New-York tribune., 1903-05-28
FIRE SET; FOUR DIE.
INCENDIARY CHASED.
Pursuer's Clothes BLasimg-Famaty
Almost Wf2ed Out.

Four ne-sous were s,lrrocs:ed and burned 10 death
xnS one probably fatally burned In FIRE. repiete
with exciting escapes and rescues- set oy an N
csndiary yesterday in the Eve story hathorse at NO
sss West oue-hundrec- and-afth-st The incendiary
-zas chased By one Of the tenants. who may oie'
but escaped. The dead:
TsNpI.ING chsrles. three years cid.
wANpLLNG. George. nine years old
wANDLnNG. Helen. four years old
N1NDIIHG. Mrs Julia tventy-six y-srs CD
The injured:
JOHNSON. Victor lonsshorssn thirytreo YEA ysas ,- oae
any ei.: 20 J, Hood wright Hospital
wANrITNc. George thirty-nve years old: seyereIg
buried on faee arms and chest: TO J. HOOD Wright
Hospital.
AHD1ING walter seven years old: burned face and
hands: 70 J. Hood wright Hospital.
WHEN johnson. who lives on the ground floor.
arose about g. 20 go TO work ne snleied
kerosene oil and heard some one moving around
n the hallway. There he dscerned in the olnl
light man bending q pile Of rubbish at the
foot Of stairway. An instant later the pile OF
rubbish burst into flames, and the man. seeing
Johnson. made dash for the door.
Johnson felt kerosene drop on his clothes from
the stairs Shouting Fire he into the street
and saw the man he had seen in the hall at
Fsghth-ave. and Northumberland -thirty-hfth-st-
gazing At the house When he saw Johnson ne ran
down Eighth-ave.
Johnson. whose clothes had caught nre, per
sued CRYING stop that mani Amos Weiss. OF No.
esB E.shth-ave. stopped Johnson. threw him TO the
ground. and taking off his coat wrapped 1t
around his blazing clothes and eNtinguished the
flames. While this going on the incendiary
escaped. Patroiman WeineT. Of the West one
hundred-sud- twenty station, also saw the
incendsry running down the avenue but thoughS
the was going TO a fire box to turn IN an
alarm The policeman himself turned in an alarm
Eighth-ave. and One -hundred-and- tnir rt5-lIlh-
st. and 10 the house
By this tine the tenants were pouring into the
rtreet Werer went 10 the second floor and car
rsed in three trips two women and SIX chholeh
devn the rear fire escapes
KoehIer Of Engine Company No. 3e. on the top
floor found Mrs. Wandling and Helen dead on
the floor OF -her kitchen in a kneeng posture as
81 they had been praying. The other two oeao
children were found in bed
Harry r Manley. Of No. 2.525 Eighth-ave went
- the roof Of his and placed several boards
across an eirshaft about six feet vide Many "oIef n
and children crossed them from the roof of the
burning building.
Thomas H. MCGOWAN. with his bride OF six
months was asleep on the third floor OF the house
When he was awakened by the cries OF the ten
sn,s he found escape to the street by the stars
cut of. He the airsl1aft senaratlng t me
house from No. 3G4 and placed 2 foot on each
side OF The shaft which IS about four feet wide He
on Tbe fourth floor in The hallway were found
u alter Wandug and his father George Inc man
had tried rescue his son but had stnk y
on the floor Fireman George Goey managed 10
.et bo1h TO the FIRE escape IT.,
stsirvyaTs e far up as the third floor were soaked
with kerosene, and it appeared as i the lheeIdidS
had been st work for some UNI - ., .,o,,oa
Captain Martens said later that an extra ponce ponce
guard would be placed IL The iocsi.lE % 80 oLe
TO prevent repetition q lncenolaIS ny tt@f
occurred there about eight years a.9- Al t sll.o
tine about ten fires occurred IN the oIoch escb
other. An said to have been OF lnoenoia[y
origin. The captain heieEed 1he ., ,ho hed
yesterday TO have been former tenant VINO nao
been evicted.