New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-02
MANY DARING REsCUEs.

and cries from the fighting mob OF men, women
and children inside the house
MANY DARING REsCUEs.
Fireman Murray of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 81 climbed a ladder to the second
floor and mounted to the windowsill on the
third floor front of the building, where window
was filled with "a seething mass of humanity
fighting to get out and damned together.
Murray, when he reached the window, struck
all the heads of the men he could see with his
fists and drove them back. He then handed
down to the firemen the ladder below him
three women and baby.
Fireman Thornton performed a similar feat,
and rescued two girls from the fourth floor
Lennon, driver Of Engine Company No. "a,
mounted scaling ladder Immediately after he
arrived at the building and rescued a woman
who had tainted while leaning out of window
on the third floor Charles Greber. of Hook
and Ladder Company No. "a. climbed up after
him and rescued girl from the third floor.
Patrolman Terence MCGOWAN. of the West
Forty-seventh-st. station, who was not in uni
form climbed to the third floor on the fire es-
cape and rescued Edward Jennings, fifteen years
old. who was being trampled on by people try
ing to reach the fire escape After carrying the
boy into the street the patrolman says he was
ordered away by fireman wearing q white
helmet.
The Jennings family had miraculous escape.
They occupy four rooms in the rear on the
fourth floor The family consisted of the
mother Mrs Mary Jennings; the father,
Stephen; Edward, fifteen; Margaret, seventeen;
Mary thirteen, Sarah, eight, and Mrs. julia Fitz-
patrick sister Of Mrs. Jennings, and her
daughter Sarah, fifteen years old. All were
asleep when the alarm was given. Mrs. Jen-
nings had been I'll. and her daughter Margaret
had been acting her nurse. The girl was
awakened by the ringing of the fire engine bells,
and heard the tramping Of feet as the tenants
rushed TO the front and rear fire escapes. On
opening the door the girl was greeted with
burst of smoke and flame. She screamed loudly
and ran 10 her mothers aid. The rest of the
family did likewise, and the sick woman was
placed in the arms of a fireman who had
reached the rear windows by means of a scaling
ladder.
This fireman, whose name could not be learned,
took each member of the family. with the
ception of Margaret, and handed them to fire.
man beluH him.
Margaret ran to the roof, and was found there
by the fremen nearly overcome by smoke and
fright. She lowered over the roof and
dropped from one story to another into the arms
of fireman standing on a scaling ladder at
each floor When she finally landed in the life
net it was found she had tainted, but few
moments rest revived her.
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS DEATH.
On the second floor lived Alexander Quinn. his
wife, Mary Jane, and young son. The man
and his down the main stairway, and
thought the mother following. Instead,
the woman grew panic-stricken and rushed TO
the rear window. She stood for a moment on
the windowsl. when sudden burst of flame
fref her dreG Sbp
into the yard and lay stunned.
An ambulance took her to ST Vincent's Hos
pital, where it was found that her left ankle
was sprained. and that she was bruised and
slightly burned.
On the second floor rear another Halloween
party being held by Matthew Ba. oh. ;
brother Martin Barolich, and the latter's sons.
Tony. seventeen years old. and John, thirteen
years old. There is a window in the hallway
on the second floor, in the front of the house. to
which the Barolich family went. They leaned
out and shouted for help, and were heard oy
Joseph Walters printer, of No. 400 Eleventh.
ave AS he got a chance Walters ran
up the ladder and rescued the two men and the
boy. John. Tony was n nowhere in sight. His
charred body was found afterward in the rear
of the hallway.
When Mrs OToole taken to the street
she was breathing. Or. Mlllikin. of Roosevelt
Hospital, administered reStOrdttVeS, b [ she died
in few minutes. Her son John was standing
near by when her body brought out. and he
collapsed when told that his mother was dead
On recovering. he gazed at the body of his
/ mother. whose hair was gray. He declared that
before the fire her hair had been jet black.
Mrs. Clark and her two were penned in
by flames and smoke in their room in the front
OF the third floor. They were rescued by fire
men from the front of TIE building just as the
flames had reached their apartments
James Lamb widower and his four chill
dren were rescued from the rear of the third
floor by Patrick Clark. a switchman, OF No. 533
West Thirty-hfth-st. He ran up a ladder. and
first carried three OF the children down.
OF them placing his hands around Clarks neck.
Lamb went down the ladder himself, assisted
by the switchman. who also rescued the remain
ing child.
Henry Clark. who lives on the third floor
jumped from the fire escape at the rear Of his
rooms. He landed his feet IN the yard but
not hurt
An accident occurred at Teuth-ave. and Thir-
ty-fourth-st., which resulted in the death Of
horse attached 10 the buggy in which Acting