The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-09
DEATH FROM A FIRE.
Flames Break Out in a Seven Story
Lodging House in New York.
SIX PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH.
Three other Persons Seriously injured.
The Place Cut Up into small Rooms
Three Little Children Lose.
Their Lives

New York. March 5.-SiX persons
were burned to death and three were
injured badly yesterday morning in
fire which occurred i'm seven-story
lodging house at a. to 4s Bowery. The
dead are: Charles Butte, 40 years
old; John Clark. 80 years old: Ed
ward Doyle, 80 years old; Henry Jack
son, colored, 80 years old, and one un-
identified man, about so years old.
Stephen Carney IS years old, was
burned about the body, face and
hands and removed to n hospital i'm u
serious condition, where he died
soon afterwards. Martin Gallagher,
80 years old, was burned about the
face and hands and also removed to "a
hospital. Edward Walker, ~ years
old, was burned, but after having his
wound dressed remained at the lodg-
ing house
The IRE was first discovered shortly
after two o'clock. Smoke was pour
ing from the windows of the fifth
floor and the flames were making
rapid progress. The lodging house
was cur up into 1872 rooms and 30 of
these small places were occupied when
the fire broke out. Policemen sent in
an alarm and burst into the place to
arouse the inmates. They notified the
night clerk, who Immediately rang
the alarms all over the house. The
Railways were instantly filled with
crowd Of excited people. The police
men forced their way to the upper
floors H. an effort to rescue some of
l,n I,1y ,.rI,g. s,.I,t I.,.
overcome with smoke. They carried
out Thomas Harper, one-legged
man, and Edward Walker, who had
heen burned and partially overcome
10y the smoke. Stephen Carney was
found ,-ing on the floor in his room.
he flames had already burned the old
mans hands, face and body, but
policeman picked him up and carried
him out of the building. The firemen
succeeded in putting out the flames
without great loss to the building.
After the fire was out they began
search. The bodies of all five of the
victims We're found on the fifth floor,
where the fire did most damage.
Butte was sufrocated in his bed.
John Clark was found on the floor Of
his room, dead, as was also Edward
Doyle. The colored man was found
dead az o window and the unidentified
man had been overcome just as he
was dragging himself from the win
dow to ,he fire escape.
All the bodies were taken to the
morgue. The damage to the building
amountd to about $1,000. The place
was conducted by Dominica Milano
and was cheap Bowery lodging
house.
Three Little Children Lose Their Lives.
Olympia, Wash, March 5.-John,
Charles and Emma, aged respectfully
five, seven and nine. children of
Charles Wenmer, living II miles from
here, were burned to death Saturday
night at II o'clock. The parents were
absent from home attending dance
and an elder sister, aged ~, was left
in charge of the house and children.
She was badly burned in attempting
to rescue her brothers and sister. Be
ing unsuccessful, she finally jumped
from Il second-story window, Is feet
from the ground. The fire is supposed
to have originated from the explosion
of an air tight heater.