The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-02
Victims OF THE FLAMES
Thrilling Scenes at the New York
Tenement House Fire.
One Person killed and Many Injured.
Struggling Forms Of Tenants siI-
hOuetted Against Lurid Back
gTOund-A girls Desperate Leap to
Save Her LIfe-FOrgOt Fire Escapes

NEW YORK, Jan. I'm the fve-story
house fire al 754 First Avenue,
which occurred here between and 2
O'Clock this morning, the casualties are
shown to be one person. a girl named
Leonard. smoJhered TO death; dve members
Of the same family. more or less injured,
and ive other persons hurt. There were
musk tenants in the building. The list
Of victims is as follows:
Dead:
Loretta Leonard. sixteen years old.
smo;hered Ty smoke.
Injured.
EDWARD Leonard. aged thirty-nine, lac
erations and burns Of hands and face. re-
ceived by sliding down rope from the fifth
story.
Margaret Leonard. wife Of Edward. AGED
forty. overcome by smoke; taken to Belle
vUe Hospital.
Nancy Leonard. fourteen. decorations and
burns.
William Leonard. ten, inhaled smoke and
flames may die.
Joseph Leonard. nine. inhaled smoke ami
flames may die; taken to a hospital
Pauline Tyschman. siXty-tnree. right an
ke sprained and cOutusiOus received BY
y
taken 70 the Flower Hospital.
Philip Carroll, thirty. sprained ankle and
ccntusions- he also jumped from a second
story windOw-Bellevue Hospital
Mrs Kate Lane. forty-one. hands and
face burned, Bellevue Hospital
James Keleher nineteen IL Second
Avenue. hands and faced burLsd-BeIIeyue
Hospital
Rupert C. Lone. eighteen. -25 Sixth Ave.
nue. hands and face burned-Flores Hos
UitdI.
The fire was srauatic IN incident and
thrilling rescues. Three alarms were sent
out and when engine No q dashed ap.
there was plenty OF work for the fremeu
right from the start.
Instead Of seeking the fre-escapes in the
rear. everyone OF the ffJy-s.X tenants had
rushed 10 the front windows. leaving doors
open behind them The flames spread with
great rapidity and crowds Of screaming.
struggling forms were silhouetred in the
windows against q flaming background one
group especially were in imminent dam
ger. At a window o. the top floor the
Leonard family were engaged in a life and
death struggle.
The hremeu saw Edward and his wife
Margaret swaying 10 and fro, she with a
baby in her arms, which she was making
desperate efforts 10 throw from the win
dow. while be was trying 20 Illustrate her
purpose. Just behind them their dauehter
Nancy was struggling wi-h her broiher Ed
ward he had come mp behind her Just
as she laid foot on the window ssh 10
jump and was dragged back. An eighty
hFe-ioot scaling ladder was run up in
hurry the hremcn meantime shouting 10
the crazed group not 20 jump.
Captain Grady. Of hook and ladder No.
2. ana several OF his men hustled up and
took Mrs Leonard. theu unconscious. from
her husband arms The baby had dlsap-
pearcd. Down they went with The syife.
leaving Leonard and his son and Jaugh. s-
a- the windows
Just then rope that someone had fast
cned 20 a chimney op the root daneIed
down in front OF the LCoaard's window
and reached 10 within a few feet of the
ground Leonard did not wait for the Gre-
men. but sprang and caught he rope. He
is "A heavy man. and went down like 4
shot many feet before he could check his
momentum When he reached the ground
his hands were cut TO the bone bv fric-
ton Nancy Leonard. seeing hey father
jump. became more freuEicd than before
She broke away from her brother. jumped
up on the window sill. and stood Tor a
moment with ouIstretched arms. Her hair
streamed back Of her and seemed almost
TO meet the flames that were pressing
closer and closer.
The girl gave one backward glance. and
seemed 10 motion her brother 10 follow.
then she spranS far out and caught tie
dangling rope. as her father had dom.
A hoarse cheer arose from the street
below, as she sWayed dizzily hzck and
forth, her form now lost in a burst OF
black smoke from the windows. and aeaIn
standing out vividly in the glare of re
flames. Slowly she came down. While il
seemed every moment as il the rope and
the girl would be licked up BY pursuing
tongues Of fire. When she got within reach
a dozen arms received her, and she tainted
During the rescue Of the Leonard family
other fremen had carried dozens Of women
and children from the windows lower
down.
The fire was caused by a match thrown
into a decorated Christmas tree
MR. MOODY LEFT No WTTT