The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-24
MSS DAVIS MENDs THE rIRE.
Whale Tenement Empiled IN Consequence
and SeNernl People Hurt

Seventy parsons were in the five story,
double decked tenement at 200 Eaat Forty
| fifth street shortly after o'clock last night
when Mamie Davis, 70 years old. who was
taking care u three younger children in
the apartment on the east side ground
floor. thought the fire in the kitchen stove
could be improved with little kerosene.
She poured some in and the fire improved
greatly She burned her hands set fire
TO the oil on the outside Of the can and
dropped the can. Eddie aged 9, kicked
the can into the hall where il blew up.
Flnmes shot up in the narrow hallway
like fountain and set fire to the wooden
stairs and wuinscoting IA far up "a the
third floor. Eddie Davis tried to roll the
can out 20 the street, but was so badly
burned about the legs and body that he re
treated TO the burning kitchen and raised
a window. through which they all got ont.
The upper floor were peopled entirely
by Italians. and most Of these, seeing the
stairways in flames. preferred to take
chances on the fire escapes or the roof.
The landing on the fire escape at the second
floor was jammed with men, women and
children shriehng 90 be saved There wa'
no way for them 10 reach the sidewalk
except by jumping. 50 far "a they could
see
Andrew McManus. living near by. made
his way To the second floor and out on the
escape balcony and lowered an iron ladder
that was dashed beneath it. Down this
six children were carried to the street by
McManus and Policemen Sappe and Cherry
Capt. Bill Clark came on Truck 2, act
35-foot ladder against the front of the tene-
ment and with his men carried down twenty
people that were clinging 70 the fire escape
Other ladders were put up and the people
were taken off the roof. Then the fire
was put out In twenty minutes.
Eddie Davis was found two doors away
where n housewife was applying much
sweet oil to his badly scorched legs. Capt.
Clark found Anthony Monan, IS years
old. in house six doors away He had
run the gauntlet of the flames down the
stairs and through the hallway and was
badly burned about tire face and hands
Capt. Clnrk carries medicine chest on his
truck. He soon had Molnhri in fairly good
shape
Angelina Werner. II years old who lived
on the first floor. had dived through win
dow facing the street and had a laceroted
scalp and face. She was taken into the
Mohican Cub, the Tammany district head
quarters near by.
Willie Flora, II years old. who had at
tempted TO run down the stairs and out into
the street had been overcome by the flames
and smoke a. he reached the ground floor,
and might have persisted had not one OF
the iremen stumbled over him. Young
Flora was burned about the face, neck
chest and arms. in addition 10 having In
hailed much smoke He was hustled to
hospital.
Ohnda Sidoa. 81 years old, was burned
about the face and hands. Several others
were sill htly injured
Della Kelly. aunt of the Davis children,
who had been left in charge of them but
had left them to take care Of Themselves,
was arrested on a charge OF into ucation
Mamie Davis was found many blocks
away by her father. John. who IL night
watchman. She was the most badly scared
Young lady in town. The three younger
Davis children the police got and sent TO
the Gerry society.