The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-10

 BUSY DAY Vaudeville Performer in
 Tolls. ALMOST CAUSED PANIC Ignited Five Flat Houses in One
 Neighborhood. As sosn as Firsmsn CsntrsIisa sns Biane Another Structure was Isnitea--ola womaa Dies
 From Fright.

New York, Nov. D.-One woman 10 dead, man fn q hospital suffaxin9 from severe burns, two thousand psr- sons lied from their homes in panic and thousands more passed q sIeepaeae night as q res sat7 of 2 series of ane4n@ diary fire in the two blocks bounded by sixtieth and Sixty-frst streets and Columbus and West Had Avenues ear- iy today.
 Scores of persons whose lives were endangered by the confagration was rescued by h1 tmen. Tn ali there were Ave fires, every one of tn nm inoandl- ary, btween midnight and 3 O'clsclx this morning.
 The woman who lost her life was Mrs. Caroiyne lS&ain, 7J years old. She lived at iVT West sixtieth street. adjoining one Of the buildings which was fired. She died Of n art failure induced by fright
 Adrian Tompkins is in hospital, with his hands and feet severely burned as la result of climbing dowA a red hot lire escape. He is fin | serious cCndI- ton The capIdly succ >sd ng fires, the crowds of evicted tenants and the ter., tifying ruua1rs spread through the neighbofhood, with the constant ap. pearance and reappear9nce of the Are engines, ana the big squads of police raised The teople throughout the vio- lnity to a hIgh pitch of excitement which did mot lessen until daylight brought mt asure of assurance that the irceadia@yism was stopped for a while
 ;pread to Hotels.
 The excitement spread even to Broadway and in the Marie Asntoin cite, Ansonia. Empire and otner biz hotels1 in the neighborhood Of xin- coin Square, the guests were aroused by the commotion. In St. Paul Hotel, I at the southeast cesper oe stxty-nrst street and Columbus Avenue and the Hotel Hudson ,at Sixty-second street, both close to the fxns, all the guests were aroused and few slept any more
 All of the houses where the fires oo- cured were fiat houses. Three of thena | were occupied by whites and two by negroes Most of the tenants were in bed when the fires broke out, and es. caped to the streets in the scantiast | clothing.
 The fire was in 'fve-st0ry tenement house at l0S West Sixtieth Street. oc- cupied by five families. all of whom escaped, Mrs. Caroiyne swanye, tho woman whose death was induced by fright, lived in the adjoining house and had been taken by her daughter to window in preparation for flight from the house when she collapsed and died.
 The fremen were still busy lighting l the fire when the second blaze began 1 at 137 West Sixtieth Street, in d lot of rubbish ih the basement. All the ten- 1 ants escaped.
 i At the third fire at 215 West sixtIeth l Street, there were several narrow es- | capes and daring rescued of the ten- ants. William Murray, who lived on | the third floor, carried out five of hls | ukf T.. an | went into the house and brought tho sixth Murray child down to the second floor window and jumped with it tn hIS arms to the sidewalk. Another specta tor caught them both. The child was unhurt. An aged negro was carried out by other spectatorA
 An hour later the. fourth fire was | discovered a block north at 24s West Sixty-flrst Street It was quickly ex@ tinguished.
 Fifth Fire worst.
 The fifth fire, and worst of the fires, was discovered at 110 West sixty-Grst Street at a. m., while the street was | still thronged with frightened and ex- cited people. There were twenty apart ments In the building and the escapes of the occupants of the upper noors was cut or by blaze in the lower hall. | The tenants were so dazed that they T when policemen and firemen went up on the fire escapes and brought them | down. Adrian Tompkins, who lived on the top floor, fingered so long, that lFo was painfully burned while climbing down the fire escape.
 In each case, the nremen quickly stopped the progress of the flames. The | loss was about $20,o0O.
 | Frank Morris of Boston, vaudeville performer, was arrested on suspicion of setting the fres.~ The police allege | that in each of the fires tenants re- ported that when they lied from their apartments, Morris was the first per" son they met.
 When Morris, whose home is in Ros- ton, was arraigned in police court Fire ] Marshal Prial expressed the opinion that he was mentally Irresponsible, and asked the magistrate to commit the boy to Bellevue Hospital for Ave days for examination. The magistrate, how ever. refused and hold Morris An S2,OO0 baAl for further examination on Sun day.