Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-09
Fled From Their Homes as Re-
suit Of a Series Of nCendiary
Fires in New York.
FIREMEN RESCUED SCORES.
Guests in Several Leading Hotels
Were Aroused as a Meas
ure Of Precaution.
In All There Mere Five Fires Between
Midnight and Early Morning
One Fatality.

New York, Soy. S.--one woman IS
dead, man is in hospital suffering
from severe burns 2.O00 persons fed
from their homes In panic and thous-
ands more passed a sleopless night as
a result OF series OF ncendlaray fires
in the two blocks bounded by six
ty-tirst street and Columbus and West
End avenues carly today, Scores OF
persons whose lives were endangered
by the con Migration were rescued BY
firemen In an there we're five fires.
everyone OF them ncendiary, between
midnight and O'Clock this morning.
The woman who lost her life VAS
Mrs Caroline Swain, 40 years old,
whose homo adioins one OF the build
ngs which was fred. She died OF
heart failure induced by fright.
Adrian Tompkins, In hospital with
his hands and feet severely burned
as a result of climbing down q rod hot
fire escape IL seriously injured
The rapidly succeeding fires, the
crowds OF cyicted tenants and the ter-
rifying rumors spread through the
neighborhood, with the constant APP
pearance and reappearance of the fire
engines, ana he big squads of police,
raised the people throughout the Nicin.
ity Ia high pitch of excitement which
did not lessen until daylight brought
n measure OF assurance that The IN
cendlarism WAS stopped for while
the excitement spread even TO Broad
way. and In the Marie Antoinette,
Ansonia, Empire and other big hotels
I In the neighborhood Of Lincoln
square the guests were aroused By
the commotion. In st. Paul hotel
Sixty-hrst street and Columbus avenue
aud the Hotel Hudson at Sixty second
| street, both close 90 the fires. all the
| guests We're aroused and few slept any
| more
All the houses where the fires occur
red were llathouses, Three OF them
were occupied by whites and two by
| negroes Most of the tenants were In
bed when the fires broke out, and es-
| capped to the streets In the scantiest
clothing.
The first fire was In 1--WE story
tenement house at 1915 west Six,ieth
street occupied by five families. all
| of whom escaped
The firenien were stll busy iightlng
| thar fire when the second blaze began
AT 1871 west SiStieth street IN lot OF
rubbish in the basement All the teal
| ants escaped.
~ TIC lHilu Hit at slb west NlNlifth
| street there We're several narrow cs-
| capes and daring resoues of the ten
| ants. William Murray, who lived on
| the third floor, carried out five Of his
children, and James Smith, q spectator.
went into the house and brought the
sixth Murray child down to the Sec
ond floor window and jumped with It
In his arms To the sidewalk. Another
spectator caught them both. The child
was unhurt. An aged negro was car
ried out by other spectators.
An hour later the fourth fire WAS
discovered a block north at 1894 West
Sixty-first street II was quickly extin-
guished.
The nth and worst OF the fires was
discovered at 10 west Sixty-flrst street
at s q. M, while the street was still
thronged with frightened and excited
people. There were 20 apartments IN
the building and the escape of the &C.
cupants OF the upper floors was cut off
by a blaze in the lower hall. The ten
ants were go dazed that they were In
danger OF losing their lives when po-
litemen and firemen went up on the
fire escapes and brought them down.
Adrian Tompkins, who lived on the top
floor, fingered so long that he was pain
fully burned while climbing down the
fire escape,
I'm each case the fremen quickly
STONED the progress of the flames. The
loss was about $4,000
Frank Morris, OF Boston, a vaude-
VILE performer was arrested on sus-
plcion OF setting the fires. The police
niIcpe that in each OF the fires tenants
rep0rted that when they fled from
their apartments, Morris was the first
person they met.