The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-15

New York, June 15.-Ten lives were
lost and seven people badly injured
during a fire which almost totally de-
stroyed a tenement house at "a Jackson
street early today. The official list Of
the dead is as follows:
THE DEAD.
william Cotter, 10 years,
Mrs. Cotter, 38.
Joseph Cotter. IL.
Kate Cotter, 8.
John Cotter. 3.
William Cotter, 1.
Louis Marion, 40.
Mary Marion, 81.
Elsie Marion. 6.
Mamie Cotter. 13.
THE INJURED.
Mamie Marion. Is years old.
Albert Marion, IL.
Margaret Marion, IA.
Frank Marion IL.
Emma Marion, 2.
Antoinette. infant.
Patrick Burns 23
or these Burns Will surely die. II was
said. The others suffered from inhaling
smoke and are In serious condition.
1t is possible that the body identified
as that OF Mrs. Kate Cotter may prove
TO be that OF Mrs. Mary Marion. wife
of Louis.
START OF THE FIRE.
The fire appears to have started In
the rear of the hallway on teh second
floor. II had gained great headway be-
fore the people in the house were awak-
ened TO their peril. Alderman James j.
Smith OF the 18th district has a saloon
known as the Rudolph on the ground
floor OF the building. Over him lived
Miss Mary Jordan with her brother
Patrick. widower. two small children
and five boarders. among the latter
Patrick Burns. longshoreman. Miss
Jordan occupied apartments on both
sides Of the hallway. Above her on the
easterly side OF the third floor lived Mrs
Mary Hartigan, a widow, with her two
sons. William and James. and her
daughter Annie. The apartments on
the other side OF the hall were vacan
as were those over them on the fourth
floor, same side. On the other side of
the fourth floor lived the Cotter family
Cotter was a laborer and in addition
to the children who lost their lives he
had SON George. four months old.
Over the Cotter's on teh top floor lived
Edward Muinearn. his wife Maggie,
his children. Edwarl. seven; Francis.
IL; Edwin. months old. and boarder
named Larry Kilroy. The Marion fam
lily occupied the other half of the top
floor.
AWAKENED BY SMOKE.
Patrick Burns so far as can be learn
ed, appears to have been the first per-
son in the house who was apprised of
the fire. He was awakened by smoke
and he cried aloud to Miss Jordan, who
aroused her brother. his children and
the boarders. She became greatly ex-
cited when II was found that they did
not get down stairs through the hall.
Fear seemed TO paralyze her and her
brother had to drag her to the window
and assist her along over the cornice
of Smiths saloon and between Ii and a
high sign to the adjoining house. All
of the others except Burns, got out the
same way.
Several policemen distinguished
themselves at the fire. When officer
James Knowles heard the alarm ne ran
into 36 Jackson street. and across the
corner of Smiths saloon TO the fire es-
cape on the front of the burning build
ing. He made his way up the fire es-
capes TO the third floor Flames were
pouring from the windows of the
fourth floor and from all'of the other
windows smoke was coming in clouds.
RESCUED BY POLICE.
At the window OF her apartments on
the third floor stood Mrs. Hartigan
paralyzed with fear and supported by
her two sons. Policemen Selig. Cum
ningham and Devlin had followed
Knowles up the fire escapes and took
charge OF the Hartigan family and as
sisted them 10 street while Knowles
mounted one flight higher. Flames
shot out OF the windows and set fire 10
the tails of his coat. He looked into
the windows OF the Cotter apartments
but could see no signs of life. The
family had moved into the rooms only
n few days before and the furniture
was so banked up In front OF the win
dows that the view was obscured. The
brave policeman, half-suffocat-s by
the smoke continued to climb the fire
escape till he reached the top floor. He
heard screams coming from the Null
hearn apartments and locating them
assisted the dazed people down the fire
escapes.
THREE DEAD ON THE FLOOR.
Louis Marion was killed by jumping
from a window. When the firemen
reached the apartment OF the family
three OF them were dead on the floor
and the others unconscious.