The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
TWO Die IN FLAT HOUSE FIRE
M S8a\D AND WIFE TRaPPFD
ON UPPER FLOOR.
tie Jumped Befove F,remen Coula Raise
Ladder woman Turned Bark ansl
Was Fatal, Barnre Two Etremen
Form Human Bridge 10 save Lives

William II. Abbott. a commission mer-
chant. and his wife were killed in a fire
which started a little before , O'Clock
yesterday morning IN the Rosa lind apart .
men, house AZ 80 Manhattan avenu.
A. fire the blaze was of little moment
and 5000 Is estimated to be sufficient
TO cover the money loss. But in add
ton to the two persons killed four were
injured. although none Of these will die
and i, took some quick work TO prevent
further loss 81 liz.
1he fire. starting IN the cellar. had
climbed to the top floor. skipping three
stories on the way. when II was seen
sy Joseph Member, elevator boy IN an
apa rtment house across the street Men
der ran out into tn" street yelling and
after an alarm had been turned ~ Polio"
Sergeant Hammill and Policeman Max
Morris both Of tn. West i2jth street
station. began the rescue WORK
The building - ~ the non-el"va'nT
tvp.. with bells and speaking tubes
IN the front hail The policemen rang
or attempted to ring the various bells
but seemingly the fire had already pur
that system out 81 commission. With
out r,i-sIng much over the bells the two
poIicem.n smashed IN tn. door and
reused the tenants A. far up az tn" top
floor. where IN. Are. which had mush
room.d out after it. fash up the stair
way. stopped them Mr. and Mrs Abbott
had apart ments on this top floor
Truck ~ was the frs, piece Of appi
rain. TO &c, on IN" scene BEFORE the
truck had fairly stopped an -Hr-n- on
II H.,
an II was run up toward the top floors.
where a number 81 persons could he seen
at the windows. Two Of these were Mr.
and Mrs Abbott Condor saw tn" man
climb ont on the windOwslll ready to-
iump and YELLED to him. but he made
tbs. leap and struck the stone landing
81 a right Of stairs leading from the
street fo the basement n. was killed
The. spot where h. fell was only few
feet from the edge Of the gathering
crowd
condor then called :" Mrs Ahnort.
vho -rIII stood ia the window bui The
woman apparently confused. turned from
IN. window The bag eNt-nsICn ladder
ynt cranky JIIst al that point and instead
az striking the window sill on he top hOoI.
went on and caught the roof coping.
hr,uzIns Condor several fe-r away from
IN. xtndow. which were his goal -
h.. had : a swim IA With a scaling ladder
II took quite "A ~ hIlr la find Mrs Abbott
N.anw hills. Condor pulled Alic. cullen.
a teIsphous operator who boarded wIIh
,h.. Abbotts ont Of the window and passed
her over the gap To- Fireman GlIchrisr
~ Truck 70 who had taken up a post on
IN. .xt ension ladder The ~ Int ~ pass-
,ny grown persons over This space het " cen
M. window ledge and the hi q ladder ~as
.t.d nv Condor and others and won
th.. admiral ION ~ he crowd below Nh-l
Cullen was UNCONSCIOUS when they got
her TO ih. street and was considerably
burned Sh. was taken to the Harlem
Hnsn,,aI Fir.m-n OShaughnessy and
kraf, rescued May Wagner. another
tenant. IN much the same manner thar
london and :;ilchrist had already en-
pIoved Sh. was burned about IN. body
and % on, TO the = Hood Wright Hospital
As Kraft was descending the ladder with
tho " oman in his arms. window above
them burned ont and the hot glass show
ar.d over them Kraft was cut and
burned had enough to have to report
sick and GO home.
Miss May Fahey was found on the sam"
fifrh floor hy Fireman Na-hbnrn and was
,Iasssd over the same psrilols route She
was tho fourth person injured She
burned about the face and arms and was
"a ken 10 the = Hood Wright hospital
Wa. hburn and O'Shsughnessy insi'v
found Mrs Abbott. hut she ~as So badly
burned that she died before a physician
could get To her