The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-12
10 BURNED IN THIS FIRE.
ONE ALREADY DEAD AND FOUR
OTHERS CINSOT RECOVER.
Flames Swept Through n Big Tenement
House mt Daybreak, Catching tho Ten
ants Sleeping-Top Floors We're Cut OF
by SInOke-Mcre Crowded with Children.


House mt Daybreak, Catching tho Ten
ants Slceping-Top Floors Were Cut OF
by Smoke-Were Crowded with Children.
Fire from a cause as yet undiscovered
wrecked the two upper stories Of the tenement
house at 1Ol Monroe street at $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday morning and thirteen persons werc
burned or injured. One has died since and the
deaths OF four others were hourly expected in
Gouverneur Hospital at late hour last night.
The fire started in the fourth story. occupied
by Max Bress clothing operator. and was
discovered by him about daybreak Bress
jumped up and aroused Jacob Koplan.
boarder. who was sleeping SO heavily that
Bress dragged him out of bed by his hair be-
fore he awoke. The two fastened to tho street.
after arousing the janitor on the opposite side
Of the hall. who with them escaped in safety.
In the street Dress found his 16-year- old son.
whom he had forgotten In his flight and for
whose escape he could not account. The boy
had slept in q rear room Mrs. Dress and
smaller child were at Coney Island. where they
have been going every Monday morning to
work. returning each Saturday evening.
On the floor above Brcss, in the fifth and top
story of tho building lived the families OF
Harris Silver and Harris Bnsek. numbering
twelve persons and Samuel London. a boardcr
with the Silvers. These were the persons who
suffered. As the Dresses and Kaplan reached
the street the fire was discovered by others in
Guiding Patrolmcn Lewis and Wuchner of the
Madison street station. who sounded an alarm
and then ran into the building to get out the
other tenants. They piloted some through the
smoke To tho street One man passed four OF
his childrcu-there we're as many children as in
public nursery in this iive-story tenement
across a narrow airShaft which he straddled.
and in through an open window to neighbours
ting to the top OF the building but the nrcmen
had arrived in the meantime and quickly had
lines OF hose runnin. 10 the rear and up the
stairs and fire escapes whore Capt. Tuohey
and Fircmen Wilkinson and Donovan made
The tircmcn found the Silver and Basek fam
LES, mos, Of them half sufioca;ed and some Of
rs not intr"Huently occurs in similar cases In
that locality. ESCAPED lightly. SILVER got out by
WAY 81 he ro to nHiThh2r rmG b9idnG +?
with him. and his vito sought to take
The other, Rosa; aged q with her. She
mgT The stairs tar and and sam London. who had
already made good his footing on the roof.
went on to SAFETY and escaped with burned
| hands. although she suffered also from tho
SaG Ea hs ch f@ died NISs
afternoon IN til" hospital. London was in such
stat, last might that the hospital surgeons
would only say that he might recover Title
| silver, suffering from tho effects OF smoke and
footed by the smoke. She suffered also from
nEht that sRs Trabnby wond reeo Ss but
thai she might die; With her are her six
ham. aged 10 days. The baby isn't hurt. Re-
becca was burned slightly and the, others
dren vii! recover Basek and Silver had burns
dressed at the outdoor department OF the
Eleven IprStDS Cartpu to tiOuyeTneur