The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-29
Men Push Policeman Out Win
dow as He Aids Tenants
to Fire Escape.
FALLS IS FEET, DYING.
Another Patrolman and Youth
Trapped Making Rescues
From Harlem Tenement.

While Patrolman Albert NJ Mc0rath
waS helping the panic-strtcken tenants
% the third floor OF No. Ill East One
Hundred and Eighteenth street from
their burning house down the nre-escape
early to-day. q rush Of men for the
escape caught him and hurled him
through the window. McGrath fell Is
fest and u In Harlem Hospital with
little hope Of recovery.
Patrolman John NJ. McMuray. who
ran back into the flames in an effort to
md . person supposed to have been
left behind, was badly burned about the
face and hands.
Charles McGerachty. nineteen. OF No.
Ito East One Hundred and Nineteenth
street. who went In to assist In the work
Of rescue. was trapped on the second
floor and narrowly escaped with his life.
On the nrst floor of No. Ill, q Ave-
story tenement occupied by sixteen fam.
lies. Mrs. Catherine Albert, six months
BRIDE Of William Albert. q baker work.
Ing nights. was aroused by flames on
her bed. The fire had started in her
kitchen and spread to the bedroom.
Mrs. Albert Jumped out OF bed with
her nightdress ahre and ran into the
street. A passerby seized her and, tear.
Ing OF her burning robe. wrapped her
In his coat and took her to q neigh
boring hoise. whore she was attended
by friends until the arrival Of DR..
Mckinley from Harlem Hospital
WHOLE STAIRCASE QUICKLY IN
FlAMes.
Patrolman McGrsth. who was on f,xed
post at One Hundred and EiRh ,eenth
street and Park avenue. saw the woman
rush out In flames and he turned In an
alarm and FASTENED to the house.
In running from her apartment Mrs.
Albert had left her door open. Tn, sky.
light above the hallway well was also
opsn. and the nre had found a ready
hue. The entire staircase was quickly
aliSht.
Mc0rath and MoMurray. with their Goa,
ever their heads and handkerchief ia
their mouths. dashed up the stairs and
banged with their nightsticks On all IN,
DOOR. rousing the sleeping tenants.
Persons on the second, third and
fourth noors we're all got safely down
the escapes Those on the fifth noor
haA to be taken by MoMurray 70 IN,
roof and down through neighborins
houses.
No0rath was standing by a window
IN . rear room on the third floor com.
Ssiling the frightened people to 20
down the IRE escape In orderly fashion
70 - to save their blocking the ladders
whom he was hit by a rush Of men and
driven through tho window. The scared
men went on down the fire escape. and
breaking over 4 fence, got away safely
into East One Hundred and Nineteenth
street and not one Of them RENE m bered
the policeman.
BADLY HURT. BUT cRAWLs To
FRONT OF HOUSE.
In the fre McGrath had burned hi,
face and hands. In his fall OF thirty,
ave feet he broke his left leg, severed,
lacerated his scalp and sustained In
tsrnal injuries. Despite this he sue.
cssdsd In crawling through the celia,
and was making an effort to climb tn,
front area steps when he collapsed. H,
was found by Patrolman Lynch.
Lynch summoned an ambulance ant
Or. Mckinley hurried McGrath to tn,
Harlem Hospital.
While on the roof McMurray was i'm
ana save one OF her sons. McAiurra,
tried TO force q way down the burnlnl
tried TO force . way down the burnlnl
stairs but had TO return. When he 60
back to the roof the woman had fount
that her family was complete and ex
claimed. Were all here" He ais
had to be taken to the hospital. bu
was able to go home later.
McGerachty was passing on his wa
home when the nre was discovered. an,
no ran into the house behind the police
mea. After awakening several families
he tried to get back to the street from
the second floor. The stairs fell will
him and he was badly burned. bu; ate
being attended at the hospital elected 4
he taken home.