New-York tribune., 1910-03-25
PRIEST FIRES HERO
GIYES LAST RITES As
FLAMES RAGE.
Daring Rescucs at Blaze That
Cost life of uan- U'ho
U'eHt to Famiig's Hid.

one man lost his life and another man
was severely burned. wh,e three women
and a child were burned or overcome by
smoke. when the terement building at No.
40 East mst street vas almost destroyed
yesterday by q IRE marked by heroic res
cues and the administ-a tion of the last rites
~ the Catholic Church on a fourth story
fire escape
The dead.
sHkRKEY Edsasa. forty six wears I'D. Ia5orer.
No 80 East slst street.
The injured
-. i96 PIN street. pisrneeT. Bellevue Hos
sHARKEY Mrs Belle fo-,y-a.s years old.
o, o. %,errone hs smoke. at Presbyterian Hospl-
sHARkEy Edith seven years Oh. overcome. Al
the Presbyterian HosriraL
TARR. Mrs Julia hf;y-e,ght ears old No. $50
last Slst street, with frieL1
Ti--e= plumbers. Philip siiyermau. Na-
than Rubin. of No. Is9 Broome street ana
Hyman Potchsuik. Of No. 10 Rutgers Place
had been engaged by 4. l. AppeIes. of No
li2 Granu street. the 0wpe- - the building
Nos. go and 352 East slst street, % install
a hot-Water heating apparatus. They we've
/ engaged few minutes after noon yesteT-
day I'm the apartment of Ms. Louise Brince.
on the ground floor or No. 354. when silver
mans gasOlene cr charcoal lamp exploded.
He threw IL down and IT. struck a quart
bottle Of Gasolene An explosion followed.
Silvermar opened the dpoI ana Kicked the
burning lamp and the stun around Il out
+ into the hall The blaze fairly few up :he
stlirs. and SIvermau b- rlat clme had
+ Leen 30 badly burnei that hs had % be
helped out OF the house.
As tha flames mounted the staIrWaVs
those living on either side wer. seized with
panic and got out the best way they could.
The FIRE mounted TO The fourth dcOr, where
Edward Sharkey lived His wife. Mrs.
. Belle Sharkey. was ~ home. with her 5hree
children Edith Johnnie and Tommy. the
baby Sadie the eldest girI. clever years
old had just bsen sent to a neighboring
grocery.
Strange Freak Of Flames.
By some strange freak the hre seized
upon the Sharkey apartment a. its prey.
and everything therein was burned up in a
fash
. Meantime an alarm had been sent IN and
the men from Truck 80 and Engine SO, each
about a block away. had reached the spot.
When they cor 20 the house they found
that most OF the tenants had got out
either by the fire escapes or over the roof.
some were helped down on sixty -hve-fooi
ladder which vas immed, ately put Up
against No $50 while streams PLAYED on
the front and inside Of he building.
+ Philip Herburger. Of Truck SO. got up 20
the front window ON the fourth floor and
+ heard some children calling from the rear
Of the apartment. He made his way
through three rooms and found four chill
dren IN a room I'm which the bed vas Just
taking fire He grabbed two youngsters
who proved 20 be Sharkeyy children. and
took them across the hall Then he vent
back and brought out the other two. and.
leaving them IN a room not vet reached by
the flames. took tne first two l'ttle ones 20
. the front OF the house. He fell. overcome by
smoke as he reached rhe window. and was
pulled out with his burden by BoUntZ, an
other fireman. Re told Bountz and another
fireman Sullivan. who was with him. that
tUo more children were iu the second room
from the front and the two were rescued
Then sadie Sharkev returned from her
errand and exclaimed that her mother was
s.Hl in he building. The iremen went in
on tho fourth foor once more and found
the woman unconscious They dragged her
% the fire escape, which the flames no
Ion ger threatened. A. she appeared m
danger ~ death. and on recovering con-
81. business called for priest. her request
was shouted down to tho street Father
Vincent de Paul Mclean. pastor OF the
church ~ Our Lady Of Good Counsel. ia
East s0th street was passing near by on
his way to a sick call Though he weighs
- pounds and had 10 climb nearly fifty
feet ON a slight ladder ne answered The
call and with a firemau's helmet and A
rubber coat thrown over his shoulders ne
started cp tine sWaying ladder
As he went up the glass few snc debris
was throw ont the windows. but me- kept
on and heard the woman's confession. ad-
mirister-d extreme JUNCTION and gave her
the last blessing
Father MeGesn Finds Body.
vather McGean then started down the
stair. a. the fire vas somewhat under con-
troll bv that time lie got 10 the cotton
a~E rne men Vho carried down Mrs
Sha-kev said they thought there was some
ore. q. - iu the house. Father Mctfean