Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-08
LIST OF VICTIMS.
The dead are:

LIST OF VICTIMS.
The dead are:
Wallace c. Andrews, president of the
New York Steam Heating Company.
Mrs. Wallace c. Andrews. wife of tho
above.
Mrs. Georglana Boyden st. John, wife
of Mrss Andrews brother, Camaliel C.
ST. John, an official of the New York
Steam Heating Company.
Orson St. John, aged Z years.
Wallace ST. John, aged years.
Frederick st. John aged Is months.
Nellie Boland. servant.
Mary Flanagan, servant. a.S.is
Eva Peterson, servant. sITszlSi
Kate Downing, servant. / j, aSEsisss
Marie Roth, servant. j.!:l!Sf n.
Annie Neary, servant. f
CONDITION OF THE INJURED.
Mrs. Mary Laughlin. aged 30 years.
housekeeper In the Adams establish
ment. died from suffocation and burns.
Two servants are in Il serious condi-
ton in the Presbyterian Hospital, and
one may die. These two. Alice White. q
cook, and Jenny Burns, laundress, were
the only inmates OF the Andrews house
who escaped alive.
The list OF injured at the Adams fire
numbers seven. among them being Mrs.
Isabelle Adams. Wife OF Albert j.
Adams. wounded in the back, burned,
suffering from shock.
RAPID PROGRESS OF FLAMES.
Whether the fire started from an ex-
piosion of Il lamp or Of gas has not yet
been determined. but when il was first
discovered ut O'Clock this morning the
flames seemed to burst from all parts
OF the house atnonce.
Policeman Mcknight of the East
SiXty-seVenth Street Station, was at
the Fifth avenue and SiXty-siXth cor
nor, in front OF the HaYemeyer home.
when he heard an explosion and saw
the glare of flames in Sixty-seventh
street lie ran with all haste to the
spot and found tongues of fire leapng
from the upper windows of the An
drcws house and hair way across the
street
He tried to break In the door and
arouse the inmates of the house. but
was driven back by the flames. Not
waiting any longer 20 arouse the fam
lily of the Rothschilds. in the adjoining
house, No. 4, he sent in an alarm.
When the firemen arrived they saw it
was impossible to try and gain entrance
to the Andrews house by the front door
and they then made an attempt through
the Rothschilds house.
FOUND TOO LATE.
Firemen Charles Fay. of engine 80.
Jacobs. of hook and ladder NO. IT, and
John RI. Corr went up together. They
managed to get in the rear rooms Of
the third floor and found Mrs ST. John
tint her 3-year-old son Wallace uncon-
scious on the floor. their night clothes
almost burned OFF. They were quickly
taken into the Rothschild house.
Mrs. St John died within a few
minutes. Her child died in the fire.
mans arms.
The iiremen made repeated efforts tn
set TO the other rooms. but they
might as we'll have attacked a furnace.
The building. IL saturated with oil
could hardly have burned more fiercely
Like most New York dwellings, 1t was
high and narrow ana encased on two
sides by solid brick walls. and the ef-
feet was like Il great chimney. The
iiames coared and cracked and shot
into the air distance of hundred,
feet or more, throwing a great fiery
spray over the roofs of the surround
ing houses. Several times these caught
fire. but the iiremen and servants were
OF the roofs with water and chemicals
and extingushcd the flames.
All efforts 10 arouse the inmates In
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