Evening star., 1899-04-07

TO the house Of Albert j. Adams, Where a
servant was burned to death.
So thoroughly old the flames do their
work that when the gutted Andrews house
was searched the corpSeS were so Charred
as TO be almost beyond positive identifiCa-
tiCn. The names of the dead were ascer-
tanned more from certain knowledge of
those who were in the house over night
than from traces of the living image that
they retain
List of the Dead and Injured.
Following is a list of the dead:
Wallace c. Andrews, president of the
New York Steam Heating Company.
Mrs. Wallace c. Andrews.
Mrs. CamaIiel c. St. John, sister-in-law
to Mrs. Andrews. and wife of G. C. st.
John. treasurer OF the steam heating COM
pany.
OrsOn ST. John. seven years old.
Wallace ST. John, three years old.
Frederick St. John. thirteen months old.
CThe three foregoing were the children of
Mrs. ST John}
Eva Petersen. servant.
Nellie Bolard. servant.
Mary Flanagan, servant.
Annie Neary. servant.
Kate Downing, servant.
Mary Ross. servant.
tAll these deaths occurred in the house. of
Mr. Andrews.D
Mary LUGghIin. servant in the house of
Albert j. Adams.
The injured are:
Jennie Burns a servant in the Andrews
house; not expected to live
Alice White. cook in the Andrews house;
condition serious.
Nellie Quinn servant in the Adams house.
condition serious.
Others were slightly but not seriously in
jured-
Discovered About AM
The fire was discovered about am A
policeman was passing in front of the
HaveTneyer residence in East G6th street.
when he heard explosion and saw a
great flash of light in 6Tth street He ran
thther with ali speed. When he arrived
the flames were shooting out of the 1In,,er
noors of the Andrews house. They leaped
,rsl, tIs1i way dci oss thG street The policeman
tfied 10 get into the house to arouse the
tenants He was driven back by the flames.
He then turned in alarm and returning,
got the people out of V H. RothscbiId's
house, which is close by
Around the corner of 9th street and Jth
avenue are the homes of some of New
YORK weaithiest men. Next to the Adams
mouse which was a handsome four-story,
brown-stoHe affair. is the splendid home OF
H o. Armour of the Chicago firm of pack
ers- Next to that is the hone of Perry
Belmont. Directly opposite this is 1ha
house of George ]. Gould
With the arrival of the first engine COM
kIhy the value of the property threatened
.dS apparent, and a second, and later a
fhIrd' alarm were turned In
Attempt at Rescue.
"H-4e some OF the hremen fought the
Names with hose and chemicals, others
Iusheu into the RothschiIds house and
from there into the Andrews home nv
way Of the rear windows But they We're
even then too late, for in the middle room
of the third floor the frenen srurt,Ied
over the bodies Of Mrs St John and Wal
lace, her three-year-OId child The. child
was dead, but Mrs. ST. John was still fust
alive and gasping for breath 4 fireman
DiCktG ntr and .-y,I
Inc Rothschilds house. but she died as sha
Was being carried in.
Mrs St John, her three children and two
servants. Kate Downing and Maria Roth
Were all on the third floor MIR St John
who IS the treasurer of the New York
steam Heating Company and a brother of
Mrs Andrews was not at home during the
!Ire ana mad not been notified Of his great
loss as late as o'clock in the rnornfnp,
-hr, Andrews and his wife occupied the
middle room on the second floor There,
Two hours later, their bodies were found
Claspef in each others arms They wrre
SO charred as TO be almost beyond recof,-
milton.
fire Spreads to Adams House
strong wind. blowing from the south
swept the flames north. On the north side
OF 9th street was the handsome home of
Alfred J. Adams. the millionaire sporting
man better known as "AT' Adams. His
t@nlly had been aroused by the tuinuIt. \
n
what II was all about. Just then a p,rst
OF wind swept in burning brands throvob
the open window. The Adams hons w.
on fire in a second and began 10 bIaze
fiercely.
The inmates OF the Adams housa vsre
painc-stricken by this sudden ourburst ot
hane. Nellie Quinn and Mamie VegeI
servants, tried To rush down the stairway
but that avenue of escape was already cilt
pr- TIE TWO appeared at The front window
Thence rhey jumped to the roof of the bow
haInx
creuched in terror. The crowd below shout.
ell THAI help would soon come. The flame.
gN hotter and nearer to the women.
4 policeman and several citizens ran intC
the adjoining house and up to the thirC
fpor of that building. on a level with thI
women. While the citizens held the police
man ne leaned far out of the window and
hfunS tie women up one at Il time swuns
them up into the room. They were car
rled Down 10 the street. Spectators cheer
ed wildly.
In an hour the FIRE in the Adams hous
was out The fremen found the body O
hary I-'ughlin. sixty years old, at the bot
tom OF the stairs leading TO the roof. Sh
had been srnuthered by the smoke and wa
not much burned Clasped tightly in he
arms Was the body of little pet pug dog
Narrow Escape OF Firemen.
Almost until dawn the firemen fought tn
fire in the Andrews house. Several fremel
fere on the roof when II gave signs of Civ
|ng way They had scarcely time TO hee
he warning when the center of the roo