New-York tribune., 1910-07-21
DARING RESCUES At
SWIFT TENEMENT FIRE
Firenen Think East Side Blaze
Incendiary, Owing to Its
Rapid Spread.
TWENTY FAMILIES IN PERIL
Girls Jump from Window, Els
Gaping Unhurt-Youths Save
Some from Nearby
Window.

What both the police and firemen be-
lieve was an incendiary fire started late
last night in the ground floor hallway of
the tenement house at No. AL East 9th
street, and made rapid progress up
through the six story building and out
of the roof. Two persons were seriously
injured and removed TO Bellevue, while
a number of others escaped with slight
burns
It is almost a certainty that there
would have been heavy loss of life had
the fire started little later after the
tenants had retired AS it was most of
them were still up when the fire broke
out.
The two taken to Bellevue are:
URIMOFF John, twenty-nine years old; burns
on legs and body and artery of left arm
FLESCHER. Anna, twelve years old; shock and
slight contusione received when she jumped
from the second floor.
: Isaac Zuckerrnan janitor of the build
ing. decided to take a last look over the
premises before retiring. and when he
went to the first floor hallway, on which
Coor he lives, he found the place filed
with smoke and heard the crackle Of
flames His wife, Celia, and his son,
Michael. ten years old, were in bed
Zuckermans cries of fire aroused them,
and Zuckerman led them to the front
window and to the fire escape.
The fire escapes are of the balcony
type, without ladders, but stretching
across to the next house, No. 443. Zuck-
erman took his family into the adjoining
house and to the street. The janitor
was slightly burned about the hands
Patrolmen Kuhn and FalIon, of the
9TH street station, found family OF hVe
standing on the fire escape ready to
lump from the third floor. They went
TO the third floor of No. 443 and per-
suaded the excited family to escape
through that building rather than to
Jump to the street.
Rudolph Horowitz and his wife Celia
and a niece. Anna Flescher, all jumped
from the fire escape on the second floor
Crowds in the street, seeing the man
and his wife ready to leap, shouted to
them to wait for the firemen- But both
Rudolph and his wife jumped into the
crowd Both were slightly hurt The
girl. lacking strength to make big
Jump, simply rolled over the edge of the
fire ESCAPE, and fell into the basement
areaway.
Frank Moss and his wife Mary. Julius
Schroeder. boarder, and Moss's step
son. John Urimoff, ran into the hall
vay, seeking escape, and found flames
creeping up the stairs. Finding 1t i'm
possible to get out this way, they tried
the fire escape
The window leading to the escapes was
locked, and Urinof ran his fist through
II in his excitement, and in this manner
received his injuries They finally got to
the escapes and all crossed over to the
adjoining house.
Marie Nieneyer. seventy-one years Old
with an American flag wrapped around
her. clambered out upon the fire escape
on the sixth floor and prepared TO jump.
She explained afterward that she de-
cided If she must die she would die with
the flag around her. The fremen feared
she would Jump in spite Of their cries of
warning and Battalion Chief Devanney
ordered the life nets prepared Other
men went UP the ladder and into the
third floor of No 443 and then to the
sixth and out on the fire escape. They
reached her just as she climbed upon
the railing and dragged her back
A sixteen-year- girl appeared at a
window on the fourth floor and screamed
for help. George Bauscheimer, of No.
240 Avenue A, ran up through the ad-
Joining house and out upon the fire
escape and helped the girl TO the street.
She had been so blinded by smoke that
she was helpless.
Four young men, attracted by the
clannor of the engines. performed en-
cient rescue work. While the firemen
were busy getting folks out the front of
the building these youths went to the
roof of No. 439. a f1ve-story structure.
A window opens from the burned build
ing, about six feet above this roof. Ben
ianin Werner, of No. II East 123d
street one of the four, was raised on
the shoulders of his companions and.
nercbed on the window SILL helped a
family of five down to the roof lower
;ne them one at a time to his COM
panions.
The loss was placed at $4,000.