The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-15
Tenants Over Blazing ReStaur-
ant Too Scared to Try
Stairway.
MANY DIVE TO YARD.
Half a Dozen Persons, in Addl-
ton to the Injured, Over
come by Smoke.

! Sarah and Fannie Walner. Two IN
dependent sisters who are trying &c
earn their own way in the world, and
in whose restaurant. at No. log Ave
nue. B. the first burglar OF the new
year was caught, were burned out this
morning at l3o O'CLOCK when a FIRE
started from the kitchen range ant
caused such panic that the hremen
were kept busy rescu!ns.
Three persons were badly inj..ed ard
taken 10 Bellevue Hospital. Two OF
them are likely TO die. Half dozen
others were overcome BY smoke and
fright, and had to be treated by am
bulance surgeons
The Wslner sisters suffered their first
burglar scare early In December. The
burglar got away then. About lg.S)
O'Clock on New Years morning the bur.
glar came again. one OF the sisters kept
watch In their sleeping room In the rear
OF the restaurant While the other wen,
Tor a policeman. Ine burglar va.
caught on the ROOT aud powered
after night
Because OF the burglars the sisters
yndHsgd tier iNins quarters to tht
home VI some .il.lLs "a tne neiShbC!-
nUUu. They closed up suup ABOUT ma
aIsnt and Went to tue!r new quarters.
snoril! after ! OclOcA hugo sciAes !ns.i,
WAC uves On The second IOor dIscuHe'eL
that tie RESTAURANT was burning
Just about that time tie engines raced
past the house 10 a IRE III No. Us East
..t.eonth street. Scnlesngcg lned ~
thought he was crazy ana went on. The
Fifteenth street IRE was u little as
lount--lts damage was only ~.
Schlesinger then began yelling Fire
In the hallway. and the twenty families
on the upper doors were aroused. Tie
ma. was n..ed WIN smoke. though iao
fire was removed from II. The tenants
took 10 the Hre-escapes In the !ea..
There is none al the front.
Truck No. IS was returning from the
Fifteenth street blaze when SchIes SINCE.
stopped 1t ana begged that the nremen
come to the burning building An alarm
was then sounded. which byought En-
CINE Company No. II. which had been
When the hremcn did get TO tie blaze
the rear escapes were damned. MIS-
Paula EhrlIch and her two sons. Samuo'
and Solomon, had climbed from then
quarters on the second floor to the e.
cape and were trying 10 lower tine eS.
tension ladder, when there came an eX.
piosion. supposed to have been cdusei
ny 4 back Graught.
Instantly the escape was like a grid.
die. and Mrs. Ehrlch made dive 70
the yard, followed by Ter sons. Thc
mother and Samuel were injured in.
ternally. and both may die. Solomon
escaped with bad cuts and bruises
Seeing It was Impossible to get down
BY way Of the escape. the tena ntsN When
ran to the front windows Morris Wei
sen'eld. fourteen. who lived on the
fourth floor. decided to get to the stree.
by the hall, but came back screaming
and fell unconscious. Fireman Joe FIet.
Eel Of Truck No. IS, carried him dowr
, ladder. \ doctor said the boy was
ms, frightened 4 number OF Others
collapsed from fright and smoke, and
had 10 be saved b. the frcmen.
The IRE was confined to the restar.
rant. Every tenant In tho house could
have escaped by the stairway lad the
idea not prevailed that the halls were
blazing.