The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-18

New York Jumped from FourtI
 Story Window Fire Originated in tn
 Ease ment.
 The large students apartment house
 the Hutchinson, at the corner of College
 and Grown streets, was gutted by fire
 Saturday about noon and damaged tc
 the extent of about s25, 5,O0O The build
 ing is owned by Frank w. Benedict and
 was erected about ten years ago. It is
 Of modern construction and Is valued at
 about $100O00. Although of modern
 construction in other respects, the sbuilding is not equipped with fire es-
 capes and this lack came near being re-
 sponslble for fataliay at Saturday S
 Ire. The structure IS five and one- half
 stories In height. It is insured for $32,-
 800.
 The fire was discovered by the jani- tor about 11:25, when he saw smoke pouring from freight lift shaft at the rear of the building. He at once yelled
 "Fire!" and kept the elevator bell ring
 ing until he reached the lower floor,
 when he sent one of his helpers out to ring the alarm. An alarm was sent from box PAP, at the corner of College and George streets. Just before this pedestrians on Grown street had seen smoke pouring from the upper floor of the structure and were yelling "Fire!" \ It seemed an unusually long time be- fore the fire department apparatus ar- rived, and before the firemen put in an appearance the streets around were Hiderably delayed the fire engines and apparatus when they did arrive. Be- fore the alarm bells began to ring the crowd in the street was mortified to see man step upon the sill of a window on the fifth floor on the Crown street side and yell "Help! Help!" His exit from the room was blocked by fire and smoke, and the only refuge he could find was on the window sill. He step ped outside of the window and, stand ing on the narrow ledge hanging to jut- ting corners of the window, calling inn ploringly for help, he presented pitia ble spectacle, which made the strong est in the crowd grow sick at heart.
 
 book, which was picked up by Coroner Mix. On the pocketbook was the name Eugene Hale Winslow.
 The thick black smoke, rapidly grow ing thicker, surrounded him until final ly he was hidden from view of the hor- rifled thousands in the street. It was only occasionally when the wind scat tered the smoke a little than a glimpse of him could be obtained, but his cry for help was heard continually Po- llceman Dippold, who stood on Grown street just under the window, yelled to him not to jump and the crowd took up the cry entreating him to hold on little longer.
 Under the stress of the excitement it seemed an inexcusably long time be- fore the firemen arrived In reality it was just eight minutes from the time people on Crown street began yelling 'Fire!" until the firemen rescued the man from his perilous position and he dropped into the arms of Captain Chap man and Hoseman Coates about mid way down the scaling ladder which was finally raised to the fifth floor window.
 As soon as the firemen arrived on the scene they got down their scaling lad lers and attempted by raising them to get to the fifth floor window. A num- Der of wires, telephone, etc., stretched along the street beside the building greatly interfered with the use of the sealing ladders, with the use of which he f1remen are supposed to be famil- ar, since they have been for long irne practicing with them at a tower 1t No. 7's engine house. Finally a arge extension ladder was placed In position and dropped over to the win tow, and the man there, graspng each tide of the ladder, slid down until he vas seized by Captain Chapman and Ioseman Coates. He tainted then and vas taken to Dr. Ferguson's office He ! oon recovered, but was much shaken ! " the shock. His name is Eugene ! Tale Winslow. He is a member of the Tale class of 1902 and his home is In Pa. He was studying in ifs room on the fifth floor and did not . now that the building was on fire un- Il all avenues of escape except the win ow were cut off.
 At the time the fire broke out there ,ere in many of the rooms guests of he students lodgers, who were here pr the football game. All these man. ged to get out uninjured except Joseph ullman, ST., of New York, who was isiting his son, who roomed on the ,urth floor, south side. Mir. Cullman ,as alone in the room and when the ry of fire was heard he opened the DOT, and, seeing corridors filled with moke and escape cut off in that way, e turned to the window. The crowd ltside saw him and yelled to him to 1rnp to the roof of Frank J. Rices ouse, the top of which was about venty feet below the window. MT. ullman followed this advice and jump to the roof. Several gentlemen had rrried up to the roof to assist him. e escaped with sprained ankle. , The fire started, 1t is thought, in 6 pile
 waste paper and sweepings at the ,ttom of a shaft which extends from , le basement to the top of the build f R. The flame leaped up this shaft Id the fire blazed on every floor, but Z