The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-08
SCENES At THE ADAMS FIRE.
Policeman swung by the Logs from y Win
dow to Reach n Girl in Danger.

SCENES At THE ADAMS FIRE.
Policeman swung by the Logs from = Win
dow to Reach n Girl in Danger.
The fire in the house OF Wallace C. Andrews
had not been burning half an hour before word
was brought to the flremen working there that
a residence at 3 East Sixty-ninth street was on
fire and Battalion Chief Finn. who has charge
of that district. sent part Of his force TO cope
with It.
They found a fire that looked ftom the out
side nearly as bad as the one they had left.
The house belongs to Albert G.. Adams. who is
known among sporting men AL over the United
States. Some Of the people in the house
had been aroused by the glow Of the Andrews
fire. and two Of the servants on the top
floor were watching it from the window. The
entire Adams family, with a guest. Miss How
ard Of Baltimore. and Miss Celia Thatcher. a
sister Of Mrs. Adams. had been out at the thea
tire. On their return they had had alate lunch
con. and most Of them were up and preparing
for bed at l 80 O'Clock.
L.. +, and l.. b. Adams. both sons Of Mr.. Albert
Adams. were in their room on the third floor
when a servant came to the door and said she
smelled smoke. The two boys went into the
front part of the house. and on opening the
door of the front room on tho third
hpois "hiNh was 'N'upiO ~ 'iVil obl's
Miss Celia. Thatcher. they found that
everything in the room was, ablaze., The
flames drove them back from the door before
Howard's room on the third floor. it was va
cant. but II, the rooms where their sisters.
and Miss s" Howard GG also nan and tdY'ihi Hustled ed them en," ali
The women we're in their nightdresses. The
boys took them out Of the house through the
parlor windows to the house of the late J. ].
0'Doaohue. next door. They did not go out Of
tha frr,t doc, nna,tIA a-n nnl mn 10 80 fr1-
above were falling over it in a fiery shower.
Then the boys made anoteer dash upstrairs.
Meantime. Mary Laughlin. a woman 6Oyeers
old. who has been employed by the Adamses
for many years. had been going about on the
upper stories warning the other servants.
the third floor. He knocked on the door Of the
the chambermaid. When called TO herto come
out. she said she couldn't; He then broke the
S aeqF tn to- s the %ih hdf %p Of n h his a o%n a r"om araf flcm
which he dropped her to a rear extension on
the floor below. He jumped after her. The
serosss to the edge q the extension. Where he
handed her in at the back window of the
O'Donohue house.
PoLIcEMAN's BRAVE RESCUE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams. on the second floor had
got, out safely before there was any danger.
fRa sh we're ws asry 5f hsSg RRfiiGp'eA s slt in b 6ns hea and
Nellie Quinn, all on the ,hird floor. The BoGue
ana Irwin girls were In tne front room and stood
l.. c. Wagner OF the Fast Sixty-seventh street
station. Fireman Fitzgerald. who drives Bat
talon Chief Firms wagon. and a trolley car
m%otorman; whose name nobody knew. saw the
plight q these girls. and. running up through
which were in the same horizontal plane with
those at which the giIls stood. There was a
iiitttfie e way ;syS Beyond ",i%7f the 1S' si M,"uo OF each sfhte WindSw a
the men they thought it would be better to
| 1Nn1n Thn L n vi h ma i1I rAan
Wagner is a slight. rather short fellow. and
suggested an arrangement that made the
treman's eyes open with wonder. trained as
res wSS that h fRe he seSould get SnAe outside " the Sind SoS;
helped to hold him fiat against the wall OF the
e set SatsiId:s saisly and, leaning over to;
most .iriightened Of the two, by telling her how
EASY It was for her to crawl over the ledge Of
nsF Fb wiIn SsS' b Snd s |S% aTl to Se hi out s shs screened %oyad d
NOV sa!l Wagner. Jump" The girl
Hurry up and lnmp" again commanded
her hands toward him and jumped out toward
the street rather than in his direction. Wagner
dyed ont after her and caught her by the wrist.
headIoremost from the arms Of the motorman
and Fireman Fitzgerald. who pulled Wagner
VI, and then the girl. She was by this time in
a dead faint.
A hook and ladder company had arrived by
that time. and the other girl was taken out
easily. though she was slightly burned by the
flames that, were already playing about the
upper part of the window in which she stood.
Chief Dcvery rewarded Wagner last night by
making him n ro~undsman. and tho men who
saw he thing he did will never believe that
two h!uc stripes on a mans arm could mean
moe.
H~oUsEKEEPER' MoTHERE TO DEATH.
1t took the fremen about two hours to get
thu fames quite under control. When the fire
OF %a' fa RtRRfSISa!ME Mary S"' La ansE ioo ON th the to SGfS
floor directly under the scuttla that
led TO the roof. After going about the
awake ana warned. She had found herself cut
OIL from escape by the stairs and had tried 70
go out OF the scuttle. The minute the scuttle
was opened i made a draught that brought the
smoke and flames IN t. her. killing her in
stantly. She was very little burned.
The upper two floors, were tho onlyon seri.
ously injured by the Are, although the whole
had poured into it. Mr.. Adams and his family
moved TO the Hotel Savoy and his two daugh.
ters, who had been taken 10 the hospital. were
for $4,000 and the furniture in il for SIC. 900
FIRE STARTED GY SPARKS.
The Fire Marshals investigation proved
quite satisfactorily that this tire was started
by sparks from the Andrews house. The fire,
men working at the Andrews house had
out OF il 10y the wind. and sent men up and
down Fifth avenue and StNty-seventh street t.
warn neonlG to close thhfir windows i9E fear that
house later would occur. These warnings
hnweyer.. did not reach SiXty-ninth street
The butter had loft the. windows, OF. Mis-,
room was turned low and was protected by Il