The evening world., 1910-12-30
Mrs. William Fuhrer Carries
Baby Down a Burning Stair
way in Elmhurst.
HUSBAND SAVES GIRLS.
Owner of Burned Building Be-
lieves the Fire Was Started
for Revenge.

The wife OF William Fuhrer and his
youngest child had a thrilling escap,
early to-day from death in a IRE that
destroyed Fuhrer Park. a hotel. dance
hall and picnic pavilion in Elmhurst,
L. I. The Fuhrers. their two daugh-
tGs. hve sons and eight employees were
an asleep when the fire stated. All
got out safely except Benjamin Lent.
an employee. who is missing. and is be-
lieved to have been burned to death.
The IRE is believed to have been set by
revengeful enemies of Mr.. Fuhrer. men,
bers of a tough east side club.
When Fuhrer woke he ran out into
the hall and found hat 1t was niiel
with smoke. Puffs OF fame were COM
Ing up from the lower floor, though the
stairway itself was not burning.
Rescues Two Girls.
He ran back into the room. followed
by n of his b%artenders who had met
him in the hall. He took his two little
gtris In his arms. told the man n Mrs.
Fuhrer to drop the other children down
to him after he had jumped. Then he
leaped from the window. two stories
above the ground. He landed on mis-
fest and sprained one ankle, but the lit
tie girls kept their arms around his neck
and were not even Jared.
Mrs. Fuhrer and the bartender
dropped one Of the boys down to him.
The fire was roaring and he believed
that 1t would sweep into the bedroom In
another minute.
Take Fritz and the baby in your
arms and jump" he called TO his wife.
Jump the way l did. III catch you 81
that you wont get hurt"
Mrs. Fuhrer did not dare to Jump
even II she had climbed on the window
sill. Before the bartender could stoI
her she got back into the room. viii
the baby in one arm n dragging an
other child by the arm. she an gu
into the hall and started screaming
down the stairs. which were now burn
Ing. The man made q vain effort Il
follow her but lost his way in tn,
smoke which poured into the room aftel
she opened the door. He ran to thu
window and jumped out on Fuhrer.
SIuVS 10 tHc odpyr
Wien he heard what his wife hat
done Fuhrer ran around the hous t
the door. He was met there by hi
w.t. Ter skirt burning and tn,
oaby> her arms. She was sup
ported by the Waterman Inc another
employee who had ran up the stairway
TO meet her when they heard hel
s,reaming. She had given up littl,
Fritz to them but would not give VI
ne baby.
Alarms had been sent to Corona ant
astoria for fire engines. The Astor!1
engine got begged in a characteristic
Queens street slough and did not reacf
me FIRE. The Corona engines could d.
little more than cool of the ruins.
The resort, which was one of th'
biggest in Queens and included car
rouseis and a cenic railway, was burned
to the ground. Fuhrer estimates hi.
loss at $4,000.
For Revenge, He Says.
He informed the police that recent,
an east side social club which had
party at the park last e tried to en-
gage Il again. He told them heowoulC
have nothing to do with them as the,
had destroyed a lot OF his crockery ant
glassware and had made a scandal b!
their fighting and bad language. Hi
was a family resort and such conduc
spoiled his steady business which wa
the entertainment Of respectable womei
and their children.
The club officers were angry over hi
refusal. saying that they had alread.
advertised the meeting at his place an,
swore they would get square witt
him.