New-York tribune., 1907-07-29
\ SCORE PERISH In TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE.
TWOSCORE CUT 1ND BURNED THRILLING RESCUES
BIZ FIRElEN 1T DISlfSTROUS EAST SIDE BLAZE.

Between fifteen and twenty-five persons were
killed and thirty injured in a fire this morning
IN n six-story tenement house in the heart of
the most congested section Of the East side
Stanton street. near Chrystio street Most OF
those killed were cut of on the top floor and
were either roasted to death in their beds or
were caught by the rapidly advancing flames in
the Railways.
Owing to the confusion and the terrible scenes
about the death-stricken house. 1t was hnpos-
sible at / o'clock this morning to give more
than very rough estimate Of the number OF
dead II might be more than twenty-five
THE INJURED.
BEsANA. Anthony eighteen years old. burns about
face and body bellevue Hospital
BITERA. Maria burns about faco and body; Bellevue
c11vA annie. burns about faco and body: Gouverneur
FR1NK john. burns about face and body Bellevue
r1sTEvo. Mary. twenty years old. burns abou, face
xAcnrAcK1N John. No. -1s7 East 81 street burns
MATA savatoI thrty-eight years old burns about
face and body; GouYernour Hospital
MATA Mary thirteen years old. burns about face and
'-- body: Gouverneur Hospital
n1ANo vincent CITY years old. both legs broken
Gouvorneur Hospital
MIsINo Frank thirty years old No :, 229 Christie
sp1EGER Constantine, twenty eight yeaTs od burns
y1TsENo Joseph. forty years OLD, burns about face
and body; Bellevue Hospital
wANAMARRO Solmon thirty mine years old burns
about face and body; bellevue Hospital
The fire started on the first floor Of the build
ing in a grocery store. The building is at No.
222 Chrystie street Those who were near when
the blaze was discovered say that two explo-
sions shook the neighborhood. followed mo-
ment later by a terrible detonation which blew
the front of the store clear across the street.
No fire on the East Side in years has been
more filed with dramatic incidents and thrilling
and heroic rescues. Most of the residents of
the place were Italians; a few We're Jews. All
were ignorant and as inhammabe as to temper
as a bag of powder. With the first shFiI cry
of alarm which went up from the street the
whole neighborhood was thrown into a panic
This made the work Of rescue by the police and
firemen doubly difficult.
The policemen on the beat the first to
bear the brunt of this panic. When the firemen
arrived many of the unfortunate and fear driven
tenants had suffered the penalty of their fears
and were corpses.
FIREMEN'S BRAVE RESCUE.
arrive on the scene. The horses had scarcely
pulled up when Lieutenant Hughes and a man
from "33" and Captain Johnston, OF -" with a
man from that company. seized scaling ladders
and went up the side of the burning building
like squirrels They kicked In all the windows
they could on the way up and finally reached
the roofs
Each of the two officers seized a man by the
legs and swung him over the brink Of the cor
nice In this way two persons were pulled out
of the top floor just in time to escape the flames
John Frank was one of those rescued. The
crowd of frightened Italians in the street be-
low stood agape and forgot their fear for the
moment in watching the fearful rescue. An old
man whose name is unknown was also pulled
out by rescuers.
While the fremen were using every effort to
save those who still remained in the building, n
little black and white fox terrier jumped on
window sill on the first floor above the stores
No one paid any attention to the dog as he
crouchsd, whimpering. on the sill, until Emil