The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-08

ml0OlP OF InP 8tT0pI. LAZY "hub y iIo DOA
all the faster and turned in the alarm that
rang ln the engine house Just as the hremen
When Lally. atartoi hack to the house the
wntchman ani his two on pani9ns were SUI
Fight and above them were s]pouting flame.
mud i vas uncomfortable, hot for hem no
2; sou aho St q ib hHHi ,h. Eol sSd ms , G9W Was ifS 9nin wit ANN
good. At last tho heat droy" them out into the
street. where the lremen met them.
TWO SERVANTS JUMPED FOR THEIR LIVES.
The nremen. when they arrived. saw that It
was ablazc; They went through Mr.. Armour,s
ierv that Connected the burning house with
a54 Fifth avenue Through this gallery they
oFFthc gallery was a Turkish room, IL decorat;
ing 9nd fmr;ishing which h, MI Andrews had
The walls were. Of course. hung, with heavy
draperies. The room was lighted With an
there must have been numberless crossings OF
the wires under the draperies. This room:
when the 1remcn approached 1t. was a mass OF
A scream from above attracted their. atten-
WIZ, Mind sRa ON mex ~ SAD siSs sT t0w w1m TN N Armour a r%"rth hdmsei
The windows below, them were blazing. ono
ofthem jumped as the frcmsn cam i sight
houses She was Jennie Burns. A prcsby-
terrain Hosrital ambqlance returning from a
time. The surgeon. in charge Of 1t had seen the
fire and was ready for work. He reached the
helped to carry her to the ambulance. which at
once started al a gallon for he h%ospital 49,.
the same jump: She teii on the roof 81 a pro;
was carried down by a fireman. In n few min
ntes 4 second amhuDanre ramII o dT"h lr Dr fn u
when he took Jennie Burns in, and it received
her companion.
RESCUE WORK PEGuS AT LAST.
An this time the nrcmen were continuing
Nhn nHhf 70 cot IHtn tha hIlIn1nD nlG IN
save the lives Of those left within, They went
Though IsSt nb the h hoo oscu at ! f. Fast + S HaSyrs Enfhn
ecalinG ladders to get into the rear OF the blaz-
The back Windows were moi. at this time filled
5 nth fa% msds as tS wsi5s w tn9S int in th IT9n tbii add 1a tw9
windows and crept, through the smoke toward
ths ee ut, Of the honf ii,,,n T b, found M Mrs s 81,
would not move When tho first fireman
reached her. She was apparently only half
tanned was ali directed toward the child in the
cot. one Of the tiremen took her up bodily and
G Gied IN a n few min minu ties Of f1 bnTns and " S%ffocati H%e
The other fireman brought cut tn" little boy.
child house he also was dead.
DEAD FOUND AS THE FLAMES DIED DOWN.
alarm. and was directing the movements OF the
fremen, He sent them to the roof of, every
house about the burning, building. and went
himself to tn" roof OF the Andrews house.
where there was the greatest danger. and at
calls the fremen, then soaked every fash OF
dows Of the surrounding houses. One such
blaze started on the roof q the Armopri house.
caught fire several times. The flames in each
case were instantly ext1ngulshed
the roof Of the burning, house felt it burning
Under t he Ro and rs en- b noiS to to the herr roc" it, Of The
when the roof Of the blazing house fell in with
aroar. It Vas then possible totqrn the streams
Fl IN w fs@ m diTs u m62e the he s sre n Ws, h h0Sss' c s21
troll While the flames were still PLAYING up
t nS" Sad t thrri T%2% nnf M a2wf Sc 5o aiae% fo"nd fs sTo
one o. them was that Of Frederick st, John,
e9TnGsTnfiS%s e hi hSss ss. the a re TN H iG"9Est stfss Snss.
Il .ai's ao Ssf' 's On S' sRs : 'Sprt tn fo s'e'riE Z cn se5 3;
them We're completsly, burned away and
tthhsst { a' I'D not Sos ssem ~p pos, If s tTat any "a c one eanid
identify nhn yt it; a li1tls Later IA to body Of 0Tson St;
s secnnd T doo was Z years o!u' was 'ouho on tho
MR. ANDREWS OVERWHELMED ON TIE STAIRS.
ABOUT II O'Clock in the morning. when it was
possible to clear away some OF the debris OF the
nppsr fsS Sal. St Fb fa2 6aSy S sosy i Sss t fH%pS Sy q Z. a. e.
a XaaEsE Ssd s NJ; B H5.s,ir sh q S6tn tF tss MAJ NJ; A.:
when be was caught by the fire and over
At 3 O'clock in the afternoon a body was
found on the stairway landing at the second
floor Just ontside. the door Of Mrs A%ndrews's
b9aiss we're taken. Sy Or. Rudolph j. F; q Goode
only a week ago. This brought the whole
girls who jumped from the, fourth floor. &C
counted for all the people who are known to
have been in the house when the fire started.
THEORIES Az TO THE CAUSE.
The inquiry as to the cause OF the fire be-
gan at once. Fire Marshal seery was on the
ground most OF Yesterday AFTERNOON; He said
the IRE. but had delegated y Assista satS Fire. re-
MarshaIs Mcclure and Mulliean to get all the
porto him as soon, as possible. When they
finished a!oishs their Hies s Warsbnf ssa- OF b The ruins at 4
The ' Assistant marsaa is' satd i.a However we've q nG tRst
they bad not up to that time found anything
fact that it began to burn on the basement floor
nrst suggested that carelessness in the kitchen
%ssh th nav Se ase C res eieesrie vi rhs n cause. sdaeiH e
Still another was that a lamp had been tipped
Mr.. Andrews WAS known to his friends as a
q his house from Are. He said recently to MI.
handling q mstehss Thl, Vas SAD IN dis
SubblhS VIC " hNoo III oLl WI. l III
sisted on visiting Mr.. Bruce's furnace and ex-
aiming 1t to make sure that it was Of a kind
that would not cause a FIRE.
Mr.. st. JOHN ABSENT FROM HOME.
Howard W. Threckmorton OF "a Gramercy
Park was at the Andrews house on Thursday
evening. The family was then preparing to
go to the Hot sulphur Springs. The
start, was to. have been made last
Monday, but it, was postponed because
attend the meeting OF the Ohio Society on
Tuesday night. Mr.. st. John was called away
on a short business trip to Philadelphia and
Wilmington. When he came back both antilles
were to depart for Sulphur Springs,
Mr.. st. John was met at Newark yesterday
afternoon on his way home by Mr.. Throckmor-
ton and Mr.. Kennedy. a business, associate.
They told him the first news Of the death OF his
wife and three children. He received the news
bravely, and went, to the home OF Mr., Bruce,
Thu bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews and oil
the ST. John family were taken in charge By an
undertaken last evening. On Sunday or Mon
day a private funeral will be held at 1854 Fifth
avenue. The. bodies will then be- sent to Viii
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