New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-19
SAVE 500 In FIRE
SCORE HURT IN PANIC
Hose Turned on Girls About
10 Jump from WiRdOscs.

them seriously. i've others so overcome
by smoke that they had 20 be attended
BY ambuianoe surgeons and $4,000 dam
use 10 fire. water and smoke were
few o. the incidents Of a IRE IN the ten
story loft building AT the corner 81 Mer-
oel street ana Waverley Place yesterday
Afternoon.
n q. Allen in whose hatmaking es-
Establishment the hre started. and Percy
Barrow, the ooiored elevator boy who,
apparently by accident. started the
blaze, were detained az the Mercer street
station and brought up later in the night
court before Magistrate Harris.
The more seriously inJured were.
NECHsTEIN Lnlian. seventeen Years Cd, No
frsSturs5 snd internal injuries. taken 70 81
vincsnt's Hospital.
COHEN. AIorrls twenty ,ears old. No. 10 suf,
cent home
ToUsKY. Ida. - wears ola. No. sas Madison
street. lnoerstion and bruises.
I-PsTEIN. Max, forty years Old address ~
fused; scalp Wounc.
sAUMANN. Ida. No l65 orchard street. head
cut ana body bruised
l7f5 Bathgare avenue. The BronN. shoulder
dislooated and scalp wound.
Those overcome by smoke we're:
ooLDsrEIN. sadie. sixteen years old. No. l7S
Madison street..
COHEN. Florence, seventeen voars Ole. No lo'e
Fifth avenue
SCHNEIDER. Gussis. seventeen years old. No
lS7 Oliver street
sEwMAA, Ilnis. eighteen years ola 10. lSs
ssEwMAN. Pauline. sixteen sears ola. 10. 1873
orchard street
least score Of others were trampled
en- ana received slight injuries, while The
women IN many cases had their dresses
sorn in tie stampede 10 reach the street
Girls Ready 10 Jump.
The building is occupied BY manufaot-
urers Of ladies' wearing apparel Of Vari-
Gus kinds. About O'Clock flames were
seen breaking out Of the third floor, oc-
cupied by II. G. Allen a. co. Sergeant
Howe. Of the Mercer street police station
who was sitting I'm barber shop oppo-
site, gave the alarm and got busy trying
10 prevent the twenty girls Of the Allen
establishment from jumping from the
windows With the help Of Harry Pincus
and william Hamilton, the latter Of No.
BSs Third avenue. both shipping clerks
81 q building near by, he stopped an eN-
press wagon and forced II Up on the
Sidewalk, directly underneath the win
COW outside Of which the girls were
standing.
With the aid Of fireman who reached
fhe SPOT ahead Of his comrades they
handed seven women and girls down 10
she street. Other girls got out on the
IRE escape and made their way down.
Meantime the flames had rushed out and
upward 50 that when Deputy chief
Iangford arrived h. sent IN a second
elarm.
The hremen tried 10 prevent the en-
Tloyes Of the other establishments from
throwing themselves from the windows,
hut as the halls were filled with smoke
this was rather a dificult feat. Lillian
wechstein. who was employed in the
Allen fsotors. disregarded the sdvioe OF
hremen and police and jumped. break
sng her left leg and receiving internal in
iuries.
Lieutenant Howard. ~ the traffic
SQUAD. got inside the building and ran
she freight elevator up End down several
shines, bringing many women and girls
from the upper floors. George Washing
ron Abbot. who ran The passenger ele-
Kstor. also brought down number.
Harry Pincus, while engaged helping
Sergeant Howe and the fireman, Was
ihroWn 70 rhe ground and dislooated his
shoulder, besides getting bad scalp
hruise. Nest OF the injUries were re-
oeived IN the crush on the stsirways,
where men, women and girls struggled
% reach safety, while The smoke blinded
end choked them
rurnea Hose on Them.
The girls on the Nindcwsills and the
lcdges OF the building seemed determined
10 throw themselves 10 the street. so
Deputy Chief Langford ordered his men
20 play streams on them 20 keep them
back, and this saved nany from serious
hurts
Fireman Daniel oliver. ~ Truck 20.
Sound Florence Cohen and sadie Gold
stein. overcome by smoke unconscious on
lhe fourth floor fre escape, and the New
man sisters were also found in the same
rendition. rhey were revived by The
Sectors Who had come with thee ambu-
Gnoes from 81 Nincent's Hospital.
The coping above the windows Of the
lhird floor caused the flames 10 swirl
outward, and thus The girls from &C.
pcheider & cas- kid glove factory on the
iOurth door were able 20 hold on outside
untl the firemen got ladders 20 them.
toOn after they were brought down, how
ever. this coping began 10 break and
huge pieces. falling, broke through the
sidewalk and made il dangerous 10 ap-
Troach the Meiccr street side Of the.
building After half an hours work the
iiro was well under control and by
clock tie nromen began 10 leave.
captain Domndck Henry. Of tie Mer-
cog street station, was early on the scene.
tnd, acting upon information he had re-
revived vr-It 10 restaurant IA West Sth
street herc-h be found u. .. Allen sitting
talking. Captain Henry arrested him.
hhd leteT drought Percy Barrow. en-
Eincer 81 tire building, snd George Wash
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