Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-13
CALAMITY IN new YORK
,ves Lost at a Fire on Friday
Morning.
vAIlACEANOREWS' BURNED
s,t,ated in One of the Wealth.
lest Parts of the City.

lest Parts of the City.
y,fo. Three Children, sister and
|,,,,,her-in-,aw of 6. ID. ST. John We're
anc the Victims - Brave Rescues
"ns.red = Probably Caused by an Elk
n,o,lon OF Gas.
Nav York, April 7.-By fire in two
dances in the wealthiest part of this
I'm EIGHT lives were lost today. Before
w day Is over, it may be found that
IT, death list has been swelled to Ia,
N during the early morning hours,
|pnr urrsons we're missing and two so
Fodly injured that they may die Of
IN eirht victims known, three were
kildren. The last bodies from the
t';ndsor Hotel horror were buried only
INV ar so ago. This latest fire was in
mi ways almost repetition OF that
Il olocaust.
ME DEAD AND THE INJURED.
Following are the names of those
ead Wallace G. Andrews, president
| the New York Steam Heating 20. I;
iarparet Andrews, his wife; Mrs.
Eeorpianna B. st. John, sister-in-law
4 Mrs Andrews and wife of &. d. St
!ohn: Austin b. st. John, years old.
vallace st. John, 3 years old, and
frederick st. John, Is months old,
Eildren of Mrs. st. John; Mary
oneblin. a servant, Mary Boland, q
Iitchcn maid: Mary Flanagan, a
hrlor maid; Ann Neary, a servant, and
fvs Peterson, q servant.
| The injured are: Mrs. Elizabeth
Idams, shock; Velyn Adams and Kate
bowning, servant, slight burns ;
Hara Roth, slight burns and asphyxia-
3on: Alice White, a cook, confusion
Id slight burns Mamie Boggue, u
Eryant, shock: Nellie Quinn, a servant.
ternal injuries, serious, and Jennie
|mns, servant, fatally.
AS ExpLo.IoN AND GREAT FLASH.
The fires we're in the home of Wallace
Andrews. president of the New York
team Heating Co., at No. 2 East
ixty seventh street, and in the home
Albert j. Adams, at No. 3 East
iSty ninth street. The first fire started
the Andrews house, and the Adams
sidence caught later in the morning.
he former was discovered about z
M. A policeman was passing in
ont of the Havemeyer residence, in
dst Sixty-sixth street, when he heard
explosion and saw great fash oil
eht in Sixty-seventh street. He rar
ither with all speed. When he
rived, the flames were shooting oui
the upper floors of the Andrews
puse. They leaped half way across
2 street. The policeman tried to gel
to the house, to arouse the tenants
was driven back by the flames
then turned in an alarm, and, re
rning, got the people out of V. III
pthschild's house, which is close by
Around the corner of Sixty-seventl
rect and Fifth avenue are the home
some of New York's wealthiest men
eXt to the Adams house, which wa
handsome four-story brown ston,
lair, is the splendid home Of II. o
mour of the Chicago firm of packers
tyt to that is the home of Perry Bel
pnt. Directly opposite this is tn
rse Of George j. Gould.
With the arrival of the first engin
mpany, the value of the propert
teatened was apparent, and second
d later third, alarm were turned in
While some Of the firemen fought tn
lines with hose and chemicals, other
shed into the Rothschild house an
pm there into the Andrews home b
Nv of the rear windows; but the
pre even then too late, for, in tn
idle room of the third floor, the fire
an stumbled over the bodies of Mr.:
John and Wallace, her 3-years-ol
bid. The child was dead, but MR.
John was still alive and gasping fl
eath. A fireman picked her up, an
aggered with her to the Rothschil
bnse, but she died as she was beir
bried in.
Mrs. st. John and her three childre
td two servants, Kate Downing ar
laria Roth, we're all on the third foo
II. st. John, who is the treasurer
be New York Steam Heating Co.. al
brother of Mrs Andrews, was not
ONE during the fire.
cLAsPED IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.
Mr.. Andrews and his wife occupi'
be middle room on the second foc
I here, two hours later, their bodi
ERE found, clasped in each other
PMS. They were so charred as to
most beyond recognition.
The servants of the Andrews were
be top floor. Alice White, the coo
aped from the window to an eXtensit
hich rose to the third floor. She W
ound there, unconscious, by fremc
ennie Burns, another of the servant
+ pmped from the same window to t
ptension. She crushed her skull, q
. in serious condition. Mary H.
And the kitchen maid, Mary Flanr
/ pn tho parlor maid, and Ann Nea
I'D Eva Peterson, the remain
4 Prvants, were on the fourth hoor.
u feared they are lost.
After the tiremen had rescued All
!. Nhite and Jennie Burns from the II
the extension, just before the fan
N cached that locality, another desperi
q fort was made to get into the Andre
fome, but the confagration had gain
extraordinary hold, and it was !
FGsslble to force an entrance.
81 The flames shot into tho air te
70 felght Of over a thousand feet.
tong wind blowing from the so,
u !Rspt the flames north. On the no
- Elde Of Sixty street was
. andsome home Of Albert j. Adai
. ne millionaire sporting man, bet
'o nown as ZAP Adams. His fam
m I'D been aroused by the tumult.
!" Gvant opened the front window. to
mi nat it was all about. just the
y, ast Of wind swept in burning bran
y afough the open window. The Ada
" Oase was on fire in second,
l'lI gan to blaze fiercely.
REscuERs WILDLY cHEERED.
+ The inmates of the Adams house "
I'D ssnllc-stricken by this sudden outbl
lame, Nellie Quinn aud Ma
N osel, servants, tried to rush down
- alrway, but that avenue of csc
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