Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-05
Six Of Them Perish in New York
Lodging House fire.
OTHERS IN A WESTERN FIRE
Three Children Incinerated While
Their Parents are at Dance Vile.
Guiiberts Narrow Escape.
[Early plspatchesl

New York, March 5.-sIx persons
were burned to death and two were
injured early this morning In fire
which occurred In a seven-story lodg-
ing. house at A. to lS'Bowery.
The dead are;
Charles Buttle 40 years old,
John Clark, 50 years old.
Edward Doyle, IS years old.
Henry Jackson. Ccolored), 50 years old.
One unidentified man. about 50 years
old.
Stephen Carney, rs years old, was
burned about the body. face and hands
and removed to a hospital In serious
condition and died to night.
The injured are:
Martin GALLAGHER, 90 years old was
burned about the face and hands and
also removed to the hospital.
Edward Walker, a. years aid, was
burned, but after having his wound
dressed remained at the lodging-house.
The fire was first discovered shortly
after 2 O'Clock. Smoke was pouring
from the windows of the fifth floor. and
the flames were making rapid progress.
The lodging house was cut up into
1872 rooms. and ninety Of these small
places were occupied when the fire
broke out Policemen sent In an alarm
and burst into the place 10 arouse the
inmates. They notified the night clerk,
who Immediately rang the alarms all
over the house. The Railways were In
stantly filed with crowd OF excited
people.
The policemen forced their way to
the upper floors In an effort TO rescue
some OF the helpless or any one who
might be overcome with smoke They
carried out Thomas Harper. one
legged man. and Ed Walker, who had
been burned and partially overcome by
the smoke. Stephen Carney was found
lying on the floor In his room. The
flames had already burned the old
mans face. hands and body. but a po-
liceman picked him up and carried him
out OF the building.
The firemen succeeded in putting out
the flames without great loss 20 the
building. After the fire was out they
began search The bodies % all five
Of the victims were found on the fifth
floor, where the fire did the most dam
age. Buttle was suffocated 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 at a window, and the unidentified
man had been overcome Just as he was
! dragging himself from the window TO
| the fire escape. All the bodies were
taken 10 the morgue.
The damage TO the building will
amount 10 about $1,000. The place was
conducted by Domino Milano and was a
cheap Bowery lodging house
THREE CHILDREN INCLNERATED
Olympia, Wash. March 4-John,
Charles and Emma, aged respectively S,
I and :, children Of Charles Wenger.
living eleven miles from here, were
burned TO death last night al II o'clock
The parents were absent from home
attending a dance. and an elder sister
aged ~. was left In charge OF the house
and children. She was badly burned I'm
attempting TO rescue her brothers and
sister Being unsuccessful, she finally
Jumped from q second story window
eight feet from the ground TIE fire Is
supposed to have originated from the
explosion Of an air-tight heater
MILE. GUILBERTS CLOSE CALL
Paris, March 5.--Mlle. Yvelte Gullbert
narrowly escaped being burned alive
while asleep in an invalid's chair. The
curtain OF her apartment IN the Avenue
de Nillers caught fire. Clicked with
smoke, she awakened and called for
help. being unable 10 walk alone, as
she Is only now recovering from the
effects OF the recent operation for the
extlrpation OF her right kidney.
Alarmed by the cries, her attendants
rushed in and removed her 10 a place
Of safety. after which the fire was ex-