The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-04
LIVES LOST IN
new YORK FIRE
Blaze Broke Out in Excelsior
and Spread Rapidly.
ENGINEER AMONG The DEAD.
Went Back Into Building 10 Shut OF Steam
Il.
Went Back Into Building 10 Shut OF Steam
and Failed TO Get Out Again.
SEVERAL JUMPED FROM THE WINDOWS
One Mans Skull Fractured, and i Is Believed no
vii De firemsn BadJ ScaIdsd By
Bursting Of Valve.

New York, Nov 4.-Several lives were
lost i'm a fire replete with thrhhhs IN
cidents in the seven-story brick Duiiu-
ing at Nos. "a, SO and ss Mott street.
yesterday Chief Croker estinaleu the
loss at 100000 but the tre insurance
patrolmen said they considered that II
would MOI be more than $4,000.
Michael Conin, an engineer peTlsheu
in the burning building
Charles Smith. Il years old. has not
been heara from.
All Io-year-OIu boy named Rogers Is
supposed 10 be lest.
4ne ouilulns was occupied on the
filst Inala, IJur1n ana seventh hOViS
ana "A tne cellar ana suD-crildf Dy lhe
Alanndttsiu Deu, Iron ahd Sp4lhS ~o4l-
paAy, Silsu On che ylner moo Dy 4.
.donr a. Co., manufacturers OF pdriof
furniture. 1ne are started an the Oase-
nlenI Oh "a, wnere Nllham McCdhn,
Cnarles smith ana JACOB ElsmAn were
al Nork shipping excelsior. AcCdnn NO.
llced sm0he and tnen flame III
a package Of excelsior IN corner.
Attempts TO exungulsh the names
failed and the men tried TO make tneir
way 10 the streets. McCann was over
come by smoke ana fell down. his hdsr
was singeu and ne was slightly burned.
Lisman was seen later, but the where
abouts OF Smith have not been dlscoy-
cred.
Passers-by saw smoke coming up
through an opening, from which there
appeared to be no stairway and 10 es-
cape -Four men standing below were
rescued by human chain.
"a r-r TV-
Of the smoke. Among these men were
Conhn, the engineer. He recOllected
that he had not turned off the steam
and said he would go down and do so.
He went in and has not been heard of
since.
The vast amount of inflammable stuff
in the building caused the fire to spread
with lghtning-like rapidity.
There We're about so men in the up
per part OF the building and they had TO
take TO the fire escapes. These We're
crowded and when the men saw the
flames below them they became panic
stricken and some of them jumped into
the streets.
John Mum dropped from the third
floor fire escape to the street He sus-
tained broken ankle.
Joseph b. KinZoe jumped from the
fourth story window to the street and
his skull was fractured. Ii is believed
he will die.
The firemen quickly put up ladders to
the several floors and they carried and
helped the men down to the street.
Three men jumped from the sixth and
seventh stories OF the burning building
to the roof at 100 Mott street
While Fireman McGrady was stand
ing beside his engine a valve burst and
he was badly scalded. He fell uncon-
scious. Though his condition is critical.
the physicians think he will live
The injured men were taken to a hos
pital. Panics occurred among the occu-
pants OF several nearby business
buildings and % tenement house. but
nobody was seriously injured.
"A later report gives the following re-
vised list Of the missing:
John r. Weir. superintendent OF the
Manhattan Bed company.
Michael Conlin. engineer.
Charles Smith. packer
Albert Bush burnisher
Max Albin. riveter
Weir. Bush and Albin were an wsorI,
on the third floor Of the building when
the fire was discovered. II Is probable
they were suffocated. Smith and Con-
Ian. the engineers. were in the base
ment.