An
drewss body 1t badly burned. and parts
OF the legs were missing. 1t vas identified by
Mr.. Bruce BIZ of, the filling I'm Mr.. An
drews's teeth He and Mr.. Andrews had their
work done by che same dentist at the same time
and Mr.. Bruce was familiar with the filings in
Mr. Andrews's teeth. At 40 o'clock near
where Mr.. Andrewss body was found the work
found part of foot 1t is thought 10 be
Mr. Andrews's.
At 3 O'Clock the workers found the body of
person of large stature, but the sex was indie
terminable because of the effects of the fire. The
corpse was taken to the East Sixty -seventh-st.
police station. and later identified by DR.. Ru-
doph Gudewell a. that OF Mrs Andrews. DR..
(.,,Ia .-raIl hprf
the filings in her teeth.
At various other times before ) o'clock four
more bodies found. One was identified by
a who said he was streetcar employe as
that of Eva Peterson. Her body remained at
the East Sxty-seventh-st. station for awhile.
The others We're sent TO the Morgue, where, at
I H. M one was identified as that OF Marie Roth
by Mrs. L. Anig an, of No. IL East one hundred
and-sixteenth-st. The bodies Of the st. Johns.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Mary IOughlin and Eva
Peterson were removed in the evening to the
undertaking esta blishment of Frank Besky. No
$50 East Seventy third-st.
one of the unidentified bodies bears feur-de-
lis shirt stud while another has a small pair OF
diamond earrings. The body known as No . Is
so badly burned that il is unrecognizable. but
the scapular which found around the neck
ia almost untouched. 1t Is OF cloth, and such as
many Roman Catholics wear
FUNERAL OF THE ANDREwSEs.
Major John a. Logan. who has charge OF the
funeral arrangements for the Andrews and ST.
John bodies. said last night at the Waldorf
Astoria that the services would be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in No. S34 Fifth
ave Mr.. Andrews other house. This house Is
completely furnished 1t is connected in the
rear with the house that was burned, but the
fi-,men managed TO save 1t with no loss except
trifiing damage by water. The Rev. DR.. ID.
Parker Morgan of the Church OF the Heavenly
Rest will oficiate The services will be private
The bodies will be taken to the Grand Central
Station after the services ana sent 10 Noou-
lawn for burial
Mr.. Bruce said last night that Mr. Andrews as
much as two weeks age seemed to nave prerno-
milton Of the disaster. and told him ne had been
afraid of fire ever since the Windsor was burned.
Mr.. Bruce agreed with him that too much pre-
caution could nos be taken in such houses as
people live in here, and with Mr.. Andrews he
made a most thorough examination of all the
fues in the house. He says all seemed in first
class condition
The burning Of the homes OF two wealthy
men so soon after the destruction of the Wind
sor. also the home Of wealthy people caused
some persons last night TO suggest the theory
OF Anarchists They thought they several
signs indicating the work Of some enemy OF So
ciety and the matter called to the atten-
ton Of the police. Captain Donahue and other
police officials laughed at it, They character
lied the rimor utterly absurd
Captain Cosgrove said he thought a defective
fue was responsible. Miss Kidd. the daughter
OF G. w Kidd OF No. S53 Fifth-ave., was
awakened by the explosion. She says she found
her parents already up All three agree that
there was a strong odOr OF gas The firemen all
that there was much gas escaping when
they arrived and they favor the theory that
there was a leaky pipe in the basement which !
permitted the house TO fill with gas. This. they
said probably asphyxiated the inmates, and &C
counted for their failure to awaken.
There were a number Of Oriental lamps In the !
Andrews house and any OF these would have !
ignited the escaping gas whenever the volume /
became great enough.
Assistant Fire Marshals MCGUIRE and Multi |
gan are making an investigation.
FORMER FIRE IN SAME HOUSE.
There was fire in the same house ten years |
ago At that time several members OF the fam |
lily living there narrowly escaped death by |
climbing into the Rothschid house.
George J. Gould not at home during the |
fire He at his place in Lakewood. n. J. |
Mr.. Goulds house il in almost identicany the |
same position relative to the Andrews fire
was the home OF his sister. Miss Helen NJ. Gould. |
to the Windsor fire.
Coroner yucca says the inquest will probably |
be held next Friday.
Captain Tobin's made a record run to !
the fire. The rafting Of the engines. the clang- |
ing OF the golgs and shouts of the fremen and |
police aroused all the families in the neighbor- |
hood. and the greatest excitement prevailed.
Many Of the people in Sixty-eighth and Sixty !
ninth SITS. up to see the fire. and some had /
their front windows open. Among these was |
the family Of Mr. Adams. Either by a flying |
ember or by contact with gas Jet a curtain |
ignited. Some say servant as we'll
Miss Adams. at this window and the
want is thought to have been Mary Loughlin.
for her dead body was found later at the foot |
Of the stairs leading from the fourth floor to
the roof Tightly casped in her arms the
family pet dos.
Learning that their house burning the
Adams family were panic-stricken Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams. their daughters and the following
servants were at home: Minnie Bogue. Mary
Loughl.n. Mary Molloy Nellie Quinn and
Joseph Heggerty. the butler.
The Adamses got out without serious injury
The servants were frantic in their efforts to
escape. and Mary Molloy and Minnie BOgue
jumped from the Of the fourth floor To the
from where they were taken down
by the butler Haggerty. assisted by hremen.
police and some citizens. Nellie Quinn's rescue
has already been told.
Mr.. Bruce said the Andrews house cost $40
Ooo, and the furnishings. paintings etc. were