The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-03
WOMAN BANGLES
HIGH AMID FLAMES
IN HERO'S CLUTCH
Husband Clings to Nightgown
at Fourth Floor Window
Till Help Comes.
ONE DEAD, SIX HURT.
Many Thrilling Rescues Mark
Blaze in Harlem Apart

II was a blaze unusual for It's remark
able escapes.
THE DEAD.
RABBI LOUIS LEVY, sixty.fivs
years old.
THE INJURED.
MAX sCHEaxER, twenty mine,
burned on back inhaled SMOKE. Harlem
Hospital.
Policeman PHILIP BEHNsTEIN,
twonty mine. injured in stomach ana
head. Attended at hospital and won't
home.
GEORGE GOLD. twenty-five, lac
stsd scalp.
SADIE AsTREK, twenty -four. burned
on hands ana face.
ANNIE FRIEDMAN, sixty-fivs, cuts
on head.
Poiiosman JOSEPH .. HAYS, cut
about the head and hands.
The building Is a five-story tenement
The entrance is on One Hundred and
Twelfth street. and there are fire es-
capes on that side Of the building and
on the side opening on a small areaway
between II and the adjoining building
There are four stores on the ground
floor.
The FIRE started about I o'clock and Is
believed to have been caused by a cigar
cite or cigar stub carelessly dropped
into one OF the several baby carriages
under the first floor stairway. The blaze
had gone up the stairway and dumb
waiter shaft before It was discovered
by citizens.
Policemen and persons who happened
TO be passing tried to get In and arouse
the twelve families. but the fire had too
much Roadway and tho smoke was so
thick they couldn't breathe in II. so they
made for the fire-escapes.
POLICEMAN BENT ON RESCUE 10
FIRST VICTIM.
The hrst TO meet with misfortune was
Policeman Bernstein. He had gone up
10 the third Moor on the fre-escape on
the alleyway and was looking up when
someone jumped out of a window Of the
fourth floor and landed on the police-
mans stomach. At the same time some
one threw a demiJohn of wine out and
struck him on the head. lie was found
unconscious on the fire-escape a few
seconds later by Policeman Gibney. who
carried him to the street.
When Hook and Ladder Company
No. 20 arrived a woman could be seen
suspended from fourth floor win
dow. Before the horses stopped
Capt Ruckholdt was sending up the
65-foot extension ladder. and before
II had been put against the wall Fire
men william FEEDER and Patrick
Smith were going up IT like acrobats.
The woman was Mrs. Bessie Scher-
ger. twenty-three years old. who lost
her head when awakened by the cries
from the street She tried to Jump
from the window but her husband
caught her nightgown and held her
suspended. The minute the ladder
was close enough FEEDER caught the
woman and passed her down to John
Frederick, a fireman, OFF duty, who
was lending a helping hand on the
ground.
The husband, Max, disappeared as
the fremen rescued the woman. Fire
man Smith went through the window
and found Scherzer unconscious from
smoke and burned about the back.
The strain OF holding on to his wife's
niRhtgown as she swung from the
WINDOW nau lett MIN S""P'S'''' -
hausted and ne had been unable TO
save himself
About this time julius Levy. bartender
In the Pastime Cafe. on the ground hoor'
ran to the street to see II he could help
His coat containing the nights receipts
$40, he left on the back bar. When ne
returned for 1t there was no coat.
lie was treated by ambulance surgeons
and went home.
BLIND WOMAN OF 200 CARRIED
DOWN BY POLICEMAN.
Mr.. Annie Friedman, forty. a blind
woman weighing 200 pounds. was not
missed for some time after others had
been rescued. Then Policeman Joseph
$. Hays was told about her and carried
her down the fire-escape.
Hurrying back he found Sadie Asther'
twenty-four and Annie Friedman. twen-
ty-four. on the upper floors, and was
looking for Sadie and Annie orgil. sew
cnteen and iifteen. respectively. when
they appeared In the crowd. They are
sisters OF Mrs. Schcrzer, the woman who
tried to jump from fourth-slory WIN
dow, ana said they managed 10 get
down the fire-escape before the names
cut off their sister and brother-in.law.
They we're aided on reaching the lower
stretches by Policemen Miller and Will
son.
Among the top floor tenants are Gus
tav Endler and his wife. May. They
started down the front ilre-escape and
had reached the second floor landing
when flames shot out window into
their faces.
Mrs. Endler jumped into fire net the
firemen had just stretched and was un-
hurt. Her husband missed the net and
landed in the street, but the fifteen-foot
fan didn't give him a scratch.
ADDED to the miraculous happenings
was the experience of Fireman william
j. Pickle of Engine Company No, %,