New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
examined Helen Robinson again yesterday ou'
with the same result.
Assistant Fire Marshal II. W. De Mahsnon'


with the same result
Assistant Fire Marshal H. ". De Malignon,
who Is conducting the investigation for his De-
partment also had long interview with Cap
tain Donohue yesterday. and subsequently told
The Tribune reporter that he was perfectly
satisfied the fire was not incendiary. but acci-
dental He was not ready, however, to say what
the nature of that accident was. Among the
firemen. however, the belief Is general that the
fire was caused by q defective flue. They say
they have discovered that when the COOK went
TO bed on Thursday night she left raging IRE
in the range. In the room over the kitcheh Ihe
fremen examining the flue. discovered two DE-
fective hrebricks. This fue connected with the
range they say. and in all probability the de-
fective bricks discovered were the cause or the
fire.
Major John A. Logan son OF the late General
John A. Logan and the husband OF a niece or
Mr. Andrews yesterday said he did not take any
stock in the idea OF incendiarism. The most
plausible theory. he thought. was that gas had
leaked and exploded.
The investigation o; the fire IS to be continued
and will be rigid one. Commissioner Scanneli
said he would the entire force OF the Fire
Marshals Office TO get at the origin OF II.
William Foley. the butler. who slept In the
Fifth-ave. house OF Mr.. Andrews on the night
Of the fire, has, according TO the officials, been
telling contradictory stories and he will be
asked to make a sworn statement OF what he
knows.
Inspector Rutherford OF the Buildings Depart
ment. visited the Andrews house yesterday af-
ternoon and made q careful examination OF the
walls. flooring, gas connections and hues In
comparing 1t with other houses OF ike con-
struction. he said that II far safer as re-
garded fire than the average New-York dwell
ing house
'The house is what is called semi-freproof
house" he said. and far from Its being without
means Of escape. It had an iron ladder fire.
escape in the rear The victims Of the fire EVIL
IDENTIFY lost their heads and overcome by
smoke before they could reach a place of safety
shown which
bodies found. Mr.. Andrews had gone from
his seeping-room TO the top floor in trying to
escape"
The hitherto unidentified bodies at the Morgue
were yesterday morning identified by Dr. Ru
dolph H. l.. Gudewell, OF No. 100 East Sixty
second-st the family dentist Dr. Gudewel at
tended to the teeth Of the entire household, In
Guiding the servants, and he able to dis
tngush all the bodies. greatly to the relief Of
the relatives.
1t was reported Yesterday that Alice White
one Of the servants who injured in the
Andrews house fire. had left the Presbyterian
Hospital The report was denied. and 1t was
said that the girl would not be well enough 10
leave the hospital for several days. Her con-
diton is such that no visitors are allowed to see
her.
Jennie Burns. another Of the injured servants
who is in the hospital is in critical condl-
ton. It is thought that her skull is fractured,
and there is little hope Of her recovery.
A big crowd OF sightseers surrounded the ruins
Of the Andrews house all yesterday.
The funeral Of Mary LOughlin. the servant or
the family Of Alfred j. Adams, who died from
suffocation in the Sixty ninth-st fire, was held
yesterday in the undertaking rooms OF Frank
Belsky at No. $50 East Seventythird-st The
woman was forty-eight years old. and had been
in the employ of the Adams family for twenty
five years
The funeral Of Mrs Andrews. Mrs. st. John
and the latters three sons Will be held at NO
S54 Fifth-ave. this afternoon at : o'clock the
Rev. DR.. D. Parker Morgan. Of the Church OF
the Heavenly Rest, will officiate. after which
the bodies will be taken in hearses, not by train.
to Woodawn Cemetery for burial.