The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-12
RICH WOMAN DIES BY
FIRE IN HER HONE
Mrs. P. s Henry AsphyXi-
ated After ArOusing Others.
FOUND NEAR A WINDOW
Husband Saved Children and Wished to
Re-enter Building to Get
Her Out

NEW YORK. Jan. 12-aIrs. Philip $
Henry, the beautiful daughter of tins
late Leonard Lewisohn. was asDhyziated
yesterday in FIRE which almost destroy
ed the fsmiIy's home. 81 East FjCtr-sivth
Street.
Alberta Erickson waitress, 9sho
dropped to the street after hanging ten
minutes from the fourth story window
coping. died al the Flower Hospital soon
after her arrival there.
For the third time the distracted nus
her life for the household. It was she
who was first awakened by the crack
ling Of the flames. and in turn she aTab-
ened me. The children. and the servant
She would have had plenty Of tine 10
save herself. but she wanted TO see
everybody out before she though, OF
herself
Mr.. Henry himself had a narrow as
cape from death He had gone up 10
the third floor twice for the girls. VIC
let. two years old. and Leonore Gladys.
six months old, and thought e-aryboFy
had got ont in safety Ida Sehafsr. the
cook, had been carried down or a I'D
der.
Where is Mrs Henrv2- she shrek
ed. I left her up there
For the third time the distracted hus-
band tried 10 plunge into the blazing
entrance hall to get upstairs. buJ no
licemen dragged him back To enter
meant death
Mr. Henry is q riCh coffee broker,
Mrs. Henry had several millions in her
own right They were building ii new
home and pending its completion had
rented the house just of Madison Ave
nue..
How the fire started no one knows.
The first I reeoIleet. said Mr.. Henry.
was when Mrs. Henry awakened re
with Quick. the children, Philip; there's
IRE in some closet
We ran out into the hall and shout
ed. Soon we aad all the servants awak-
ened- I ran upstairs and seized Violet
and ran downstairs Again I rushed up
for GLADYS, but net The nurse bringing
her down On ny second trip I found
the front door locked A policamaa
broke il open and dragged me OUT.
Just then at the fourth floor appeared
woman. At the same moment Two
others-servanJs. all three-came 10 the
second floor bay window One woman
climbed out on the edge and hung down
from the window sill In a JfTy FIRE
mems ladders we're up. and she was ia
ken down safely. Then Policeman Bues-
ser and Schultz smashed in the door,
and were all but overwhelmed by smoke
Inside they tound Mr. Henry. They
took him into tne street. when suddenly
The schafer girl shrieked out al the
foot OF the ladder. My mistress My
mistress! She was in the same room
with me sac her"
At this Mr. Henry started 10 plunge
into his burning home again. but the
bIuecoats kept him back. Alberta Erick-
son was hanging desperately 10 the win
dowsill on the Top story. Exhausted or
benumbed by the cold. the girl let 90 ana
plunged headfrst down 10 the stree. She
died without regaining consciousness.
Thu hremen got two lines of hose in
the house and managed TO get the FIRE out
in half an hour. It had done $4,000
damage.
When fremep got upstairs there or the
floor, three feet from the open window.
lay the body of Mrs. Henry.
She was clad only in her aisbt dress.
On her fingers we're her wedding and en-
gagement rings. and around her neck the
pearl necklace which she wore day and
night Mrs. henry was FIoTIne Levi
sohn. the sixth of Leonard Lewfsohu s
nine children She was married in Lon
don about three years ago. and was
twenty-seyen years old. Her sister, Lii
Ian, is married to Charles Henry. a
brother of Mr. Henry.