New-York tribune., 1903-01-12

turned their attention to the servant who had
been rescued. and quickly revived her. They
found that Miss Erickson had suffered severe
scalp wounds, a fracture of the skull. broken
arm. broken jaw. fracture of several ribs and
severe internal injuries. She hurried TO the
hospital where she lived but a short time.
The inside of the house. a brownstone front.
four stories high. was almost destroyed. 1t was
elaborately furnished. The house and the
greater part OF the furnishings were the prop
erty Of T. c. Richardson, Who is spending the
winter in Lakewood. He rented the house to
the HenryS for the winter. and they had been
occupying it for the last two months.
The cause of the fire at present is mystery
That it had its origin on the first floor seems
probable. for the basement did not show any
signs OF being harmed by the flames. The hre-
men believed it started in the buffers pantry
Mamie Rudge the nurse girl, said:
'T WAS awakened by the coughing of one of
the children. When L woke up could hardly
breathe. The room we occupied. which was the
rear one on the second floor. filed with
smoke. picked up the children, one in each
arm my first thought being to escape. I CROPPED
my way to the door and ran out into the hail.
which filled with smoke. then ran down
stairs TO the street door and out into the street
That is all know about the fire"
Mr. Henry was taken to the home of Mrs
Albert Lewisohn. There his burns were dressed
He was not then told of the death of his wife,
hut was later informed of it. He is in a pitiabie
condition.
An undertaken took the body of Mrs. Henry to
the home of Frederick Lewisohn, at No IA East
Fifty-seventh-st-
DEAD WOMAN DISCOVERED FIRE.
According TO the story Of friend of the fam
fly TO whom account of the fire was given by
flames and reused her husband. Their sleep
ing room was in the rear on the second floor
Mrs Henry awoke and saw the reflection of
blaze in a mirror the opposite wall Rising
hastily. she ran TO the rear window and saw
that g one story extension. used as a pantry,
was entirely in flames. She then reused her
husband, and he, without waiting TO dress ran.
ss he was. TO the third floor, where the children
and their nurses slept Mr.. Henry carried Violet
10 the street. On the sidewalk, running back and
forth in her nightgown, and barefoot. was one
of the nurses Margaret Mayer. Mr.. Henry put
the child IN her arms and rushed back for the
baby. When part way up the first stairway ne
met the other nurse, Mamie Rudge, carrying the
baby. and helped her to safety, after which he
again attempted TO ascend through the smoke
This time he met Mary Quinn, Mrs Henrys
maid, who was the last person TO leave the
upper part Of the house.
Quinn who had been asleep on the top foor-the
servants foor-stopped at the head of the stairs
on the second floor and shouted: rs ereryhody
out?" repeatedly. Receiving no reply. she sup
posed that all had got safely away, and told
Mr. Henry SO when she met him on the stairs
Meanwhile the nurse. with Violet in her arms,
without waiting for any wraps, ran barefooted
10 the home Of Mrs Albert Lewisohn. No. -
West Fifty-hfth-st. AS soon she arrived
there and reused the family Mrs. Lewisohns
three brothers Walter. Frederick and Oscar,
hestened TO the scene of the fire. When they
reached there it was supposed that Mrs Henry
had escaped.
The woman who hung from The window of the
room in which Mrs Henry's body was found
was Ida Schaffer. the cook.
The family We're occupying the house tempo
rarily. awaiting the completion of the home
which Mr.. Henry is building at Fifth-ave. and
Eighty-sixth-st
Mr.. Henry's valuable collection of pen and
ink sketches. which il was feared had been de-
stroyed,- was not in the burned house.
A moroidly curious crowd stood around the
scene of the fire yesterday and the police estab-
1ished lines. II was estimated that the loss
would be $4,000
Mrs. F1orine Henry was the sixth child OF
Leonard Lewisohn, who died in London in
March. 1902. Mr.. Lewisohn left nine children,
of whom Jesse Lewisohn, the banker, is the
eldest Mrs. Philip :. Henry was married in
London about six years ago to the brother of
the husband of her sister, Mrs Charles s.
Henry.