The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
Excited Mrs. Dennis Donahue Then Jumped Herself from Burning
 Home.
FIRE AROUSES GREENE ST.
Children Caught in Arms of Men Be- low Unhurt-Nfother in the Hos. pital With Both Ankles
 Injured.

Frightened by clouds of smoke tha
 last evening filled her apartments or
 the second floor of the brick block a | S2-3S Greene street Mrs. Dennis Don ahue lost her presence of mind for tn, time-being, and after throwing he,
 two young children, John, aged eight cen months, and Mary Helen, aged three years and nine months, out O, the window. jumped herself to the
 pavement below. One of the childrer was caught ny the outstretched arms or Detective Healy, while the other
 was saved from injury by beins
 caught in the arms of men in the street below. Mrs. Donahue herself fell to the pavement, injuring both of her ankles. She was taken to the
 New Haven hospital, where it was said a bone in one of her ankles may
 be broken, She is twenty-one years of age. Healy's good work undoubt- edly saved the child's life.
 The fire started in the sub-ceilar un- der the barber shop of Rocco Mendillc at 36. The sub-cellar was filled with wood and there were also three kegs or whiskey there. which were as oil to the flames. Mendillo ran into the sa. loon of Michael Byrne, the owner of the block. and said there was smoke in the barber shop. A messenger was at once sent over to the quarters of engine 4, and the chemical responded Upon arrival, however, 1t was seen that more help was needed, so a call was sent in from box Al.
 When the apparatus arrived the fire was under considerable headwav. and the block looked doomed. Smoke had filled the entire three floors with a dense cloud. The Donahues were at supper, as 1t was just after 6 o'clock. Panic reigned, MT. Donahue went to one window and dropped out. His Wife took the children and threw from the other window: then she jumped herself, She alone was hurt She was helped into the house of George Mccarthy, the military enrolling offi- cer' where she was cared for until the New Haven hospital ambulance ar rived. There shc was seized with fear for her children and would not be consoled until they were brought in and shown to her in perfect condition under their fathers charge. A priest was sent for, but the wonan's condi. ton was found not to be serious enough to need the rites of the church
 A brother of Mrs Donahue, named Mcclure, was the coolest of the fam fly He lay in his bed i'll with con- sumption. Yet he took time to dress and calmly descended a ladder. The tiremen rescued the other people in the house. The families of Peter Me- Guire and John Durkin are the other occupants of the tenements, while Byrnes saloon, the barber shop and a small Italian grocery occupy the ground floor.
 The fire was confined to the base ment The other floors were damaged by smoke, but not by fire or water. The damage will not exceed a few hundred dollars. Rocco Mendillo's shop suffered the worst. The goot, work of the fire department ai,nc saved the rest of the block, which looked good for destruction
 Another man was taken to the hos pital in the ambulance, but when it arrived there he walked away without giving his name.