The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-20
ELEVEN RESCUED
FROM FIRE TRAP
. IN TENEMENT.
Six Carried Unconscious From
Burning Basement to
the Street.
OVERCOME BY SMOKE.
Reserves Battle With 30 Panic
Stricken Families; Firemen
Work as RescuerS,
OVERCOME BY SMOKE.

The swift action OF fremen and police
men saved eleven persons from death
to-day in the burning basement Of the
big double tenement at No. 10 Henry
street or six children and five adults
: who believed themselves cut OF from
every avenue OF escape, four Of the chill
dren and two OF the adults were car
ried up to the street unconscious
There are ttI,e apartments irs the
basement Of the Henry street tenement.
two on the east side OF narrow hall
way and one on the west side, The
west side fiat is occupied by Henry
Bolinsky. a w.dower and May Hoffman,
q young woman, rents one OF the three
rooms from him. Across the hall live
, George Wolinshy, his wife, Sarah, and
four children, while the adjoining three
rooms shelter Abraham k!e his wife,
Jennie, and two children.
The fire started in the kitchen Of
Bolinsky's fiat. He was awakened about
dawn by the sitting smoke. Jumping
out of bed he discovered that the kit
chen was in flames.
Forget About Woman.
Instantly losing his head, he forgot
oil about his young woman boarder.
and fed out into the hallway screaming
incoherently.
His cries awoke the Wolinskies and
the Klels and they could have easily
made their way upstairs by front
staircase had not the smoke deceived
them into the belief that the staircase
was on fire.
Women and children turned blindly
20 the rear staircase. which they found
actually in possession OF the flames.
Driven back into their apartments.
they turned to the windows, only to
feall1e that they were heavily barred.
Believing that they were doomed, they
gave themselves up to agonzed shrieks
SID lamentations until some Of them
ruccumbed 10 tie smoke.
Lieut.. Mott. who arrived with Engine
Company No. Is, headed the rescue
uork to the cellar. while a squad OF re-
oerves handled the panic that had
broken out among the thirty families in
the upstairs apartments. Mott. Fire
man Fireman, Policeman Morrison and
two other patrolmen plunged down the
front xsalrcase, which had not yet been
reached by the flames.
Found Children lnsenslble.
Half q dozen feet from the front Of
the stairs the hremen stumbled over
two Of the Wolinsky children. who were
unconscious. In the " Jlinsky fiat they
found the mother overcome and the
father passing of into a swoon, the two
older children being still conscious
enough to guide the rescuers by their
ahrieks.
All were carried out safely and so
were the KEEL children, who had been
dropped by their frantic parents within
half q dozen feet OF the advancing
DANES. Parents and ch.ldrea we're
hustled up to the street, and the fire.
men were going down into the base
ment with their hose when Bolinsky,
who. had never stopped shrieking on
the pavement outside, suddenly
Thought of his boarder.
Policeman Morrison went down fol-
her and arrived just In time to save hei
aife. She was found unconscious in bed
hut revived quickly when carried e
a drug store. All three basement hat'
were Quilted by the flames, but the Ar,
did not reach the floors above, Thu
damage was estimated al about sl,2N
BoiInsky could no; explain how tie Ar
started.