The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12
BRAVERY AT TENEMENT FIRE
vnfHT RESEI FRS. OVERCOME.
>uED NJ FIREMEN.

m'HtTNe~ NNN Wac NeNa Wo0P and
nmbed Through the FIameu-T~o
""ucemen DrS,'pesi while Taey We're
arrying ont Women and G'hlldrea.
n'-men and dremen had a hard
.' Yesterday afternoon at a fire in a
story tenement az Toe Forsyth street
.r pulice started tho re~cls work. but
rr- overcome hcfUre they had finished
.ui had o. 80 taken out Ivy the firemen
r., p"licemcn went To Gouverneur Hos
On" tire started in the fiat Of Mira. sarah
Imam on the second Hoor The tene-
NJ IS almost directly in the roar Of the
ir,dg" street police station and the men
r"~erVe who were playing handhall
I'D 'n" yard saw the smoke and heard
ru'. rice OF the tenants before the alarm
WIS -snt IN. SiN Of them. Martin Owens.
'ugist Schimp. George Little. Lenahan.
sanford and Murphy ran up IN the section
.r'u climbed out through the window
.0d acruss on the top % brick wall To
o." rear OF the burning tenement.
he flames were shooting from the
vrdows ol the second and third aoors
~N"n owens and schimp pulled them
elves up TO the Ere escape and cIAmbered
70 the ladders. They were BADLY singed
- the way up.
sanford and Little detached the lad
Gers from th. next building and climbed
= on the outside Of the ratings. Even
81 that distance from the windows Lttle's
Hand was scorched
Owens and Schimp had climbed through
window on the third floor. Tho hallway
~.s 90 filled With smoke that they had to
Srope their way to a door behind which
'h~y heard cries. The door was locked
and some time was lusi before u was
"pened. Inside they found Mrs. Minnie
SrennsilbeT and her two children. Rose
Years old and Isidors.
Escape nv way Of the fire eacapa was
Ut on and the Two policemen started TO
AIRY the frightened family up the stairs
10 rhe fourth hoor owens heard some
me IN the room across the hall and tax
ING the bow in his arms ~ went hack He
found Mrs Rose Fli,zer. ~ yesrs old
snd started hack ny the .taiT- with her
and the hoy ~ the top ~ the stairs they
found Schimp and hi, Two charges over
come by smoke.
Owens kept on. intending 10 got Nrs
T'ityeT end the bov ~ = inflow and go
lack Tor the others ne tor fell within
ssw feet ~ the window. and u vas Mrs
ht-~r who staggered 80 the uelcome
ar and hung across ihe window sIlI. with
i-'dnTe under her arm There the frernen
'nind them and lust they reached her
hoy hold relaNsd and rhs hoy would have
alien to'lt stories down the airShaf' had
thsy not caught h,r
When Hook and adder pulled ~, the
'allway OF the tenement vas choked with
-noke and Csrt Walsh led his men
flanagan, Wintrich. Bugg~ln. Hartman
md HeinrIchs NJ the fire escape 70 the
ocf Using their siS foo hooks 10 swing
rom 'hs SIT ffremen dropp~d twenty Ave
''s' 70 the roof OF IOS Eldr,dg~ street. .
Jewish synagogue
Tho fremsn pulled Mr. Flitzer and
's'dors scro~s IN" sirShsft 20 safety end
rhsn flanagan and " intrich. borh MEDAL
~a- rent N and found Owens lying on
80 anor lhey brought him ont 10 tho
.sol 81 ne -ynAgogue. and his frst words
s"r' them bsck again.
'fr.'' no others There are three more
r 'bsre'" 70 GAGGED
prgz@h Hartman and Hsinri~hs With
~ Walsh fei' their way to the landing
tf tie read 81 the stairs where thav
no vomor and giri had partly recovered
'-o'n their dose % smoke. A. they were
er' the floor and shielded by the police
van . body. but Scbimp was still uncyn-
~Hour
he four other pol,c~Den after making
sr's 'hst no Gre wss left in ihe building
81 90 the roof ~ the synagogue In time
holy rho frsmsn give fTss AID treat
y 70 the INJURED
H'he time ~ Chsa,hsm had arrived
''GouNsrne'r Hospital they we're ell
n-,Pus He bsndsEed Pol,ce,n&n LIT
hrn@d hand and took shrimp and
'''H7s g 'hs hospital. They were burned
- 10 face. bodies and legs. Their
'.-f'iN - not regarded - serious
IN h"Es work put ont the tire with
- 81 IN dsmsgn TIE northbound
~ syevsIs cars we're stalled Tor that
'- - - TIME