New-York tribune., 1901-12-23
WOMAN'S JUMP TO STREET
PANICSTRICKEN MEN PUSH EACH
OTHER OUT-A WEDDING
INTERRUPTED.

One person lost his life four We're severely In
jured and several hundred women and children
thrown into panic when a fire broke out
which destroyed the four story building In the
rear of No II Clinton-st. yesterday. About
forty men and women We're at work in the
building. which occupied by sweatshops,
and as soon the cry of fire given those
on the upper floors rushed to the windows and
jumped to the ground. The women were
brushed aside by the men, who fought and
struggled TO get out on the ledge. paying no
heed to the cries of the women. The dead are:
ELL. 1sssc nttyztwo years old tailor who lived at
The injured are
GoI;DsTEIN, William. ,hirty-six Years old. Of No. lie
Pitt-st; left leg broken and suffering from shock.
GERsoN Fannie. twenty years old, OF 90 Lewis-st
fracture Of left knee and suffering from shock
JACOBS Hsrry twsnyhTee years old Of 80 $50 For
REICH Morris, thiryhve years old, Of No wiliett-
St oontusions to ankles and bruises about body
The injured attended by ambulance sur
geons from Gouverneur Hospital who responds
to hurry calls which were sent in. Ambula nee
Surgeon Smith said that the injured would re-
cover.
The fire started in the basement of the build
ing. and spread TO the floors above with remark
able rapidity. The flames gained such headway
that escape was cut off, and the people at work
in the building We're compelled to fee to the
roof and to the windows. where they sought to
save themselves from the flames One after an
other they climbed out the sills and jumped
or pushed OFF by their frenzied fellow work
who scrambling TO take the leap
Many of them We're slightly injured. but on re-
gaining their feet they fed. Several were only
able to crawl on their hands and knees.
Hundreds of men, women and children in the
tenement houses in Clinton nd Suffolk SITS were
panic stricken, and they rushed to the streets
crying Fire." until the whole neighborhood was
in high state of excitement
Just as the fire broke out wedding was going
on in synagogue in Clinton-st.. directly oppo-
site There We're about thirty carriages in the
street. and the f1remen had the greatest diff
Guilty in getting TO the hydrants The street was
almost impossible. When the cry of fire was
raised the wedding guests and the prospective
bride and bridegroom ran from the synagogue
bareheaded before the ceremony was completed.
The building which was destroyed was one Of
a row in the rear of line of six story tenement
houses In clinton st. The rear of the buildings
face the rear of row in Suffolk-st All thess
houses were crowded. and the widest excite
ment prevailed among the occupants when the
flames shot into the air, threatening to set fire
to the structures.
l. ne SIX SIofy tenement mouse at No. ia Suf-
folk-st., which is directly in the rear of the
burned building caught fire when the flames
spread along fence, and set fire to apartments
the first floor.
Harry Hollander. quilt manufacturer occu-
pied the basement and first and second floors of
the building. He had nine men and women at
work on the first and second floors, and two
men. James Wolf and Joseph Reisch at work in
the basement. They were sewing in the front
room when it suddenly filled with smoke They
rushed into the hall to escape. and that the
rear was in flames Making their way through
the hall, they rushed to the courtyard and
thence to the street, without giving the alarm to
the people at work upstairs
minute later dense volumes. of smoke rolled
up the staircase, filling the first floor and ascend
ing to the upper floors When the people at
work smelled the smoke they rushed from the
rooms and tried to grope their way to the stair
cases to descend to the courtyard but they were
driven back. Some rushed 10 the roof and es-