New-York tribune., 1908-02-07
GIRL TRAPPED By FIRE.
LEAPS TO INSTANT DEATH.
Others Missing and Sereral Ouer-
come in Upper Ufst Side.

one young woman killed. more than
score were burned and sixteen families were
made homeless by fire which started at Two
o'clock this morning in the cellar Of the SIX
story arar.ment house. No. 1o1 West Ioth
street Three alarms were sent in and Chlet
Croker was on hand to fight the fire. whics
consumed the three upper floors
Margaret Landon who was on the sixth floor
when the FIRE cut of her escape by way OF the
stairs. Jumped TO the street and was instantly
killed
Gallant work by the freren and men IN the
burning house saved the lives Of many jennie
Mary and Anna Landon. sisters of Margaret
Iando3. were carried from the top hoor by hre-
men ali cf them burned and partly sunocateo pS
the SMOKE. Andrew Dillon. who also hved on
the top floor carried his four-year-oid daughter
down the fire escape TO the street Twenty men.
women and children. who were burned or al
fected by the dense smoke were carried into
.ba corridor of the Hotel Walton at No. loo
West 7oth street end attended by the ambulance
surgeons from Roosevelt and Presbyterian nos
pitals-
II was rumored that several other persons
were in the building. but the fremen were una
BILE to reach them because of the smoke Pnhilp
Schwartz who lived on the fourth floor WIKI nus
wife and five children. told the police that ne
could not find two of his children and 1t IS sup
posed that they per:shed in the flames
The members of the Freese and Warren faInl-
lies about ten persons in all. were carried from
the fourth and fifth floors by the members os
the engine companies which arrived at the fire
first Mrs Philip Schwartz was overcome by
smoke and taken the Roosevelt Hospital IN
a critical condition Traffic on Columbus ave-
nue. was stopped entirely
The snow and sIush hampered the fremen in
their work The police reserves from neighbor-
ing stations were called. and they worked hero
icaIIy bringing injured people TO the street and
in finding shelter for them
The fire was discovered by Mrs. Seymour
Warner. who lives on the second floor of No.
lOl West 10th street. She threw up the V.n-
low and blew police whistle. bringing PATROL
man White of the West 6srh street station
Just as he neared the house. he says. he saw a
naked man leap from the fourth story window
and strike the sidewalk on his head He turned
and sent in fire alarm and a call for an anlbu-
lance but when he returned the man had been
carried off in cab and all efforts to find him
were unavailing He is thought to be dead
George c. BauchIe. who lives opposite the
| burned building, and his guest. Arthur Decor
dova member of the Stock Exchange firm Of
that name. the fire soon aftir it started and
rushed into the building in time 20 rescue several
| of the large number of children in the house
| The firemen were hampered by the elevated
| structure on the Columbus avenue side of the
| building. and the frozen water mains prevented
| them from getting adequate supply OF water
| The management of the Hotel Walton supplied
blankets and some clothing TO those made home
| less by the fire
All but two of the have been ac-
counted for by the police II is thought that
the missing may have been taken into
neighbOring houses
Among other teGants in the burned building
were Lock sWing. the Chinese Nice-Consul;
Howard Stewart end Bernard F. Fielding
The Vice-Consul and his wife jumped from
the second story Mrs. Wing escaped uninjured.
hut Mr.. Wing internally injured by the fall
and removed to Roosevelt Hospital in an anbu
lance.